Barolo Night – and my 2009 TNs at last

We are delighted to announce that today tickets go on sale for our second Barolo Night, an evening tasting with food dedicated to the hugely exciting 2010 vintage of this, Italy's most prestigious wine.

As last year, when we revelled in a serious showing of the rather less serious 2009 vintage (shown here), the wines will be divided by commune, and our Italian specialist Walter Speller will provide a short introduction. There will also be a smaller selection of older vintages.

You can read my account of the evening of 2009s here, and below are the somewhat scrappy notes...