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<title><![CDATA[fotovendemmia @ Tenuta il Bosco - Zenevredo (PV)]]></title>
<link>http://riccardopastore.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/fotovendemmia-tenuta-il-bosco-zenevredo-pv/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Riccardo Pastore</dc:creator>
<guid>http://riccardopastore.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/fotovendemmia-tenuta-il-bosco-zenevredo-pv/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Da che mondo e mondo  c&#8217;è sempre la prima volta per ogni cosa&#8230; Quest&#8217;anno ho avuto]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Da che mondo e mondo  c&#8217;è sempre la prima volta per ogni cosa&#8230;</p>
<p>Quest&#8217;anno ho avuto l&#8217;onore e l&#8217;occasione di partecipare a fotovendemmia, evento annuale organizzato dalla Casa Vitivinicola Zonin presso le tenute del gruppo Zonin Vineyards.</p>
<p>Ho accettato ben volentieri l&#8217;invito a) perchè l&#8217;anno scorso per problemi lavorativi avevo rinunciato b) perchè amo la fotografia in ogni sua forma d&#8217;arte c) perchè da qualche tempo ho iniziato ad amare il vino e tutto ciò che gli sta attorno.</p>
<p>La prima cosa che ho notato all&#8217;arrivo, presso la Tenuta il Bosco, è stata la quiete del posto, un&#8217;atmosfera calma e rilassante  degna di una cantina, dove i vini giovani invecchiano con serenità e quelli vecchi si preparano ad essere stappati.</p>
<p>Una volta acclimatati, dopo 121 chilometri di viaggio in auto, abbiamo iniziato il nostro tour dal cuore pulsante dell&#8217;azienda. Lì dove tutto ha inizio, dove la materia prima può assaporare il soffio del vento tra le colline, dove può beneficiare dei raggi di Horus e nutrirsi dell&#8217;energia vitale. Lì dove professionisti del vino, supportati dalle tecnologie più all&#8217;avanguardia, possono trarre i frutti migliori che madre natura offre, un bel vigneto di Bonarda su superficie collinare di circa 54 Ha.</p>
<p>In seguito, abbiamo potuto assistere alle operazioni preliminari di produzione e stoccaggio e avuto l&#8217;onore di visitare la Cantina. Un mondo magico dove processi alchemici trasformano la materia prima in nettare divino.</p>
<p>Infine, una degustazione degli spumanti &#8220;Il Bosco&#8221; e &#8220;Philèo&#8221;<strong> </strong><span style="color:#003366;font-size:large;"><strong> </strong></span>, del bianco &#8220;Brera&#8221; e  del rosso &#8220;Pinot Nero Poggio Pelato&#8221; del 2005.  Quest&#8217;ultimo dal sapore molto ampio, morbido ricco e vivace.</p>
<p>Una giornata diversa dal solito, rilassante, piacevole e ricca di  novità e di sapori.</p>
<p>Per ulteriori informazioni:</p>
<p><a title="Tenuta il Bosco" href="http://www.ilbosco.com" target="_blank">Tenuta Il Bosco</a></p>
<p>i due post sul blog di Francesco Zonin:</p>
<p><a title="Tenuta il Bosco" href="http://www.wineislove.it/primi-appuntamenti-fotovendemmia-2009-tenuta-il-bosco" target="_blank">articolo1</a> e <a title="Tenuta il Bosco" href="http://www.wineislove.it/fotovendemmia-2009-tenuta-il-bosco-nei-vostri-scatti" target="_blank">articolo2</a></p>
<p>i miei scatti realizzati durante questa fantastica giornata:</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 250px"><a title="fotovendemmia09@Tenuta il Bosco" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/parik/sets/72157622265754951/show/" target="_blank"><img title="Bonarda" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/3926551655_2e2b9313b9_m.jpg" alt="fotovendemmia09 @ Tenuta il Bosco" width="240" height="160" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">fotovendemmia09 @ Tenuta il Bosco</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Erre Punto 2008 ( Maceración carbónica )]]></title>
<link>http://catavinos.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/erre-punto-2008-maceracion-carbonica/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Javi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://catavinos.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/erre-punto-2008-maceracion-carbonica/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bodega: Bodegas Fernando Remírez de Ganuza País: España Región: La Rioja (España) Año: 2008 Tipo: Ti]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3187" title="errpun8_det_1" src="http://catavinos.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/errpun8_det_1.jpg" alt="errpun8_det_1" width="174" height="174" />Bodega:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> Bodegas Fernando Remírez de Ganuza<br />
<strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">País:</span></strong> España<br />
<strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Región:</span></strong> La Rioja (España)<br />
<strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Año:</span></strong> 2008<br />
<strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Tipo: </span></strong>Tinto<br />
<strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Castas:</span></strong> Tempranillo, Graciano, Viura y Malvasía<br />
<strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Alcohol:</span></strong> 14,00º</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">Precio:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> Botella cedida por la bodega para su cata. Aprox. 9,95€ ( en <a href="http://www.vinissimus.com/es/vinos/blanco/detalle_vino.html?id_vino=errp07b" target="_blank">Vinissimus</a> )</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">Nota de cata:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> De aspecto límpido, brillante y cristalino, presenta un color rojo cereza con un ribete violáceo propio de su juventud; así mismo, continuando con la fase visual, se observa una capa muy alta acompañada de una lágrima completamente tintada del color del caldo.<br />
Ya a copa parada desata una alta intensidad aromática con un despliegue de fruta fresca, roja del bosque y reminiscencias de piruletas y palotes; al agitar se intensifican las golosinas y la frutalidad adquiere mayor complejidad. Una vez en boca, la entrada pasa casi inadvertida para mostrarse pletórico en el paso sabroso, fresco a pesar de la calidez alcohólica y un final ligeramente secante y amargoso con una caudalía media. (Nota de cata de <strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">MaxiBao</span></strong> en Verema.com )</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">Opinión Personal:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> Un vino elaborado a partir de la técnica de maceración carbónica, (casi abandonada en la Rioja y que antaño fue la típica de esta zona vinícola ). De consumo inmediato, este vino tiene toda la tipicidad de los vinos jóvenes ( en el buen sentido de la palabra… ). Precioso color cereza con reflejos cardenalicios. En nariz una explosión de “chucherías”, te retorna a la infancia: palote de fresa, gominola de coca-cola, ositos de frutas… A estos aromas hay que sumarle una, bien presente, nota floral ( violetas ) y una sensación de raspón que no molesta. En boca se muestra potente, frutoso, estructurado y equilibrado.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"><strong>Me pega con:</strong> Pasta y arroces</span></p>
<p><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">Fecha de Cata:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> Mayo 2009</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Erre Punto Blanco 2007]]></title>
<link>http://catavinos.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/erre-punto-blanco-2007/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Javi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://catavinos.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/erre-punto-blanco-2007/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bodega: Bodegas Fernando Remírez de Ganuza País: España Región: La Rioja (España) Año: 2007 Tipo: Bl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3183" title="errp07b_det_1" src="http://catavinos.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/errp07b_det_11.jpg" alt="errp07b_det_1" width="174" height="174" />Bodega:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> Bodegas Fernando Remírez de Ganuza<br />
<span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;"><strong>País:</strong></span></span> España<br />
<span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;"><strong>Región:</strong></span></span> La Rioja (España)<br />
<span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;"><strong>Año:</strong></span></span> 2007<br />
<strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Tipo:</span> </strong>Blanco<br />
<span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;"><strong>Castas:</strong></span></span> Viura, Malvasía<br />
