HOME • ABOUT • BOOKS • POSTCARDS • REVIEWS • FORUM • EMAIL A FRIEND • CONTACT • VIEW SHOPPING CART   VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS: • Cooking is in my Blood • La Cucina della Mamma • Under the Olive Tree • Franco’s -- Green Harvest for a Summer Night • A Day in the Valle • Giretto del Lago • The Magic of the Costa Smeralda • In the Garden at Lu Nibaru • A Day on the Boat -- Going South • Aperitivi -- The Cutrain Goes Up • Pietra Nieda -- Maestro of the Grill • A Day on the Boat -- Going North • Rosemary -- Night Garden in a Vecchio Stazzu • San Pantaleo and the Mountains of the 7 Sisters • Tenuta di Capichera • Pazza for Pizza • Digestivi -- Just for the Stomach • Inspiration and Memories, Sotto la Pergola Sardegnan wines, particularly those from the Gallura region in the north-east of the island, inland and north of Costa Smeralda, have always been known as good everyday drinking wines. In particular, the whites and the roses are often seen on the tables of the OLIVE TREE PIEMONTE THE ALPS TOP 10 ALL BOOKS INTRODUCTION CONTENTS VIEW BOOK SLIDE SHOW SAMPLE RECIPES RECIPE INDEX BUY BOOK summer visitors, and rightly so. They are fresh, simple wines that go well with the food and the climate. All that has begun to change. One night at da Tito in San Pantaleo, Tito recommended a marvellous white wine from a vineyard not far away. It was made from vermentina grapes and had been well-aged in oak barrels to produce an exceptional wine of character and complexity. It turned out that Tito knew the family who owned the vineyard well -- that was how he was able to get a supply of the wine, as it was in great demand. A few days later, he arranged for us to visit the vineyard, the Tenuta di Capichera. The Ragnedda family had been growing grapes there for over 100 years, yet the big change came about about 25 years ago with Alberto Regnedda....