Lucked into a bottle of Matteo Correggia’s 2007 Roero, a 100% nebbiolo that was a delight with some spinach and mushroom pasta. Not as powerful as a Barolo from that year (a good one), the tannins had softened quite a bit making it quite quaffable if not overly booming. A great wine that if you have in your chiller you should probably go ahead and drink, as it’s probably time. We haven’t visited the Correggia family personally yet, but we will this spring on the Labor of Love book tour with clients. The Roero district is beautiful and so are its wines and its people. Worth a visit for any wine savvy Italianophile!
Category Archives: Piemonte
Ca’ del Baio
A lovely day spent in Treiso! Ca’ del Baio is a must-have stop on any Piemonte wine tour in our opinion. We’ll let the images speak for themselves, as words fail to capture the finesse and power inherent in the wines.
White Truffle Victory
Our friend Mario Giribaldi actually won this wonderful white truffle in a golf tournament (in addition to making great wines he’s apparently quite the golfer). Now that’s a reward! This would cost thousands of dollars if exported here, but we got to taste it. Amazing.
Grated onto a fresh homemade tagliolini with a little olive oil…perfect!
What an honor to get to taste this, one we’re grateful for. Run, don’t walk to make your reservation to come see Piemonte with us. Your tastebuds will thank you.
One More Fall Shot
Forgive me, but these colors are too amazing to not share.
Fall Fireworks, Langhe Style
Langhe Sunset
The hills of Piemonte make for a great backdrop for capturing sunsets bathing grapevines in amazing lighting conditions.
More Stormy Piemonte Skies
Knowing Nebbiolo Hands
One of the most aesthetically pleasing things to do in Italy in October is lose yourself in a vineyard on a hillside where Italian folks are harvesting the last of the late harvest grapes; our friends at Fratelli Mossio were collecting their nebbiolo (the last grape harvested typically in Piemonte). This shot was our friend Valerio Mossio’s 92 year old mother collecting grapes, and I think it’s the most beautiful photo I’ve ever taken except for those of my children.
Visiting Fratelli Aimasso
The sun setting over the Langhe hills, with Diano d’Alba as the back drop. Pretty hard to beat. Thanks to our friend Luca Aimasso for a great tasting and having the run of his lovely property.
Winemaking Art
The art is definitely found in the glass, but not only in the glass. Walking around an Italian wine producing house, you’re struck by how ubiquitous, how ever-present the beauty can be. Even something as simple as the results of a de-stemming process can captivate.

