Introduction

This is the evening portion of this wonderful event put on by Antonio Galloni with a lot of hard word by his lovely wife Marzia. The afternoon was tasting of current release Barolos. You can find my notes on that tasting elsewhere here.

At this dinner, each group of attendees was matched with one Barolo winery and seated at a table with the owner/winemaker who attended. By our request, my group was seated with Giuseppe Rinaldi and his daughter Marta. My friend Greg dal Piaz sat 2 seats away from me and next to Giuseppe. Since he speaks fluent Italian, I asked him to ask Giuseppe a simple question: What was the first vintage of Giuseppe Rinaldi wine? They chatted away intensely for 10 minutes, so I asked Greg if he had gotten an answer. He said not yet. Then after 20 minutes, then an hour, finally I gave up. Greg had a great time and learned much, but never got an answer to my question.

I too had a great time. As you will see below, the list of great wines I got to taste was enormous. Thus my notes are quite brief. Obviously wines like these are best appreciated in a small group with lots of time to spend with each wine. But this is a different kind of event and a different kind of pleasure. The next La Festa del Barolo will be in April 2013, and I can assure you that I will be there.

There are photos and more commentary on my website:

http://www.finewinegeek.com/tn/2011-03-26_BB_LaFestaBarolo_2/

Flight 1 - Flight 1: Getting Started (2 notes)

Flight 2 - Flight 2: Warming Up (2 notes)

Flight 3 - Flight 3: Around the Salad (7 notes)

Flight 4 - Flight 4: With the Pasta Courses (6 notes)

Flight 5 - Flight 5: With the Meat Course (7 notes)

Flight 6 - Flight 6: The End. (4 notes)

Closing

An amazing evening of great wine, great company, and great fun. The food at Del Posto was excellent, but it took too long for red-wine-friendly dishes to come out. My only complaint on an otherwise perfect event.