Monferrato DOC Master Class – twenty-six wines but few favourites
Going to a Master Class is enriching regardless of subject area or specialisation. An enthusiastic speaker with a strong connection and a big heart for the area in question. A conversation not only...
View ArticleParusso – Barolo with plenty of everything
“I want to give everything, I only live once and I want to give everything I have,” says Marco Parusso from the eponymous wine estate in Monforte d´Alba in Barolo. You can feel that in the wines....
View ArticleThree small Italian producers from Trentino and Piedmont to go looking for
Longed-for producers meet thirsty throats on the Italian Wind Day at the Grand Hotel Media, working life and living rooms are strongly impacted by restrictions, easement and re-restrictions. The...
View ArticleA Piedmont wine treasure that was almost lost, but was saved from extinction:...
Timorasso is the name of a rare Piedmontese grape variety. It had almost disappeared; barely a hectare remained when a winemaker near the town of Tortona decided to save it. We should all be grateful...
View Article150 years of Piedmont history with Enrico Serafino: Barolo, Roero, Gavi, Alta...
In the small town of Canale in Piedmont, right in the town centre, you find the Enrico Serafino winery. It has a long history going back almost 150 years. But today, the business is very modern and...
View ArticleErbaluce di Caluso, a tiny white wine appellation in Piedmont worth...
One of the charms of exploring the world of wine is to discover new wines, wines that may surprise you. Or simply wines that you didn’t know existed, but that you put on your to-drink list (better than...
View ArticleTimorasso wines from Cantine Bottazzi in Piedmont: Winemaker Carlo Lorenzo...
Not so long ago, we discovered timorasso, an Italian white grape variety in Piedmont. Since then, we have tasted a fair number of timorasso wines, most recently from Cantine Bottazzi. We believe that...
View Article2022 was an excellent harvest, winemakers told us in France, Portugal, Italy,...
Last autumn, our wine tours took us to a number of wine regions and wine countries, including France, Italy, Portugal, and Austria. We took the occasion to ask some of the winemakers what they thought...
View ArticleNebbiolo and its way to world fame | grape profile | Britt on Forbes
Nebbiolo has changed over the years, not least in the last 40 years. Its world fame is rather recent. Its most famous wines, Barolo and Barbaresco, triumphed on the export market from the 1980’s....
View ArticleA handful of delicious and very Italian wines from Vinonista
Vinonista is a Swedish wine importer that has specialised in Italian wines from small producers. Vinonista primarily sells its wines through the so-called “on order range” (or assortment, as the Swedes...
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