Blog: The wine room
Freelance International Press, Wine blogger on 'The wine room', sommelier AIS. Stumbling into the world of wine ... and there fell into the great! A real pleasure to know, because I have to say that on this World diVino, think just like him!
- Ritual question, com’è nata questa tua passione per il mondo del vino?
I approached the world of wine gradually; up to 30 age (oggi ne ho 44) I had neither passion nor interest! Then it happens like when you fall in love, is always difficult to explain why, is something magical that happens and whisks you away forever! In the late nineties I started reading the Gambero Rosso and I realized that the wine was not just a drink but could be "disease of the soul" to quote Mario Mariani! From then on I became omnivorous, I read magazines about food and wine in packs and began to drink in a more conscious. Then at the end of 2006 I started the AIS courses, good starting point to have a minimum of technical knowledge. In 2008 I took the exam and I attended for a period actively in the life of the association finding that was not for me! In fact, as often happens in these cases the passions are further away and maybe for a long time remain dormant and then wake up suddenly; I say this because my grandfather was a good farmer Apulian wine at home and I have clear memories of when vinified, and then as a child I always had a huge passion for restaurants, something will mean no?
- How did you start writing stories about wine and people?
I always liked to write; with the advent of Facebook, I started to put a few comments to the photos that I used to wines and from there I got the idea, certainly innovative, saw that I was thinking about the millionth, to make a blog and so in July 2010 I started! I thought it would last more than a couple of months; instead it was a growing and frightening if you think about it makes me shiver! I want to point out however that despite being the millionth blogger I've always tried to avoid technicalities, scores, controversy free, etc.. but I preferred to tell stories, wine and people precisely!
- What is the story you've written, and that impressed you most? Why?
In fact there are many, more or less all, otherwise they would write! Let's say that maybe they are closely tied to that of Marko Fon, because the wines I have profoundly marked by Marko!
- C’è un protagonista dell’enogastronomia che vorresti conoscere?
I would like to know them all, because the more you know and the more you learn and Grow Rich! Naturalmente il mondo dell’enogastronomia, as all the worlds, is populated by beautiful people and bad people, although I must say that until now, at least in my experience, have prevailed early and with some of them I made real friendships!
- Meeting with many manufacturers, what are the most common difficulties that you demonstrate?
It may seem strange but encountering producers hardly speak of difficulties, or rather it is a topic that touches almost never, because we always talk about the positive aspects of the wine world! Then it is obvious that there are difficulties! Instead, I often find myself talking about the boring debate between conventional, organic and biodynamic!
- What do you think of the subdivisions of the wines in natural, biological, organic and biodynamic? Credi che possano aiutare o confondere le scelte del consumatore ?
Resume the above. I find this distinction that some are in good (biodynamics) and bad (conventional) it is really tedious and boring. Very trivially tell you that biodynamic wines I tasted were real crap and biodynamic wines beautiful; idem per i convenzionali, then how about? The producers are serious and careful in reducing the chemical vine for some time without any pinning badge!
- La comunicazione enogastronomica sul web è ormai molto affollata da blogger e giornalisti più o meno esperti. What do you think?
Being the millionth blogger does not have much say in the matter, or rather I can not afford to make judgments; I only say that everyone has the right to have their say, a sort of "First Amendment"; of course respecting the rights of others! It's like rock music: I think that if there were the Rolling Stones or the Beatles is obvious that it makes no sense to start a band because they are unreachable, but I believe that everyone has the right to try in life because you never know! Then the rest of the time will decide the, who deserves the others will remain for oblivion! Its one thing but non compromise, I prefer to have four people who read me rather than offend or discredit the work of producers giving rise to controversy free for more contacts!
