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Pietro Ratti speaks to New York’s Wine Media Guild about Barolo

By Marisa D'Vari | March 5th, 2010 | Category: Barolo, News | No Comments »

Pietro Ratti
Tom Maresca and Charles Scicilone of New York’s Wine Media Guild have done the impossible — they have put together a fantastic tasting of 2005 Barolos with Pietro Ratti, son of the late Renato Ratti and owner of the family winery in La Morra, to come to NY and speak to us.

Overall, the wines [...]


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Understanding Barolo

By Marisa D'Vari | January 24th, 2010 | Category: Barolo | No Comments »

 

“Why is Barolo so expensive!” I remember asking a savvy clerk in my local wine store, fresh from my first class in Italian wines. As an exuberant young student I had been eager to taste the regions I studied, yet the upper-market wines from Piedmont seemed totally out of reach. Even the new vintages were [...]