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Piedmont's Silver Lining

A string of great vintages helps soften the blow of a disastrous 2002 harvest in parts of Barolo

By James Suckling

The 2002 vintage in Piedmont hasn't been easy. After one of the wettest summers in decades, a hellish hailstorm in early September destroyed a substantial portion of the Barolo crop. Yet just a few.....

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