Pietro Ratti of the situation of Barolo and more
It ‘a Pietro Ratti, president of the Consortium or the cool of Barolo and Barbaresco, at 360 degrees what is expressed in an interview published by John Mariani website NorthJersey.com. A careful observer of consumption and markets, believes that “there has been a revolution in Europe” in the attitude of consumers, who today no longer see wine as part of their way of life, but the “judge indulgently . Rats also believes that there are good market opportunities for Piedmontese wines in China and Russia and that it is “important that our wines cheaper as Dolcetto, Barbera and Nebbiolo, are on the market, because currently, partly due to the considerable quantity Barolo purchased in the past “of the great wine tend to buy much less … Read here
First impressions on Barolo 2006
Was held last week in Alba Nebbiolo First, the press international showcase of new vintages from Barbaresco and Barolo, and by the forty Italian and international journalists attending the tastings come primarily responsible, the speed allowed on the Web. One of the first comments, reserved for 2006 Barolo is the wine writer Tom Hyland of Chicago, who on his blog Reflections on Wine says unequivocally that “2006 is great” and that these are “wines that in many cases need time to express themselves and which are not always suitable for drinking now. ” Expressing reservations (which I share) on many wines of La Morra, Hyland says they are convinced that the wines of Castiglione Falletto, Monforte d’Alba and Serralunga d’Alba and give the stamp of greatness year. Read here
Barolo traditional to remember
Value of 2006 Barolo and in particular those of Monforte and Serralunga, also agrees, on his blog, the American John Rittmaster who notes: “As for 2006, Monforte and Serralunga? Here, Clearly, Is Where The Vintage shined. These wines , thanks to more stripped down Their natures, showed less fat and more classic Nebbiolo character Than Anything we’d tried all week. The terroir WAS more evident and I Were the flaws, As They Could not be hidden by the layers of sweet fruit w saw in, say, La Morra. And ‘the classical Barolo that emerges, he said, the wines from these villages. Read here
A wine cellar in Serralunga d’Alba
Even the beautiful, picturesque village of Serralunga d’Alba star in the comments of bloggers present a Nebbiolo wine before. The New Yorker on his blog David McDuff McDuff Food & Wine Trail as well as Tom Hyland on Reflections on wine, both celebrate one of the most typical of Serralunga, an informal place where the food is good but above all well drinks, the Old Town Wine Alessio “Ciccio” Cighetti, a place where, how incredibly McDuff writes, “In this town of Less Than 300 residents, Alessio sells over 1500 bottles of Champagne a year. He’s put together a list if not Betters That Rivals Any’ve seen here in the U.S., or 1500 are uncorked bottles of Champagne a year in a country of fewer than 300 inhabitants. But then it is true that in the zone of Barolo Barolo drinks only! Read here and again here
Great land of Italy: Soave
Extraordinary celebration by the American wine writer and wine blogger Charles Scicolone, on his eponymous blog, wines of Soave, celebrated for their versatility and richness of expression and whose production area is defined as such “one of the great terroir “Italians. A tribute to the Soave really passionate … Read here
Pinot Grigio continues to grow in the UK
Unstoppable, informs us a news published online edition of British magazine Decanter, the success that meets the very Italian Pinot Grigio, with a growing number of consumers in the United Kingdom. According to some statistics in the period from March 2007 to March 2010, the proportion of UK consumers who purchase this popular white wine has increased by thirty percent. This is despite a general framework that sees the consumption of white wine and a declining growth, among people who say they drink wine at least once a month, the rose. Read here
Vinidamare in Camogli
Report signed by Giampaolo Giacomelli, Wine Surfing on the Internet dedicated to the 2010 edition of the great event organized Vinidamare dall’AIS Camogli Liguria in that May 17. The author notes that “the effort to exit from stationary historian, who had relegated to” second class “of regions for which wine making, is continuing and the results are tangible: something is gradually changing, maybe not from the institutional point of view, but certainly in terms of the mentality of the producers, who increasingly seek to liaise with each other, to exploit the opportunities offered by local authorities or, as in Cinque Terre, Park. Other new small companies are growing and bringing valuable breath of fresh air. ” How can we prove him right? Read here
Good news from white Apulia
Very precise observations of the journalist Pugliese Pasquale Porcelli contained in a brief note on the new wave of white wines in Puglia Wine Surfing published on the website. The author notes with pleasure that “ended, fortunately, the unfortunate choice to plant Chardonnay and Sauvignon, manufacturers have rediscovered vines closer to local traditions. Fiano in particular, but also Greek and Falanghina, seem to be new varieties with which to measure, although strictly speaking it is more of a return to the past of true innovations “and also referring to a recently published book, the” Regional History of the vine and wine “of the Italian Grapes and Wine, edited by Antonio Calo and Liana Bertoldi Lenoci asks: “Will the growers take advantage of scientific research, support and encourage?” The answer in the coming years … Read here
Brunello … dream
Passionate celebration, the cult wine blog Vinography Alder Yarrow of a Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 1980, company Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera, a wine whose encounter even the author defines as “an epiphany, a revelation that can to open the doors on Brunelleschi essence. Read here
