In Italy, local festivals are a way of life. They’re often centered around local food or wine, and in the rare cases when they’re not (I can’t even think of an example), both are served in abundance. These feste and sagre all have something in common: a certain community charm.…

I might have worked at a printing press in my past life. Last week, I had the opportunity to go to one of the top quality printing presses in Italy for a day, and the entire process of hands on work and artisanship was fascinating.  In 2014, I interviewed Suzanne…

The theme for February with the Blogging Piemonte group is Carnevale! Don't forget to check out the other bloggers' posts at the bottom (regularly updated). Imagine a time when popular entertainment was not a night of Netflix binging, going to the movies (do people still do that?), or even just…

Want to know what it's like to be a winemaker? In the fall, Piemonte is busy with all sorts of harvests, not least of which is the vendemmia, or grape harvest. After all the grapes are loaded into crates and brought into the cellar, then what happens? What is it like to…

A podcast with Paolo from www.disgracesonthemenu.com about Italian wine culture and how I got into wine.