A Historic Italian in Glasgow
PASSEGGIATA
Italian [verb] To walk. The evening stroll. Purpose: to see and be seen.
92 Mitchell Street has been an Italian restaurant for half a century - home to Glasgow’s first Italian restaurant. The site first opened as L’Ariosto, the home of the Italian dinner dance and the place to see and be seen. As recent as 2008, the restaurant still carried out the classic flambe cooking tableside, a favourite of traditional Italian restaurants. Sadly, the days of flambe and dinner dances have gone… for now, but Barolo continues to have its essence as serving up the glamour of 1960s “La Dolce Vita”.
Barolo Wine
Often called the King of Wine, Barolo is arguably the most famous of Italy’s wines.
Although Barolo is a specific commune in the Piedmont region, the wine can come from any of the 11 recognised communes forming the DOCG (Denominazione di origine controllata). These villages are: Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d’Alba, Cherasco, Diano d’Alba, Grinzane Cavour, La Morra, Monforte d’Alba, Novello, Roddi and Verdun Each has it’s own specific style of Barolo.
Produced from the Nebbiolo grape it’s one of the first varieties to bud and the last to ripen, with harvest taking place in mid-to-late October. The shortest ageing time for the wine is 3 years