Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Winefullness Magazine, and we're back in Italy for most of it as we get out and about in Maremma, taste wines from the Venezia region, sample Emilia-Romagna, visit an Italian Wine and Food fair in London, and then slip into France, where we're trying out the Hopwine concept of tasting at home for professionals.

   In a new section entitled, 'Food for Thought', I question who are wine writers writing for. The piece could have easily filled a book, but here it just covers a few thought-provoking paragraphs that are designed to stimulate debate. More of these pieces to follow.

   There is the usual photography, more wine travelogues that are designed to have you booking trips, gifts to buy, and wine recommendations that are there to be shared.

   

   I do feel it only honest to let you, the reader, know that for the next couple of years, unless things change, Winefullness Magazine will be cutting down on the number of issues in a year. The reason for this is because I'm pretty much a one-man-band and there are other projects that need my attention, some wine-related of course, but if you want to contribute and take some of the workload get in touch!