All Posts Tagged With: "Italy"
The Wines of Tuscany class
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Tuscany is the birthplace of Chianti and Brunello, and home to the sangiovese grape and the Super Tuscan. The region’s wines are among the world’s most famous and, in some cases among the most controversial. What’s a Super Tuscan, why do folks trample each other for a bottle of [...]
3Feb2009 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
The Spirit of Rebellion – Colle Ticchio 2007 by Corte Dei Papi
Consider the vast wine-making regione of Lazio in central Italy. It includes the city of Rome plus four other provinces. It was once the home of King Latinus, the misty and apocryphal ruler of the Latin tribe and rival of Aeneas. The country is hilly but not mountainous. Lazio and Latin are (perhaps) derived from [...]
17Dec2008 | Tim | 0 comments | Continued
De Conciliis Selim – An Italian Sparkler Loaded with Style
Selim is Miles spelled backwards. That’s Miles, as in Miles Davis. Now if you’re going to go ahead and name your wine after the smoothest, baddest, most stylish horn player there ever was, it had better be a smooth, bad, stylish wine. Good thing the Selim lives up to its namesake. Like Miles, it’s always [...]
24Nov2008 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
Make Everybody Happy with this Snappy Little Italian Rosé
Ca’Dei Mandorli Vino Spumante Brut Rosato
This snappy little rosé is a real charmer, with a sexy salmon hue, beautiful, light raspberry and rose petal aromatics and, most importantly, bubbles. It’s crisp and delicious – a well developed companion to bittersweet chocolate. I like to sneak a bottle in before dinner – it tasty and unusual, [...]
Villa Sparina Gavi di Gavi, 2006 – Elusive and Appealing Summer White
Gavi di Gavi is a beautifully clean Italian white wine which you will love. It is not always easy to find.
Gavi is a village in the Piedmont in northwest Italy. The mountain climate is moderated by the Mediterranean. The soil is chalk and limestone. The Gavi wine is made with the Cortese grape. In 1798 [...]
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