Brussels World Competition: Results
Was recently held in Palermo, the headquarters for some years is touring the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2010 edition, which saw part about seven wines from around the world. Natural Theatre on the website analysis of the results broken down by type of award and country producer. As for Italian wines, as we read “The Italian podium of 2010 confirms the same positions as leaders in the regions last year: on the top step of Sicily with 77 medals, followed by 41, the Veneto and Tuscany with 28. Identical positions, but 24 more medals. No surprise then the passionate involvement and the excellent results of these three regions which, taken together, presented to the banks tasting of Palermo, well 653 labels namely 69.39% of all samples received by Italians. Surprising result for Abruzzo than last year that the scale of a ranking position of the most medals retentions in prizes for 40% of samples submitted that, with 23 awards in total, reach the edge of the podium. Read here
Italy to Moniga
Not to be missed for wine lovers … en rose, Saturday 5 and Sunday, June 6 at Lake Garda in Italy rose. Writes one of the organizers, Angelo Peretti, on its website Gourmet annuncioa it as “a record for this review of claret, rose wines and sparkling rosé National now in its third year, the event aims to tasting more than 300 wines from Italy, offered by 240 companies. The venue doubles alongside the now well-established location of Villa Bertanza, Moniga del Garda, on the shore of lago, opens to the public the sixteenth Customs Veneto Lazise on the shores of Verona. ” For those who love la vie en rose, sorry, en Rose, is really a must visit. Read here
Terroir wine in Genoa
Another highlight of these days is with terroir wine, to be held in Genoa Monday, June 7 at the Cotton Warehouses located in the heart of the Old Port – see how to get here – opening with 10.00 for professionals, from 14.30 to the public and closing at 20.00. Terroir Wine is the annual event organized by TigullioVino.it, Italian wine magazine online since April 2000. Opportunity to verify and compare with the players of online information, operators and readers of the wine, terroir wine tasting is a test involving a wide range of wine producers and quality oils from a bit ‘all the wine regions Italian – the full list here. The event will be taking a stand even the AIS, with a reception desk where you see the break Antonello Maietta, Vice President National Association. For all the details and information on the event, read here
Vitovska and sea in Trieste
There is more time, however, to schedule a trip to that of Trieste, the enchantment of the historic Duino Castle is so dear to a poet Rainer Maria Rilke as high for the review and Sea Vitovska in Morje, scheduled June 18 . The detailed program of this great event can be found in a wide presentation signed by Stephen Cergolj Lavinium published on the website, complete with a list of the 21 participating manufacturers, a summary on the classic white grape karst and the program of the day. Read here
Rossese Dolceacqua of the conquest of himself
Praise convinced, though with some doubts remaining, that made by the journalist Tuscan Carlo Macchi, on its website Wine Surf, for the most fascinating wine red Ligurian Rossese Dolceacqua after he attended a tasting in the beautiful village known worldwide. Macchi writes that “I am pleased to say that the old boundaries of Rossese, a wine with many problems of the nose and aging will soon have largely been overcome. Today, after more than thirty wines tasted from 2009 to 2007 I would say that the new boundaries of the new Republic of Rossese Dolceacqua are marked by deep ruby color but bright, noses where very pleasant hints of spice, honey, red fruit structures are in harmony and stylish but thin, though the tannins in these wines are a component to be treated with kid gloves. Well, mostly (but beware, many wines are still problems, especially the nose) the conquest of these new horizons seems almost a given course. “Read here
Back to Bayard Rossese style
And again about Rossese be recorded as a measure to make the sommelier Massimo Sacco in a post published 24 Wine Blog, the second edition of Rossese style, scheduled for July 17 at the beautiful village of Bayard and emphasis, as Last year, on a blind tasting of two vintages of the last Rossese. Given the extraordinary charm and interest of 2009, an appointment to get a knot in a handkerchief … Read here
Wines not to be missed: a 1968 Taurasi
An old vintage wine, but very, very old, always has a special charm, even if instead of one that we usually think of red as a vin de garde, Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello di Montalcino is a red South . Well that is the Aglianico grape origin and the historical designation of Taurasi, but the show, as well tells the journalist Luciano Pignataro on his eponymous site, aromatic resolutions, the subtleties, “a walk on the Mediterranean Coast kissed by the summer sun, or enter a grocery Arab “, taste bland” sweet stretch just above the tongue like Sirens on the rocks, remnants of red fruit and candied cherry jam crunchy references to “a Taurasi, Mastroberardino , ça va sans dire, a canonical year and discussed how the 1968 … Read here
New vintages of Barbaresco and Barolo: patience is a must
Timely intervention of one of the strongest critics of wine Polish Wojciech Bonkowski, on his blog in English, Polish wine guides, after a week of tasting in Alba di Barolo Barbaresco 2007 and 2006. According to Wojciech patience, some wines cost for waiting and giving them the right time to express themselves, why pay when you taste today of the great old vintages of Nebbiolo Langhe, great vintages, and the cap, the independent variable and uncontrollable, collaborates and does tricks, then the emotions, the rewards are great, as stated by telling a series of old wines (also 1958!) tasted, guaranteed. Read here
Barrique farewell in Langa?
