Yuch.
Told ya so!
cofarb wrote:
> A friend and I sampled the wine in question and found it to be pretty yuchy.
> Not really vinegar but no longer red wine either.
>
> Back to the more recent vintages. Thanks for the advice.
>
> cofarb
>
> >
> > "Joe "Beppe"Rosenberg" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Very nice winery I believe in Gaiole or Radda. Stacole was their
> >> importer,
> >> distributed by Atlantic Wine & Spirits in Maryland and DC. Even though
> >> Atlantic had at least 5 Chianti's exported by DeGrazia, as wine manager
> >> we
> >> added the wine to portfolio because it was available year round and it
> >> was
> >> well balanced, and priced nice(Atlantic had the lowest mark up of all the
> >> wholesalers I dealt with in my wine career. The owner didn't like
> >> inventory
> >> so were aggressive in getting orders. My goal was to match the money to
> >> be
> >> collected upon delivery to money Atlantic would gave to pay for the wines
> >> and shipping, so when the wine hit the warehouse what was left was
> >> profit.
> >> This worked as planned at least 40% of the time and was below the owners
> >> inventory threshold and being bulled headed about this I was told to
> >> move
> >> on. We had a limited number of San Polo's Cetenaia their super Tuscan
> >> which
> >> mainly sold to retailers who supported our program.
> >>
> >> I'm sorry even in 82 the wines were not tannic fruit bombs, but ready to
> >> drink. Its possible because of good storage, the wine with some pecorino
> >> or
> >> by itself would have a great nose and light fruit, a beauty that becomes
> >> a
> >> dowager.
> >>
> >> The winery was owned and managed by Germans. About 5 years ago, the
> >> owners
> >> decide to close the winery. The general manager, Herr Volkmer was going
> >> to
> >> keep producing and selling the wine but with another name and label.
> >> Last I
> >> heard there were problems with the estate's grapes and the GM now owner
> >> had
> >> other projects. I think every wholesaler I dealt with after Atlantic had
> >> access to San Polo. Stacole placed the wine in New York- New Jersey,
> >> Georgia, Florida and New England, so decent supplies wee warehoused in
> >> the
> >> US. As far as I know the wines did well in restaurants in these states
> >> because it was food-friendly.
> >>
> >> Please forgive this geezer rambling on..................
> >> "DaleW" > wrote in message
> >> oups.com...
> >>> Don't know San Polo. But even for best producers, 23 years is pushing
> >>> it for most CCRs. It certainly won't hurt you, and it might surprise
> >>> you. Please report when you try it!
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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