Posts belonging to Category Barbaresco

For some people wine is biblical, Old Testament, a holy gift from the earth. Hell dang tarnation. For some folks wine is a sacrament. For others… say heathen evolutionists, wine is folly, hedonistic, elixir of dadevilhisself. Disagreements of biblical proportions are old as sin. Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan faced off in a small town Tennessee courthouse what seems like a century ago in the so-called Monkey Trial. (more…)

If you’re talking wine and truffles 2013 has gotten off to a fine start. Forget the sequester, the Lakers and the Oscars. The truffle season in Oregon is in its final throes. The Eno Merchant is about to go live. tBoW just feels good all over. Let’s talk about truffles and Barolo wines! (more…)

Contact the Investigation Discovery folks at the Discovery Channel. We have an incubus invasion of all things Piemontese. The Holidays flirtation with Italian Nebbiolo wines may have taken a turn towards compulsion. All the signs are here. Just look at the facts. The desultory Holidays were brightened by a string of Piemonte wines: a 1989 Conterno Barolo that was t-r-a-n-s-c-e-n-d-e-n-t, a 1985 vino rustico from Boca one of those “other Piemonte communities” that is not Barolo but where they grow and produce outstanding Nebbiolo, the obscure white wine Erbaluce from Piedmont, the Krisses plans to travel to La Morra in February, Adri Barr Crocetti’s post on the unusual Piemonte aperitif Barolo Chinato, and, finally, the report below on two more exceptional Nebbiolo wines from this very exceptional region. (more…)

The Sins of Wine and Truth in Tasting was never more apparent than recently when we pulled the corks on two big tickets and a super cheapie. Fall cellar purging is in full force as Dotoré realizes he is in danger of ending up in Wine Hell for his many sins. Here is the down low. (more…)

Nothing quite like popping the cork on a First Growth Bordeaux to liven up the meal. The appearance of a member from this class of pedigreed wines is both rare and notable. Pull a cork on 1996 Barolo or a Chambolle-Musigny from any vintage – both of equal breed – it is a simple fact that more people will recognize the Bordeaux as the extra special wine that turns heads with its arrival. The President of the USA versus the richest man in Russia. Extra rare generic versus extra rare “who dat”. (more…)