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Visiting Ferrari Trentodoc

Visiting Ferrari Trentodoc

Visiting the winery Ferrari Trentodoc is a wonderful experience when you are in the area. Ferrari produces Trentodoc sparkling wines. All wines are prestigious sparkling wines made by the traditional method. Giulio Ferrari is the founder of the company in 1902. He sold his business to Bruno Lunelli in 1952. A tour at the winery is learning about its history. You will taste 3 wines during the wine tasting and tour.

Exam WSET Diploma D4 Sparkling Wines

Exam WSET Diploma D4 Sparkling Wines

In the first week of June I did the WSET Diploma D4 exam "Sparkling Wines". Prior the exam I have spent a period of intensive studying and tasting sparkling wines. The D4 exam combines two parts: theory questions and blind tasting -similar to the D5 exam Fortified...

Carnevale di Venezia 2023

Carnevale di Venezia 2023

The Carnival of Venice (Carnevale di Venezia) is different to carnivals which take place in The Netherlands for instance. It is one of the most famous carnivals around the world. The celebration takes place over 10 days. This year, the carnival in Venice will take...

Running in Oslo

Running in Oslo

Running in Oslo is an amazing experience. The city has wonderful nice spots and hidden gems to discover. There are different running routes in the city centre of Oslo.

I enjoyed my three days stay in this wonderful city. Thanks to the runs, the nice people and the good food and wines.

My Prowein 2022

My Prowein 2022

Prowein in Düsseldorf is a hot spot full of "wine" inspiration. It is one of the most important wine and spirits fair in Central Europe. Prowein always takes place on 3 days from Sunday till Tuesday. After two years of cancellation in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID...

Sylvia Italy’s peposo recipe

Sylvia Italy’s peposo recipe

Peposo is a traditional Tuscan pepper beef stew. It is one of my favorite Italian dishes. I know, I have many favourite dishes, but my peposo recipe brings you right away to Florence! Peposo is rich in flavour. It really has a delicious spicy kick from the black...

Charity dinner for “io sempre donna”

Charity dinner for “io sempre donna”

Cantina Gattavecchi organizes a yearly fundraising dinner for the Breast Cancer Foundation "Io Sempre Donna". Io Sempre Donna is in Chianciano Terme, a small village nearby Montepulciano. Usually this annual charity dinner offers food from all over the world. But this...

Glera | prosecco grape harvest

Glera | prosecco grape harvest

The heroic grape harvest season of the Glera falls between the end of September and early October in Refrontolo. Refrontolo is a small town in the heart of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene and the Colli di Conegliano region. Glera is the principal white grape variety of...

Market in Montepulciano

Market in Montepulciano

The market in Montepulciano is a nice experience for every traveller. It is a must see! It is an open air market where locals and visitors may purchase fresh vegetables, fruit, spices, cheeses, cold cuts, clothes and kitchen utensils. It is a good food market not to be missed. Enjoy a good glass of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG wine and don’t hesitate to eat a porchetta sandwich stuffed with rosemary, garlic and other herbs.