Sto scrivando questo articolo in Italiano (invece che in Inglese ) per due motivi. Primo, dopo la prima volta che sono andata in Piemonte, e mi sono inamorata con il vino del Piemonte, ho deciso che devo imparare la lingua Italiana per conoscere meglio il loro vino. Continuo quindi sul mio sentiero d’imparare sempre di più … Continue reading Una degustazione dalle Barbera d’Asti e Barbera d’Alba
Category: Regions
Mauro Veglio Rocche dell’Annunziata Barolo 2003
The only problem last night with opening the bottle of Mauro Veglio Rocche dell’Annunziata Barolo 2003 I was just given by Mauro and his wife Daniela was that I wish I’d had a bottle of Giovanni Corino Rocche dell’Annunziata 2003 to open for comparison. I know where to get that but the decision was just … Continue reading Mauro Veglio Rocche dell’Annunziata Barolo 2003
Renato Corino Part 1.7
"This moment contains all moments." -C.S. Lewis So it’s three days ‘til D-Day and all I can think about is la vendemmia. “Com’è stata l’estate? Faceva troppo caldo? Come sono i vigneti? … la Barbera? ... la Freisa? ... la Ruchè? … il Dolcetto? … il Nebbiolo?” I can’t believe 10 months have passed since I last … Continue reading Renato Corino Part 1.7
Lambrusco: la bevanda perfetta per l’estate
Please, regardless of what you’ve got lined up to drink before the weather turns cold again, do yourself a favor and add Lambrusco† — now! Go down to your favorite fine wine shop, pick up a bottle (rosso preferably), take it home, get a pizza, crack open the wine, and … I think you can … Continue reading Lambrusco: la bevanda perfetta per l’estate
California Nebbiolo
“It grows like a weed,” Randall Grahm said to me first when I asked him to describe his experience with Nebbiolo in California. This is ironic because Nebbiolo is supposed to be one of the most difficult varieties to grow in the world. The point is that the vine does grow like a weed. But … Continue reading California Nebbiolo
Stars of Roero
Every year I make my pilgrimage to Berkeley, California in June and cruise around my favorite neighborhoods, exploring. My parents lived in this town in the east bay before I was born and they always referred to it as their old “stomping grounds.” Having spent my first two years of college at UC Berkeley, I … Continue reading Stars of Roero
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