Douglas Blyde discovers an arrestingly complete recreation of a large Roman villa and an emotionally moving temple dedicated to the bee on a trip to The Botanical Rooms at The Newt in Somerset.
Barolo and Barbaresco: Highlights from Recent Vintages
It’s a bit hard to comprehend that a year ago I was in a throng of New Yorkers and Piedmontese Italians celebrating the release of the recent vintage from Piedmont. Wandering around a Midtown event center tasting Nebbiolo with a bunch of folks in the wine industry seems like a luxury from a distant reality much more removed than twelve months from today. Had the event occurred even a week or two later, it well could have been a super spreader event. As it is, most of us escaped by the skin of our wine-darkened teeth, and are left with what, for me, are among the last normal memories of the Time-Before-COVID.