Archive for August, 2009
Can we taste the hopes of a people in their wine? – Bricco delle Lepri Dolcetto di Dogliani, 2007
Where do wine and history connect? The change of grapes into wine, year in and year out, stands apart from the tumult of great events. Can we taste the hopes of a people in their wine? If the intensity of struggle and identity appears in any wine, it must surely be in the wines of [...]
27Aug2009 | Jason | 1 comment | Continued
Vinosia Falanghina – Mouthwatering, Juicy & Refreshing – A Classic Sidewalk Wine
Who drinks the wine of the ancient Samnites? Who sings their songs and moves to their dance? Who reads their letters, inscribed in lintels and scratched in the doorways of Pompeii? Who remembers these fierce tribes and Oscan, their lost language?
For much of the 4th century B.C., the Samnites and their allies marched from the [...]
Jean-Paul Thévenet’s Primordial Cru
Jean-Paul Thévenet Morgon 2007 “Vieilles Vignes.” Imagine the great slope of eastern French wines running from Burgundy down along the river systems of the Saône and the Rhône into the steep, dry hills of the south. From north to south, the style and flavor change from the highly mannered, clarion fruit of the pinot noir, [...]
11Aug2009 | Tim | 0 comments | Continued
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