Barolo

Food & Drink

How Barolo, One of the World’s Greatest Wines, Originated

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/08/2021 - 00:00

Among Italy’s Unesco World Heritage Sites aren’t just artworks, castles, cities and monuments; there are also entire areas, such as the vineyard landscape of…

Food & Drink

A Trip into Italy’s Wine Villages (Part One)

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 04/20/2018 - 00:00

Vineyards and villages, wine cellars and bell towers, wine bars and churches: from the north to the south of Italy, the history and culture of many Italian…

Travel

Piedmont Travel Guide

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/07/2016 - 00:00

[Photo: the town of Barolo in the Langhe, an area renowned for winemaking.] The name of Italy’s second largest region – Piemonte – derives from …

Food & Drink

Ten Local Foods You Have To Try in Piedmont

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 05/26/2016 - 06:20

The northern Italian region of Piedmont boasts a variety of gastronomic delicacies: from prestigious wines such as Barbera and Barbarolo to cheeses such as Bra…

Culture

Turin and the Langhe: Slow Food - Fast Cars

by Myra Robinson | Wed, 04/01/2015 - 11:00

It’s always the rather quirky things about cities that appeal to me. Turin has the shroud, obviously, but as they only put it on display once a decade, you’ll…

Food & Drink

Vineyards of Langhe-Monferrato Inscribed onto UNESCO World Heritage List

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 06/23/2014 - 05:36

The vineyard landscapes of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato in Piedmont were inscribed on Sunday onto UNESCO's World Heritage List, bringing the number of Italian…

Food & Drink

Vinum Festival: The Great Wines of Piedmont's Langhe

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 05/01/2014 - 02:00

Wine – a lot of it – to discover, to smell, to taste: the occasion is Vinum, the festival celebrating the wines of Langhe and Roero taking place in Alba (…

Travel

Let’s Look at Piedmont: A Brief Guide

by Barry Lillie | Thu, 04/10/2014 - 20:22

In the landlocked north of Italy sharing its borders with France and Switzerland and surrounded on three sides by the Alps is Piemonte, the second largest of…

Food & Drink

The Most Expensive Italian Wines

by Anonymous (not verified) | Thu, 11/28/2013 - 09:30

Wine Searcher is a web search engine dedicated to wine founded in London where customers can find more than 43,000 online stores selling wine. With information…

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16 Italian Wines Make the Wine Spectator's List of Top 100 Wines of 2013

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 11/24/2013 - 04:00

Each year, the editors of the Wine Spectator select and highlight the most exciting wines from the thousands they review during the course of the year. Three…