The New Year Recalls Pleasing Wines
In 2020, there were days when the pandemic dominated my thoughts and actions; wine was a source of relief, but it was filed in
Reasonably Priced Wines
Its bright cherry color, fresh cherry, strawberry and black pepper aromas were like olfactory firecrackers lighting up memories of previously enjoying Barbera d’Asti with fish,
Elvio Cogno the master of Ravera
Nadia Cogno & Valter Fissore The sixth and final report on my 2018 autumn visit and tasting of Nebbiolo-based wines in Piedmont In 1990, 53-year-old
Pietro Ratti continues his father’s story
Fifth article of a series from an autumn 2018 visit and tastings in Piedmont. Before his untimely death in 1988 at 54 years old, Renato
Marchesi di Barolo is better than ever as the 6th generation arrives
Fourth article of a series from an autumn 2018 visit and tastings in Piedmont. Few Italian estates have as storied a history as Marchesi di
2018:The best & the brightest…the bodacious & the bargains, part 2
The Best Some of Bordeaux’s best 2015s were displayed in January at the Union des Grand Crus tasting, with those from the Right Bank chateaus
Ceretto is stylish at every turn, part two: Barolo
In 2000, Ceretto installed a modern glass cube-shaped sculpture at the top of the Rocche vineyard in Castiglione Falletto, one of Barolo’s best communes. Its
Ceretto is stylish at every turn, part one.
The Grape viewed from a tasting room Serruluga d’Alba is an important wine village in the Langhe region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that dates
Michele Chiarlo delivers quality, integrity and reasonable prices
This is the first in a series of Barolo producers that I visited in the last week of October. Chiarlo's Cerequio vineyard and the hills
Marchesi di Barolo has its season.
Barolo beckons me when autumn’s red and yellow leaves shimmer in its brisk wind, then lessens its grip with the blooming of spring’s daffodils. It