At Home with Marchese Malaspina

A four-part series about Vinarkivet's visit to Bobbio – about the town in the Trebbia valley, the Malaspina family archive, the wine cellar beneath the palazzo and a table where the wines found their context.

Narrow street between yellow and beige stone houses in Bobbio, with a stone house and wooded mountains in the background

Part 1 of 4

Bobbio – history and discoveries in the Trebbia valley

The town in the Trebbia valley, the abbey founded in 614 and the bridge that has gathered a legend around it.

The archive room with tall wooden cabinets marked Archivio, lettered drawers and an open cabinet full of documents

Part 2 of 4

The family's history in the Palazzo Malaspina archive

The document cabinets, the library and a map from 1772 that makes the family's land concrete.

Vaulted wine cellar with rows of wooden barrels

Part 3 of 4

With Federico in the wine cellar beneath Palazzo Malaspina

The way through the alley and the courtyard, down to the vaults, the wine press and the wooden barrels.

Old cellar with dusty bottles on stone shelves and three small wooden casks

Part 4 of 4

The untouched cellar and the tasting with Currado

The dusty bottles in the cellar's untouched part, and the tasting around the table with Currado.

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