Team Green or Team Blue?
Does it matter? Is there a right way? Apparently, people have a lot of opinions on the subject.
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Piemontegirl Tasting
As you probably already know, I’ve started to host some wine tastings! Mostly basic tastings, differentiating between 3 grapes: dolcetto, barbera and nebbiolo. I think it is a good way to learn the difference between the 3 main grapes in Piemonte. The dolcetto from Andrea Oberto had the typical purple color of dolcetto. On the…
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Sandefjord Vinfestival
This weekend I attended Sandefjord Vinfestival. This year the overarching theme was South-Africa, but my good friend Alessandro Veglio was there as well. And a bottle of Vietti Moscato. The festival takes place every year in Sandefjord, and many cool wineries and wines are represented. Even though I normally stick to Piemonte, I tried a…
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Dolcetto @ Vinmonopolet
Vinmonopolet: Here are a few Dolcetto that I recommend. Note: you may have to order them online and they may be sold out. Andrea Oberto Dolcetto 149,- Alessandro Veglio Dolcetto 194,- Aurelio Settimo Dolcetto 169,- Elvio Cogno Dolcetto 170,-
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Nebbiolo @ Vinmonopolet
Trediberri Nebbiolo 190,- Azelia Nebbiolo 199,- Alessandro Veglio Nebbiolo 250,- Vietti Perbacco Nebbiolo 250,- Cavallotto Nebbiolo 260,- Burlotto Nebbiolo 265,- Altare Nebbiolo 285,-
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Wines under 200kr at Vinmonopolet
Wines at Vinmonopolet under 200kr Wines don’t have to be super expensive to be good quality or taste good. These wines are some of my favorites. If you try them feel free to tell me about your experience! Enjoy! Trediberri Barbera 175kr Azelia Langhe Nebbiolo 198kr Bruno Rocca Langhe Nebbiolo 183kr Alessandro Veglio…
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Winery Wednesday: You may already know this one
Winery Wednesday: Mauro Veglio You have probably already heard of Mauro Veglio, but I thought I’d write a little about them anyways. Located in Annunziata, next to Silvia Altare, Mauro and Daniela have produced wine since 1986. And now they have joined forces with their nephew Alessandro Veglio. I have known Mauro, Daniela and Alessandro…
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Alessandro Veglio in Oslo
Alessandro Veglio Winemakers Dinner I was fortunate enough to be able to attend Alessandro Veglio’s winemakers dinner in Oslo last week. The dinner was hosted at Kulinarisk Akademi at Mathallen, a very nice location in the city of Oslo. As you can see we were seated right by the open kitchen which gave us the…
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Barolo Weekend in Sweden
Barolo Night in Gothenburg 6 people, 10 barolo, 1 night: does it get any better? (Yes I know one of them is technically a Barbaresco, but it’s not my fault someone cheated!) The deal was: bring one (or three) bottles of barolo and we’ll taste them blind. So, blindtasting gallore! The bottles were a little…
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The Veglio family coming together
Veglio has some exciting news Mauro Veglio and Alessandro Veglio have joined their wineries! Two great producers have now become one! Mauro is Alessandro’s uncle, so they are keeping it in the family 😉 Their wines are similar in styles and they share the same philosophy, so this should be a wonderful adventure! I am…
