Caffè Corretto

he swift Brenta River flows through Bassano del Grappa and is crossed by a venerable wooden bridge, the Ponte degli Alpini (which, incidentally, was designed by Andrea Palladio). At the eastern end of the bridge, in a weather-worn wall, I found a plain, grey-painted wooden door, above which was written, in old-fashioned script, Well, B. Nardini, I thought, the , your produces is probably . And then I was struck by the thought that, despite all my Italian travels, I really knew nothing about the subject. It was time to find out. But Nardini’s wooden door