In Venice wine bars are simply not just wine bars. To the locals they are known as ‘Bacaro’. Back at home, wine bars are these swanky, overly posh and spacious area’s which I have to admit are full of that traditional pretentiousness that comes with wine drinking. On my recent trip to Venice I came…
It was only by luck that I came across a snippet on an Internet article about the Montefioralle Estate about 2km’s out of Greve in Chianti. I sent off e-mails to various estates, as I knew having only given 2 days notice that many people wouldn’t get back to me. Luckily for me, Lorenzo Sieni…
Everyone knows Tuscan wines, particularly Chianti but when you’re planning on visiting the famed Tuscan wine country – it is not so easy to work out where to go and how to get there. Let alone making reservations to visit wineries. Tuscany is not public transport friendly. As I have a Eurail train pass, I…
There is nothing like a 5km walk to get your taste buds pumping for a wine tasting. Recently I stayed at the Perugia Farmhouse and as part of their ‘activities board’ they mentioned a wine tasting at a local winery just up the road from them for 10€ per person, so I thought why not….
Roma 1. Pizza Tonde Da Asporto Corner of Via D.Fontana & Via M.Boiardo Top tip: Never buy pizza from a ‘Kebab/Pizza’ shop – I know it was stupid to even attempt it, the only good thing was the tomato sauce was made from some nice fresh tomatoes. Absolute rip off however – 2 slices (more…
“All stories begin the same: “Once Upon a time there was’… This is how the narrated menu at Casa Tudor in Brasov, Romania starts. It was a new concept for me, but one I found very entertaining and almost dragged out my dinner meal for a good 3 hours – the first hour solely reading…
The best thing about Hungary is that you can easily base yourself in Budapest (aka – cheap accommodation) because no where in the country is more than 5-hours away by train. I had 4 nights in Budapest recently, so technically 3 full-days; the first dedicated to Budapest city, the second a day trip to Eger…
I had only time to visit one; it was a decision between ‘The House of Hungarian Wines’ and ‘The Royal Wine House & Wine Cellar Museum’ (Kiralyi Borhaz es Pince Muzeum). I think it was the Royal in the name that made that decision rather quick for me as well as having the chance to…
Along Vojasniska Street at number 8 in a small city in the North-East of Slovenia you will find an old building with a grape vine winding its way up the front of the building. The building is located on the left bank of the River Drava and it is this vine that has survived two…