On a trip full of memorable experiences, high among them would have to be our cooking class at Castello Banfi. The session was scheduled to start at 10 a.m., and I assumed we’d go through our paces and then sit down for lunch at the usual hour. Instead, we spent six hours in the kitchen (using residential rather than professional appliances) under the careful and congenial direction of the head chef, Riccardo Cappelli.