July 22nd, 2010
Let’s once and for all debunk the dictum that when it comes to ’special’ wine, the higher the price, the better the quality.
This month we have a bottle of one of the best summer wines you’re ever going to find at a scandalously low €1.45; and a bottle of the best Italian sparkling wine I’ve ever tasted, at a princely €4.
(Two bottles of fantastic wine for under €6 ? Yes indeed – click on the main headline title above to find out more…)
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July 19th, 2010
Back in May, I wrote about our vegetable plot. Now, belatedly, it’s time to run the rule over the orchard.
The Italian word for orchard is frutetto. Nicer I think. The frutetto is about 250 square meters and like the veggie plot – or orto – faces due south.
English varieties predominate. Are they suited to a central Italian climate ? Only one way to find out…
(Click on the main headline title above and be transported to the sun-baked soil of central Italy, where you’ll discover our Abruzzo garden’s fruity secrets…)
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July 15th, 2010
Actually, that should probably read ‘Having Lunch At The Same Place As George Clooney, Only A Few Days Later’, but why let an unimportant fact ruin a killer headline ?
(George Clooney. Pope Benedict. Sulmona. Red garlic. Candy. All key – though unlikely – ingredients of our day out in Abruzzo’s hinterland. Click on the main headline title above to find out more…)
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