If you’re looking for great value from Italy’s Piedmont area, look no further than Barbera d’Asti. If you look up food friendly in the dictionary there’s probably a picture of this wine. If you lack such a book, I’ll draw you a picture — bright cherry and blueberry fruit, soft tobacco, bright oak spice and a long finish where the blueberry come forward. I’ll leave the food pairing picture to you. A Platinum Award winner at the 2018 Sommelier Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition.
Abbazia, Barbera d’Asti DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2016
By Rich Cook