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.

More for the barbecue here. Medium-intense rose colour, delicate fragrance with hints of forest fruits. Lots of direct strawberry fruit, a rounded, harmonic taste with clean dry finish, not hints of unpleasant sweetness, proper wine for proper drinking. Ideal for starters, rice and pasta dishes and fish.

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. 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 that we would never have heard of before.