I was invited to attend the Alba Wine Exhibition and will be posting my observations on my web journal Donna in Piedmont. I met some of the nicest, most generous, appreciative people as well as some of the most obnoxious and self important jerks. For me it was all interesting and gave me a chance to taste a wide swatch of wines - 350 in all - from the same vintage instead of staying in my own back yard of Barbaresco, which is very easy to do.

Donna in Piedmont has a function called RSS Feed that through the magic of technology will tell you when something gets updated. It all feels like brain surgery to me but they tell me it works.

The place where I live in in the wine country in Northern Italy 20. is still a relative internet free zone. DSL is not an option (don't even talk to me about anything faster), but consider we were paying dearly for dial-up just six months ago, we are happy with our high'er' speed internet.

In addition to the web journal noted above, I am also running TourPiedmont.com along with some great friends here In Italy. If you want to come over and have us show you around, participate in a cooking class with well known chefs, shop the markets, talk to the cheesemakers, winemakers and taste some mind blowing food and wine, you have come to the right place. While I get the web site up on wheels, feel free to send me an e-mail with any questions you may have.


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