“Barbera d’Alba is an elegant woman with finesse that you can dance with whereas Barbera d’Asti is determined, powerful, intense, a woman you gotta watch out for…”, that’s the quote by the renowned winemaker Luca Vietti in an interview with the Wine Spectator magazine sometime back. These two wines happened to be in focus duringContinue reading “Asti and Alba – The Prodigal Siblings”
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An Interview with Pio Boffa
Pio Boffa – Owner of Pio Cesare Wine House
3 Big B’s of Italy
Barolo, Barbaresco and Brunello are today amongst Italy’s best-known and most expensive wines. The reputation and stature of these three wines has grown so much over the years that it’s not uncommon to pitch them in the same league as wines from Bordeaux and Burgundy in France. And such is their aura and popularity theContinue reading “3 Big B’s of Italy”