It's red wine, Barbera is the name of the grapes and d'Alba means from Alba, a city. The wine is made in this part of Piedmont.

Wines from Barbera d'Alba

It's not very expensive, but still people like it.

I can't tell you exactly what it tastes like as I haven't been drinking any wine for years.





The two dots above the vowel, ö in this case are not mandatory, at least not in Italian. Unlike in German they're not Umlauts. They just point out that there is a pause between the two vowels.

It's kind of rare in English.

Examples:

Citroën - Citro - en

Caöda - Ca - oda

Mariä - Mari - a