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Piemonte is beginning to feel like home from home now having been here 3 times in the last three months. This was another very special visit – this time to Michele Chiarlo with Stefano Chiarlo and one of Piemonte’s most … Continue reading
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A visit to @borgogno1761 with the very affable Andrea Farinetti showed some very positive developments with the 2019s for me in comparison to previous years. The aromas are much clearer and brighter and the wines look much livelier with brighter fruit. I … Continue reading
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What a fabulously fun visit and tasting with so many lovely wines with Fabrizio Giraudo at Az.ag. Ranieri Gianmatteo winery between Barolo and Monforte – they even make sone great #vermouth and a #digestivo – plus a sneak preview of their #barolo 2020 and 2021 from … Continue reading
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What a thrill to finally visit one of the oldest and most historically famous restaurants in the Barolo area – restaurant Buon Padre – (records of this as place to rest and get a meal go back to 1890 and … Continue reading
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One of the most exciting things about wine is discovering new producers and lately there have been quite a few in my recent trips to #piemonte #piedmont. @vaira_aurelj are doing things their own way and are making some delightfully charming but characterful wines. Tasting … Continue reading
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A visit to @massolinowinery is a must. – Franco Massolino does a brilliant job of explaining the lie of the land and the surrounding vineyards but most of all it is the pure and pristine quality of the wines that pull me … Continue reading
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A long overdue visit to @elvio_cogno and a great tasting of some special wines. It’s been a long effort but Walter has rescued the indigenous #nascettadinovello white grape variety from near extinction and now there are 14 producers of this variety in #novello and he is … Continue reading
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It’s not every day you get to taste every producer’s wine from a particular place but this was a brilliant initiative by the #verdunoptoducersassociation that allowed us to taste 17 examples of their special #pelaverga wines from the pelavega piccolo grape variety . This … Continue reading
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After a long journey it’s fun to walk in the vineyards with expert @edmondobonelli – you never know who you will meet 😉 first photo Vittore Alessandria @fratellialessandria @edmondobonelli Diego Morra @cantinemorradiego President of the Verduno Producers Association and @ian_dagata in @fratellialessandria vineyards. Last photo of #verduno town on a little high crest … Continue reading
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@domenicoclerico_winery are on fire at the moment! Producing some excellent quality wines with concentration and depth but so deeply refined and full of finesse. Like a butterfly finding it’s wings they have shed a heavier more oaky, powerful style which served … Continue reading
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This @oddero Villero 2019 is just looking stunning tonight! Amazingly layered and complex in aromas and flavours yet managed to be both delicate and persistent, hedonistic melting texture and flow across the palate but tannins and acidity manage to be vivid and … Continue reading
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Last week in Piemonte another great visit in #babaresco to @cascinadellerose one of Barbaresco’s leading lights who kindly let me taste their Barbaresco 2019 and 2020s as well. Thanks so much Riccardo for showing me around with such enthusiasm. View this post on Instagram … Continue reading
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One of the most exciting wines I tasted last week in Piemonte. It was even more exciting because I tasted it completely blind and I had no idea what it was except when I tasted it I knew it was … Continue reading
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Wonderful visit with one of the great pioneers of modern #barolo @chiaraboschis_pira who was one of the original ‘Barolo Boys’ Great to taste her three superb Barolo 2019s. Barolo Cannubi 2019 is full of joyful and exuberant red fruit and flower aromas with … Continue reading
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first meeting of the day with Roberto Conterno in #monforte. 2019 was a great vintage for him so there will be no #francia or #arione 2019 instead they will both go into the #monfortino 2019 #riserva #barolo #nebbiolo View this post on Instagram A post shared by Susan Hulme (@susanhulmemw)
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Always a warm welcome with the delightful Barbara at @sandroneluciano and the wines have such gentle and seductive charm as well as tenacity. This time I was very impressed by the @sandroneluciano #2017 Vite Talin Barolo and a glimpse of what will be a very … Continue reading