Next week at this time I'll be landing at Venice, bleary-eyed through customs and baggage claim, bleary-eyed driving to a B&B in the countryside near Verona. Not a leg of the trip I'm looking forward to.
Next day -- let the madness begin.
Verona: the past needs to stay pretty
So many pavilions to go to, so many people to talk to, so many wines to taste, so many snarky articles to write...oh, what joy, what rapture, etc.
My dream -- of course this is my dream -- is to bump into the heroine of my fantasy about Count Visone and his counterfeit Brunello, the petite English lady with the alluring glinting glasses, Jancis Robinson. (Sigh.) Of course, blogging wretch that I am, I'll actually be hanging with others of my ilk, Jeremy Parzen, Giampero Nadali and Alfonso Cevola.
One pavilion I didn't go to last year and must get to this: Sardinia.
I am looking forward to going again to VinNatur, the extremely interesting biodynamic/natural wines fringe event at Villa Favorita near Vicenza.
Here are a couple of photos from Vinitaly 2007.
And a couple from VinNatur 2007. (See continuation)
Terry (and Ken),
we look forward to welcome you both here in Verona !!!
alex
Posted by: alex | March 27, 2008 at 05:28 AM
I have to thank you for the positive review of our dolcetto 2004; I read that you will visit the Vinitaly; If you find a moment we will be happy to receive you at our stand Piemonte N2.
Peter Morone will also be there..
Posted by: JAN DE BRUYNE | March 27, 2008 at 12:19 PM
I receive a good number of hits with people doing Google searches of the wine. I hope to see you at the stand.
Posted by: TH | March 27, 2008 at 12:29 PM