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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

This was a last minute booking right before my trip, I've booked almost everything and had no space in my schedule already, but something went wrong with another visit, I've got a free time slot and tried to have an appointment with Bonfadini, luckily they've accepted. I should tell from the very beginning, the Universe always knows the things better than we think we know them, this was one of the best estates and definitely the best #Franciacorta I've tested during this trip

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

Franciacorta wine area of Lombardia region is definitely an amazing place to be, where a lot of great estates producing premium shiny bubbles, I really suggest to visit them as much as you can because they all are different, with lots of stories behind, #terroir specifics, great people working there and good wines they craft, which you could probably taste only here. This particular story is about visiting Bersi Serlini estate. Bersi Serlini roots are from the Middle Ages, wh

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

Serralunga is the terrior in Barolo area, giving the most powerful fullbodied wines with the greatest possible longevity. Luigi Pira estate is located on the western side of #Serralunga hills. If you are in the zone, don't miss a chance to visit this nice friendly estate and taste excellent wines created by Gianpaolo. Pira family cultivates the vines and craft their wines here from the mid 50s. They owns 12 hectares, of which half is divided between three crus dedicated to #B

Somehow happened that for visiting Barbaresco this time the only one winery was planned in my schedule, but it was a great estate Rizzi, which belongs to Dellapiana family. As my visit was scheduled almost in the evening, basically we didn't have time to see whole #winery, only to taste the wines, which are great by the way. Luckily I've had a chance to get to know whole super nice family: Jole, Ernesto and Enrico, who were working hard in the winery as these days were the ti

I'm a long time lover of Gavi wines, but never been in the place itself, so while planning my wine trip to Piemonte this choice was quite obvious. That was one-day trip to #Gavi area, where you can find many good wineries, but as I've been very limited in time trying to put in one day a winery visit plus later move to Ligurian seashore, then I've had to choose the best of the bests, which is La Scolca. La Scolca estate is run by Soldati family, who purchased it a hundred year