Pied a Terre London The Pied a Terre restaurant in London is a 2 Michelin star super stylish restaurant on London‘s Charlotte Street. Pied a Terre is the proud home of rising star chef Shane Osborn and appealed to me not just because of the excellent food on offer but the mammoth collection of fine…
Month: June 2008
Tua Rita
Tua RitaTua Rita, named after Rita Tua who bought the vineyards in 1984 with partner Virgilio Bisti, have managed to do spectacular things to the Italian wine landscape in a remarkably short space of time. The world famous, always Tre Bicchiere, and 100 Parker point awarded Redigaffi (100% Merlot) is something of an institution here…
Italian Wine UK
Italian Wine UK Italian Wine UK – Italian wine, after a dramatic fall in the past decade, is once again picking up steam in the UK. Last year saw a 20% increase in the number of imports to the UK as the Brits find those old Chilean and Argentinian wines are shooting up in price….
Bruno Giacosa Spumante Extra Brut
Bruno Giacosa Spumante Extra Brut Bruno Giacosa Spumante Extra Brut is a Pinot Nero grape sparkling white from Bruno Giacosa. The grapes are actually bought in for this effort from Oltrepo Pavese but the Giacosa experience and vinification processes give added quality. I’m tasting this as part of “Nero Week”, not an actual term but…
Ruffino Nero del Tondo
Ruffino Nero del Tondo Ruffino Nero del Tondo 1990, think about that for a minute, Ruffino Nero del Tondo 1990, in front of me I have an 18 year old bottle of wine. As Twin Peaks began its run, Italy won the World Cup, Russia becomes a Republic, Navratilova puffs her way to her last…
Antinori Achelo
Antinori Achelo Antinori Achelo is the name of the blog post but Antinori Achelo is not act-chew-ally the name of the wine, for it’s produced on the La Braccesca estate and doesn’t even mention Antinori on the bottle. Originally I found this strange, Antinori has a stella name in the Italian wine biz so why…
Montefalco Umbria
Montefalco Umbria After my visit to the Arnaldo Caprai vineyards I took a quick ride into Montefalco itself, a medieval Umbrian hilltop town that gave the D.O.C.G wine its name (Sagrantino di Montefalco). Montefalco itself is located between Foligno and Trevi in the central Umbria area. Montefalco is all about wine, the town itself is…
Arnaldo Caprai
Arnaldo Caprai, Arnaldo Caprai are the leading exponent of the Sagrantino grape bringing it to its fullest and most glorious expression in the award winning, poll topping, mouth puckering, 25 Anni Sagrantino di Montefalco. Arnaldo Caprai wines are low yield, attention to detail, terroir exploiting brilliant expressions of every grape under vine, no fillers, all…