Road-side notes
Meet Avanti
With my new motorbike, Avanti, I’m ready to ride all over Europe visiting winemakers and telling their stories.
Izack Stjernberg
Independent writer and journalist publishing portraits, journeys and field notes exploring people, places and the stories that shape our lives.
Road-side notes
The importance of skills
Whatever you do, your technical skills open the door to the freedom of doing it, and as a result, you grow as a person. That’s why it’s important to practice your skills on a regular basis, and why not do it in the beautiful spring weather to get ready for the season with a few motorcycle exercises.
Road-side notes
Motorcycle content free forever
All motorcycle related content is free forever, because it acts as a crucial lever for the wine related content, which comes with a premium subscription.
Road-side notes
Motorcycling in my circle
Acceptance of who we really are is key to shaping life according to will, and if it wasn't for motorcycles, I probably wouldn't have gotten the message.
Off-season notes
The Significance of Age
Our relationship with age says something about how we value time, and it plays a decisive role in the world of wine. But are we in the process of losing that connection?
Off-season notes
Your wine shows who you are
As a product, wine has a special ability to carry a greater sense of self-understanding and to tell a story about your personality.
Background
The Cultural Roots of Wine
Locally produced natural wine or transport-friendly wine? Wine's history has shaped our wine culture along both paths.
Off-season notes
Room for Everyone
Supermarket wine or auction rarities? Organic Piedmont winemaker Gabriele Baldi says wine always sparks deeper understanding. Relax, enjoy, and grow your senses naturally. The world of wine has room for everyone.
Off-season notes
The Art of Failing Forward
What’s the unspoken secret that separates ordinary winemakers from true pioneers who rewrite the impossible?
Portrait
The Freedom to Be a Brush
The Baldi family was an organic pioneer in Piedmont long before it was popular, and for 33-year-old Gabriele Baldi, life as an organic wine producer continues to be a journey toward high-quality wines in close symbiosis with nature.
Izack Stjernberg
The Road to Wine
It took a fusion of my childhood summer holidays in Italy and my professional life as a journalist to find my way into the world of wine and the raw, authentic stories of the people behind the wine.