Friday 14th November Having already tracked down exit 6 of Malpensa airport’s terminal 1, we left the restaurant at 19.20 to position ourselves there and soon found Doris Lau Parry, who describes herself as a global nomad, lives in Chiswick and writes a weekly column for the Hong Kong Times. Melania Battiston arrived soon … Continue reading Piemonte 33: Monferrato Canavese : 14 – 16 November 2025
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Piemonte 32 : Gattinara 11 -14 November 2025
Tuesday 11 November We collected the hire car from Budget, half a mile from our hotel, not especially pleased to have been upgraded to a larger car; in our experience, smaller suits our needs better. In this case, the hybrid MG proved very reluctant to start, and we lost half an hour faffing. Eventually the … Continue reading Piemonte 32 : Gattinara 11 -14 November 2025
Piemonte 31 : Stresa for Taste Alto Piemonte : 7 – 11 November 2025
Friday 7 November 2025 Today we set off for a fortnight’s research for David’s new writing project, The Wines of Northern Piemonte: Annual Report Spring 2026 sponsored in part by Nebbia e Luce. It begins at Taste Alto Piemonte, an annual event this year held in Stresa on Lago Maggiore, 80 km north of Milan. … Continue reading Piemonte 31 : Stresa for Taste Alto Piemonte : 7 – 11 November 2025
Piemonte 21 : Turin: the launch of David’s book ‘The Wines of Piemonte’ on 25 January 2024
Europe has been battered by storm after storm this winter, and January saw two in quick succession : storms Isha swept across the whole of the UK over the weekend of 20 - 21 January creating the first ever British Isles-wide amber warning of winds up to 100mph, followed almost immediately by Jocelyn on Tuesday … Continue reading Piemonte 21 : Turin: the launch of David’s book ‘The Wines of Piemonte’ on 25 January 2024
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