<span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;"><strong>Alcohol:</strong></span></span> 13,00º</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">Precio:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> Botella cedida por la bodega para su cata. Aprox. 10,60€ ( en <span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;"><a href="http://www.vinissimus.com/es/vinos/blanco/detalle_vino.html?id_vino=errp07b" target="_blank">Vinissimus</a></span></span> )</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">Nota de cata:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> Color dorado pálido. En nariz tiene una buena intensidad con toques de hierbas suaves y un poquito ahumadas. En boca tiene excelente ataque, buena acidez, fresco y buen recorrido. Un buen vino blanco de rioja. ( Nota de cata de <strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;">jvoltaire</span></span></strong> en Verema.com )</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">Opinión Personal:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> Me sigue pareciendo un excelente vino blanco. Fresco, ligero toque amargo, buena presencia frutal, equilibrado&#8230; Bien ensamblado y sin aristas.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">Me pega con:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> Pescados blancos y también ahumados o atún, salmón…</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">Fecha de Cata:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> Mayo 2009</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">Otras añadas catadas:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"> <span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;"><a href="http://catavinos.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/erre-punto-blanco-2005/" target="_blank">2005</a></span></span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[L'angolo del vino: Una, dieci, cento Malvasie]]></title>
<link>http://paoblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/langolo-del-vino-una-dieci-cento-malvasie/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>paoblog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://paoblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/langolo-del-vino-una-dieci-cento-malvasie/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Si fa presto a ordinare una bottiglia di Malvasia al ristorante, l&#8217;importante è indicare chiar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Si fa presto a ordinare una bottiglia di Malvasia al ristorante, l&#8217;importante è indicare chiaramente quale si desideri, perché la denominazione Malvasia comprende svariati vitigni tra loro profondamente diversi.</p>
<p>Malvasie vengono difatti prodotte nella zona dell&#8217;Isonzo e del Collio goriziano ( e sono eccellenti vini da pesce e da minestre ), in Sardegna, nel Lazio, sui Colli Piacentini e di Parma, in Alto Adige, in Basilicata, nelle Isole Lipari, in Abruzzo. Uve Malvasia sono entrate a far parte per decenni dell&#8217;uvaggio del Chianti, prima di essere destinate a quella straordinaria invenzione di marketing denominata Galestro.</p>
<p>Difficile se non impossibile trovare però un minimo comune denominatore in tanta varietà di vini, bianchi secchi, aromatici o ancora frizzanti, vini passiti o liquorosi ( la Malvasia di Lipari ), o addirittura vini rossi, dolci come la Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco, la Malvasia di Casorzo d&#8217;Asti o secchi come la Malvasia di Gries, nei pressi di Bolzano. Per non citare la Nus Malvoisie, che designa in Val d&#8217;Aosta ottimi vini da vitigno Pinot grigio&#8230;</p>
<p>Fonte: <a href="http://www.winereport.com/">www.winereport.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Repubbliche Marinare]]></title>
<link>http://fermentatore.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/repubbliche-marinare/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fermentatore</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fermentatore.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/repubbliche-marinare/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ho fatto una cena degustazione all&#8217;osteria Le repubbliche Marinare a Pisa, il menù, tutto ince]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Ho fatto una cena degustazione all&#8217;osteria Le repubbliche Marinare a Pisa, il menù, tutto incentrato sul cioccolato Valrhona,  era curioso ed interessente (ma soprattutto ero là per tenere subito dopo una degustazione fra Antico Toscano e tre distillati: Caroni 82 fool proof, Villa Zarri 18 anni tabacco Toscano e Ardbeg 10 anni)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-365" title="100_0633" src="http://fermentatore.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/100_0633.jpg?w=300" alt="100_0633" width="300" height="225" />L&#8217;antipasto era accompagnato da un pecorino d&#8217;abruzzo Terre di poggio, vino senza pretese ma ottimo per smorzare la calura settembrina. Il primo piatto erano code di mazzancolle in crosta kataifi con salsa di cioccolato e tortino di riso basmati allo zafferano. Deliziose le code, con un contrasto sapientemente dosato fra il morbido del crostaceo e il croccante della kataifi, la salsa di cioccolato si sposava perfettamente senza strafare, da rivedere invece il tortino allo zafferano, forse sarebbe stato preferibile in bianco senza aromatizzazione.