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Barbera D Asti

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Ok, this is papawow's bud DR. I've moved to London and plan to sample as many old world wines as my budget will allow and report them here.

First is a Barbera D'Asti which apparently (thanks Wikipedia) is a young Barbera with similar characteristics to a Beaujolais Nouveau - basically a young fruity table wine made with Babera grapes. Not sure the producer, maybe you can see on the label, served its purpose as an accompaniment to pasta bolognese at an Italian chain... but at about £15, better is out there.

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