In this never-before-seen video from our archive, James visited Renato Ratti to taste the 2006, 2005, and 2000 Barolos with Pietro Ratti. Pietro took charge of the Piedmont estate in 1988 after his father Renato’s death, and continues with the mission of maintaining the utmost respect for the grapes and

In this never-before-seen video from our archive, James visited the historical Barolo winery Paolo Scavino to taste four 2000s with Enrico Scavino and his daughters Enrica and Elisa. With a focus on making high quality wines from three local grapes — Dolcetto, Barbera and Nebbiolo — the estate produces approximately

In this video, James visits with Luigi Scavino, owner of Azelia, and his son Lorenzo, who represents the fifth generation of wine producers. The Azelia estate is composed of 16 hectares and it produces, on average, 80,000 bottles per year. Watch the video to see what James thinks of their 2006 and 2005 Barolo,

James met with winemaker Ferruccio Grimaldi of Giacomo Grimaldi to taste his 2005, 2006 and 2000 vintages. The Grimaldi winery produces amazing reds in the historic villages of Barolo, Novello and Monforte d’Alba. James was really impressed by the 2000 vintage of Le Coste, a vintage he had already tasted

James met with winemaker Roberto Massolino of Massolino to taste a range of wines from the 2006 and 2004 vintages. The Massolino vineyards are located close to the beautiful medieval town of Serralunga d’Alba in Piemonte. At Massolino they emphasize the work in the vineyard and consider it to be

During his recent visit to Piemonte, James stopped at Pio Cesare to taste some of their wines. James was particularly impressed with the 2008 Barolo Ornato, a 100% Nebbiolo from three different plots of the Ornato estate located in the proximity of the beautiful town of Serralunga d’Alba. This area

Top Barolos and Barbarescos recently released on the market, or soon to be released, are outstanding to superb quality and many are wines that Italian wine lovers are not going to want to miss buying. Most are 2008 Barolos and 2009 Barbarescos. Moreover, I found two perfect wines in tastings

Bruno Giacosa’s Falletto vineyard is well known to produce amazing wines. The Falletto vineyard, known as Azienda Agricola Falletto, is responsible for the production of the Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto grapes. In this video Francesco Versio, the leading winemaker at Bruno Giacosa explains what is it that makes this vineyard

The 2008 vintage is never going to be considered a truly outstanding year in Piedmont, but it made some excellent wines. Case in point is this tasting that covers mostly wines made in the region of Barbaresco. I scored a handful of wines 95 points, but the majority of the