From the series of tastings of new vintages Bonkowski also draws a conclusion that, having made his own taste but I do not feel to share in full, stating that “the approach is very Winemaking Clearly changing for the better. In the past, many Barbarescos Were Vinification marred by overambitious, overextraction, dry tannins and an enthusiastic embrace of new oak (Which is a disaster with Most Notorious Nebbiolo-based wines). Five years ago the Majority of the new bottlings Were dark and inky as Chilean Cabernet. This year, The colors are luminous and crimsons Rubies Typical Nebbiolo with the wide rims Often falling into orange.’ve Taken below the photo from a random sample this morning, and it really shows how the return to tradition is gathering momentum. Gone are the years of creamy vanilla new oak Nebbiolo. These wines are becoming the ridiculous anomaly Rather Than The norm, as the grape’s natural freshness and bright fruitiness is allowed to speak freely. That’s good! “ It ’s definitely true, as claimed, that many producers of Barbaresco have finally abandoned the bad habit of using too much new wood (aka barrel) and employ over abstractions that offer dry and bitter tannins. And it is true that today the wines’ dark as ink and a Chilean Cabernet “have become a rarity and the color that shines again, not intense, Nebbiolo. But tasting many, too many Barolo La Morra 2006, are really in doubt that the ancient modern style, all wood and concentration, was actually rejected … Read here
Twins for Brunello
Beautiful portrait, the one dedicated by Andrea Petrini Blog Paths wine, twins Francesca and Marguerite Padovani who have made their small farm fields Fonterenza a young, emerging, the most interesting of the acrimonious views of Montalcino. Also arriving from Milan, becoming infected by the genius loci, it can produce wines that tell the poetry of Sangiovese grown in these magical hills … Read here
As closure of the bottles you hate most?
The problem of the cap, the guarantees that a cap should give a good bottle of wine is increasingly felt in the U.S. and also in specialized magazines and websites are discussing what might be the best solution, whereas in many cases, especially for younger wines, an alternative to traditional cork is desirable. But what alternative cap, synthetic, screw, or what? To understand that air shootings, especially among consumers, one of the best wine blogger, Tyler Colman, on his blog, Dr. Vino has decided to launch a survey, asking readers what the cap they trust the least, and even “hate”. Surprisingly, at the time of writing, what seems to be far less popular and liked is the synthetic cork, followed by the screw cap, screw cap. The cork, even with all its uncertainties and problems, hateful, which sometimes causes, yet it is surprisingly the most welcome. Despite everything. Read here
To evaluate the wines without scores
Not only have become more “saving” the Americans, but fortunately many of them begin to realize that the rating for a wine can not be condensed into a single score in cents and buy wines based on the assessment, based on 100, which was given by a magazine rather than an influential wine writer guru, is illogical. It ‘a perplexing banality. Then take more and more ground, with the slogan “Chasing the scores” turn away from scoring and not running after them and be guided by them, a movement of opinion, common among writers, but especially among ordinary consumers which, as told by the California wine writer Steve Heimoff on his blog titled, which could significantly change the relationship between the writer and those who consume wine in the name of an increasingly critical, and a desirable freedom to choose wines according to their taste, not that of Wine Spectator or mr. Robert Parker. Alleluia! Read here
How important factor in the price of wine competitions?
