Here’s a piece of pricing math nobody explains before you book: the fewer people in your group, the more each person pays. Book a private wine tour for two and you’ll pay roughly double, per head, what a group of eight pays for the exact same wineries, the same driver,…
Most guides to this day trip start with the same assumption: you have a rental car waiting. You don’t. You’re in Venice. Nobody drives in Venice. Renting a car just to sit in it for a day, on roads full of hairpin turns, sounds like a strange way to spend…
Some wines make me thirsty. Not all of them, which took me a while to notice. I’ll finish a glass of one red and feel completely normal. Then on a different night, with a different wine, I’m reaching for water before I’ve even cleared half the glass. Real thirst, the…
I’ve seen bottles described as non-alcoholic Prosecco. Alcohol-free Prosecco. Zero-alcohol Prosecco. Prosecco alternatives. Prosecco-style sparkling wine. At some point I started wondering whether Prosecco itself had been informed about any of this. Because Italy has rules. Lots of rules. You cannot grow some Glera grapes wherever you fancy, put bubbles…
On July 30th, in the villages of Gussago and Montorfano, pickers walked into the vineyards of Franciacorta and started the earliest harvest this region has ever recorded. Not earliest in a decade. Earliest, full stop, since anyone started keeping track. Weeks of temperatures sitting around 37 to 38 degrees Celsius…
There’s an Italian sparkling wine that, by law, has to sit on its own spent yeast for a minimum of 30 months. Only then is anyone allowed to sell it. That’s two and a half years spent quietly getting better, in cellars in Piedmont, before a single bottle reaches a…
Have you ever scrolled LinkedIn and thought — who hurt these people? The thought leaders who post about waking up at 4am. The CEOs who are “humbled and grateful” every single Monday. Meanwhile, there are people who turn a flight delay into a lesson about resilience. Well. I’ve been thinking….
The Group Chat Nobody Asked For But Everyone Needed If you’ve ever been to an Italian aperitivo and noticed that Prosecco always arrives first, you’ll know exactly what’s coming. Meanwhile, Champagne turns up late with an attitude, and Cava quietly refills everyone’s glass without being asked. In short, this group…
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