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Tasty Note: Cascina Roccalini Barbaresco 2010
The Wine: Cascina Roccalini – Barbaresco Vintage (=year): 2010 Producer: Roccalini Classified: DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita) I Paid: ~$46 Grape: 100% Nebbiolo Region/Location: Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy A.B.V (Alcohol by Volume): 14.5% Aged: 20 months in large format … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbaresco, Barolo, food pairing, Indie Wineries, Nebbiolo, Piedmont, premium wine, red wines, Roccalini, tasting note, Traditional winemaking, Truffles, Vino, Wine
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What’s That Mean? Understanding Italian Wine Labels
There’s a lot of info on those labels, and being in Italian certainly doesn’t make it look less mysterious to non-Italian speakers… However the good news is that with respect to world wine labels, Italian labels are relatively easy to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Aglianico, Appellations, Barolo, DOC, DOCG, Dolce, dry wine, Frizzante, Grapes, IGT, italian grapes, Italian Wine, Italian Wine Labels, Italian Wine Regions, Italian Wine Terms, Nebbiolo, red wine, Sangiovese, Secco, Soave, Sparkling Wine, Valpolicella, VDT, Vendemmia, Vendemmia Tardiva, Vino, White Wine, Wine FAQ
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Wine & Food Buddies: White Truffles + the Wines of Piedmont
Pictured above, the Italian culinary equivalent of an edible diamond: the white truffle (this handful here is worth 300 Euros!). Truffle season and its many festivals and feasts are upon us (it’s November). Truffles are found throughout central and northern … Continue reading →
Italian Wine Regions: Piedmont
PIEDMONT Grapes and wine-making were first introduced to this Northern Italian region by the Greeks, much like the rest of Italy, being cultivated and pressed afterwards by the Romans (whose love for wine was responsible for many advances in wine … Continue reading →