#wines from Piedmont
Articoli dedicati ai vini piemontesi.
Travaglini's 2006 "Il Sogno" Has Become a Reality for My Palate
The wine I'm about to tell you about was purchased online, trying out Wineverse and taking advantage of Groupalia coupons… too bad the e-commerce site went offline keeping only the blog active (on which the last article is dated July 2015!)…
Ruchè Clàsic 2014, Another Winning Bet by Ferraris
We have already encountered the Ferraris winery, which operates in the Castagnole Monferrato area. It happened when describing the Opera Prima, a wine made from Ruchè grapes, a native variety that is increasingly widespread in the hilly area to the north-east of Asti. The fact that...
Barbera d'Alba Elena 2012, the Beauty of Barbera d'Alba
I had met Roberto Sarotto in Rome, shortly before embarking on my study journey through the Langhe of Barolo. Going to visit him at his home in Neviglie was the natural consequence. It happened, of course, because I had appreciated his wines during a Roman tasting, and had come to understand the spirit with which they were made...
Vignaioli di Langa e Piemonte: Event in Rome
The sensory experience of Nebbiolo, the beautiful prince of the Langhe. Nebbiolo, an extraordinary and complex grape, exhilarating yet difficult to cultivate. It combines low productivity with a difficult adaptability to soils other than its native ones...
Poderi e Cantine Oddero, the prestige of Barolo Vigna Mondoca 2006
I went to visit Mariacristina Oddero at the historic winery, in the frazione Santa Maria in the municipality of La Morra. And I lived one of the most beautiful experiences of my journey through the Langhe of Barolo. Poderi e Cantine Oddero is one of the most historic and well-known...
Barbera Merum 2012 – Antonio Bellicoso
After the Freisa and the Barbera Amormio, we now turn to the flagship wine of the estate, the Barbera that best represents the oenological creed of Antonio Bellicoso. I'm talking about the Barbera Merum 2012.
Barbera d'Asti Amormio 2013 – Antonio Bellicoso
Antonio Bellicoso demonstrates great mastery in his conception and then in the production of wines from pure Barbera grapes. After having talked about the Freisa, I now tell you about the Barbera d'Asti Amormio 2013
Freisa d'Asti 2013 – Antonio Bellicoso
We return to talk about Antonio Bellicoso, a producer from Montegrosso d'Asti whom we interviewed in the past and whose wines from previous vintages we have reviewed. I went to visit him at the winery to taste the new vintages. We now present the F...
Marchesi di Barolo: tasting the Barolo Cannubi 1982
At the end of the winery visit, lunch with Ernesto Abbona, President of Marchesi di Barolo, in the foresteria, a refined restaurant inside the estate. A tasting menu was served, paired with some of the winery's most representative wines and a few hidden gems...
Marchesi di Barolo, tradition and legend
I visited Barolo and toured the traditional winery of Marchesi di Barolo, a cellar that rightfully belongs to the winemaking history of the Langhe and beyond. During the visit, I had the opportunity to spend a good half day in ...
Cantina Pira: Barolo di Serralunga d'Alba
We are in Serralunga d'Alba, in the south-eastern area of the Barolo production zone. From a geological standpoint, the territory emerged from the sea in an earlier era, during the so-called Serravallian period, approximately 15 million years ago. On the wes...
Opera Prima, Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato
We have already discussed Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato in relation to the wines of Montalbera and Franco Morando. We return to the subject to tell the story of Opera Prima by Luca Ferraris, a different interpretation of Ruchè and its territory. The appellation...