Interview with Umberto Fracassi Ratti Mentone - Barolo Mantoetto
Posted on: 26-10-2018
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| Karina Imschoot
Umberto Fracassi's family has been producing Barolo since 1880. Back then, a Barolo was a sweet wine. After the Second World War, Marchese Fracassi, or Umberto for short, dedicated himself to the tradition of producing Barolo in Slavic oak barrels.
The town of Cherasco is located in the north-western corner of the Barolo area, just west of La Morra and Verduno. Their cultivation area includes Fracassi's two-hectare Barolo monopole cru Mantoetto, a Barolo that is suitab...
Alto Piemonte - Discover and taste the Nebbiolo from the hills around Novara
Posted on: 15-10-2018
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| Karina Imschoot
When we speak of Nebbiolo, everyone immediately thinks of Barolo and Barbaresco and we almost forget those wines from Alto Piemonte, a strip of land stretching from the Ossola valleys to the Serra of Ivrea. Wines that really deserve much more recognition, given that they are also part of the Nebbiolo family.
In Northern Piedmont, in the provinces of Novara and Vercelli, Nebbiolo takes its name "Spanna" from the local dialect of Novara, which may originate from "Spinus"...
Douja D or Wine Fair in Asti - Facts and Figures
Posted on: 30-09-2018
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| Karina Imschoot
The curtain fell on the Douja d'or and the numbers confirm a large turnout of public in all the locations of the kermesse located in the city center. The main data is that related to the total tastings in the main tasting points, which indicates that 19.022 were the glasses of wine tasted standing, with an increase compared to last year of 34.7%. The result of the bench of the 52nd salon of the Douja d'or in Piazza Roma is also excellent, with wines awarded in the national competition. A...
Douja D\\'or - Pay a visit to this very interesting wine fair/event in Asti
Posted on: 13-08-2018
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| Karina Imschoot
Interest for Asti and Monferrato\'s wine is growing seriously
Posted on: 08-08-2018
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Wine become Ethical in Alba
Posted on: 08-06-2018
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| Karina Imschoot
Project Ethical Wine in Alba
A new concept with regard to the quality of the product can be defined as ethical certification, and is emerging in the global wine scenario. In recent years there has been a strong interest in environmental certification, related to the choices made in the vineyard and in the cellar to ensure respect for the environment. Nowadays, however, it seems to lose importance. Everyone puts it into practice, as if it is routine, and loses interest. Moreover, its real appl...
Take Over of Nervi Estate By Giacomo Conterno
Posted on: 27-04-2018
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Piedmont in 2016-2017-2018 - More land but decreasing production!
Posted on: 03-03-2018
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| Karina Imschoot
Less Barbaresco available on the market - Barbaresco: 12.3% less production in 2017 compared to 2016
The lovers of Barbaresco have to tight because the number of bottles available on the market drops from 14,036,461 bottles to 14,194,212 due to the huge hailstorm that occurred around Easter last year. Since 2006 this is the lowest number.
Today we take a detailed look at the figures that the Consorzio Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe and Dogliani sent us. Not included in the analysis we make ...
Piedmont Wine production in 2017 - 20% less Nebbiolo production!
Posted on: 21-02-2018
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| Karina Imschoot
Barolo 2015 from Orlando Pecchenino will not be offered for sale on the market
Posted on: 23-01-2018
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| Karina
Judgment Asti - Barolo 2015 from Orlando Pecchenino is NOT on the market
21 Jan 2018 - The verdict was passed by the court of Asti and is not exactly tender. Four months imprisonment with postponement due to attempted fraud and spreading false information for the owners of the cantina, Orlando Pecchenino and his brother Attilio. More than exaggerated for the facts ... A story.
Knife in the back of Orlando Pecchenino as producer or as president of Consorzio Barolo?
Recently, Orlando Pecc...
Piedmont\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Reality: Less Barolo and Barbaresco on Sales worldwide
Posted on: 10-01-2018
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| Karina Imschoot
he Piemontese Reality: less Barolo & Barbaresco worldwide on sale
From the beginning of January the Barbaresco year 2015 and the Barolo 2014 edition will be offered. The Nebbiolo enthusiasts wait impatiently for the result in the glass.
Barbaresco DOCG 2015
Repeatedly the question during tastings was how it was made with the weather and the impact on growth of the grape and therefore the harvest in 2015. Indeed I lived in 2015 still among the vineyards Nebbiolo for Barbaresco and I there...
