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Modified Davis 20 point system
> wrote in message oups.com... > 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. Marcello |
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