December 1, there is party time at \”the Palomba\” for the slowfood Chicciola. We don\’t want to conflict with that event. Everyone interested in natural wines should join on December 2! . 9 wines, all local, are to be tasted. And what is important: All income of this invent will go tto Giggi\’s \”La Selvara\”…
We are organizing a special enjoyment. A blind tasting of Brunello and other Tuscan and Umbrian Sangiovese. The selection of Brunello is random. A year ago Nixy and I passed over Montalcino and did shopping. The Sangiovese in the test are known to us. Accordo from the Velette, l\’Otto from ViniVENtisei, il Tocco from Campotondo,…
We have mixed feelings about and mixed tasting experiences with \”natural\” wines. At least we are for an empirical and practical approach and not for an ideological. We will make you taste wines from \”La Selvara\” (Orvieto/San LorenzoNuovo) and \”Danielli\” (Allerona). In the meantime we got to know from \”La Selvara\”, that their winery was…
I confirm my positive judgement on Ristorante Brizi. We had Uno scontrino di 64 Euro, di cui 16 were the beefsteak and 15 the wine. This time , both meat dishes were impeccable. Meat of decent quality, freshly grilled. A beefsteak like this would cost 6 € at the butcher. Then, all what is traditional,…
Our December highlight: \”Brunello di Montalcino vs Sangiovese no brand\”. Winetasting lunch at 26 winery. The tasting will be blind. There will be 4 Brunello and 4 high qality, no brand Sangiovese. Participants, who identify all 4 Brunello get 1 further tasting free. The wines are combined wit a fine lunch More details later (partecipation…
We were visiting a friend, who is constructing a house near Amelia, and then obviously we went to wineries, “leonardo Bussoletti” and “ZanchI”. But Nixy will report about the winery part of the trip. We tried some Maelia Restaurants! There are eating places against which you can’t say anything, except that you would not return….
Some people have a misunderstanding about rosato wine, thinking they are not serious wines, only blank drinks with pretty color. but as a wine professional I would say, that’s not true. There are blank pinky drinks for tourists at the seaside and there are the opposite.On October 27th we had a tasting of 6 Umbria…
We had a tasting of Cannonau & Gamay Trasimemo on 29th October.Both grapes share the same DNA with Grenache/Garnacha, but grow in different regions. Cannonau grows in Sardegna while Gamay Trasinemo grows in Umbria around lago trasimeno. We served 6 wines including 3 single vineyard Cru. The wines tasted Winery wine vintage price (€) (1)…
