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 | Got back from a wine tasting trip to Piemonte on Thursday -- we tasted close to 270 Barolo and Barbaresco wines of the course of four mornings (I'll be posting suggestions shortly), and in the afternoons visited wineries. One of the most interesting is Clavesana, a large cooperative winery that makes primarily Dolcetto, the dry, fruity, rather tannic every-day red wine Piemontesi enjoy. Most of their contributors are outside the area that became very wealthy thanks to Barolo, and the countryside is much less manicured, with forests and fields in addition to vineyards (In Barolo and Barbaresco almost every inch of every hillside is planted to vine). Good wines too, that are quite enjoyable to drink. | |
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