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Red hot classification of Barolo crus
Barolo, the region where Nebbiolo arguably finds its greatest expression, is about to be shaken to its foundations. In his just-released e-book Barolo 2001-2008 Assagi e Classificazione, Alessandro Masnaghetti (pictured) proposes a radical classification based on the recent official listing of the region’s vineyards. This official listing, the so-called Menzioni Geografiche Aggiuntivi Ufficiali, has taken years to ...
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Glorious Piemonte – an audit
The London autumn tasting calendar started with a bang, with no fewer than three high-profile tastings on three consecutive days offering the best that Italy has to offer. The tastings showed such depth and class that they almost compensated for the lack of top-quality Italian generic tastings in the UK, tastings that should be organised ...
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A lesson in fermenting on skins – Collio Ribolla Gialla
It has taken me far too long to report anything on Friuli, the region east of the Veneto, bordering Slovenia, of which a large part belonged to the Austro-Hungarian empire until the First World War. That is particularly strange, considering that I commute between London and Padova, which is a mere 90-minute drive from Trieste. ...