In my quest for Nebbiolo to love, I came across two rather gorgeous bottles from Giuseppe Mascarello. This is one of those producers with a reputation for making mostly sublime…
ViniItaliani, a great London destination for Italian wine
Last Wednesday I made a new discovery (new for me, at least). It’s ViniItaliani, a wine shop/wine bar on the Old Brompton Road in South Kensington. It also acts as…
Learning to love Nebbiolo (1) Pio Cesare
A while back I posted on ‘Nebbiolo, I’d love to like you more’, which drew some very intelligent responses. I’m sure I lost a few followers – people who realized…
Montalbera Laccento 2010 Ruché, a rare red variety from Piedmont
This is such a distinctive, perfumed, floral red wine. It’s from Piedmont, and made from a very rare red grape variety called Ruché, of which there are only 40 hectares…
Great value, biodynamic, natural wines from Nuova Cappelletta in Piemonte
Tasted these three attractively priced wines from online retailer Piemonte Wines recently. They are from biodynamic estate Nuova Cappelletta, and two of them are made with no added sulfur dioxide….
A remarkable natural Barolo
Now this is interesting. I encountered it at the Oslo tasting I’ve been at for the last couple of days. It’s a naturally made Barolo from Giovanni Canonica. He makes…
A remarkable Freisa and a delicious Montepulciano
Two excellent wines at dinner last night, here in Oslo. The first, a Freisa from Langhe made like a Barolo; the second, a warmer wine, much richer and obvious, but…
Fontanafredda Barolo 2006
Leaving aside all the arguments about traditional and modern styles in Barolo, and small versus more commercial producers, this is a delicious wine. Fontanafredda Barolo 2006 Piedmonte, Italy This spends…
In Piedmont
So I arrived in Italy courtesy of the world’s worst airline last night at 10 pm. I was staying at a nearby hotel, but it’s proximity really upset the taxi…