Rosanna, Rosanna! @omcwines
"All I wanna do in the middle of the evening is hold you tight. Rosanna, Rosanna"
Champagne-style Nebbiolo. Are you salivating yet?
I tasted Ettore Germano's "Rosanna" Brut Rose for the first time...
Lunch @ La Libera
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Restaurants (Ristoranti)
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During my tour of Piemonte with the Piemonte, Land of Perfection group, we stopped at Osteria la Libera for lunch one day.
"Lunch: La Libera." An unassuming line item on the itinerary. There was no way of kno...
La Vita Nuova
There are many reasons to love Nebbiolo. But then, love defies even reason.
Ettore Germano's 2004 Barolo from the Ceretta vineyard is one of my recent favorites. The Ceretta is brawny, but still el...
Nascetta. Yes, another Gift from Piemonte.
I discovered Ettore Germano at SPQR in San Francisco, when we stumbled upon one of my now all-time favorite Rieslings. I had another chance to experience this winery's mastery of white wine productio...
SPQR: How do I love thee? Let me count the Wines.
When a restaurant names itself after a relatively obscure acronym like SPQR, which stands for Senatus Populesque Romanus (“The People and Senate of Rome”), you know to expect something different. After chec...