Weekly Saturday Tasting

Piemonte, Italy
with special guest Laurence O. Vuelta
a.k.a. 'Dr. LOV'

Saturday, October 19th
1:00 - 3:00

This Saturday we are going to take a tour of one of our favorite regions for Italian wine - Piemonte! Nestled in a remote amphitheater created by the Alps, Piemonte is home to some of Italy's most revered wines - Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, Dolcetto, Moscato and more. The wines of this area are some of our favorites for a wide variety of food pairings. While indicatively Italian, the serious and diligent winemakers of Piemonte and their wines find an enological soul mate in Burgundy even more so than other famed Italian regions such as Tuscany. While the most famous wines of the region are certainly Barolo and Barbaresco, based on the Nebbiolo grape, those big wines often need significant time in the bottle to age, so we will focus more on some of the more affordable and approachable wines produced from the region. These will be the wines the Piemontese themselves drink on a more daily basis, wines which help give patience to wait for their big siblings to come around. To lead us on our tour there is no better guide than our dear friend Laurence Vuelta, lovingly known as Dr. LOV. Laurence's exuberant enthusiasm for his wines is only matched by his fantastic depth of knowledge, and is always full of fun, so don't miss out!
 
Felicitá Cortese
Piemonte DOC, Italy, 2023
 
Edoardo Chardonnay
Piemonte DOC, Italy, 2023
 
Fede Barbera d'Asti
Barbera d'Asti DOCG, Italy, 2022
 
Valerio Piemonte Rosso
Nebbiolo, Barbera, Merlot, Freisa, Cabernet
Piemonte DOC, Italy, 2020
 
Podere Ruggeri Corsini Nebbiolo
Langhe DOC, Italy, 2021