Italy 2017
Welcome to the south! Peppers drying in the window at our hotel in Basilicata (they are dipped in hot oil and served crisp with the aperitivo)
Italy 2017
Security guards southern-style! Tenuta Rasciatano’s guard dogs keep a vigilant eye on us during our visit!
Italy 2017
At Racemi it was fascinating to taste through wines from the different soil profiles
Italy 2017
Do they do this every Friday evening? Were they here to send us off? We shall never know…
Italy 2017
The back streets of Manduria. Poor and rundown this neighbourhood might be, but I have never seen such heart-warming sentiments daubed on a wall - "Every time I look at you I fall in love again - I love you"
Italy 2017
La Guardiense, producers of our Society’s Falanghina and one of Italy’s best co-ops, thanks in no small way to oenologist Marco Giulioli (on the right)
Italy 2017
Agricole Vallone – producers of our Brindisi Rosso & Rosato and Puglia’s most famous red, Graticciaia. This was the entrance to Castello Serranova – a beautiful venue for our tasting of the Vallone wines
Italy 2017
Simple local food was the perfect way to round-off our tasting of Cirò at Santa Venere in Calabria
Italy 2017
Rasciatano
Italy 2017
La Guardiense co-op at Benevento in Campania, home of The Society's Falanghina – a welcome sight after the deluge in Naples
Italy 2017
Sebastian Payne MW digesting the news
Italy 2017
Peppers drying in the window at the hotel
Italy 2017
Unscheduled stop at the tyre shop
Italy 2017
Orehcciette pasta
Italy 2017
Hearty Cacc'e Mmitte wines demand hearty food, lovingly prepared by Antonio's elderly mother, Donnadele Longo who is an excellent cook