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Living a Life in Colour

a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

Pizzocheri: the buckwheat pasta gem from Valtellina

March 7, 2017 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Pizzocheri (buckwheat pasta with cheese and savoy cabbage)

We are finally nearing the end of winter. The bird have returned, the sun is shining and the crocuses have sprung from the soil. Ski season is still here though and with that the bounty of the mountains in the winter….cheese, glorious cheese. In my mind, skiing is intertwined with melted cheese. Whether this is… 

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Cellar Visit: La Montina in Franciacorta

September 9, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

The vineyards

  Upon arriving at La Montina winery you find the 17th century Villa Baiana in front of you, once home to the estate’s founder, Benedetto Montini. Montini, a noble from Brescia and a descendant of Pope Paul VI, built the estate in 1620. There is a life-sized statue of Pope Paul VI in the cellar… 

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Cellar Visit: The King of Franciacorta: Ca’ del Bosco

September 2, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Ca' del Bosco Franciacorta Anna Maria Clementi

The name Ca’ del Bosco, means “house in the woods”, as the land the winery currently sits on was a small house in a chestnut forest purchased by Annamaria Clementi Zanella in the mid-1960’s as a holiday home. Her son, Maurizio Zanella, turned the small house into one of the most technologically advanced wineries in… 

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Franciacorta: Champagne’s younger sister

August 26, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

L'Albereta Relais & Chateau

  Franciacorta, located to the west and south of Lago d’Iseo in Lombardia, is a sea of neatly arranged rows of green covering 6,000 hectares. It is a peaceful oasis in which grows Italy’s answer to Champagne. Great wine is often grown in areas of great beauty and Franciacorta is no exception. There are 80… 

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