Few producers are as committed and passionate about their wines as Pio Boffa at Pio Cesare. James visits with Pio to taste his 2007s, including the famous Ornato. Pio points out that these Barolos are the most extracted wines he’s ever produced. Watch the video to see them taste and

James visits with Franco Conterno to taste the 2007 Aldo Conterno Barolos, including the Colonnello and the Cicala. Watch the video to see them discuss how the warm vintage of 2007 resulted in very approachable, rich wines with soft, sweet tannins. -JO

I always enjoy looking over the world from the hilltop winery of Guido Fantino, who makes the wines of Conterno Fantino with Claudio Conterno. The Barolos of Conterno Fantino have a directness and seriousness that I like. They are always very perfumed but then deliver a firm tannin backbone with

The Ceretto family has been winemaking leaders in Piedmont since the 1970s, but I think that the young generation currently in charge of the wine empire is making some of the most moving wines yet. I have always been a fan of Ceretto Barolos, especially the top single vineyard wine

In this video, Alberto Cordero Di Montezemolo discusses the virtues of his 2007 Barolo. Watch to find out why he thinks that with such balanced grapes, nice acidity and fresh aroma, it’s one of the best vintages of the past 10 years. Click here to see the first part of this visit

Alberto Cordero Di Montezemolo is one of a number of the younger generation in Barolo who is making more precise and fruit-driven wine in his region. His family estate near the town of La Morra makes three Barolos each vintage; I tend to always prefer the Monfalletto, which seems to have a

Sylvia Altare, the dynamic daughter of the legendary Barolo maker Elio Altare, was pouring me her family’s range of 2007 Barolos in their winery below the town of La Morra about a month ago, and she had a huge grin on her face (watch the videos: Part 1 and Part

I believe that Roberto Voerzio is the greatest grape grower in Italy. I have know him for about two decades, and I can’t think of a man who tends his vines better than Roberto, who makes some of the most amazing red wines on earth in the appellation of Barolo.

In this video, James visits Roberto Voerzio in the village of La Morra, in Barolo. With Roberto and his son Davide (he is the one speaking English), James tastes several of their 2007s, finding that they’re already so balanced, they’re almost drinkable now. There’s one wine in the bunch that