Do Bianchi

Above: winemaker Aleš Kristančič draws off a barrel sample of his 2005 Pinot Noir.

Sunday morning found me in Mira along the banks of the Brenta River, which leads from Venice to Padua. I was lucky enough to snag a room in what has now become my officially favorite hotel, the Villa Alberti, one of the many summer villas built by Venetian nobles built during the eighteenth century.

I leave today for New York and will begin blogging again once stateside. The trip to Europe was amazing and I have many posts in store, including a post on how biodynamic winemaker Aleš Kristančič of Slovenia (above) gave me new insights into the use of barrique… yes, barrique…

Stay tuned for more!

This entry was posted on Monday, April 14th, 2008 at 1:17 pm and is filed under de cibo, de rebus italicis, de vino, de vinographia. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.