B.Y.O.B. , Issue 3

In 112 pages of B.Y.O.B. Episode 1.3, you’ll find:

• Nelson Pari speaks with Carlotta Rinaldi, Federico Scarzello, Gianni Ballarin, Philine Isabelle, Gian Luca Colombo, Alessandro Ceretto, and Enrico Rivetto about what it costs to be (or not to be) a biodynamist in Barolo.

• An honest talk with Alessandro Salvano of Drink Wines Not Labels on what it means to live and work just a few meters outside the Barolo DOCG, on organic farming, and on his vision for much-needed change in the Langhe.

• The best places to eat and drink in Italy, in the words of our beloved winemakers and winemaking families: Frank Cornelissen, Arianna Occhipinti, Elisabetta Foradori, Mateja Gravner, and Emanuele, Isabella, and Guido Pelizzatti Perego.

• Some greats of Tuscany: Rocco Sanjust of Petrolo on his whites, and Stella di Campalto on her reds.

• Corsican Sciaccarellu — a wine with pinosité at its core yet a Mediterranean soul all its own.

• Young Winemaker’s Diary, Part III — by Stephanie Wangui, former Noble Rot Mayfair senior sommelier, who spent almost a year as a trainee viticulturist at the legendary Domaine Roulot.

• Steven Graf’s francophone guide to Italian wines.

• What Italian wines and a Caprese salad taught chef Nir Sarig about balance.

• The Michelin Guide that shaped restaurants now wants to shape wine. Can it?

• Clément Colin-Morey on his journey promoting small Italian producers in his native Burgundy.

• Six active and inspiring Substack wine writers bringing us knowledge and inspiration.

• A search for a perfect — though unusual — Negroni that led us to Milan.