Tagged Terroni

Sommeliers tasting Barolo with  Justin Wilson of Massanois and Franco Conterno of Aldo Conterno winery. The fine folks at Terroni in Los Angeles recently hosted a tasting with Franco Conterno of the...

Evening of Terroni DTLA's "Soft Opening" I have been so lucky to be working with the people at Terroni as they prepare for their first day of service in the new Downtown LA location.  These people know how to...

Yep.  I am finally experiencing how the other half lives. After years on the "supply side" of the wine business, I have dipped my toes into the wonderful, gut-wrenching, nerve-wracking world of the...

Timorasso by Walter Massa, Photobomb by Michael Newsome. If you are an adventurous wine-drinker who finds him or herself at Terroni in Los Angeles, do not attempt to navigate this wine list alone.  Ask for...

I am fascinated by Piemonte for several reasons, many of them beginning with "B".  Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, and most recently, Boca.  This tiny region is located in the province of Novara in the...

Thank goodness for Italian wine geeks like Brittany Carlisi.  She found an awesome older bottle of Fattoria San Lorenzo's eponymous "Il San Lorenzo" from 1997 in her company's inventory, and decided it was...

I found this bottle of Bressan's 1998 Pignolo on Max Stefanelli's wine list at Terroni in Los Angeles.  The wine list is a tribute to Italy and its adjacent neighbors- it's such a wonderful and comprehensive...

I stopped by Terroni last night to meet some of the Oslavia producers in town for the Viva Vino show today.  I expected to taste a lot of Ribolla Gialla, the province's most famous indigenous grape, but I...

I am now officially fascinated with a little Piemontese region called Boca.  Thanks to the fine wine importers at Vinity Wine Company, I had the opportunity to meet Christoph Künzli at a trade tasting in...

Terroni.  Home to some of the world's rarest and most autochthonous Italian wines.  This restaurant is a beacon of light in a storm of predictable, dreary, and boring wine lists. Max Stefanelli is...