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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

Barolo Piedmont 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

Nebbiolo Piedmont 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

Barolo Piedmont Barbaresco

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

Piedmont Barolo Nebbiolo

Italy, Piedmont: A Video Spotlight on Bruno Giacosa

Perhaps no Nebbiolista looms larger in Barolo and Barbaresco than the legendary Bruno Giacosa, who intuitively found the grape’s best growing sites....

Monica Larner • 29 Sep 2021

Nebbiolo video 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

Barbaresco Piedmont Barolo

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