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-367" title="100_0638" src="http://fermentatore.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/100_0638.jpg?w=300" alt="100_0638" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>il secondo antipasto era un tortino di coniglio in pasta filo e salsa di cioccolato, piatto che rilascia ottime sensazioni, il cioccolato fondente si sposa alla perfezione con il carattere deciso della polpa di coniglio, di nuovo in un contrasto fra croccante e morbido ad esaltare il tutto.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-369" title="100_0640" src="http://fermentatore.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/100_0640.jpg?w=300" alt="100_0640" width="300" height="225" />Sono seguiti due primi: Spaghetti al limone con filetti di triglia e cioccolato bianco e Gnocchetti di cacao, melanzane e cerasuoli di pachino.</p>
<p>Dei primi poco da dire, niente di interessante prodotto senz&#8217;anima in cui gli ingredienti tendono a scomparire, non mi è piaciuto.</p>
<p>Invece gli gnocchi erano delicatissimi, un&#8217;alchimia di consistenza e gusto, dove si fonde l&#8217;acido del pachino, la spugnosità della meanzana e la rotondità dello gnocc0 al cioccolato da cui emergono note tostate piacevolissime al palato.</p>
<p>I piatti era accompagnati  da un riesling della Mosella Dr loosen al naso aromi di agrumi, arancia amara e frutta esotica, con un&#8217;ottima mineralità. In bocca il vino è intenso, corposo e vigoroso con un ottima acidità e una forte persistenza di frutta si sposava particolarmente bene con gli gnocchi.</p>
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<p>Di seguito è stato servito un petto d&#8217;anatra, arancia e cioccolato accompagnato da un Barbera frizzante di Donati, vino fermentato in bottiglia come lo champagne ma senza degorgement, i lieviti sono in sospensione. Era il vecchio stile emiliano delle bollicine che dona profumi e corposità, ma lascia al vino un&#8217;ottima bevibilità con un perlage piacevolmente sottile che si espande in bocca.</p>
<p>Il petto d&#8217;anatra invece gioca allegramente sui contrasti caldo e balsamico di cioccolato e arancia, mitigato dal grasso del volatile. E&#8217; un gioco di equilibrio su un filo che sembra spezzarsi ad ogni boccone ma che in realtà non si rompe miracolosamente mai.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-374" title="100_0643" src="http://fermentatore.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/100_0643.jpg?w=300" alt="100_0643" width="300" height="225" />Il finale è stato una trilogia di cioccolato:</p>
<p>mousse di cioccolato bianco e uva (in alto a destra), un coacervo di consistene, fra la mousse, la polpa di cocco e i chicchi d&#8217;uva con la basa avvolta di cioccolato bianco, piacevole e ammiccante. Un frappè  di cioccolato al latte, senza infamia e senza lode, diciamo effetto nesquik. e infine la tartelette di cioccolato fondente  al lampone, connubio interessante avvolto da una magnifica pastafrolla.</p>
<p>per accompagnarlo una Malvasia frizzante dolce di Donati, prodotto semplicemente spettacolare in bilico vicino alla perfezione!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Enjoying Malvasia Wine with Chocolate in the Company of Royalty (Sort of) At Vega de Ribes]]></title>
<link>http://winepleasures.com/2009/08/20/enjoying-malvasia-wine-with-chocolate-in-the-company-of-royalty-sort-of-at-vega-de-ribes/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>WinePleasures</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Malvasia has a place in history, Shakespearean literature and Vega de Ribes, as I learned on a recen]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-1264" href="http://winepleasures.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/enjoying-malvasia-wine-with-chocolate-in-the-company-of-royalty-sort-of-at-vega-de-ribes/vega-ribes/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1264" title="Wine tourism in Spain" src="http://winepleasures.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/vega-ribes.jpg" alt="Wine tourism in Spain" width="200" height="150" /></a>Malvasia has a place in history, Shakespearean literature and Vega de Ribes, as I learned on a recent trip to the winery. Legend has it that the Duke of Clarence, brother to King Edward IV, chose to die of drowning in a cask of malvasia when sentenced to death for treason. Napoleon supposedly brought malvasia wine with him to enjoy in exile in St. Helena. Shakespeare makes several mentions of malmsey, the English term for malvasia wine, in his plays; in &#8220;Henry IV&#8221;, the Prince of Wales is accused of having sold his soul for a glass of malmsey (&#8220;an absolutely penetrating wine&#8221;) and a chicken leg. At Vega de Ribes, malvasia is their featured wine. Twenty years ago the Bartra family began growing the grape, which was taken from the only other vine in the region (at the Hospital Sant Joan Baptista in Sitges).</p>
