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The excellence of Barolo in Munich
On Monday, November 15, a tasting featuring around twenty Barolo producers was held at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich. The event was organized by the Barolo Barbaresco Consortium of Alba, in collaboration with the wine journal Vinum. My brother Alessandro participated and introduced our most prestigious range of wines to the specialized German public. The organization of the event was impeccable and the professionalism was absolute, fully worthy of a product as important as Barolo. The seminar led by the wine expert and journalist Jens Priewe was very interesting and instructive. Jens choose our Barbera d’Alba Zio Nando as … Continua →
Highlights from Piemonte wines in London
There could not have been a better choice than the elegant Institute of Directors of London for hosting thirty Barolo producers, who presented their wines last Monday to the specialized British public. The organization of the event was entrusted to the wine journal, Decante, under the direction of the communications agency, Wellcom di Alba. The 11:30am seminar led by Stephen Brook was interesting and educational, during which Brook and around fifty others tasted ten wines, which according to him represented the best of the Langhe, and among which was my Barbera d’Alba “Lirano soprano” 2007. Events organized in this way, … Continua →
Barbera meeting and Barolo tasting 97-99-00-01
I agree with Franco Ziliani that on his blog vinoalvino he speaks about innovative Barbera Meeting, where the wine bloggers are the real protagonists of event. It will be very difficult, in my opinion impossibile to think about organizing a similar event in Piemonte or elsewhere, consciously doing without bloggers, the good ones, who write serious and magisterial things and give opinions (and they are in Italy like outside). Not inviting them to partecipate, like it happens to journalists who work with printed press and collaborate with guides, arguing that “they are only bloggers”, it is not just a nonsense, … Continua →
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