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> Maybe you have not heras the news, but the South is making some
> spectacular wines!
>
> Much of what you dismiss has been sent north for decades to fill out
> that 'Tuscan' or 'Veneto' wine.
>
> st.helier wrote:
>> "Michael Scarpitti" wrote ..........
>>
>> >> I have no intention in wasting my time becoming familiar with wines
>> >> from
>> >> Puglia or Sicily or other regions where the vast majority of wines are
>> >> characterless swill, just so I can find the one or two serious
>> >> producers
>> >> who
>> >> do have the pride and patience to make excellent examples of local
>> >> wines.
>> >
>> > Then the loss is yours. Puglia, Sardinia, and Sicily have upgraded
>> > significantly in the past 20 years.
>> >
>>
>> That may well be the case, however, what arrives on these shores from
>> Sicily
>> or Puglia is (with one or two exceptions) quaffable cheap rubbish not to
>> my
>> liking.
>
> If you want names, I'll give you names! Or you may want to look in the
> Gambero Rosso books for suggestions.
>
>> And why should I? There is a whole world of wine, waiting for me!
>
> Yeah, but it certainly isn't worth getting excited about......at all.
>
>> And "good value" well made Italian wines *are* on that list - but not to
>> the exclusion of anything else.
>>
>> I am a great fan of Amarone (Speri 'Monte Sant Urbano' or Masi Costasera
>> Amarone) and Masi's Campofiorin.
>
> Have you tried Patriglione? It has much of the character of an Amarone
> (made from Negroamaro grapes, you see.....)
>
>> My favourite Tuscan is currently Villa Cafaggio Chianti Riserva 2001.
>
> In general I find Tuscan wines over-rated. I'm not as fond of
> Sangiovese as most Italian wine drinkers. I prefer the nothern or
> southern grapes. (Barbera, Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, Aglianico, Negroamarao,
> Primitivo, Carignano, etc....)
>
>> You once asked if had tried Grignolino - well I have done better - I
>> tried a
>> couple in 1989 at the regional enoteca in Vignale Monferrato - maybe I
>> was
>> offered poorer versions, but I was left decidedly underwhelmed.
>
> Was it Giacosa?
>
>> My point is Michael, that I am not blinkered - I am broad minded enough
>> to
>> seek the best in *all* things.
>>
>> You on the other hand will never experience the delights that 82% of the
>> worlds winemaking experience offers.
>
> Mostly ****...

Michael, sei un coglione.

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