My wife Patty and I were fortunate enough to have received an invitation from very good friends to join them for a week in Lake Como. they had rented a beautiful villa directly on the lake a stone throw away from the famous
Villa d' Este Hotel in Cernobbio. (We went to the Hotel one night for cocktails and our bill for 10 cocktails was Euro 275 - without tip).
We had fantastic weather and the accommodation (the villa) was superb and the company could not have been any better. Day trips to the town of Como or Bellagio were easy....all we had to do was jump on a water taxi (ferry).
We did visit an Olive Oil producer in Lenno (Vanini Oswaldo) tasted and of course bought many bottles of delicious olive oil. After that we drove up the hillside in Tremezzo and had a fantastic Lunch at
Al Veluu Ristorante. This is one of these places that have a million dollar view.
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| The 1927 Alfa Romeo |
On a Tuesday morning we got our group together, rented a small Mercedes bus and drove from Lake Como down to Alba in Piedmont. There our good friend
Giacomo Vico gave us a royal reception and showed us their improvements to their winery - a new building as well as a new tasting room where delicious Vitello Tonnato was served for Lunch. We toured the Winery, checked out Giacomo old family Alfa Romeo's drank plenty of Favorita, roero Arneis and Roero Superiore. I took home some of his 2008 Barolo which I am now patiently waiting for it to get ready to drink.
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| Giacomo explaining wine making |
Later that afternoon we dove a few miles from Canale over to
Negro Angelo Winery. I had seen Giuseppe Negro at the Gambero Rosso Tasting in Chicago earlier in the year. Again, after touring their wonderful winery and their cellars we got together in their beautiful tasting room and tasted Roero Arneis including an oak aged 2004 that was superb, then moved on to Barbera"s, Nebbiolo's and ended up with delicious Barbaresco Basarin.
Needless to say, it was very quiet on the way from from Piedmont to Lake Como
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| Cellar at Negro |
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| Tasting Room at Negro |
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| Our wonderful travel and wine tasting group at Negro's |
Look forward to Negro wines in Indianapolis soon available through Free Market Wine Group
My wife Patty and I were fortunate enough to have received an invitation from very good friends to join them for a week in Lake Como. they had rented a beautiful villa directly on the lake a stone throw away from the famous Villa d' Este Hotel in Cernobbio. (We went to the Hotel one night for cocktails and our bill for 10 cocktails was Euro 275 - without tip).
We did visit an Olive Oil producer in Lenno (Vanini Oswaldo) tasted and of course bought many bottles of delicious olive oil. After that we drove up the hillside in Tremezzo and had a fantastic Lunch at Al Veluu Ristorante. This is one of these places that have a million dollar view.
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