{"id":1534,"date":"2022-01-06T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academievin.org\/hommage\/tribute-to-pio-boffa-by-angelo-gaja\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T10:18:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T08:18:28","slug":"tribute-to-pio-boffa-by-angelo-gaja","status":"publish","type":"homage","link":"https:\/\/academievin.org\/en\/hommage\/tribute-to-pio-boffa-by-angelo-gaja\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Pio Boffa by Angelo Gaja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/academievin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Boffa-467x380.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:467px;height:auto\" title=\"Tribute to Mr Pio Boffa by Mr Angelo Gaja\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Angelo Gaja paid tribute to Pio Boffa, who died in April 2021.<\/p>\n\n<p>His daughter Federica, 24, will take over management of the estate, surrounded by a talented staff.<\/p>\n\n<p>Pio Boffa had also joined the company young, at the age of 26.\nHe was a tireless ambassador for Barolo and Barbaresco around the world, creating demand for Italian wine. <\/p>\n\n<p>I too made frequent business trips abroad.\nImporters would often tell me that a week or two before me, Pio Boffa had been there and had been a great success.\nHe was a great proponent of Barolo tout court, the kind that doesn&#8217;t bear the name of the vineyard on the label and is made from a skilful blend of grapes from different vineyards.\nTo distinguish it, people started calling it &#8220;normal&#8221; and &#8220;regular&#8221; in English, definitions he kindly and promptly corrected.   <\/p>\n\n<p>He chose Giacomo Tachis, the greatest of Italians, and Denis Dubourdieu as his consultants.<\/p>\n\n<p>He never wanted Pio&#8217;s Barolo, just his bottle of Barolo, to suffer from the selection used to produce Barolo with the indication of the vineyard, and he has always offered an exemplary wine of excellence.<\/p>\n\n<p>Endowed with a sense of humor and exquisite irony, he knew how to smile at himself.<\/p>\n\n<p>His friends and customers were delighted to enjoy the hospitality he offered in his elegant, classy home.<\/p>\n\n<p>Dear Pio, thank you for the good lessons you left us, may the earth be light to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","homage_type":[],"class_list":["post-1534","homage","type-homage","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tribute to Pio Boffa by Angelo Gaja | Acad\u00e9mie Internationale du Vin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/academievin.org\/en\/hommage\/tribute-to-pio-boffa-by-angelo-gaja\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tribute to Pio Boffa by Angelo Gaja | Acad\u00e9mie Internationale du Vin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Angelo Gaja paid tribute to Pio Boffa, who died in April 2021. 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