“Take a pinch of sun, a sprinkle of rain, cool nights and warm days, a vineyard of well-drained Piedmont soil, and an ancient tradition around the hilltop town of La Morra. Age in oak barrels. Yield: vintage Barolos and Barbarescos—some of the best red wines in the world.”
—From “Po: River of Pain and Plenty,” May 2002, National Geographic magazine
