My Name is Barbera
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Like A True Nature’s Child (Exploring The Wildness Of Grignolino)
My latest article for the online celebration of all things vinous in Monferrato, MyNameIsBarbera.com, is now available; and in it, I explore the born-to-be-wildness of one of Italy’s most unsung fine wine grapes, Grignolino. If you’ve never tried a good Grignolino before, you’re un-enviably currently…
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Moonwalking With The Original King Of Pop Wines (Exploring Barbera d’Asti For MyNameIsBarbera.com)
The latest episode in the Barbera: In The Glass series is now live at MyNameIsBarbera.com, and in it I continue my conversation with Vinchio and Vaglio‘s Tessa Donadieu. This time, we focus on the next “level” of the Barbera quality pyramid in Monferrato (which, as…
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Give Us This Day Our Daily Red (Talking Piemonte Barbera DOC At MyNameIsBarbera.com)
For my latest entry over at MyNameIsBarbera.com, we return to some video action for the Barbera: In the Glass section. In this short episode, I get schooled by Vinchio and Vaglio‘s Tessa Donadieu on why the wine that forms the base of the Monferrato Barbera…
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Talking Ruchè For MyNameIsBarbera.com
Ok… so… in my latest piece for MyNameIsBarbera.com, I compare Ruchè to Deadpool. I know… it’s not Barbera (but it is from the land of Barbera, and many a Barbera producer also offer excellent Ruchè wines)… and, well… yeah, Deadpool. It’s so crazy that it just…
