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Massimo Penna - The Scarlet Pimpernel of Piemonte

Written By Craig Thompson - June 17 2020

About 10 years ago while on a visit to Torino to meet my wife’s cousins, I was tasked to find a suitable present for them. I wandered out of our inner city hotel doing my usual “leave it to providence” routine. I found my way to a bar owned by a quite drunk Belgian who I was eventually able to get to understand my quest. He enthusiastically referred me to a bottle of Massimo Penna Sori Tec. “Buonissimo” he whispered. He was right, the Italian cugini loved it.

The best restaurant experience in Australia ?

Written By Craig Thompson - February 07 2017

When my good friends in the Barossa, Dan and Tarnya, mentioned that a new Asian restaurant had opened in Tanunda it didn’t really raise any expectaions for me. I must admit my vision was of bain marie’s, sweet and sour pork and BYO. How wrong could I be!

The new Asian restaurant was fermentAsian and over the last 5 years it has become one of the great dining experiences in the free world. Period.

What's the point ?

Written By Craig Thompson - January 03 2017

As humans we have a fascination with rating with numbers. Think university entrance scores, movies, holidays, restaurants and cars. Now, even service providers want you to rate them so that they can work towards a favourable Net Promoter Score (whatever that is). Internet apps make this ratings frenzy as easy as thumbing a button.

And so it is with wine.

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