Category: Old World

Nebia, Nebuẽ, Nebbiolo – the 2009 Barbaresco harvest closes at Rivella Serafino…and a gram of advice if you’re heading to the Alba Truffle Fair

Schoolboy trivia perhaps that Nebbiolo the grape (Nebuẽ in Piemontese) takes its name from ‘Nebia’ the fog that cloaks the slopes at this time of year. Less observed or well-known is that, according to Teobaldo Rivella of Barbaresco, the fog has become scarce since the early ’90; coincidently tying in with the run of great […]

Bordeaux 2009 “This could be great…!”

Berrys’ Bordeaux Buyer Max Lalondrelle reports on the vintage. Just back from Bordeaux where I spent a few days assessing the nearly harvested 2009 vintage. I also took this opportunity to look at newcomers that might be included into the Berrys’ portfolio. Over the three days there were no clouds to be seen the temperature […]

Anduma! (let’s go) The Piedmont 2009 harvest kicks off at Cantina Mascarello Bartolo!

Week 15 of wine adventures in Piedmont It began a couple of weeks ago, with Dolcetto now in and bubbling away in the vats while the cool, grey, rainy weather of the past week has been shoved aside today by blue skies and brilliant sunshine. So the threat to the bulging, compact bunches of Barbera, their thin […]

David interviews Signor Gian Battista Alessandria

The second video taken with David Berry Green at Fratelli Alessandria. In this one he interviews Signor Gian Battista in the Verduno vineyard, Monvigliero: