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Roberto Conterno – 2 days, 2 dinners

On Wednesday night last week I was delighted to host a dinner at Franco's in Jermyn Street - Roberto Conterno of Cantina Giacomo Conterno and his assistant Lauren were in town for this and another dinner (see below). It was a select bunch of hardened Barolo fans. We started with...

Tasting Notes for Conterno

Having grabbed a quick breakfast in Monforte, we headed just south out of the town to Cantina Giacomo Conterno to meet up with Roberto again, this time for the business of tasting the young wines as yet unreleased onto the market. You could feel the temperature change as we made...

Dinner with Roberto Conterno in Piedmont

Last Thursday morning whilst still a little tired from the wonderful Clos de Tart dinner, Adam (MD), Alison (Buyer) and myself met up at Gatwick for the flight to Torino. To say I was a little excited about this trip would be an understatement of the year as I am...

Barolo 1971….

Last night was Barolo night at the Maltings Cafe http://www.maltingscafe.co.uk/ run by Sam Harris, Fraser and I met up with a whole collection (what is the collective adjective for wine merchants?) of guys from the trade to taste a selection of Barolo 1971's (& 3 Barbarescos) the tasting was hosted and organised by Eric...