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Barolo, Barbaresco & More: A Look at the 2020 Vintage

This report focuses on the 2020 Barolos, but you will also find Barbaresco and some Langhe Nebbiolo, Barbera d’Alba, Dolcetto d’Alba and Freisa wines....

Monica Larner • 03 Apr 2024

Barolo Italian Wines Nebbiolo

Italy, Piedmont: Barolo, Barbaresco & More

This report focuses mostly on 2019 Barolos, one of the best vintages in years, but there are also many beautiful 2020 Barbarescos, plus some whites....

Monica Larner • 24 Aug 2023

Piedmont Barolo Barbaresco

Italy, Piedmont: Roero, Nebbiolo & White Truffles

As the saying goes, a year that is good for wine is bad for truffles. A year that is good for truffles is bad for wine. 2022 was challenging for...

Monica Larner • 14 Dec 2022

Piedmont Nebbiolo Barolo

Italy, Piedmont: Barolo, Barbaresco & More – Part 1

Most of the reviews here are for Barolos from 2018, a vintage that is hard to interpret, with both surprises and disappointments in unexpected places....

Monica Larner • 22 Jun 2022

Piedmont Barolo Barbaresco

Italy, Piedmont, Barolo: A Video Spotlight on Giacomo Conterno

Roberto Conterno of the Giacomo Conterno estate is one of Italy’s most talented Barolisti, but during the doldrums of lockdown, he reinvented himself....

Monica Larner • 29 Nov 2021

Italian Wines Nebbiolo Barolo

Italy, Piedmont, Barolo: Five Questions for Poderi Luigi Einaudi

In this article, Matteo Sardagna Einaudi answers some questions about Poderi Luigi Einaudi, which has been in his family’s hands for four generations....

Monica Larner • 13 Oct 2021

Nebbiolo Barolo Piedmont

Italy, Piedmont: Brain Fog – 2017 Barolo, 2018 Barbaresco & More

Current events and our collective brain fog remind me of the low-lying fog and clouds that are so central to the identity of Piedmont’s greatest wines....

Monica Larner • 16 Jun 2021

Piedmont Barolo Barbaresco

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