<p>The family&#8217;s ownership and involvement on the land, however, dates back <a rel="attachment wp-att-1265" href="http://winepleasures.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/enjoying-malvasia-wine-with-chocolate-in-the-company-of-royalty-sort-of-at-vega-de-ribes/family-tree/"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1265" title="Family tree Vega de Ribes" src="http://winepleasures.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/family-tree.jpg" alt="Family tree Vega de Ribes" width="200" height="150" /></a>centuries &#8211; specifically, the 16th century A.D. In the tasting room, Enric Bartra proudly showed us the family tree drawn up in 1869, which traces his ancestors and the property back to 1540. Just as impressively, some parts of the house though are from the 13th century when a castle and its fortifications stood on the land. While we strolled through the vineyard and winery, Enric pointed out some examples of the history that visibly remain: the dry stone walls still standing, the carob trees that are hundreds of years old, and the old and &#8220;new&#8221; wine cellars. The new cellar is <a rel="attachment wp-att-1267" href="http://winepleasures.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/enjoying-malvasia-wine-with-chocolate-in-the-company-of-royalty-sort-of-at-vega-de-ribes/cellar-key-2/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1267" title="Cellar Key Vega de Ribes" src="http://winepleasures.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/cellar-key1.jpg" alt="Cellar Key Vega de Ribes" width="200" height="150" /></a>unlocked by an oversized key that could be used in a movie set in the Medieval Ages. Engraved on the key is the year the new cellar was built &#8211; 1766. He estimated that the old cellar, still functioning and in use, is from the 15th century.</p>
<p>Vega de Ribes produces several other wines besides malvasia, including a sauvignon blanc, a merlot and syrah. Wine Pleasures was lucky enough to try their newest wine, a sparkling malvasia (likely the only one on the market so far). The 100% malvasia bubbly is less than a year old, undergoes only one fermentation, has no added sugar, and derives its bubbles naturally from the pressure built in the bottle rather than artificial injection. As Enric said, the best way to judge it (and the only way to enjoy it!) is to taste it. Sadly, for those of us not in Northern Spain, due to limited production the sparkling malvasia will be available only at the winery for the time being.</p>
<p>The Bartra family still lives on the land today and grows a large variety of <a rel="attachment wp-att-1268" href="http://winepleasures.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/enjoying-malvasia-wine-with-chocolate-in-the-company-of-royalty-sort-of-at-vega-de-ribes/chocolate/"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1268" title="chocolate tree Vega de Ribes" src="http://winepleasures.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/chocolate.jpg" alt="chocolate tree Vega de Ribes" width="200" height="150" /></a>Mediterranean fruit trees and aromatic plants. Aside from producing grapes for wine, Enric spoke of the family-pressed olive oil used at family dinners and the fruits picked and enjoyed during the warmer seasons. All plants are grown organically as a result of the family&#8217;s respect for and sustenance from the land. The family also appreciates their history and place in the local community. In fact, the Slow Foods Foundation for Biodiversity has awarded Vega de Ribes with its Presidium title for the cultivation of a local grape to accompany locally grown foods.</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-1269" href="http://winepleasures.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/enjoying-malvasia-wine-with-chocolate-in-the-company-of-royalty-sort-of-at-vega-de-ribes/anne/"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1269" title="Anne Shih Wine travel writer" src="http://winepleasures.