By Gal Zohar
Restaurateurs are a strange breed. While some enjoy the spotlight and will do just about anything to let us know they exist, others are MI5 agents. They live amongst us but we won’t even know it. They can be anywhere at any given moment, possibly having lunch right next to us, listening to every comment we make. Their invisibility is somehow their strength.
Bijan is …
By Bibendumtimes
Rudolf Steiner
Biodynamic agriculture was developed in the early 1920s by Rudolf Steiner. Seen by many as the first modern ecological farming system it is an holistic approach that tries to bring the soil, plants and animals to its original natural balance and harmony. Unlike the more general term natural wine (see earlier …
By Mike Britton
As my train from Genoa chugged slowly into the beautiful hills and valleys of the Piemonte region in North West Italy, I cast my thoughts forward to the weekend, where I would be attending the famous Alba truffle festival.
My very good friends, Neil and Richie, have owned a house in this area for a year now and not only do …
By Ben Collins
It took a lot of planning this particular trip – we have been trying to get our act together for a couple of years. Talk and no action. Crowded schedules (not mine of course), business trips, children were swept aside and Michael Saunders and I finally fixed a ski trip to the Dolomites with the great Urs Vetter of Lageder.
Every time we saw Urs for months …
By Bibendumtimes
Valdobbiadene
We love Prosecco at Bibendum Times. Lighter than Champagne (and cheaper) with the sort of fresh, frothy personality that fits in perfectly around here, it is our sort of fizz. Normally, we prefer drinking it to talking about the legalities of it but some big news has come out of the lush hills of Valdobbiadene recently.
The gist of …
By Kirstie Papworth
Piergorgio
Philosophy. Buddhism. Poetry. Theatre. Greek Mythology. Art. Italian literature. Not the usual subjects covered in the first hour of a meeting, but then Piergiorgio Castellani is not your average winemaker. A conversation with Piergiorgio can lift the soul, carry it on a journey of possibility and leave one feeling enthused (and perhaps just a smidgen academically lacking).
Nothing at Castellani is …
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Il Cubo
Over recent years, the wine-art connection has been so exploited that it has become over-inflated: countless literary tastings, concerts and banquets organized in the name of Bacchus. In this confused chorus of ostensible links, the Ceretto family has demonstrated that it has its very own voice by promoting original projects and innovative ideas. Convinced that enological research and the …
By Rachel Thompson,
A whirlwind tour of some of the most idyllic tourist spots in Tuscany was the basis for our June buying trip. Side-stepping the trainer clad and camera wielding coach trips of Florence (where even the mosquitos wear bum bags) first on our target list was Castellani, a short hop from Pisa airport, for a mammoth tasting. There followed by a tour of …
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