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Barbaresco 2020 (14/04/2023)

(this article was initially written for the Barbaresco & Barolo group in Facebook, but became too big while I was writing it, so I had to publish it here) Tasting of the day: for the first time in history a wine critic that comes to our lands to taste the newly released vintages decides not…

Bye-bye, Vietti!

First time I met Luca Currado back in 2006 – I was visiting Langhe with a big group of sommeliers, we had a huge tasting at his winery, then we went to a restaurant for dinner. Everything was so intense that I didn’t make it out in which village we were (I was new to…

June in Wine (wine events in & with Piedmont and around)

After a very intensive wine-May, the wine-June that kicked off today also promises a whole lot of wine events, usually happening the same day(s) so one would have difficulty to choose which one to opt for. Let’s start: 02-05/06 Eight nuances of Barolo, Enoteca regionale del Barolo, Barolo (CN) The Enoteca Regionale celebrates 40 years…

Grandi Langhe 2022 (program)

After a two year break the main wine trade event of Piedmont is back! The 6th edition of Grandi Langhe, postponed from January as many other events due at the beginning of the year, moves from Alba to Turin and has a new (more spacious) venue – OGR. A total of 267 wineries will be…