First-Taste Guide to Langhe Nebbiolo
With Winemaker Alfio Cavallotto
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First-Taste Guide to Langhe Nebbiolo
Get to know the wine now widely considered the "second wine" to Barolo and Barbaresco. We interviewed winemaker Alfio Cavallotto for perspective.
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