E Got. As a range these wines reflect the no nonsense Emilia Romagnan attitude to wine. Yes it is important but it’s the food that we are after, the wine it aids the journey, makes the heart sing with the easy fruity accessibility of the whole caboosh.

You get more cedar scents from the Sangiovese than the smooth blackberry of the Merlot, but not so as you’d really be finding the fruit missing, just an all out good wine. Intense red colour with delicately herbaceous fragrance, lightly spiced with cherry notes. A rounded, soft flavour, good with red pasta dishes and as a general all-rounder. 

Cevico are the biggest company we deal with and they are big indeed. Fourth largest private winery in Italy but we like them and for some bizarre reason, (must be our smiles) they like us. They have a bewildering array of wines, which is actually testament to how good they are. They make wines that are specific to the regions where the vines are grown and they keep that typicity to the forefront as much as they can. We’ve also discovered new wines and regions that we would never have heard of before. Borgo Eliceo DOC anyone? It is pretty cracking actually.Egot is the name in Romagna dialect for the typical earthenware mug, used to drink wine. It contains the unit of measurement par excellence for the tasting of a good wine; generous enough to allow passage of the aromas, but not too spacious, leaving the taster with the desire to drink right down to the last sip.