Category Archives: Restaurants

Stefano d’Onghia new restaurant

Posted on 27/11/2014 by Ole Udsen

I wrote glowingly about Osteria A’ Cr’janz in this post in 2012: https://oleudsenwineblog.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/radici-del-sud-2012-impressions-and-results/ Great place, great evening, fantastic food. The chef (and co-owner) at A’ Cr’janz was Stefano d’Onghia, who has since become a friend. This year Stefano left A’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Restaurants | Tagged Botteghe Antiche, Ole Udsen, Putignano, Stefano d'Onghia | Leave a comment

Radici del Sud 2014 – Day 4

Posted on 17/06/2014 by Ole Udsen

Our fourth day, Friday 6 June, would feature a morning of producer tastings and an afternoon of the first competition tastings, ending at the Cibus restaurant in Ceglie Messapica with a vertical of Cefalicchio’s Jalal moscato bianco. Another round of … Continue reading →

Posted in Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Food, Italy, Red wine, Restaurants, Rosé wine, Sicily, White wine, Wine, Wine producers | Tagged 400 Some, Aglianico, Armentario, Baglio Ingardia, bianco d'Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Calabria, Campania, Cantina Carpentiere, Carbone, Carbone Vini, Casa Comerci, catarratto, Cefalicchio, Ceglie Messapica, Cibus, Duca Carlo Guarini, Falanghina, Fiano, Fonzone, Greco, I Buongiorno, Irpinia, Jalal, magliocco canino, Malìa, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Nera, moscato bianco, Mottura, Negroamaro, Nero d'Avola, Nero di Troia, Ole Udsen, pizzica, Primitivo, Puglia, Radici del Sud, Radici del Sud 2014, Sicily, Stupor Mundi, Valentina Passalacqua, verdeca | 1 Comment

Casa d’Antino – A Danish Future for Italian Cuisine

Posted on 06/05/2014 by Ole Udsen

The whole world, and for certain all of Copenhagen, is mesmerized by the prodigious success of New Nordic Cuisine these days. For good reason, the cuisine is fabulous, and combines the most hyped trends in cooking right now: Locavorism, foraging, … Continue reading →

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Marina Alaimo – Acino Ebbro – Interview

Posted on 29/04/2014 by Ole Udsen

Yesterday’s radio transmission is now available as a podcast: http://www.radiosiani.com/webradio/trasmissioni/item/4956-ole-udsen-ad-acino-ebbro.html Warning: In Italian! Mine is not so good, but I hope I make myself understood. When you get to the page, click the “qui” in “Per ascoltare il podcast clicca … Continue reading →

Posted in Apulia, Barolo, Basilicata, Burgundy, Calabria, Campania, Champagne, Food, Fortified Wine, France, Germany, Italy, Jerez, Molise, Mosel, Opinion, Piemonte, Red wine, Restaurants, Rosé wine, Spain, Various, Veneto, White wine, Wine, Wine producers | Tagged Acino Ebbro, Interview, Marina Alaimo, Ole Udsen, Radio Siani | Leave a comment

Greatness and weak Mexican beer – a perfect night out

Posted on 14/04/2014 by Ole Udsen

Good friends are the best thing in the world. You know, the kind of friends that you can be separated from by years and great distance, but when you meet again there is no awkwardness, no embarassing lulls in the … Continue reading →

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Time and Minerals – Custoza Anteprima

Posted on 14/04/2014 by Ole Udsen

I provided a general introduction and Bardolino tasting notes on the combined 2014 Anteprima event for Bardolino and Custoza here: https://oleudsenwineblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/of-old-cats-and-tender-mice-bardolino-anteprima/. While I adore the best Bardolino wines and therefore had positive expectations for those, my expectations in respect of … Continue reading →

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Alla Borsa – Tortelli Heaven

Posted on 23/03/2014 by Ole Udsen

At the recent Bardolino and Custoza Anteprima event, I had the great good fortune of dining twice at the Alla Borsa restaurant in Valeggio sul Mincio. I had never tried this restaurant before, nor heard of it, but that turns … Continue reading →

Posted in Bardolino, Custoza, Food, Italy, Restaurants, Rosé wine, Veneto, White wine, Wine | Tagged Alla Borsa, Angelo Peretti, anteprima, asparagus, Bardolino, Chiaretto Bardolino, Custoza, green asparagus, Nadia Pasquali, Ole Udsen, tortelli, Valeggio sul Mincio, white asparagus | 1 Comment

2013 Summer Holidays – Intro

Posted on 01/03/2014 by Ole Udsen

To my neverending delight, I had managed to persuade the family that we should be going to Southern Italian wine country for our three weeks of summer holidays in 2013. Not that they mind going to Italy – why would … Continue reading →

Posted in Apulia, Campania, Food, Italy, Restaurants, Various, Wine | Tagged A' Cr'janz, aglio di Ufita, Apulia, Campania, cipolla ramata di Montoro, holidays, Lello Tornatore, Masseria Potenti, Ole Udsen, Puglia, romesweethome, South Italy, Southern Italy, Tenuta Montelaura, vacation, wine | 4 Comments

Radici Del Sud 2013 – Impressions and Results

Posted on 25/06/2013 by Ole Udsen

On 5 – 9 June this year, the 2013 version of Radici del Sud took place at the lovely Masseria Caselli resort near Carovigno in Apulia. For reasons of spreading the good word about the wines of the South, Nicola … Continue reading →

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A major birthday celebration

Posted on 20/04/2013 by Ole Udsen

The bunch of wine fanatics that I hang out with normally has a schedule of 3-4 get-togethers every year, but whenever one of our number has a special birthday we gather out of order, as it were. In January of … Continue reading →

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