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Sardinian wines for dummies – Part 1, White Wines

This short journey want to tell about the most known sardinian wines and grapes, some you may don’t know that well and some you’d like to discover. To each wine I suggest an easy to find bottle with a good value for money. I’m not a sommelier, neither a super expert, I just love wine...
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San Martino water

San Martino water, a natural sport nutrition supplement

Sardinian geological complexity and karst phenomenon created a land rich in natural springs and aquifers. Most of Sardinian waters have a low mineral content, while some have lots of minerals, like San Martino water, flowing from Coros plateau in northern Sardinia. Due to its richness in mineral content, this water is an extraordinary and natural...
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Fordangianus and Aritzo

Fordongianus – Aritzo: At root of wine

A challenging but exciting stage, from the vineyards of Mandrolisai to the silences of Barbagia, pedaling under the chestnut trees of Aritzo. Traditional carpets and design Few km of flat, then we climb through Samugheo, a village known for its exquisite traditional hand made carpets, made using local wool. In the recent past, some master...
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Emilio Oggianu wine maker

From Vine to Wine: Emidio Oggianu a Sardinian winemaker

Sardinia is not, among the Italian regions, the largest producer of wine, but here the culture of the vine and wine is an invaluable asset, intimately tied to our culture and our traditions.  The production of Malvasia di Bosa is emblematic,  one of the smallest but most awarded DOC in Italy, that has always contributed to the...
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Santu Lussurgiu and Fordongianus

Santu Lussurgiu to Fordongianus – A taste of inner Sardinia

A stage that let us taste the inland before ending in Fordongianus, a place where ancient Romans settled as a base to try to conquer the heart of the island in the Barbagia region. Crossing a vast plateau We leave Santu Lussurgiu along a comfortable downhill among the olive groves on this slopes of Montiferru,...
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Bosa and Santu Lussurgiu

Bosa – Santu Lussurgiu: Another life is possible

Bosa and its happiness Every time I leave Bosa, it’s a bit sad to leave as well its light hearted people. As soon as you get outside the village, it’s worth to stop to admire at a glance the castle, the river, and the village itself, that looks nestled among the hills, with its houses...
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Moreno vineyard

At Moreno’s vineyard, where Hospitality has home

Hospitality, a recurring word on tourism manuals It may look absurd, this is definitely misused by too many hotel chains, and people involved in hospitality sometimes are missing the deep meaning of this word. Hospitality is something that can’t be planned, you need the will to open the door, to listen and enter the private dimension and...
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Culurgiones Sardinian ravioli

Culurgiones, a tipical Sardinian pasta

On a beautiful day at a friends house, which we’ll tell you more in the next days, with a group of American friends we kneaded, stretched, cut, filled, closed, and cooked some wonderful culurgiones of Ogliastra, which are a kind of ravioli. Oh, we’ve also eaten… This is the recipe, try it yourself, but don’t...
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Roberta Petza Chef

I’m just a cook: Roberto Petza

This is Roberto Petza, and he defines himself as a cook, not as “Chef”. This subtle difference describes him as a modest person that, thanks to his work and his team, really promotes Sardinia. In a world that has too many Chef superstars , it’s a pleasure to meet somebody not bigheaded. He has a...
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Salvatore Porcu a Sardinian shepherd

It’s not just about cheese

Salvatore Porcu is a shepherd in Bosa, Sardinia, he keeps alive this tradition and ancient art that is a lifestyle, in spite of those who are now converted to simple farmers and milk producers. As I said he’s a sheperd, and he does it a sa sarda (in Sardinian way): being so meticulous till the...
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