I’ve been negligent in keeping up with this, one of my favorite pieces to write on my blog. I have various reasons for that which I will share with you simply for therapeutic purposes. Susie and I have moved from our spot out at Roche Harbor, to a place closer to town. I don’t know about you, but I hate moving. It takes a lot of time to get settled into a new place, and it certainly screws with your schedule. So, instead of getting up early to accomplish necessary tasks around the new place, I decided to get busy writing again, and there is no better place to start than Bits & Bobs.
The cool thing about this new house is the outbuilding which will serve as a new studio for my Youtube channel. It also has a great place for me to store my wine! It’s an older building, so it is taking a lot of work to get it ready for shooting episodes. As a result, I have not put an episode up since my interview with Marilisa Allegrini which I shot while in Fumane, at Villa Della Torre, an estate owned by Allegrini which has been transformed into a place for folks to stay, (they have some very tasteful rooms to rent) a tasting room and a really cool place to host guests. I am getting ready to start shooting episodes again and should get things going in another week. It’s really hard for me because I have some momentum going on the channel and I hate to lose that.
Going back to our experiences while in Italy, it was a highlight of my career to have an opportunity to interview Marilisa Allegrini. If you haven’t had a chance to watch it, I encourage you to take a moment and check it out. Marilisa and her brother own this winery in the area of Verona, and their flagship wine Amarone, is some of the best in the world. We actually uncorked a bottle to drink during the interview. To put things in perspective, it was only four days to Vin Italy, one of the biggest wine tasting events in the world, held in Verona. Of course, Marilisa is deeply involved in this event. They were preparing Villa Della Torre for hosting three rather large parties for those who would be attending Vin Italy. There was a lot going on, and despite that, she took the time to be interviewed and have lunch with Susie and me. That is something I will never forget, so please take some time to watch the interview, she is a special person.
While Susie and I were in Italy, I wrote a couple of articles about our stay in the Barolo region. I hope you had a chance to read them. We visited the wineries of Vietti and Oddero. It is always special to visit wineries in the old world. The scenery in the Barolo/Barbaresco region is stunning. During our visit to each winery, I had a chance to taste through some amazing wines.
I have so much more to write about our trip, but for now I will close by thanking all of you for your support and comments. It inspires me to keep up with my writing.
Cheers!
Stan The Wine Man
