Tasting Scale Aroma Intensity: 7/10(Rich and aromatic with layers of red cherry, blackberry, plum, spices, and leather.) Flavor Complexity: 9/10(Full-bodied with a balance of fruit, spice, and oak, revealing red berries, dark chocolate, cedar,...

Flavio Roddolo is one of those true originals you can still find in Langhe hills.  From his tiny, careworn cellar and farmhouse on the Bricco Appiani hilltop near Monforte d’Alba, he produces all of 20,000 bottles annually of truly original,...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: Alba Wine Varietal: Barbera

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: Alba Wine Varietal: Barbera

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Varietal: Barbera

Is there anything more savory, food-friendly or just plain delicious than a well-made Barbera? It’s the one grape that nature endowed with all the right pieces to effortlessly produce a wine with both the treble and bass on eleven! Our...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: Nizza Wine Varietal: Barbera

Fans of good Barbera all agree that the category is wide, diverse and lots of fun to explore.  From the lighter spicier wines of Asti and northern Piemonte and their more supercharged, age-worthy brethren in Nizza to the more substantial, dark,...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Varietal: Barbera

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Varietal: Barbera

  When Luca Currado-Vietti and Elena Penna sold their beloved Vietti, it sent shockwaves through the wine world. What would happen to Vietti, everyone wondered, now that they were gone? We shouldn’t have worried. Vietti is just fine. But, more...