This week finds me in San Diego, California where I grew up. And more specifically, it finds me in “La Jolla By The Sea” as my hometown La Jolla is known.

A rising, nationally recognized star on the U.S. fine wine scene, Derrick Westbrook is one of the most exciting wine professionals of his generation.

Temperature control that made the biggest contribution in ushering the Barbera d’Asti Docg into the contemporary era.

I like to think of Barbera as the first wine you drink from the vintage. So I want it to be alive and fun (Bill Rosser)

Luigi Veronelli ‘s team was a pivotal element in Italy’s new embrace of barrique fermentation and barrique aging. In other words, the winemakers who accompanied him on that trip became a model for other winemakers

Barbera d’Asti is often called “the ultimate food wine,” thanks to its freshness, bright fruit flavors, and versatility (Theo Greenly)

In 1982, the great Italian food and wine writer and editor Luigi Veronelli took three of Italy’s greatest winemakers at the time to California.

Many consider Riccardo Guerrieri’s nearly all-Italian wine list at Divino to be among the best in Houston.

One of the questions I get asked a lot when I pour a Barbera d’Asti in a tasting is what does the word “superiore” mean?

“No grape has known such a dramatic upgrade in its fortunes and image in the last 20 years than Barbera in Piemonte, north-west Italy.”