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/anne.jpg" alt="Anne Shih Wine travel writer" width="200" height="150" /></a>On offer at Vega de Ribes are several options for touring the vineyard and learning more about the estate or wines. Each tour is five euros and lasts approximately one hour. The tours range from wine tasting (a general tasting of their wines, or a tasting of their malvasia paired with chocolate &#8220;Malvasia de Sitges Tour&#8221;) to bird watching (&#8220;vineyard Birds Tour&#8221;) to specific vineyard tours (&#8220;100 Vineyards Tour&#8221;, &#8220;Centennial Carob Tree Tour&#8221;, &#8220;Dry Stone Walls and Cabins Tour&#8221;, &#8220;Mediterranean Aromatic Plants Tour&#8221;). Additionally, the property is wheelchair accessible. And of course, the only way to try the sparkling malvasia wine is to visit the winery!</p>
<p>Anne Shih, wine travel writer for Wine Pleasures</p>
<p>Enric Bartra tells us about the Malvasia de Sitges grape variety:</p>
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<p>Tasting Vega de Ribes wines including the famed Malavasia:</p>
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<link>http://nowandzin.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/tasting-event-a-taste-of-tuscany/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Randy Fuller</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nowandzin.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/tasting-event-a-taste-of-tuscany/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I really should have written about this event already. It&#8217;s two weeks after the fact, and I wa]]></description>
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I really should have written about this event already. It&#8217;s two weeks after the fact, and I want to go to it again. My friend <strong>Nicolas Soufflet</strong> &#8211; pictured at right &#8211; staged this little taster in Hollywood, and did a fine job with it. When he does another one &#8211; and I know he will &#8211; you should attend.</p>
<p><strong>A Taste of Tuscany</strong> was held at <strong>Victor&#8217;s Square Restaurant</strong>, on Bronson north of Franklin in Hollywood. It was a very nice setup, with the restaurant pretty much devoted to our crowd. Three tables were arranged like a square with a side missing. This gave Nicolas a stage of sorts from which to work. A stand-up map of Tuscany loomed large, so we could all have a visual reference of where the wines were produced. Much of the space was filled with cases of the wines we were to taste. Nicolas stood in front of the map and explained in detail the specifics of the wines we were tasting. His knowledge and personality provided at least as much enjoyment as the wines. And that&#8217;s saying a lot.</p>
<p>Big props should go to <strong>Bill Gotti</strong>, the owner of Victors Square. He not only provided the space for the event, he also provided a few stories for our pleasure, as well as a menu of some mighty delicious pasta dishes.</p>
<p>On to the wines! Here&#8217;s what I tasted:</p>
<p><strong>Vernaccia di San Gimignano</strong> &#8211; Tuscan white, 100% Vernaccia. A pale golden color, very light nose. Dry and refreshing with minerals, citrus, good acidity. Hint of wet rocks, strong minerality.</p>
<p><strong>Trebbiano Toscano Bianco</strong> &#8211; Another white, from the Barco Reale region of Tuscany. Trebbiano is the white counterpart to Sangiovese. 85% Trebbiano, 15% Malvasia. Pale color and pungent nose, very clean taste with a good finish. Smokey flavor, very smooth. Great with Parmesan cheese.</p>
<p><strong>Morellino di Scansano</strong> &#8211; 100% Sangiovese. Medium purple, dark fruit nose, great flavor of blackberry, plum, black cherry. A nice finish, very clean with a kiss of oak.</p>
<p><strong>Morello Toscano Rosso</strong> &#8211; 75% Sangiovese, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon. Darker ruby color, oakier nose. Aromas of black cherry. Medium mouthfeel, dark fruit, currant, some vanilla. Good acidity; needs a steak! A bit lightweight for me, but a nice taste saves the day.</p>
<p><strong>Chianti Riserva</strong> &#8211; 100% Sangiovese. Quite dark ruby color. Oak very predominant on nose. Medium mouthfeel. A little oaky, showing a bit of spice, plums, some raspberry. Again a lightweight feel.</p>
<p><strong>Rosso di Montalcino</strong> &#8211; 100% Sangiovese. Deep red with a nose full of roses and oak. Tannic &#38; fruity &#8211; plums. Very good for food, with great acidity. This wine is very easy to drink.</p>
