Current wines in my cellar
Bussi Piero I am happy to say that the wines of Bussi Piero has become our "house wines". Main reasons are that they make excellent wine with craftsmanship and generations of knowledge, their Cantina is close to our house in Calosso and they are all very nice people! The grapes are all grown on the the clay limestone hilly land about 60-150 meters below Calosso village, fermented in steel tanks. Cortese is a white Italian wine grape variety predominantly grown in the southeastern regions of Piedmont in the provinces of Alessandria and Asti. Cortese has a long history in Italian viticulture with written documentation naming the grape among the plantings in a Piedmontese vineyard as early as 1659. The grape's moderate acidity and light flavors has made it a favorite for the restaurants in nearby Genoa as a wine pairing with the local seafood caught off the Ligurian coast. With an alcohol level slightly above 12 % It has a brilliant bright straw yellow with golden reflecti