Journal
Stories and reflections on wine, the people who make it, the places we gather, and the ideas that connect them. A journal of curiosity, discovery and the pleasures of the table.
Nothing thrown away: A Veronese proverb about the pig explains Ripasso, the second life of Amarone's skins
A glass of Secondo Marco Ripasso sits on a bridge between two wines.
It also crosses a much older one, back to a Verona that could not afford to waste anything.
Over dinner in San Zeno, a friend asked me to walk him across.
Atelier del Vino: After years of teaching in other people's rooms, Grande Passione opens a door of its own in Verona
For years my tastings and classes have been held in other people's rooms. Atelier del Vino, in Verona, is the first that is my own, a place where I can welcome guests as I would at home. Its website, atelier.grandepassione.com, opens very soon.