April 10, 2024 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Cellar Gems and Fails #7
Released ten years ago, the 2010 Barolos are Modern Day Classics celebrated for their finesse and aging potential. So how are they holding up at fourteen? Here’s a look at nine from our cellar.
April 5, 2024 • Articles • Featured Articles
Langhe Loses Luminary Enrico Scavino
Enrico Scavino was a guiding light in Barolo
March 26, 2024 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Two Decades of Comm. G.B. Burlotto Monvigliero and Acclivi: Modern Day Classics
Comm. G.B. Burlotto’s Barolos are all about finesse, depth and energy
January 29, 2024 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Barolo 2020 Vintage Report
Kerin O’Keefe evaluates the 2020 Barolo vintage
November 8, 2023 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Langhe Nebbiolo and Nebbiolo d’Alba: What’s the Difference?
Here’s everything you need to know about Nebbiolo d’Alba and Langhe Nebbiolo.
June 15, 2023 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Paolo Scavino Bric del Fiasc Barolo Vertical
Bric del Fiasc 2019–1996 vertical and 1980 Barolo
May 25, 2023 • Articles • Featured Articles
Don Fiorino 2016 Barbaresco Riserva (free access)
An ode to Barbaresco’s late parish priest Don Fiorino Marengo who in 1958 united 19 growers and founded the Produttori del Barbaresco cooperative cellar, the wine is a blend of grapes from the best vineyard sites.
April 26, 2023 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Barbaresco 2020 Vintage Report
Barbaresco 2020 vintage report by Kerin O’Keefe.
April 21, 2023 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Barolo 2019: The Definitive Report
Kerin O’Keefe evaluates the 2019 Barolo vintage
March 2, 2023 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Time Traveling through Barolo Ravera with Elvio Cogno 2000-2019
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October 21, 2022 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Barolo 2019: A Sneak Peek
Kerin O’Keefe evaluates the 2019 Barolo vintage
October 18, 2022 • Articles • Featured Articles • Wine Reviews
Barolo 2018: Finesse, fragrance and freshness
The 2018 Barolos boast elegance, energy and enticing aromatics. Defined by extremely refined, well-integrated tannins and balance,...
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...
January 14, 2021 • Articles • Featured Articles • Italiano
Olivio Cavallotto 1930-2021: pioniere del Barolo e della viticoltura biologica
Olivio Cavallotto 1930-2021: pioniere del Barolo e della viticoltura biologica
January 14, 2021 • Articles
Olivio Cavallotto 1930-2021: Pioneer in single-vineyard Barolo and organic viticulture
Olivio Cavallotto 1930-2021, pioneer in single-vineyard Barolo and organic viticulture
July 16, 2020 • Articles • Featured Articles
Barolo 2016: A Modern Day Classic
Between March and April 2020, I reviewed 359 Barolos from the fantastic 2016 vintage. The reviews, out now in the latest issue of Wine...
July 15, 2020 • Articles • Italiano
Barolo 2016: un moderno Classico
Tra marzo e aprile di quest’anno, ho recensito 359 Barolo della fantastica annata 2016. Le recensioni, ora disponibili...
January 13, 2020 • Articles
Barolo 2016 preview
Living just an hour drive from Piedmont, I spend a lot of time in the region, and travel there for days at a time at least nine or ten...
January 6, 2020 • Articles • Italiano
Il momento migliore per bere quel Barolo? Forse proprio adesso!
Uno dei più grandi equivoci sul Barolo è che bisogna aspettare decenni prima che i vini siano pronti da bere. Sebbene una volta questo...
December 21, 2018 • Articles • Italiano
Vini italiani: i miei top 30 del 2018
Un’annata di assaggi sicuramente molto gratificante, i grandi rossi italiani hanno dimostrato tutto il loro potenziale suscitando...
September 4, 2018 • Articles • Italiano
Addio Giuseppe Rinaldi (in italiano)
Giuseppe “Beppe” Rinaldi, uno dei produttori più rispettati delle Langhe, è scomparso domenica 2 settembre all’età di...
September 3, 2018 • Articles
Addio Giuseppe Rinaldi
One of Barolo’s most outspoken and respected producers, Giuseppe “Beppe” Rinaldi passed away on Sunday, September 2nd, at the age of...
December 10, 2017 • Articles
Traveling Back in Time With Nebbiolo
On November 18th, I traveled in a virtual time machine: a vertical tasting of 8 Nebbiolo-based wines from Alto Piemonte from 1842 to 1970....
July 11, 2017 • Articles
Alto Piemonte: the “Other” Nebbiolo
If you’re a fan of Nebbiolo – the sole grape behind Barolo and Barbaresco – you’ll love the radiant, mineral-driven Nebbiolos and...
September 13, 2016 • Articles
Producers Strike Down Piemonte Nebbiolo DOC
After a meeting between producers and their consortia of the Piedmont region that lasted for more than four hours yesterday (September 12),...
August 5, 2016 • Articles
Why You Should Be Worried About Piemonte Nebbiolo
If you love Barolo, Barbaresco and other wines made with Nebbiolo, brace yourself for the worst proposal I’ve heard in years, and one...
May 19, 2016 • Articles
Barolo 2012: Balanced, Approachable and Enjoyable
Having recently returned from Barolo where I blind-tasted over 300 of the just released 2012s, it’s time to weigh in on the vintage,...
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...
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...
October 11, 2013 • Articles
“Shameful” Ruling Over Barolo Borders
The expansion of the Cannubi ‘cru’ could cast “doubt on the credibility of all the vineyard boundaries” in the...
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 30, 2013 • Articles
Bartolo Mascarello
The classically crafted Barolos of Bartolo Mascarello are cult favorites of Barolophiles around the world. Unlike many of today’s top...
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...
January 4, 2013 • Articles
Conterno: Tradition Underscores Celebrated Barolo
Barolo doesn’t get any better than Giacomo Conterno. Kerin O’Keefe explains why. The prized wines include Cascina Francia and...
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...
June 3, 2012 • Articles
Italian legend Aldo Conterno dies
Legendary Barolo producer Aldo Conterno passed away in Monforte d’Alba in Piedmont at the age of 81. Aldo Conterno, who played a crucial...
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...
September 1, 2009 • Articles
Cavallotto. The road less traveled
Kerin O’Keefe visits the close and passionate Barolo family that has for generations been producing naturally grown, traditionally...
February 24, 2009 • Articles
Cult Barolo producer Teobaldo Cappellano dies
Teobaldo Cappellano, the respected and controversial Barolo producer, has died at 65.
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...
January 26, 2004 • Articles
Nebbiolo is viognier cousin, conference hears
Nebbiolo, one of Italy’s most famous black grape varieties, is related to the aromatic viognier, DNA boffins have found. The noble...