Alain Bottaro

Alain is the conservator of the Alpes Maritimes and the head archivist in the Department who holds joint French and Italian nationalities. He is also a professor at the Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis. Parallel to his career, his research in history concerned successively Roman antiquity, Italy in the modern and contemporary period and finally the history of Provence and Nice, …

Pascal Colletta

Pascal is a professor of a Niçois language, the specialist of the provençal game La Mourra. He has a Master’s degree in history and language of Oc. Pascal is the president of the associations “Mourra dei quatre cantouns” and “Ilonse Gavouot Ski Club”, he is also a local reporter of Nice-Matin and a co-worker of the bilingual magazine “Lou Sourgentin”. …

Visit to a Family Vineyard on September 23rd, 2018

The vendange is the best time of year to visit a local winery. It is the time of the grape harvest and the chance to see the wineyard in full operation. Via Nissa will be visiting two family owned wineyards in the Bellet region.  The wines of Bellet are small in quantitity and mostly known only to the locals.  They …