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On Sunday I witnessed the most extraordinary auction at the Grinzane Cavour castle outside Alba - of some of the most exquisite white truffles found this (rather good) season. This charity auction... |
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From €11.79, £12.99 , $19.49. HK$168, 21 Swiss francs, CA$23.95 Find this wine I don’t think I’ve ever recommended a wine of the week that seems to be as widely available as... |
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From £80 a dozen in bond Find Correggia's wines Among the 50-odd Piemontese reds which I tasted last night and described in tasting notes this morning, this Nebbiolo from a... |
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Here, in a hurry and very sketchily proofread, are the notes I took at last night's J&B tasting of the wines in their current Italian and Iberian offer. I thought those interested would... |
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The recent decision of Bruno Giacosa (pictured, with his daughter Bruna) not to bottle any of his Barolo or Barbaresco of the 2006 vintage has caused quite a stir in Italy. After the announcement,... |
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23 Jun update Franco Ziliani suggests that those who can read Italian might like to read this alternative explanation on his site , translated into English here . Dante Scaglione was the... |
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On this dark grey morning in London, I thought I'd import some strong rays of Italian sunshine via the following tasting notes taken at a showing of wines from 10 great estates by UK Italian... |
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The governmental body of the province of Piemonte which is responsible for all matters and regulations concerning viticulture, Il Comitato Consultivo per la Vitivinicoltura, has given the green... |
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The legendary Teobaldo Cappellano, one of the very few truly traditional, and in that context, controversial, winemakers from Barolo, revered throughout Italy, died last weekend in a hospital in... |
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Willi Klinger was Angelo Gaja’s right hand man from 2000 to 2006. Here are his most memorable restaurants in the Langhe region of Piedmont, updates from the previous edition of this list in... |
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In a nutshell: Italy's most terroiriste area with strong similarities to Burgundy. Main grapes: Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto (red); Moscato, Cortese, Arneis (white). Of all... |
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2006 A coolish summer was followed by an Indian summer punctuated by two bouts of rain but the grapes were healthy enough to withstand them. Promising. 2005 Reduced crop of decent... |
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Find this wine Update 5 Nov 2009 - PortoVino ( www.portovinoitaliano.com ) has advised us that they are the new exclusive importer for Vigneti Massa in the US. First a... |
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As promised on the forum (initially in this thread ) here are my notes from a blind tasting of Piemontese reds for British Airways. We will be publishing more notes specifically on 2004... |
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I had an interesting challenge the other day: tasting the following 60 Barolos and Barbarescos in an attempt to find one or two that would be suitable for serving in British Airways first class... |
