A Royal Wine from the Foot of the Alps
Barolo is one of Italy’s noblest wines. Born in the Piedmont region, literally at the foothills of the Alps, it is full-bodied, acidic, redolent of strawberries and violets, and carries the aristocratic DOCG appellation. Indeed, some call it a King among wines.
The wine takes its name from the tiny village of Barolo, one of a cluster of villages in the region, which devotes just around 3000 acres to the Nebbiolo grape, from which Barolo is made. Other villages that make up the …