In a timely post published on his blog The Gray Market Report, the American wine writer W. Blake Gray telling his participation as a juror at the Critics Challenge wine competition in San Diego, raises a very interesting problem, namely that the assessments in these contests are given on wine price factor, which is key, especially today, especially in view of the consumer is not taken into account as it should. Read here
Why decant wine is important
And then think of the Americans, and Californians in particular, as people who do not know the subtleties and secrets of proper wine service, where even the use of the decanter is an important element. Just read the excellent article, signed by an experienced wine writer Dan Berger as the Agency Press Democrat and Petaluma taken from the Internet 360, to have a clear perception of what culture of wine, European-style if you will, there is now American soil. Read here
Tastings at home?
The States, however, always remain the promised land of marketing, business, and to facilitate the purchase and consumption of wine has invented what a company like Tasting Room? None as yet tells W. Blake Gray, on his blog The Gray Market Report, the pre-tasting or wine tasting prior to the consumer’s home by “a box with six 50 ml miniature bottles of wines and a very short description of Each”, or the shipment home a box with six bottles of wine with samples to try. There are less convincing and compelling issues in this process, first rate, considered a bit ‘higher tasting box, and then the limited capacity of the bottles that taste makes it suitable for one person. But there is something fun, funny, idea, which is likely to be successful and lead many consumers to switch dall’assaggio purchase mini bottles of these wines, but bottles of normal size. For those in a hurry, and has no time for wineries to choose to run or participate in tastings, may still be a nice solution … Read here
Eric Asimov’s “discovered” wines Valentini
It’s never too late, even for the very good critic of The New York Times, Eric Asimov, to “discover” the greatness of the wines of the legendary producer Abruzzo Valentini, described as “an idiosyncratic producer. And as said in a post which appears in Section Diner’s Journal of the everyday New Yorker, taking part in a tasting of wines Valentini is the perfect opportunity to appreciate a lot older vintages of Trebbiano and Montepulciano, but above all the magnificence of Cerasuolo, compared a great Bandol. Read here
Vin Santo Italian and greek VinSanto
Aside historical, philological, wine making for an excellent American wine blogger Jeremy Parzen, on his blog Do Bianchi, dedicated to Tuscan Vin Santo and Vin Santo greek (besides Veneto and Trentino). As he writes, “In other words, I’m here today to tell you That Called the Vin Santo is Italian wine and Greek wine is the Called Vinsanto But The wines are highly distinct from One Another in style and substance and history and Their relation is purely linguistic. The names sound similar (and there’s a reason for that) But it has nothing to do with the wines Themselves, ok? In fact, the Vin Santo of Santorini is made from grapes Assyrtico and Aidani That “are left on the vine to reach high levels of ripeness … After drying, the grapes are crushed and fermented, Mostly on Their skins.” Vin Santo from Tuscany, the Veneto, Trentino and is made from grapes dried on mats in the attic of a farmhouse. (There are a number of other elements make Vin Santo That Different: the Easter weekend vinficiation tradition – after the wines Have dried slowly on the mats over the winter – and the use of a yeast mother culled from previously used cask aging, for example). That’s why from a perspective not only “philosophical”, but the wine we like different things consisderare Vin Santo and Vin Santo … Read here
Wines of Elba
He speaks very little, very little indeed, wines of this splendid location is the Island of Elba. It is therefore worthwhile to point out the article written for four hands by Alessandro Bosticco and Giampaolo Giacomelli, Wine Surfing on the Internet site dedicated to this “magical place for those who know him really, for those who attended non-canonical, even during periods away from July and August. So small and so big at the same time and to a farm, Ripalte Estate, located in the “south of Capoliveri, Costa dei Gabbiani, one of the most important mining areas” created by “Piermario Meletti Cavallari, a brilliant producer in that of Bolgheri (former owner of Tenuta Grattamacco). A presentation of the company and the wines produced to date that makes me want to definitely go to the Elbe … Read here
Falanghina vertical
Hands up who does not consider the Falanghina Campania (produced in various provinces and areas) as one of the most fragrant and white wines ready to drink throughout the region, a fresh wine, very pleasant, on the immediate impact that goes well with many preparations for the summer season. Yet, as we are told on the website of Luciano Pignataro Monica Piscitelli, Falanghina, in its best is a wine that can easily evolve over the years, much to be part of a vertical tasting, the amazing results, like the one we is told here, and that highlights the treasures of minerality and aromatic complexity totally unexpected … Read here
