Italy Archive

My Trip to Giacomo Conterno by Andrew Cullimore

Andrew Cullimore is a Corney & Barrow customer and general wine enthusiast. It was the last day of my 10 day long trip to Piemonte and I had arranged to visit the famous estate of Giacomo Conterno in Monforte d´Alba.  It had not been easy to actually book myself into their...
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The importance of putting Italian Wine into Context – Diaries of trip to La Tunella – Friuli.

Italian wines are notoriously difficult to understand which makes our job communicating them, that much harder. Putting them into their own regional context, by which I mean learning where they were made, by whom and with what they are typically eaten with, is the answer to really "getting them."  So...
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Meet our Italian Producers

We interviewed three of our Italian producers who visited London to showcase their wines at the Definitive Italian Tasting at Lord's. Giovanna – La Tunella Which of your wines are in currently your fridge at home? La Tunella Sauvignon Blanc. It is fresh, fruity and easy to drink. I also chill the Pinot...
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Franchetti – 2 estates, 1 evening

Last Wednesday evening was the first event we have ever done with the wines from both of Andrea Franchetti’s properties - Tuscany & Sicily. The event was a tasting & dinner with Dr Elena Capobianco & Alex Burge (Andrea’s export managers) @ Shoreditch House. A bit of background for those who...
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Travels to Etna, Sicily – the challenges and the triumph

Fact: Until recently, Sicily produced more wine than the whole of Australia and New Zealand combined – this was mostly shipped as bulk and sold to the domestic market Fact: In order to gain recognition for quality over quantity, the first fine winemakers on Sicily resorted to producing and promoting wines...
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Barolo 1971….

Last night was Barolo night at the Maltings Cafe http://www.maltingscafe.co.uk/ run by Sam Harris, Fraser and I met up with a whole collection (what is the collective adjective for wine merchants?) of guys from the trade to taste a selection of Barolo 1971's (& 3 Barbarescos) the tasting was hosted and organised by Eric...
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