<p>Vin Santo del Chianti &#8211; 70% Trebbiano, 30% Malvasia. Very good dessert wine, salmon in color with some tawny looking shades. Could be the light. A sweet nose and a sweet, nutty palate. VERY good with biscotti. My wife is a big fan of barley candy, and she said this wine had very strong notes of that treat from her childhood.</p>
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<link>http://quelujo.es/2009/08/19/nueva-denominacion-de-origen-espanola-d-o-la-gomera/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Luz Divina Merchán</dc:creator>
<guid>http://quelujo.es/2009/08/19/nueva-denominacion-de-origen-espanola-d-o-la-gomera/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La denominación de origen de vinos &#8220;La Gomera&#8221; tendrá protección nacional, comunitaria e]]></description>
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<link>http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/italian-varieties-m-to-o/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tom hyland</dc:creator>
<guid>http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/italian-varieties-m-to-o/</guid>
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<p><strong>Magliocco</strong></p>
<p>Ancient variety of Calabria; black cherry fruit and firm tannins. A few producers, most notably Librandi are working with this grape.</p>
<p><strong>Malvasia</strong></p>
<p>One of Italy&#8217;s most widely planted white varieties, this found in several regions, including Tuscany, Lazio, Sicily, Umbria and Basilicata. There are several clones and subvarieties of Malvasia. Generally produces a lighter, high acid white, but it can also be used for sweet wines, as in Malvasia di Lipari in Sicily.</p>
<p><strong>Malvasia Nera</strong></p>
<p>Red subvariety of Malvasia found in Tuscany and Pugila. Generally used in blends for acidity (Salice Salentino in Puglia, e.g.)</p>
<p><strong>Mantonico</strong></p>
<p>White variety of Calabria, used often to produce dessert wines. Notes of pear and honey.</p>
<p><strong>Mammolo</strong></p>
<p>Red variety of Tuscany used in Chianti and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Deep color and good acidity. Almost always used as part of a blend.</p>
<p><strong>Marzemino</strong></p>
<p>Red variety of Trentino. Deep color and moderate tannins. Marzemino wine is mentioned in Mozart&#8217;s opera, <em>Don Giovanni</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Molinara</strong></p>
<p>One of the principal red varieties used in the Valpolicella district. Brisk acidity and firm tannins are the key trademarks of the variety.</p>
<p><strong>Monica</strong></p>
<p>Red variety found in Sardinia with light color and tannins. Bottled on its own as a stand-alone variety and also used in blends.</p>
<p><strong>Montepulciano</strong></p>
<p>The leading red variety of the Abruzzo region &#8211; Montepulciano d&#8217;Abruzzo &#8211; is the best-known example &#8211; the variety is also found in Marche and a few other regions. Deep color and plenty of spice &#8211; often notes of tobacco.</p>
<p><strong>Moscato </strong></p>
<p>White variety found in several regions of Italy, perhaps best known in Piemonte for Moscato d&#8217;Asti (<em>frizzante</em>) and Asti Spumante <em>(bollicine</em>). Gorgeous aromatics of peach, apricot and honey.Usually fermented with a bit of residual sugar to make a lightly sweet wine. There are also excellent examples of Moscato found in Sicily, most notably in Pantelleria and Noto.</p>
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<div id="attachment_400" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-400" title="planetamoscato" src="http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/planetamoscato.jpg?w=200" alt="Moscato di Noto from Sicily, Planeta (Photo ©Tom Hyland)" width="200" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Moscato di Noto from Sicily, Planeta (Photo ©Tom Hyland)</p></div>
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<p><strong>Moscato Giallo</strong></p>
<p>One of the most important subvarieties of Moscao, this is found in Alto Adige, where it is usually fermented dry.</p>
<p><strong>Moscato Rosa</strong></p>
<p>Red subvariety of Moscato found in Alto Adige. Gorgeous aromas of rose petals, raspberry and strawberry. Wines are lightly sweet.</p>
<p><strong>Muller-Thurgau</strong></p>
<p>Found in several regions, from Trentino to Sicily (yes, a few producers in sunny Sicily work with this variety!), this has aromatics of pear, peach and apple and is usually made in a lightly sweet style.</p>
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<p><strong>N</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nebbiolo</strong></p>
