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Vintuba TV – Review Fontanafredda Barbera

Vintuba TV – Review Fontanafredda Barbera

Posted 03 January 2010 | By ChrisO | Categories: COMMENTARY, PODCASTS, Piemonte, VIDEOS, WINE REVIEWS | Comments

ChrisO takes a look at the 2008 Fontanafredda “Briccotonde” Barbera which heralds from the Piemonte region of northern Italy. Come see what $11.99 will buy you.

Vintuba Podcast-11- Drive by Wine Review 3

Vintuba Podcast-11- Drive by Wine Review 3

Posted 10 January 2009 | By admin | Categories: PODCASTS, WINE REVIEWS | Comments

In episode #11 JonM “Wine Snob’s Everyman” joins ChrisO “Everyman’s Wine Snob”  on his daily commute through beautiful Los Carneros to get another drive time wine recommendation.
This week it’s all about the 2006 Fogdog Chardonnay, from Freestone Winery, located on the Sonoma Coast, and the 2005 Masi Campofiorin, from Masi Agricola, located in Veneto region [...]

REVIEW 2006 Destefanis Dolcetto d’Alba “Bricco Galluccio”

Posted 15 October 2008 | By admin | Categories: WINE REVIEWS | Comments

In the northern Italian region of Piemonte in an area just south of Alba, some of the finest examples of Dolcetto are cultivated, these older vine Dolcetto enjoy similar ideal exposures and soils, and are cared for like noble Nebiollo grapes that give life to  Barolos or Barbarescos.
Dolcetto produces wines which are soft, rounded, and [...]

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