One of the most coveted red wines in the world is a wine most wine drinkers won’t care for: Barolo made with the grape nebbiolo. Nebbiolo and its peak expression, Barolo, are wine aficionados’ wines.

Many wine lovers worship Nebbiolo. The grape has experienced a boom in recent years, which has benefitted the entire region of Piedmont in the northwest of Italy. This is the home of Nebbiolo, and it ...

These four wineries not only represent some of the best Piedmont has to offer—they also help illustrate the greatest differences between Barolo and Barbaresco, and the range of unique qualities one ...

Barolo, the old expression goes, is the wine of kings and the king of wines. It is a classic example of synergy between a specific grape variety (in this case, Nebbiolo) and a particular place.

Take a look at any number of Aspen wine lists, especially those in Italian hotspots like the long-loved Ellina and the newly opened Aosta Ristorante and Sant Ambroeus, and you’ll find that the local ...

“We only stock the best labels of Barolo, some Barbaresco, because that’s what the customers want” uttered the diminutive but opinionated sales associate with a huff. I was in Alba, a town tucked into ...

Not so long ago, as in well less than a century ago, grape growers in the Piemonte in northwest Italy were mostly subsistence farmers, scratching out a living selling their fruit in bulk to ...

As Cabernet Sauvignon reigns supreme in Napa Valley, so does Nebbiolo in Piemonte, Italy. The regions of Barolo and Barbaresco are coveted for their stunning red wines. But in Novello, one of the 11 ...

Seemingly all wine regions have a “vintage of the century” (every couple of years), so why should Italy’s Piemonte be any different ? After a long string of terrific, prolific summers, their good ...