One of the places we’re going during the “Fall Special” is in the little village of Sinio; imagine waking up every day and going to work here. Not bad, eh?
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Fun With Wine And Google, Sinio Edition
We’re back in Piemonte, enjoying Azienda Agricola Rivetto‘s nebbiolo thanks to our friends over at Sovereignty Wines. Nebbiolo is simply the best varietal in the world, whether its expressed as a top dollar Barolo or just an every-day drinkable nebbiolo offered up at not-so-stratospheric prices, and the Rivetto shows why: straightforward, just a touch of the typical ripe dark cherry and similar fruit, great strong tannins that take about thirty minutes to round off, and the rusty dark translucent color you’d expect. It’s fabulous. And nice to look at:
So where does this beauty come from? Let’s dig in:
Close to our friends in Rodello, Rivetto’s azienda is just outside Sinio and south of Alba, near Serralunga d’Alba on the eastern edge of Barolo country.
Just off a narrow road winding its way through Piemonte’s prime real estate, from this altitude you already know you’re in for a treat as you click through the Google map for Rivetto. Such a great collection of greens in those fields and rolling hills.
A little closer and you can see Serralunga just to the west of Rivetto…if you click around the Google Earth views for Serralunga you’ll fall in love immediately.
Fantastic: neatly trained vines, lush woods, and a rustic country feel; Rivetto runs an agriturismo and has very reasonable rates for a stay that we are hoping to take him up upon very soon. Imagine waking up and having to contend with the view he encounters daily:
Ah, the life of the Piemontese wine maker. Not bad eh? We cannot wait to visit.
Fun With Wine And Google, La Morra Edition
We’re going to be exploring some Lugana and Piemonte wineries this fall whose wines we enjoy, and one of the ones we’re hoping to visit looks simply extraordinary; we managed to find a ridiculous deal on the Tenuta L’Illuminata Tebavio from 2004 a few months back when our friends at Sovereignty. Taking a look at their website, we can see this is definitely one for the bucket list…beautiful. So where does this lovely Barolo hail from? Let’s see:
Just to the west of La Morra and southwest of Alba, you can see that Tenuta L’Illuminata is located in the foggy, hilly, verdant heart of Piemonte’s prime nebbiolo real estate. Diving in:
Looks like it’s almost walking distance from downtown La Morra, a beautiful hilltop town of about 2400 lucky folks.
A little driveway, terra cotta roofs, a pool…and lots and lots of well-trained vines neatly nestled in the rolling hills. Yes.
Time for a leisurely stroll in that sea of green.
This doesn’t look too bad at all. Can’t wait to see it in person, but for now the Google Earth views tell us what we need to know: this place needs to find its way onto any Piemonte itinerary.
Rodello In Spring, Sassi Wine Tours
Our friends at Azienda Giribaldi tweeted this to us. Ah, the view of a small hilltop town in Piemonte in spring where the mountains in the backdrop are still snowy. Let’s go!
We’re going to be doing some explorations with friends and clients in the region soon and will be expanding our repertoire of winery related tour items. What a great way to see the best of the real Italy.
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