Gavi a significant presence among the Italian white
In Italy, although it is one of our white wines, most historians tend a bit ‘in snub to say its not aromatic explosive charge, the high acidity, but abroad may happen that instead of Gavi, the maximum expression of ‘Cortese grapes, even weave convinced praise. It ‘just what the American wine writer Kim Kelly on a website of Virginia, Star Exponent.com, noting that “Usually Gavi is unoaked, light-bodied with subtle aromas of white flowers and lemon, bursting with crisp acidity and bone -dry with flavors of green apple, honey and grapefruit, Followed by a well-balanced mineral and almond finish “and calling it” Incredibly versatile, it pairs Beautifully with pesto, light pasta dishes, white fish and seafood salads “, that is extremely versatile in combinations. As the Latin saying, nemo prophet at home … Read here
White Bolgheri
Staying on the theme of white wines should be noted, even on the website Wine Surf, the introduction to wine tasting white area of Bolgheri and its signed by Carlo Macchi. Reviews, as can be seen, are quite strict in the case of Vermentino “but almost always fails to show that body and aromas that characterize him in other areas of the boot. In some cases, but there are aromas …. declared purity show …. Vermentino Viognier or Sauvignon noses pushed. The usual game of hide behind a finger. Montalcino can see that did not teach anything. Leaving aside aromaticity least unlikely, lack of strength and depth is unfortunately also one of the main features of Vermentino wine is not made. We spread a merciful veil over the white fermented in wood or past, at best is likely to figure what was shearing pigs: a lot of confusion but no wool. “Perhaps it would be better in Bolgheri, Sauvignon separately, focusing about red … Read here
The desire for renewal in the wines of the Tuscan Coast?
We look for the Bolgheri area dedicated to Luciano Pavesio comprehensive account on the website Lavinium, the recent preview of the wines of the Tuscan Coast, organized by the Great Cru in Lucca. About the creation of a new name, an IGT Tuscan Coast, the author proves very skeptical, because “analyzing the various voices of this” proposal for a new IGT “I fear that it will be nothing more than duplicate, more or less equal but certainly not least permissive of existing IGT Tuscany are accepted virtually all types of wines, including sparkling, the sweet, sweet, sweet, and even the late harvest novel, both for white wines that reds, as well as grapes, including none other than “up to 15% of grapes and musts from other sources,” and even outside the region! Relevant also yields grapes, 120-140 quintals per hectare, in almost all locations of the five provinces involved, “Well,” what would have been a real opportunity for renewal, especially the repurchase of a local identity Tuscany, giving greater weight and importance to indigenous varieties, finally launching a specification that would ensure a truly controlling “origin and quality” product, I fear that leads to a purely economic move to regain the market share lost in recent months Because of the “scandals” of Brunello and Chianti. “Read here
Chianti fiasco
It ‘a form of “vinous nostalgia” that took the website American Wine Lovers Page, much to devote an article to the fiasco of Chianti, “the old flask bottles implied rustic country wine”, with a detour when the site is lexical asks “Was the old bottle I know why Called a” fiasco “? Simple: It stems from the ancestor Same as the English word” flask. “But in Italian slang,” flop “-” make a bottle “- means, well, really screwing up, and the English word “fiasco” comes from that. ” Read here
The Barolo 2006 seconds David Mc Duff
Continue to appear on various websites and blogs of wine writer who attended the event comments on Barolo and Barbaresco 2007 Alba 2006 tasted at the event before Nebbiolo. Today judgments deserve careful, very thoughtful and insightful wine writer of the New Yorker David Mc Duff, who on his blog Mc Duff’s Food & Wine Trail reveals, village by village, where Barolo is the most liked. Read here
Radici 2010: The winners
It ended last week in Monopoli, near Bari, the fifth edition of Roots Festival grape varieties, wine competition dedicated to the expression of local vineyards of Puglia and Basilicata (Aglianico del Vulture area). To find the list of winners in various categories, read here and again here.
Fun with statistics on wine
Entertaining post, blog Vinography, Alder Yarrow of the American wine writer, dedicated to a comment of statistics on consumption of wine in the world released, you can read here, the American Wine Institute. As written it appears that there are at least twenty countries in the world which have a per capita wine consumption of zero, including North Korea and that the country has registered over the period 2004-2008 the largest increase in consumption is was Nigeria, with a growth of 1236.2%, followed by Macau, where the leap forward has been of 690%. They are amazing and bizarre aspects of the statistics … Read here
What emerges from Puglia wine Radici 2010?
