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11/20/2012 1:58 am

Tiglio Wine tasting

On a cold clear November night, under the sliver of a crescent moon, about thirty people gathered in the cosy rustic interior of the seat of the Misericordia of Tiglio at the 10th annual meeting to taste and judge 15 new wines produced by 10 local families. To accompany the wines, abundant food was served...

10/21/2012 6:05 pm

Once again large crowds for the wine festa in Riana

Once again the tiny hamlet of Riana in the Comune of Fosciandora was overun with visitors this afternoon for the annual Wine Festa held each year at the start of the autumn. The organisers of the event and the Mayor of Fosciandora, Moreno Lunardi both quoted the incredible figure of more than 3000 visitors...

09/16/2012 7:00 pm

Vendemmia – grape picking starts early this year

The vendemmia – the grape picking season started early this year in one or two vineyards around Barga this weekend but the bulk of the vineyards are still biding their time and hoping for more sun to ripen off the grapes later on this week. It has to be said that the last few years we have had mixed...

07/26/2012 9:40 pm

Spanish organic wine tasting in Piazza Angelio

Fabio Bartolomei was once again in Piazza Angelio holding up a bottle of his organic white wine grown and bottled in Spain and presented for the second time here in Barga at an informal wine tasting session at the enoteca Colordivino. As you can hear in the interview (in Italiano) at the end of this...

04/18/2012 5:45 pm

Lake Angels – Degustazione Vini e Formaggi in Sommocolonia

The ever present Lake Angels in Barga are starting to make themselves known and felt outside the walls of the city. On the 25th April they have organised an event in Sommocolonia, the small village overlooking the city. As you can hear in the interview recorded today with Mario Milano, the spokesman...

03/02/2012 3:58 pm

The season moves on – tying the vines with willow

So the spring has arrived (maybe). In fact very little chance that during the first week in March, the winter finally releases us from its icy grip BUT it does definitely feel like a spring day outside today with birds singing and insects buzzing around in the sun. The knowledgeable elder members of...

10/16/2011 9:45 pm

Large crowds for the wine festa in Riana

The tiny hamlet of Riana in the Comune of Fosciandora was overun with visitors this afternoon for the annual Wine Festa held each year at the start of the autumn. The organisers of the event and the Mayor of Fosciandora, Moreno Lunardi both quoted the incredible figure of more than 2000 visitors to the...

10/01/2011 9:42 am

Festa del Vino 2011 a Riana

Il 16 ottobre 2011 si svolgerà la tradizionale Festa del Vino a Riana nel Comune di Fosciandora dalle ore 11,00 in poi. Si inizia dalle ore 9,30 con il 4° Trofeo del Podista Ubriaco gara competitiva e non di km 9 valida per il 21° Memorial Moreno Toni. A seguire “La Corsa del Briaco”,...

08/20/2011 7:46 pm

Spanish organic wine tasting in Piazza Angelio

Fabio Bartolomei in Piazza Angelio this afternoon holding up a bottle of his organic white wine grown and bottled in Spain and presented for the first time here in Barga at an informal wine tasting session at the enoteca Colordivino. Vinos Ambiz (Producers of natural, organic, healthful, sustainable...

04/24/2011 7:53 pm

Through a glass, darkly

Looking through the archives of the old barganews site to make sure that there was nothing there of worth before it is all deleted from the servers, I stumbled upon an article from 2009 which for some reason had never been published, entitled “Through a glass, darkly” I have no idea why...

04/19/2011 7:01 pm

Contengo solfiti, appunti semiseri sul mondo del vino

Iniziamo da oggi una rubrica molto particolare sul mondo del vino e dintorni. Ecco il primo articolo… Ho sempre pensato che di calcio dovrebbero discutere solo quelli che lo hanno praticato, o meglio ancora lo praticano, con un po’ di passione e a livelli almeno accettabili (nei bar italiani...

02/15/2010 2:59 pm

Cantina del Vino – Solo Musica

Two inaugurazione this weekend in Barga for two very different activities. The first was in Barga Giardino at the now revamped and rebranded Cantina del Vino close to the bridge. A large selection of wine is now on sale at the Cantina. The Barga Band were there to give the occasion a bit of a musical...