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Buyer’s Guide to Vintages January 18th Release
Wine Gives us Reasons to Hopeby David Lawrason, with notes from Michael Godel, Megha Jandhyala and Sara d’Amato It is not just a little ironic that Vintages January 18 Catalogue features “sustainable winemaking” in California as Los Angeles burns, and the United States inaugurates a climate change agnostic as president. But let’s be positive here […] More
Montalcino Previews 2024: Brunello 2020, Brunello Riserva 2019 and older vintages
By Michael Godel Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2020, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG 2019, changes to Rosso di Montalcino DOC, 14 estate visits and 250 tasting notes from Montalcino, November 2024. The most recent edition of Montalcino’s Benvenuto Brunello took place from November 14th-16th, 2024 in the Chiostro del Museo di Sant’Agostino. Home to Il […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – January 4th Vintages Release
We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from the January 4th release, which one would it be and why?” Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant 2022, California, USA$19.10, Family Wine MerchantsJohn Szabo – Pleasure mingles with nostalgia in my only one pick this week, a wine which, although very different today, first […] More
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Barbera is a red wine grape variety that is the second most-planted variety in Italy (the first is Sangiovese). It gives good yields and can impart deep colour, low tannins and (unusually for a warm-climate red grape) high levels of acid. Barbera d'Asti is one of the most renowned of the Barbera based wines, found in two main variants: Barbera d'Asti Superiore which must be aged in big oak barrels or small French oak barrels for at least six months, and plain Barbera d'Asti which is not required to be aged in oak. The wine has a strong aging potential; the "Superiore" kind can often be aged from three to eight years or even more. The best producers see its potential as being almost as great as that of nebbiolo.
