Il Bruno dei Vespa 2017

Today’s post is on a particular bottle of wine, which I had the pleasure to enjoy during a vacation in Rome early last year. The owner of the winery is the italian journalist Bruno Vespa. Wine producers generally give their name to the most important wine in the winery. Bruno Vespa made the opposite choice: he baptized the cheapest wine […]

Pasqua Desire Lush & Zin Primitivo

A throwback from last weekend… we enjoyed this Pasqua Desire Lush & Zin Primitivo wine, in company of very good friends and a delicious italian-themed tagliata. Primitivo is one of my preferred grapes, due to its intense flavour as well as dark colour. I had never heard of the winery before, however following the recommendation from our friends at Pop […]

Varvaglione 12 e mezzo 2016

Primitivo is one of my preferred grapes for red wine due to its intense flavour as well as dark colour. A couple of weeks ago we had a lovely dinner with an awesome couple and they surprised me with a Varvaglione 12 e mezzo, 2016 vintage. Personally, I really enjoyed it, because it is quite unique whereby it’s less sweet […]