Poggio Argentiera’s on-line sales in January were worth over Eur. 1000, (plus a couple of orders yet to clear), which we will be donating to Medecin San Frontieres, (can’t find how to do the accenty things, apologies to French picky people), so thank you, thank you.

Following the horrendous earthquake in Haiti, please drink generously: 100% OF PROCEEDS FROM ALL ON-LINE WINE SALES IN THE UK THROUGH JANUARY WILL GO TO  RELIEF EFFORT CHARITY.
You can email jus@poggioargentiera.com to order.

We have a lot of talk of smiley face stickers, gold star awards and house points in casa Paglia, my elder son and daughter keeping a competitive tally on the kitchen notice board. Well, we all like a shiny badge, don’t we? And so it was with great pleasure, gratitude (and just a tiny bit [...]

What a convivial party of wine-friends met last night! The Somerset Wine Tasting Group has a little bash every couple of months, in the Vicars’ Hall in Wells, and we presented some of the wines there. Once again, Maremma, mostly unheard of, (even amongst this group of 50 or so wine worshippers), surprised all and [...]

Ahhh, how good it is,  Springtime in Blighty; the mists (almost) vanished off the Mendip Hills, the lambs frolicking like they have a tomorrow, and the sunlight, the sunlight, gently dappled on the Inappropriately Dressed, bare-legged as they munch a Greggs sausage roll. Time, ladies and gentlemen, time, for a hasty retreat to the pub. [...]

Another beautifully tailored lunch at Sartoria yesterday, including a lamb ragu to rival my dear Mother-in-Law’s secret recipe, and a chance to savour the attentiveness of front -of -house Michael, surely the most charming and adorable man ever to wear trousers, (nota bene, husband). Judging by the number of diners, Sartoria is still a fashionable [...]

…they just have three children at home during the school holidays. Anyway, here we are back again after this enforced sabbatical, at the European Wine Bloggers Conference . This is really interesting stuff, not least for me who, up until fairly recently, held a robustly ”blog humbug” attitude to this medium. What’s interesting is the [...]

new initiative, folks, hot of the wine-press. For an instant translation of Wine Marito’s post today, blog this way….
when I was a teeny-tiny marketeer I was spoon-fed Kotler, the staple diet of any 1980’s Marketing baby. I liked it, and even today am just as partial to the Main Man of Marketing as I am [...]

A while back, Jamie Oliver made everyone painfully aware of the toe-curling state of UK school lunches, and the Goverment responded to the nation’s united gag reflex by promising to raise the spend  on ingredients per lunch to a dizzy 52p, or 68p for secondary school kids. That’s a whopping 80 cents (or so). It [...]

Gianpaolo has a modest blush to his cheek after returning home yesterday laden with fantastic prizes. He’s won ‘Best Wine Blog 2007′ and his Wine Wife just wants to say, WELL DONE , DARLING.