Very good budget drafted by Carlo Macchi, on its website Wine Surf, who the Apulian wines emerging from three days of tasting something like 180 wines from Puglia (including 20 Aglianico del Vulture) Showing Roots Festival of autochthonous, which took place two weeks ago in Monopoli (pictured below the entrance of Relais Il Melograno splendid theater of the event), and has graduated a number of winners in various categories on the list can be found here. Among the various comments that I agree completely, colleague, one for which “the land of Puglia is not white but some Minutolo make us think that might be so, especially with modern winemaking techniques. The problem is that Minutolo (or Fiano Minutolo) it almost feels more in the other wines in Minutolo vinified in purity. ” About Rose, Macchi claims that “black Bombino is a good grape to make rosé but Negroamaro is better! This is a summary of the speech. Salento rosé I have appeared more homogeneous, more recognizable, more appreciation of the little cousins to the north. About the Nero di Troia, in the case, as we think, “a wine with significant tannins and rough, impressive facilities and perfumes not by Bordeaux vineyards, many of those sampled were from (at least in part) from other varieties.” Finally wines Negroamaro basis on which Macchi reported that his memo “a rather large number of wines (and we are in 2010, in full recession parkeristica) afflicted by the syndrome of St. Joseph, the carpenter’s disease alias, alias misuse (and / or abuse) of wood. I would therefore like to state emphatically that make modern Negroamaro not simply slap in the wood should be small, but start a different job from the vineyard to bring grapes to the cellar, once wine (if you really want), will mature in small wood. How not to be totally disagree? Read here
Italy rose in 2010: mission accomplished
Budget very positive for Italy in the 2010 Rose on his blog that tracks the wine bloggers Gently Maria Grazia Veronese Melegari. Calls it “very handsome edition, this year, perhaps the best view until now, thanks to the ‘idea of putting together the two shores of Lake Garda with the common denominator is that Chiaretto del Garda. So for this edition the mv Mantua, he has shuttled between the Dogana Veneta Moniga Lazise del Garda, Villa Bertanza (historic home of the event), carrying the many Italian and foreign visitors. ” Too bad, not having (yet) the ubiquitous (I was in Puglia Roots) essermela lost … Read here
Multifaceted identity of Soave, a surprise
Staying in Verona area is right to point out, about the white par excellence of the area and one of the most popular Italian white wines, comments dedicated to Soave, the American wine writer writes Tom Hyland on his blog Reflections on Wine, on about a recent trip to the volcanic soils and limestone of the great wine. A real discovery, he writes, noting that “While Soave has always Been a known commodity to Consumers in America – thanks in part to ITS Easily pronounceable and easy to remember name – The Wine Rarely has Truly Been thought of as something special others Mentioned above, to name only a Few, That Have Been working to expand the breadth and width of Soave’s Possibilities. “ In other words, recalling how the popularity of wine in the United States has not look unlike a “wine commodity readily available and at low prices. The recent trip to Hyland did however discover unsuspected magnitude and complexity of wine, “these special bottlings display more complex Aromatics, are richer on the palate with excellent persistence and offer distinct minerality in the finish, a quality Witnessed in Italy’s Most famous white wines, from Friuli in the north to Campania in the south “and a qualitative level, he notes, not below or regional wines from Campania. Hyland then invites his readers to look at Soave “not only as a simple wine suitable for light meals, but as one of the most unique and important Italian white wines. One of the best wine to match a wide range of foods.” Read here
Backing the base wines, those producers do not always love
Intervention sharp and successful, to James Cossater Intravino Blog dedicated to wines, stupidly and with a certain superficiality, many manufacturers have not taken seriously enough, reserving their greatest efforts, and their affection for the wines high-end, top wines. I’m talking about the so-called “base wines, those that basically tell the style of a wine cellar, the most authentic in the end, about which happens to be told by a producer, as happened to the blogger,” No look, they do not I would try them to him, are the basis. Start with the others. “ Cossater writes well: “I am perhaps a heretic but I think any bottle tell the company that produced it as the so-called base wine, what comes out at the lowest price and probably is produced in as many bottles. Of course, I sometimes prefer the more expensive, perhaps produced with grapes from older vines, and those exposed in the basement are better treated with a cure manic flavor. But I think the real flag company turned to the side of cheap wines and is only too easy to boast of their top wine, perhaps one made in a few thousand copies and acclaimed by all. The real challenge is to work well while keeping costs down. ” Why then snub, or worse, “ashamed” of those wines? Read here
