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Looking for that Special Bottle of Wine in Abruzzo

Every now and then I’m willing to spend €20 or a bottle of wine in Abruzzo. That’s 750 ml for €20! “Sure you could easily get 10 litres of wine for €20 in Abruzzo, what are you playing at”, I hear you exclaim.

You’re right. I don’t do it often but I make no apology [...]

A wine pilgrimage of sorts to Bolognano (PE)

I was best man at the wedding of two very good friends a few years ago. It was a great day and it was full of joy and laughter.

A year later, to celebrate their first anniversary they had a party in their house, put up a marquee in their back garden, and invited us [...]

Villa Gemma, Pasetti and that elusive red Ape

I’ve been “off the air” for a little while as I was concentrating on exploring rather than writing. In the last few weeks I’ve been busy doing the following:

exploring parts of the Majella I hadn’t seen before visiting an abbey with an amazing floor visiting a basilica with fantastic frescoes exploring shepherds’ ancient stone [...]