Lara Boglione, whose family owns Petersham Nurseries on the edge of Richmond Park, opened a Florentine wine bar/restaurant in Notting Hill this week with her Tuscan winemaker husband, Giovanni Mazzei. Named Trogolo – Italian for ‘trough’, after the communal stone water troughs found across Tuscany – the Westbourne Grove venue promises “a slice of Florence […]
The Frescobaldi family – who have produced some of Tuscany’s finest vintages since 1308 – have opened their first restaurant and wine bar outside of Italy. No prizes for guessing where they have chosen for their foray into foreign territory. So, Ristorante Frescobaldi follows in the footsteps of Quattro Passi and Assunta Madre by choosing […]
