A Candid Look at the 2025 Private Barolo Wine Tour with a Winemaker, Starting from Turin

A Candid Look at the 2025 Private Barolo Wine Tour with a Winemaker, Starting from Turin The very idea of a private Barolo wine tour is, you know, already pretty special. Barolo itself has this huge reputation, a little bit like the king of Italian wines, and frankly, it deserves it. This isn’t just any red wine; it’s made from the Nebbiolo grape, which is, like, famously fussy about where it grows. It requires years of aging by law, so what you get in the glass is something with a really deep story. But the thing that really gets you …

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My 2025 Guide: Visiting the Reggia di Venaria & Sacra di San Michele

My 2025 Guide: Visiting the Reggia di Venaria & Sacra di San Michele So, planning a trip near Turin, you really have to think about visiting two very different, yet equally amazing, spots. First, you’ve got the Reggia di Venaria, which is, you know, this enormous and quite glamorous royal palace. Then, on the other hand, there’s the Sacra di San Michele, a totally ancient abbey that sits way up high on a mountain peak. As a matter of fact, I managed to see both, and it was seriously one of the more memorable days of my travels in Italy. …

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