We had 58 people out for a delicious tasting of the 2007 Barolo and Barbaresco and were delighted to welcome Ann Popoff as our guest speaker again! These wines were all definitely ready to drink although the Barolo were the clear favourite wines of the night. This was very surprising because the last time we sampled Barolo and Barbaresco wines side by side the results were quite different. Our 2015 tasting of 2004 Barolo and Barbaresco showed the Barbaresco as the clear favou

Barbaresco and Barolo communes are situated in the Piedmont area of Italy about 10 miles apart and both produce wine from 100% Nebbiolo grapes. Yet, despite the proximity of these two wine producing zones that use the same grape, they produce two distinct styles. Many refer to Barolo as ‘masculine’ and the Wine of the King and Barbesco as “feminine” and wine of the Queen. Or to draw from the title of a popular book, “Barbaresco is from Mars, Barolo is from Venus”. On May 12,