Debunking Barolo myths

Barolo and Barbaresco by Kerin O'Keefe - book cover

Kerin O'Keefe's latest book was one of our reviewer's six wine books of 2014, reviews of which we published free on Friday. Walter would also like to have his say on O'Keefe's Barolo and Barbaresco.

The wine book market as a whole seems to have imploded. Gone are the days when Foyles bookshop in London had a whole department dedicated to wine, rather than one shelf nowadays. Publishers tend to give the green light to wine books only if they believe they can fill a void. One such void is the subject of Barolo and Barbaresco, and I...