On the Road with the Grape Guy
Report from - Piedmont, Italy Day 4 (Barbaresco Day) September 30, 2008
26 Nov 2008- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
It all started at the Charton-Hobbs tasting and ended with me nursing a stuffed nose for two-plus weeks; but I would have to say it was well worth it …
We are picked up by bus and taken to Barbaresco for a tour of this popular area and to taste some of its wines. We meet in a de-sanctified church, which was turned into a wine shop and tourist information center back in 1986 – this could only happen in Italy where wine is a religion ... turns out the town had two churches and that's one too many for a town this size.
Points of interest about Barbaresco … (Read more)