Altri Italiani
I recently taught a class on Italian wine. My research, so called, took me on a clockwise virtual tasting tour of the boot of Italy,…
Italy
Due Italiani
Cappella Sant’Andrea Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG 2010 12.5% ABV | Price: about $15* Neirano Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG NV 7% ABV | Price: about…
SanSì
Azienda Agricola Scagliola Barbera d’Asti Superiore “SanSì” 2008 14.5% ABV | Price: about $40 This wine is 100% barbera, and the grapes derive from…
El Greco
Feudi di San Gregorio Greco di Tufo 2008 13.0% ABV | Price: about $20 Deep gold with faint hints of stone fruit and citrus,…
Rosso
Collemattoni Rosso di Montalcino 2007 14.5% ABV | Price: about $28 This wine is 100% sangiovese, from the Brunello clone. Rosso di Montalcino is…
The Black Bee
Torrevento Puglia IGT "Il Filare" Rosato 2008 12.0% ABV | Price: about $12 I'm gonzo about this wine. I've been drinking it all summer….
Interestingness
Damilano Barolo "Lecinquevigne "200414% ABV | Current price: about $36 Nebbiolo grapes from five eponymous vineyards go into this wine. It's young for a…
Yet Another Grape
Piero Mancini Vermentino di Gallura DOCG2006Current price: about $8 This white from the northeastern corner of Sardinia is very pale gold, offering aromas of…
Prego
BertaniVilla Arvedi Amarone2004Current price: about $50 Last night we enjoyed an earthy, soulful dinner at Pane e Salute, the Italian osteria in Woodstock, Vermont…
Parla Italiano? Mi dispiace, no.
Il PoggioSangiovese Rubicone IGT2008 The color is ruby purple, and it has a jammy nose, with smoke and earth and tobacco. On the palate…
Flesh and Bones
Villa PozziNero D'Avola Sicilia IGT2007 This wine is a deep, inky ruby in the glass. The nose is plummy and smoky, with scent of…
Two As One
I don't usually go for specialty ingredients. My food philosophy, such as it is, rests on the pure expression of individual elements: food as…