Following on from last week’s part 1 of Michael Li’s wine trip to Piedmont, Italy. Here is part 2…
Barbera
We ventured out from Alba to Asti to an area called Monteferro. The winery we visited was the Marchesi Alfieri, now run by three Alfieri sisters. In 1616 the estate was given …
Today is Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday in the religious calendar, the first day of Lent.
The expression Shrove Tuesday comes from the word shrive, meaning confess.In many countries, Pancake Day is known as Fat Tuesday derived from the French term – Mardi …
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