Barbaresco,wine
Very Big Day !!
Dec/13/08 Alexanders
After trying for 14 months chiaro get's her Carta d'Identita'!
Robert is next but his will be much easier being married
to one who already has one.
Very cool
Puppy cotta inspecting her namesake wine, she thinks 2008 is
going to be a great vintage!
Mont Viso looking good from the kitchen window, however our
"pizza hut " looks cold and wants to be used.
We have had lots of snow so far this year. But the temp's never
drop's below frezzing so no ice fishing . looking north towards barbaresco
and the swiss alps from treiso
Bugs in wine
Oct/20/08 Wine
Nearing the end of our 2nd harvest. I finally get the joke producers (wine makers)
tell about why vegetarians shouldn't drink wine.
This nebbiolo is getting a little extra air during it's pump over.
fall in full swing
Oct/23/08 vineyard
Harvest is finished in Barbaresco. Barolo should be done next week
Wow two of our favorite's in the same photo wine and biking !!
Meeting new friends
Sep/19/08 Harvest
Touring the cellar of NADA GIUSEPPE Robert is talking with Enrico Nada and
his girl friend Vicky. Enrico shares the wine making responsibilities with his
father Giuseppe.
Not many barriques here, they use mostly botte (large casks) as they are
a traditional producer.
A wonderful family run winery we've been driving and biking by for years
great to finally meet the family and check out the cantina.
A few magnums are set aside each year to be hand painted by Enrico's
sister Barbara.
You can be sure of a new friendship in the Langhe when mamma gives you
a jar of her homemade CUGNA'.
Chiaro (Leslie) helping out neigbors and friends, Vigin finish up there moscato
harvest before the rain arrives, her face doesn't show how tense the air is when
trying to beat the rain.
IT'S HERE !!!
Sep/09/08 Harvest
Harvest has begun here in the Barbaresco region, first up Moscato ( Lorenzo and Davide,
father and son picking Moscato) Next in line, Favorita, Chardonnay then Dolcetto.
Taken from our kitchen balcony these grapes are headed to Cinzano, a giant
producer just outside the town of Alba.
Enjoying some birthday bubbles with puppy Cotta at Profumodivino, a fabulous new
restaurant in Treiso (no web site yet will keep you posted)
summer time party's
Aug/18/08 foodie
