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During my November #winetrip I had only one day, even not a full one, planned for Oltrepo Pavese area visiting. As it was my first time in this wine region, then I had to choose estates carefully to make myself sure I'm on the "best of the bests" side from the beginning, plus I wanted to see different types of wineries, as usual. At the end of that day I've realized that I've got exactly what I wanted, thanks to the Universe. One of two wineries I've visited in #Oltrepo was B

If you ever drunk Franciacorta sparkling wine or ever been visiting the area then you most probably heard name of Ca' del Bosco, who is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) producer of Franciacorta in the world. I bet you saw their bottles on the shelves of your wine shop, at least. So being in the area, of course, visit to this winery is a must to see everything by your own eyes and to understand a difference with other estates. I saw in some sources that Ca' del Bosco is

Usually my personal preferences are small #wine estates because of their unique character and soul, more particular approach to terroir and winemaking, and much more exclusive types of wines produced. However, there are some big wineries more mass market oriented in terms of quantity, but in the same time crafting wines of a great quality, taking care about all the details same as small family producers do. Ferghettina estate is one of those, actually it's been started as a s

Ettore Germano is one of the must visit estates in Barolo area. Actually I planned it a long time in advance, but, as it happens sometimes, at one day the things go in a different way, not like you planned them. That particular Saturday was exactly like this, when everything was late, starting from morning and ending up in the evening. By some reasons I was almost an hour late to Ettore Germano #winery and missed an interesting part cellars, so I arrived just on time for wine

The name Renato Ratti means a lot for whole Barolo production area. He was one of the pioneers in Barolo who really appreciated and promoted terroir concept, trying to change and turn local people's old-fashioned mind into this direction. The story of himself and his estate is fascinating, so visiting Renato Ratti winery is a must do when you are in #Barolo zone. Renato Ratti was born in Piemonte in 1934, he had no heritage of wine estate in the area, he built himself from th

Marchesi di Barolo is a winery with 200 years long history, one of the oldest estates in Langhe, Piemonte, whose historical cellars are located right in the center of Barolo town. As I lived just about hundred meters from them, it was an obvious choice in my list of visits. Moreover, my friend from Barolo, who is an ex-sommelier recommended me this winery as they produce a really good wines. By the way, can you imagine producers of not good Barolo here? Yes, actually there ar