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Dates for the diary
Dinner with “Barolo di Barolo” in Barolo - Three events dedicated to the “King of Wines”. On Friday 1st, Friday 8th and Friday 15th April 2011 twentyseven producers from Barolo will present their Barolo DOCG wines in some great restaurants in Barolo. A gourmand and...
Italy – a nation of specialists
We have developed a huge respect for the Italian craftsman and his work ethic. The guys who do work for us here invariably arrive at around 8am and stop at about 6pm with a break at noon for a proper lunch at home or more often at a local trattoria. I suppose we...
Cascina Vano, Neive – Beppe and Bruno Rivetti
Thanks again to a another chance encounter in Torres we recently had the opportunity to visit another of our neighbours, Bruno and his father Beppe Rivetti the founder of Cascina Vano. To make sure that we didn't get lost, Rivetti is a common name in Barbaresco, papa...
Gianni Doglia-Castagnole delle Lanze
Gianni is an an excellent wine producer and with his good looks could have fronted a rock band although we didn't ask him to sing. His wines certainly sing and are affordably priced. We were greeted by his bubbly sister Paola who is expecting a daughter in May and...
Dante Rivetti
The extraordinary thing is we have known Ivan Rivetti for some time and have regularly shared a glass in our local wine bars. His nebbiolo (Barbaresco) vineyard almost overlooks our house but we hadn't visited his cantina, which is less than 1km away as the crow...
Cascina Roccalini- Paolo Veglio
Last week I had the privilege of tasting the wines of another young, up-and-coming producer in Barbaresco, Paolo Veglio of Cascina Roccalini. Tucked away off the back road from Neive to Alba, the cantina afforded us a splendid view of Barbaresco from an angle we had...
Today’s the day
The panettones are almost finished, the diary is (relatively) empty and the scales are creaking so the diet starts in earnest today. It has been a very enjoyable festive season but excess has been on the menu almost every day. The challenge now is to shed the kilos...
The new generation of wine producers
Many congratulations to the Rapalino and Sottimano familìes on the arrival of Edoardo Rapalino and Riccardo Sottimano who will hopefully help continue the tradition of excellence.
Winter pruning
Fortunately the pre-Xmas snow has now cleared which means that the growers are thankfully able to get on with some winter pruning. Despite continuing overnight frosts, daytime temperatures are moving gently towards 5-10c and one would think that gloves and a heavy...
Burocrazia all’Italia
Anyone who has ever been infuriated by bureaucracy in the UK should try living in Italy. Here it has attained the level of an art form with the added benefit of providing substantial employment. Things that I previously considered easy to arrange take forever to...
Another close neighbour-Claudio Rapalino
One of the joys of living in Neive is that all our neighbours produce the most wonderful wine. A few days ago we introduced ourselves to yet another within 10 minutes from our house and next door to Sarotto. It probably seems that we only ever seem to have positive...
Across the river and into the Roero
Like other rivers that form a barrier between communities, the Tanaro separates Barbaresco from the Roero and sometimes we, on "the posh side", sometimes overlook our neighbour's wine. Last week we ventured across the Tanaro and visited Canale and two of Roero's...
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