Antipodes

For the last few days, I had been intrigued by a golden-hued patch of vegetation located on the slopes opposite Gamone, not far from the ves...

In my article of 20 November 2010 entitled Wine of a kind [ display ] , I evoked the Herbemont variety of US grapevines, which was one of ...

In my post of October 2010 entitled History of wine at Choranche [ display ] , I explained that I was working on an updated version of my a...

When I arrived in Choranche and settled down at Gamone, many of the local folk were surprised to find an Australian in their midst. They see...

This is the northern end of the stone cellar at Gamone (the place where wine used to be produced): Because of the massive tufa arch at the t...

The three bottles in this photo have the same capacity, 50 centiliters, which is two-thirds that of an ordinary wine bottle. As you can see,...