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La Fonte - Ristorante Vineria Enoteca, Acqui Terme restaurant review. “Without a Guiding Hand”
Uninvited Opinion. La Fonte has the room, the wine list, the terrace and the talent. What it lacks is someone to say no.
 • Liam Collens
Timorasso: The Grape That Refused to Die
Italy’s muscular, mineral, nearly discarded grape, its unlikely comeback - and the bottles to buy!
 • Liam Collens
Rediscovering Moscato.
Getting passed the mediocre labels that set the wrong impression and re-discovering this grape, together with seven Moscato d'Asti labels that I HIGHLY…
 • Liam Collens
La Bottiglieria del Ruché: restaurant review
La Bottiglieria del Ruché kindles the makings of an idyllic Italian enoteca with affordable wine and eclectic decor, but then we had the food.
 • Liam Collens
Ruché: Piemonte’s Little Red Secret
How a region resurrected a grape from obscurity, and the five Ruché producers to look out for.
 • Liam Collens
Corona Reale Trattoria, Moncalvo restaurant review.
Uninvited Opinion. A cozy, village restaurant where, after enough local wine, you'll start looking for homes nearby.
 • Liam Collens
Ristorante Lido 84, Lake Garda: It's What Dreams Are Made Of [Archives]
There are very few restaurants where I daydream about going back. Lido 84 is one of them. Hell, it may be the only one.
 • Liam Collens
Trattoria Losanna, Masio restaurant review: “It is like a homecoming.”
Losanna’s cooking tastes like the recipes lie handwritten in a fifty-year-old notebook strapped together by fraying tape and divine intervention. You…
 • Liam Collens
Consorzio, Turin restaurant review: "Fergus Henderson's doppelgänger is an Italian woman."
Consorzio tastes bold and edifying in modern times, making light work of unsexy, overlooked cuts. The squeamish will still eat well, and eat you should.
 • Liam Collens
2024's Highlights: Of Eating and Writing In The Year I Never Expected.
2024 tested me in ways I would not expect: as a new father, as a new writer. Here are my fondest moments of 2024.
 • Liam Collens
The Greatest Dining Spaces
Of views, history and art, you could come to these dinings rooms, eat nothing and leave utterly satisfied. These are a collection of my most memorable…
 • Liam Collens
Restaurants in Piedmont: Michelin Stars, Enotecas & Local Gems Across Monferrato, Asti, Alba & Turin
From Michelin-starred dining in Alba to hidden enotecas in Monferrato and Asti, this is a personally curated guide to Piedmont’s best restaurants — from…
 • Liam Collens
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