December 13, 2023 • Articles • Featured Articles
Addio Michele
My tribute to the great Michele Chiarlo
April 26, 2023 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Barbaresco 2020 Vintage Report
Barbaresco 2020 vintage report by Kerin O’Keefe.
January 9, 2023 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Enrico Serafino Barolo and Barbaresco back to 1949: Indestructible Wines
Tasting decades-old fine wines is always a humbling, often memorable experience. Tasting a selection of older vintages of Enrico...
October 5, 2022 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Barbaresco 2019 Vintage Report: A Hallmark Vintage
The stunning 2019 Barbarescos shine a spot light on what was a fantastic vintage in the Langhe. And even though how a given vintage unfolds...
March 24, 2020 • Articles • Italiano
Un tributo a Renato Vacca, grande vignaiolo di Barbaresco
ll 14 marzo, Barbaresco ha perso uno dei suoi viticoltori più appassionati, Renato Vacca. Titolare della cantina Cantina del Pino, Vacca...
March 24, 2020 • Articles
A tribute to Barbaresco grower-producer Renato Vacca
On March 14, Barbaresco lost one of its most passionate winemakers, Renato Vacca. Owner of the boutique winery Cantina del Pino, Vacca was...
January 22, 2018 • Articles • Italiano
Bruno Giacosa è deceduto a 88 anni
Oggi il mondo del vino italiano ha perso una delle sue leggende, Bruno Giacosa, all’età di 88 anni. I Barolo e Barbaresco di Bruno...
October 27, 2015 • Articles
Italy’s Most Collectible Wines
Thanks to a string of outstanding vintages over the last two decades, Italy’s most celebrated wine regions are on a roll: Barolo...
October 23, 2015 • Italiano
Barolo e Barbaresco, il re e la regina dei vini italiani raccontati da Kerin O’Keefe (di Roberto Giuliani)
Kerin conosce molto bene il vino italiano, lo ha ampiamente dimostrato con precedenti pubblicazioni come “Franco Biondi Santi. Il...
September 1, 2015 • Book Reviews
A measured, informative and very readable tour of Barolandia (by Nicolas Belfrage)
O’Keefe is a Bostonian wine journalist and author (published books include Franco Biondi Santi: The Gentleman of Brunello and Brunello di...
June 24, 2015 • Articles • Book Reviews • Interview
Barolo and Barbaresco: A Conversation with Kerin O’Keefe (by Evan Dawson)
The best wine writers are willing to offend if it means telling the truth. That’s easier said than done. When a writer publishes an...
February 10, 2015 • Book Reviews
Barolo and Barbaresco: the King and Queen of Italian wine (by Charles S. Taylor)
I would have welcomed O’Keefe’s profiles when I started my Barolo Odyssey. Her accurate profiles of producers I know make me...
December 4, 2014 • Book Reviews
Books of the year 2014: Drink, from wine to gin (by Henry Jeffreys)
Barolo and Barbaresco: The King and Queen of Italian Wine by Kerin O’Keefe (University of California Press, £25) had me reaching for...
October 17, 2014 • Book Reviews
A New Book on Barolo & Barbaresco (by Tom Maresca)
The University of California Press has just published Kerin O’Keefe’s Barolo and Barbaresco: The King and Queen of Italian Wines (346...
October 3, 2014 • Book Reviews
A bounty of books about wine and spirits
The great wines of Italy’s Piedmont have become important enough that it’s surprising a book like Kerin O’Keefe’s “Barolo and...
September 9, 2014 • Book Reviews
A Great, New Book on Barolo and Barbaresco (by Ed McCarthy)
O’Keefe began writing about Italian wine full-time in 2002, writing some excellent articles in Decanter, a British wine magazine; she...
February 4, 2014 • Book Reviews
Sip and turn a page (by Eric Asimov)
Among the world’s great wine regions, the Piedmont in northwestern Italy, home of Barolo and Barbaresco, has lagged far behind in...
September 26, 2013 • Articles
Bruno Giacosa: Pioneering Precision in Piedmont
No discussion of Barolo and Barbaresco would be complete without mention of Bruno Giacosa, one of Italy’s most esteemed producers. Paolo...
May 20, 2013 • Articles
Barolo 2009 and Riserva 2007
This year’s annual Nebbiolo Prima tastings in Alba showcased Barbaresco 2010, Barolo 2009, and the denominations’ Riservas – 2008...
February 7, 2013 • Articles
Q & A with Gaia Gaja
Gaia Gaja oversees the day-to-day running of her family’s prestigious 154-year old estate in Piedmont. Are you adjusting your...
December 1, 2012 • Articles
Angelo Rocca (1948–2012): Barbaresco’s free thinker
The adventurous producer of some of Piedmont’s most acclaimed wines, Angelo Rocca was also a much-loved and respected figure in the...
April 1, 2012 • Articles
Pio Cesare
Refusing to be pigeonholed as either traditionalist or modernist, this historic Piedmontese winery is a staunch believer in blended wines,...
April 1, 2012 • Articles
Barbaresco 2008 and Riserva 2006
More than an understudy to Barolo, these powerful, elegant wines are stars in their own right, says Kerin O’Keefe – especially now that...
November 1, 2011 • Articles
Bruno Giacosa
This eminent Barolo producer has been around the block more than once since starting in wine 68 years ago. Kerin O’Keefe pays the great...
April 1, 2007 • Articles
Gaja Barbaresco over four decades: 1961-2003
Angelo Gaja, one of Italy’s most charismatic and successful winemakers, is credited not only with drawing Barbaresco out of obscurity...