It doesn't surprise me at all that among the beautiful places Italy has to offer for a wine fair, that…
There is no rest for the strong here! Once we completed pruning the vines, we moved straight onto digging up…
Brr. It is flat out cold here these days. Ironically enough, it seemed warmer in the Himalayas than it has…
For lack of a better description, we’ve dubbed Valeria’s recent breads as “Wine Bread”. We call it wine bread because…
Did you know you can bake bread without commercial yeasts? You can cultivate your very own yeast at home, and…
Experiencing my second wine festival was for lack of better words: great. Having Jordan around gave me a chance to…
This was such a magical afternoon. What a priviledge it was to be a part of Corrado's verticale tasting…
This year's harvest was much different than last year's. With a hot summer, we began the harvest much earlier this…
Giovanni has come a long way since I met him a year ago. While he is the most dedicated and…
Sangria festival - man they really have festivals for EVERYTHING around here. Giovanni and I randomly discovered there was a…
A weekend of beach time, pizza, truffles, and gelato wasn't enough for us. To top off the weekend, we stopped…
I forgot to mention that Hillary left yesterday morning. It's been a nice reprieve for me so far...after living by…
Wrapping up my first three weeks here and the work has been a mixture of working in teh garden and…
Closing day. We were all a bit tired. I slept pretty awful because I switched rooms and the music went…
Giovanni's friends from Milan came down so this day was really fun. It was nice to itneract with fresh new…
My first morning in Daniela's house was wonderful. Being an early riser, I was up and about around 8...I grabbed…
So here we go. After work, we packed a few things and "moved" to Daniela's house for the weekend. We…
I finally felt like I was coming around when we started bottling today. We harvested, we pressed, we analyzed, we…
One of the vineyards I haven't shared with you yet is Specia. Specia is a gorgeous small vineyard that Corrado…
So what we thought would be a work day turned into a great exploration day. Corrado dropped us off in…
This week has been pretty uneventful. It rained Monday and Tuesday, so we couldn't harvest. Instead we were stuck inside…
Yesterday we went to the Adriatic Sea. Giovanni, Lisa, Hillary, and Corrado's family all went to the beach. It was…
Well it's certainly been a busy week here. I've made some journal entries for myself to remind me of everything…
Ciao from Italy! Right now I'm relaxing in my little bed listening to crickets and the occasional bell chimes in…
Hello! So some exciting news...after a few e-mails and correspondence, I've been chosen and accepted a farm in Italy to…