Star Campalto peasant countess of Brunello di Montalcino
Beautiful portrait, signed by Andrea Petrini, posted on his blog of wine routes, dedicated to one of the most interesting newcomers on the scene of Brunello wine in Montalcino, star of Campalto. An article reconstructs the journey of Stella, through the choice of organic production in 1996 to reach the Red Brunello and then through a “geological zoning of his land, six acres of vineyard in identifying different types of soils with different characteristics . Thus were born six individual vineyards where each represents a specific cru. Read here
Which identity for the Sicilian wine? …
Texan of Italian origin Cevoli Alfonso is a unique figure of wine bloggers, because he writes with wine, beautifully, very original, but at the same time working for a company that sells wine, Italian, Texas. In a nice post, published on his blog On the Wine Trail in Italy Cevoli deals with Sicilian wines Sicilian identity, one that has developed over the last fifteen years, talking about what he calls the “Planeta Phenomenon. Like Grapes Catarratto and Insolia Took a backseat to Chardonnay. Black’s and Nerello’s Also Were left at the altar for Cabernet, Merlot and Syrah. Sicily Took a leave of Absence from ITS Winemaking soul. It Was Time to show the world They Could play on the international stage . And They did. But was it all a ruse? “ He wonders if in fact it was a strategic move to have played the right card dell’internazionazionalizzazione wines. Today, he said, things are changing, so that is natural to ask “Has Sicily really found the grape wines That will define her? Is it really Nero d’Avola? Fomenting What’s up on Etna? Where is going Sicily ? In the Following months I am going to be Taking on These questions and talking about Them on These Pages. I think Sicily is looking to re-connect With Their primordial forms When it comes to wine. “ Sicily has really found the grapes that will become the symbol of his wines? It may indeed be the Nero d’Avola? Perhaps, he concludes, Sicily is rediscovering its roots, even in wine. Read here
Wines of Capri, oh yes!
Another recommendation for Tom Hyland and his blog Reflections on Wine. This time, Tom, before returning to the States after a period of Puglia (also a member of the Board of tasting technique Roots) visited in Campania and was the enchanting island of Capri. Of which celebrates not only, well-known, attractive from a tourist point of view, the beauty, charm, but also being a land of producing elegant, sinuous, tasty, white from vineyards, he notes, largely planted vineyards pergola (see photo below), with steep slopes, often on sandy soils. One of the many attractions of this magical … Read here
Barbaresco 2007 by Snooth
Report, signed by the excellent American wine writer of Italian origin (thirty) Gregory Dal Piaz, on Snooth website devoted to tasting the new vintage on the market, the 2007 Barbaresco, made in mid-May during Alba Nebbiolo First . Dal Piaz, urges caution in evaluating wines, recalling that 2007 “Is Another vintage hot climate for Piedmont, and Certainly the wines show it.” Or that the 2007 vintage was hot and the wines testified extensively with “candied fruit with a very large percentage veering off into the cola-flavored end of the spectrum. While the wines excellent acidity Have Generally, the flavor profile and weight in the mouth to point to the warmth of the vintage. For me, These sort of warm vintages can produce lovely wines, with a richness and fruitiness That is uncommon in Piedmont, But All That ripeness a generally comes at a price: Typicity. There were very Few of the 2007 Barbarescos That I tried that really Screamed Barbaresco, and Relatively Few that really Screamed Nebbiolo, For That Matter. “ With their hints of candied fruit, with a very specific profile and width, with a wealth of fruit uncommon for the skies Piedmontese wines advanced maturity and lack of typical second Dal Piaz “I called Barbaresco few of Barbaresco 2007, much less tasted reminded me Nebbiolo … Really a great vintage for Barbaresco 2007? Read here
Vitovska and his knights
Very positive, which coincides with the gradual rediscovery of the value of the area and the potential of its wines, the area of the Karst, with very interesting growth in the number of (small) producers face the market. Bears witness, with a post accompanied by tasting notes also Vitovska, variety symbol of the area, old vintages, Aristide on his blog, Giampiero Nadali, whereby the Vitovska proves “yet another Italian white wine can to surprise after many years of aging. While everyone runs to place wine “raw” in the markets, increasingly find new names that bear the years with great class. ” Read here
But what is the mark in the wine world?
