Piedmont’s white truffles: one of the greatest examples of terroir
If we define terroir as the unique combination of soil, exposure, climate, and human intervention resulting in a food productContinue Reading
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Taste Scarpa with a ghost this Halloween in New Orleans’ French Quarter
It’s Halloween this week in the U.S. and so we thought we’d share a story about a genuinely haunted houseContinue Reading
Taste top wines from Scarpa Nov. 7 in Houston
Scarpa wine director Riikka Sukula and Italian wine educator Jeremy Parzen will be pouring and discussing the following wines inContinue Reading
“Traditional sometimes means rustic, but that’s not the case here.” Why La Bogliona is considered the apotheosis of Barbera d’Asti
Scarpa’s Barbera d’Asti La Bogliona, writes Scarpa’s U.S. importer Ernest Ifkovitz on his website, is “the top single-vineyard Barbera fromContinue Reading
The Slow Food University of Gastronomic Sciences and its alumni at Scarpa
In 2004, Carlo Petrini, the activist founder of the Slow Food movement, launched the Slow Food University of Gastronomic SciencesContinue Reading
La Bogliona at Chez Panisse, Berkeley’s iconic restaurant and birthplace of the modern food movement
We couldn’t be more thrilled to learn that the 1996 Scarpa Barbera d’Asti La Bogliona is currently being served atContinue Reading
“Silky pure.” Top Canadian blogger and buyer Michael Godel on 2010 La Bogliona
Here’s what top Canadian wine blogger, author, and wine buyer Michael Godel (above) had to say about the 2010 LaContinue Reading
Taste Scarpa with winery director Riikka Sukula and Italian wine educator Jeremy Parzen Nov. 7 in Houston
Scarpa winery director Riikka Sukula and Italian wine educator Jeremy Parzen will be leading a seminar and guided tasting ofContinue Reading
“Timorasso clusters are perfect!”
Scarpa began harvesting its Timorasso grapes this week. “The clusters are perfect,” says winery director Riikka Sukula. This will beContinue Reading
Belbo da Bardon, a classic Piedmontese restaurant and one of the region’s best wine cellars
The legendary Monferrato restaurant Belbo da Bardon doesn’t have a website. Evidently it needs no introduction. But it does haveContinue Reading
