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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

The Barolo Zone's Bussia MGA (Monforte d'Alba): Too big to succeed?

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At 292.3 ha, Bussia is the second largest MGA in Monforte d'Alba (and the Barolo Zone as a whole), bested only by Bricco San Pietro whic...
Friday, November 24, 2017

The Barolo Zone by the numbers

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The raw data presented in Masnaghetti's Barolo MGA provides an opportunity for a more detailed comparative analysis of the Barolo subzo...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Tasting selected wines of Barboursville Vineyards (Barboursville, VA)

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The white wines we tasted at during our visit to Barboursville Vineyards were brought to our table as a single flight, each wine identified...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Barboursville Vineyards (Barboursville, Virginia): The marriage of Italian expertise, international varieties, and the Monticello AVA terroir

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Barboursville Vineyards sits in the Monticello AVA -- Virginia's oldest (1984) -- which is named after, and includes, the location where...
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Nicolas-Jay: At the intersection of Burgundy expertise and Oregon fruit

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Nicolas-Jay is a new producer (first vintage 2014) located in the Yamhill-Carlton District of Oregon's Willamette Valley. The enterprise...
Sunday, November 5, 2017

RdV Vineyards: The crafting of a Virginia cult wine?

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At a comparative tasting of 2006 Chateau Mouton, RdV Vineyards 2008, and Dominus 2007, Rutger de Vink, owner of RdV, stated "I hate to...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

The wines of Poderi Aldo Conterno at the Wine Watch White Truffle Dinner

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I visited Poderi Aldo Conterno in Bussia in 2012 as a member of a Decanter Reader Team and was enthralled by its origin story, its holdings...