It’s Negroni Week across the land (at least that’s what they’re saying on the interweb), but as I replied to the PEZ-Fans who pointed this out… it’s always Negroni Week at PEZ HQ. So what a perfect time to look back at my best negronis of the 2015 Giro d’Italia. My fondness of the negroni cocktail has been well documented on these pages, so it’ll be no surprise to loyal PEZ-fans that as the Post-Giro dust settles and we return to our regularly scheduled lives, I take pause to consider how the 2015 edition of theGiro d’Italia rated on my own “Negroni Index”. I’m still amazed at what new experiences … or considerations… I seem to have with each sip of this drink. It’s been a constant companion for the past dozen years, and it’s been there for the best moments of my life ever since I discovered it around 2003.For 15 days inMay I chased around Italy – I drove 2500km and stayed in 7 different hotels: Milan, Lake Garda (the excellent GardaBikeHotel), Cesentico (the also excellent Hotel Lungomare), San Remo, Sestri Levante, Massa and Florence. I chased 5 stages of the Giro, rode my bike several times (including one 6 hour 132km trek to conquer the Carpegna climb so loved by Marco Pantani that required several day’s recovery)… it was a busy trip with several things that had to get done each day.In spite of thehectic schedule,I always looked forward to my much needed ‘pausa’ – finding, sipping, and...
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