PIGNOLO
CULTI-
VATING
THE IN-
VISIBLE
~ A SELECTION of REVIEWS ~
Nothing I say can do this book justice. It’s a book like no other book I have reviewed. It’s poetry. It’s a fairground. It’s Alice in Wonderland meets Robert Frost on the road less travelled. It’s Muriel Barbery lost in an amphora, Einstein with anthocyanin-stained hands, a self-help hack, a work of art, a scrap book, a paean, an odyssey, a howl at the universe, a prayer to the moon. It brought me to tears more than once.
Tamlyn Currin
JancisRobinson.com
Pignolo Cultivating the Invisible is magnificently edgy. The text is rich in treasure and interest. The design is wondrous. Every time I’ve gone in there I’ve found something new and unexpected. Well done Ben Little for your vision, imagination and accomplishment.
Andrew Jefford,
Author Drinking with the Valkyries
Columnist for Decanter & World of Fine Wine
“VERY IMPRESSED WITH THIS WORK.
I COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO WRITE
SUCH A DETAILED 432 PAGE VOLUME ON PIGNOLO ALONE.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Dr. Jose’ Vouillamoz
World leading authority on winegrape DNA profiling
Educator & Writer, Co-author of the award winning
“WINE GRAPES”
“An extravagant exercise in esoterica
becomes the most colourful book on wine.”
David Schildknecht
The World of Fine Wine Magazine
Issue 75 / March 2022
“Pignolo Cultivating the Invisible is a fantastic
multi-media exploration…
a highly personal memoir of
and tribute to
a very distinctive grape
and
the people who have nurtured it as it nurtured them.
More than a book, it is an experience.
Highly Recommended.”
Mike Veseth
THE WINE ECONOMIST
Detailed Review – click link below
Wine Economist Pignolo Review
“This is an unusual
genre-bending book.
Recommended for Dreamers.”
Randall Grahm
Founder Winemaker at Bonny Doon Vineyard,
Popelouchum Viticultural Visionary & Dreamer
currently masterminding ‘The Language of Yes’
“What a gorgeous thing. I have it on my beside table and read a few pages each night… Ben Little is a very talented writer…
thank you for the opportunity to learn about this fascinating
if obscure grape.”
Clark Smith
Winemaker, Wine Consultant and Wine Educator,
Author ‘Postmodern winemaking’, University of California Press.
“A SUPERB READ”
Donald Edwards
Head Sommelier, “La Trompette” (*One Michelin Star)
London
“…the most astonishing wine book I’ve encountered… geeky in a good way… entertaining. There’s poetry… beautiful artwork… it feels like a guided journey in an ampelographic Divine Comedy.”
Stefano G. Manfredi
Award-winning Chef, Restaurateur, Author & Kitchen Gardener
a.k.a the Godfather of modern Italian Cuisine in Australia.
“I love this book”
Bobby Stuckey
Master Sommelier & Proprietor Frasca Food & Wine,
James Beard Foundation Award Winner
for Hospitality Excellence.
“It is an evocative book, composed of a thousand suggestions, illustrations, thoughts and poetry. It is a new way of telling the story…breaking out of the mold of the usual guidebook. It is a journey through Pignolo, through it’s author Ben Little… a microcosm of Italian beauty.”
Laura Donadoni
The Italian Wine Girl
Author Journalist & Wine Educator
“Ben Little’s book on Pignolo is extremely authoritative:
it covers the entire waterfront like no one else has.”
~ Robert Draper
Author, National Geographic Magazine Contributing Writer
New York Times Magazine Writer at Large