Inspired by the publication of a survey conducted by BocconiTrovato & Partners, Mark Baccaglio devotes a post on his blog numbers of wine, to today’s perception of brand value and notes that “we have gained a feeling not quite positive on the impact of brands in the world wine. The brand “counts” only half the players and “has” almost only when the purchase is tied to gifts or special occasions, or for a limited number of brands. The players themselves seem to be influenced by brand: most states to choose products based on personal experience, and believe that customers choose products based on price and territoriality or the needs of not matching to the mark. “ Continues by noting that “it seems that the choice of wine are not” Americans “and this attitude seems shared by those who should bear the marks as a potential improvement in its business (brands’ strong and recognized sales more difficult and less) . According to operators, customers choose mainly on price (57% of customers seem to watch it), then according to territoriality (54%, good for Italy, which has great variety on this point) and the combination with food (48%). The brand has only 22% of customers, let alone counting the tip. “Amazing! Read here
Vernaccia takeaways
Continues its policy, supported also by the author. I.S. with the operation “Take me away” – read here – to encourage moderate consumption restaurant encouraging customers to take away without any problems unfinished bottle of wine. As he tells us Slawka G. Poor Blog Marketing wine, even the name of the Consortium of San Gimignano is working in this direction, with a project that “is called, quite simply, involves 20 restaurants and takeaway / San Gimignano and its surrounding premises to which the consortium 3000 Cork & supplied kit bag to be given to affected customers to take home the bottle. The kits contain mini-shopper bottle with sealed cap logo of the consortium and to reseal the bottle. “ As the first budget? A “month after launching the kits supplied 10% has already been used especially by American and German tourists. The Italians? You are softening a little bit, but it takes a little ‘time. The fear of appearing stingy (in Communication Consortium even use the word “beggar”, a bit ‘too much perhaps) is still rooted in the subconscious of the Italian consumer. ”
What’s wrong with accidents, consume only the amount of wine you can eat at the restaurant without the risk of being dell’etilometro control rods, and then take home for gustarsela calmly, the unfinished bottle? Read here
Drinking wine may also do well to view
Completely changing horizons, and speaking of the subject, always topical, wine and health, must be reported on the issue of the online British newspaper Telegraph, an article by Richard Alleyne who speaks a study by the U.S. magazine The American Journal of Pathology according to which a substance found in grapes (but also in other fruits) have a protective effect in blood vessels of the eye tend to be bad with old age. Once again, the merit is the mythical resveratrol, which has been highlighted anti carcinogenic and the risk of heart attack. Read here
Bring the wine at home: no problem!
Unique initiative in London a group of citizens of the best restaurants (some Michelin stars) to address the economic crisis that put many customers on the run. Doors open, more if you subscribe to BYO Wine Club – visit the website here – just launched in June with the goal of reaching one hundred accessions by year end, customers who adopt the formula, already widespread in the States, the “BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle)”, or people who choose, paying a moderate right plug in the restaurant’s favorite drink bottles of wine brought from home, from the personal cellar. As commented the influential wine writer Tom Cannavan, editor of the website Wine Pages, “BYO (Bring Your Own) is about people who are serious food and wine lovers But Who Recognize That They can not go to a restaurant WHERE the food costs £ 50 (about $ 75) per person and AFFORD a bottle of wine, “that meets the needs of enthusiasts, food and wine, who want to continue to go to a restaurant without fainting. This is because it is common practice in London, says the article, that a bottle in a wine store costs 75 pounds to 225 can be brought on the wine list of many restaurants. Beautiful thing this initiative, which devotes a long article by Robert Booth The Guardian, and cheers wine consumption personnel while enjoying the cuisine of chef’s favorite, but it would be easier for customers to return, reduce mark-ups on wines and crazy propose a more reasonable price policy? Read more here and here
Lights and shadows of the fashion of Pinot gris in Oregon
A post that makes you think – and I think that would do well to read many Italian producers of the northeast, mostly from the American wine writer W. Blake Gray, on his blog Gray Market Report, the progress of Pinot gris in Oregon, the American state that has focused more on this variety, given the resounding success of Italian Pinot Grigio in the U.S., where one of the most heavily imported wines and consumed, especially on the East Coast. According to Harry Peterson-Nedry founder of a major store like Chehalem, Oregon this cultivar would have a great future and show its limitations compared to Riesling and Chardonnay. This even though the statistics of wine production in 2009 in Oregon Pinot gris confined to second place (after the first of Pinot noir, with 53.1%) between the varieties grown, with an extension to 16.7%, (increase in 2009 over 2003 45%) against 5.7 of Riesling, Chardonnay 5.6%, 3.1% Cabernet Sauvignon. For Blake Gray is a neutral variety too, and then, he asks, can benefit from Oregon’s reputation as a great manufacturing country, when, exceptions aside, expresses wines whose taste is simply that of a “white wine” ? Meditate fan of Pinot Grigio, meditate .. Read here