Franco Rocca: Our Barbaresco Winegrower Friend
A Great Deal on Single Cru Barbaresco Have you heard of cruzu.com? Check them out, crowdsourcing for wineries looking for American exposure. A Barbaresco winegrower friend of ours, Franco Rocca, has an offer open until July 5, and he is looking for support. I don’t have anything to gain from this support, except that I … Continue reading
Sentieri: A Walk from Neive to Barbaresco and Back
#ItalianFWT 2 – The Piedmont This post is my contribution to a monthly exploration of food, wine and travel in the individual regions (20 in all) of Italy. This month we discuss the Piedmont, located in the northwest corner of Italy. Home of the famous wines Barolo and Barbaresco, the Piemonte offers much more than … Continue reading
Piemonte Hilltop Villages
Submarines and Piemonte Villages??? A very long time ago, I was a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy. This was before the demise of the Soviet Union (look it up in your history books). Before heading out on a patrol in the Barents Sea, we drilled in recognizing foreign warships just by the arrangement of … Continue reading
You’ll fall in love with Piemonte
Judging by recent posts, you might think we’ve gone off the deep end for the Piemonte (or Piedmont), and you’d be right. Julie and I spent six days in the Langhe (an area inside the Piemonte region) last September. Why would we fall in love with a wine region, thousands of miles away from home … Continue reading
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