You can be forgiven for never having heard of the Pelgaverga Piccolo grape.  It’s cultivated only in a very small part of Piemonte; in Verduno, just down the northern slope of La Morra hill in Barolo.  It’s been in the ground there...

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: PiemonteWine Sub-subregion: VerdunoWine Varietal: Pelaverga

I am not entirely sure when it happened, but it sure did!  Pelaverga became a thing.  Whenever one of our favorites- G.B. Burlotto, Alessandia, Matteo Ascheri for three- arrives, it disappears almost immediately.  When exactly was this...