Category Archives: Piedmont

Blog rankings: what a Wine Blogging Wednesday can do for your blog.

By winecase | Published: April 7, 2009
I got contacted, last week, by the folks at information portal Wikio, asking me if I wanted to have a chance to post an exclusive preview of the new rankings for top food and wine blogs compiled at the end of March. I’d come up over 30 spots since the previous rankings, they said, so [...]
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Wine Blogging Wednesday 54: How do I love Piedmont? Let me count the ways

By winecase | Published: February 18, 2009
There are so many good things about Piedmont that I could hardly have been more excited about the 54th edition of the Wine Blogging Wednesday. David McDuff’s theme, A Passion for Piedmont, was really my kind of thing. I love just about everything about Piedmont, in every color and style. Recently, I wrote about Moscato, this [...]
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Tasting note: Barbera d'Alba Conca Tre Pile 2004, Aldo Conterno

By winecase | Published: February 9, 2008
Although the prices for the best bottles are not exactly bargain basement, barbera remains a somewhat underrated varietal, shadowed as it is by the brilliance and finesse of the regional all-star, nebbiolo. Mind you, producers have been working hard (sometimes a bit too hard) to show that barbera is a serious grape. Take Aldo Conterno’s Conca [...]
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