Nebia, Nebuẽ, Nebbiolo – the 2009 Barbaresco harvest closes at Rivella Serafino…and a gram of advice if you’re heading to the Alba Truffle Fair

Schoolboy trivia perhaps that Nebbiolo the grape (Nebuẽ in Piemontese) takes its name from ‘Nebia’ the fog that cloaks the slopes at this time of year. Less observed or well-known is that, according to Teobaldo Rivella of Barbaresco, the fog has become scarce since the early ’90; coincidently tying in with the run of great […]