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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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Lovely evening just chilling with Gaia Gaja tonight – always such great fun and great company at one of my favourite places @campamac in Barbaresco and the #Gaja #soritildin #babaresco #2020 was showing beautifully tonight. fun to try the #enginegintonic View this post on Instagram A post shared … 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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More delights from the 2019 and 2020 vintage. This time the 2020 Barbaresco Ronchi from @rocca.albino Albino Rocca takes the floor with its gentle elegance and graceful style – the nose opens after a while to a beautiful harmony of red cherry, … Continue reading
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Views of Alta Langa and the Alps in the distance from Gaja’s beautiful new winery in #altalanga #altalanghe on course to be finished by August 2023 and ready to receive the first batch of grapes. In 2015 the Gaja family purchased 30 hectares … Continue reading
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A quick whistle-stop visit to the much talked about @piero_busso (whom I had visited a few years before) on my intensive tour of #babaresco last week. Piero was on holiday but kindly arranged for his sister to show me the wines. I liked a … 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