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Cioccolato alla Corte del Barolo Chinato

By admin on March 4, 2011

“Cioccolato alla corte del Barolo Chinato” (Chocolate at the court of Barolo Chinato) starts tomorrow, Saturday 5th March, in Barolo and moves on to Cuneo and then Turin at the beginning of April. Its possible to taste over 20 different Barolo Chinato’s plus other great chocolate products from makers such as Baratti & Milano, F.lli [...]

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An Interview with Enrico Rivetto of the Rivetto Winery, Sinio

By Italian Reflections on December 9, 2010

December’s ‘Food and Wine Interview’ is with Enrico Rivetto of the Rivetto Winery in Sinio, Piedmont. For over 100 years the Rivetto family has been making wine in the Piedmont region in northwestern Italy. Today this medium size estate occupies some 35 hectacres, 20 of which are vineyards, and faces the spectacular Serralunga d’Alba castle and the charming picturesque village of [...]

Posted in Alba, Barolo, Food and Wine, Interviews, Piedmont, Wine Interviews | Tagged alba, barbera, barolo, nebbiolo, piemonte, rivetto, serralunga, sinio, wine | Leave a response

An Interview with Davide Monorchio of Contratto

By Italian Reflections on November 19, 2010

The new ‘Food and Wine Interview’ series begins here with Davide Monorchio, Cellar Manager of Contratto Wines in Canelli, Piedmont. Davide lives nearby, in Nizza Monferrato and we met recently during a tour of Contratto’s amazing cellars in Canelli. I am pleased to now call him a friend and very grateful for taking time out [...]

Posted in Canelli, Food and Wine, Interviews, Piedmont, Wine Interviews | Tagged barolo, bocchino, canelli, contratto, gancia, moscato, piemonte, wine | Leave a response