SMOOTH OPERATOR CARLO FERRINI TALKS ABOUT ELEGANCE
In Part two of the “Great Italian Wine Makers”, a series of seminars featuring high profile Italian wine making consultants, Carlo Ferrini took to the stage at one of the oldest and most daunting of all wine institutions in the world: London’s Vintner’s Hall. This veritable institution is located since the 15th century in Upper Thames street and its building has resisted time as well as the ugly 20th century architecture which surrounds it today. It survives on such a busy road it makes pedestrians look like a phenomenon from the last century. Inside, away from the noise of the city, one finds oneself in dark, comforting and very noble rooms, where several lit fireplaces enhance the feeling of a London long past.
I am being greeted by the amiable Marina Thompson from the wine marketing agency of the same name, which has its base in Rome, and instigator of the first seminar, about six months ago, featuring Cottarella, who seemed as happy to talk to an audience as someone facing the prospect of having a particular painful tooth pulled out without narcosis. (more…)