North by Northwest

A Springtime Nebbiolo from Italy’s Valle d’Aosta

For a grape that is so localized to one part of the world–Northern Italy–Nebbiolo can take on many forms. In a recent piece for the New Wine Review, I dove into the wines of Alto Piemonte’s “second Renaissance,” which favor, where possible, single-varietal expressions of Nebbiolo that capture the distinct qualities of Alto Piemonte’s appellations:

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