<p>The great red variety of Piemonte and one of Italy&#8217;s most important red varieties. The only grape used in the production of Barolo and Barbaresco, <a href="http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/great-reds-of-…&#60;p&#62;&#60;p&#62;monte-nebbiolo" target="_self">Nebbiolo</a> has aromas and flavors of currant, red cherry, orange peel and tar. Quite tannic, so most wines made from Nebbiolo age quite well. Also found in the neighboring region of Lombardia, where it is planted in the Valtellina district and known there as Chiavennasca.</p>
<p><strong>Negroamaro</strong></p>
<p>Important red variety of Puglia, literally meaning &#8220;black bitter.&#8221; Principal grape used in Salice Salentino; also bottled on its own. Deep color, big spice and firm tannins.</p>
<p><strong>Nerello Cappuccio</strong></p>
<p>Red variety that is the lesser component (20%) of the Etna Rosso red of Sicily.</p>
<p><strong>Nerello Mascalese</strong></p>
<p>Red variety that is the principal component (80%) of Etna Rosso. Deeper color and more body that Nerello Cappuccio.</p>
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<p><strong>Nero d&#8217;Avola</strong></p>
<p>Arguably the most important red variety of Sicily, <a href="http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/nero-davola" target="_self">Nero d&#8217;Avola</a> has flavors of marascino cherry with deep color, moderate acidity and tannins. Good examples of Nero d&#8217;Avola can be made at various levels; the more full-bodied examples offer more spice.</p>
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<p><strong>O</strong></p>
<p><strong>Oseleta</strong></p>
<p>Red variety found in small plantings in the Valpolicella district. Masi is the leading proponent of this variety, which has more tannins than most of the other red varieties used in the production of Amarone.</p>
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<p>Please see my companion website: <a href="http://www.learnitalianwines.com/" target="_self">learnitalianwines.com</a></p>
<p>To read my reviews of the latest wines from Italy, subscribe to <a href="http://www.learnitalianwines.com/guide.html" target="_self">Guide to Italian Wines</a>.</p>
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<link>http://enofilo.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/feliz-retorno-a-lo-mundano/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Benjamín Berjón</dc:creator>
<guid>http://enofilo.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/feliz-retorno-a-lo-mundano/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[El jueves pasado comí con mi socio y su esposa en el Hotel Presidente, en la contaminada ciudad de M]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img src="http://enofilo.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/malvasia2.jpg?w=200" alt="Malvasia" title="Malvasia" width="200" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2280" />El jueves pasado comí con mi socio y su esposa en el <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_InterContinental_Hotel">Hotel Presidente</a>, en la contaminada ciudad de México. El Hotel es el elegido para dar cobijo a los presidentes que habitan La Casa Blanca. Así que ya pueden sacar sus propias conclusiones. Seis son los restaurantes que dan servicio a tan destacada clientela: Au Pied De Cochon (abierto las 24 horas), Palm Restaurante (Churrasquería clásica), La Chimenea (cocina tradicional mexicana), Zhen Shanghai (comida china continental), Balmoral (Muy británico) y Alfredo Di Roma (comida italiana) Llegamos sin escalas a este último. Más tarde ese día tenía una reunión con Pedro Poncellis, decano y sumiller estrella, a quien respeto por su impecable y larga trayectoria. Así que acomodé la agenda para volver a disfrutar de este lugar, después de algunos años. La especialidad; <em>el Fettuccini Alfredo</em>, servido con cubiertos de oro, cuando un solo comensal lo pide en la mesa. Mi socio se deleitó con este platillo, por mi parte, pedí un risotto al fungi, nada que levantara suspiros. La carta de vinos es extensa, pero los precios son una locura. Sí, ya sé que esto es para ricos que dejan fortunas de propina, y que no se detienen ante el precio. Pero qué tal un Alión en $1,700.00, unos 87 euros&#8230; Pedimos un Pesquera crianza 2006, un vino que siempre me ha dejado satisfecho, fácil de encontrar en muchos restaurantes, pero por $800.00 lo deja a uno con la cartera maltrecha.</p>
<p>Hay una voz interna que me dice que no debo pagar una fortuna por un buen vino. Por ese precio, pido, o mejor dicho exijo que bajen los angelitos con todo y sus arpas a cantarme al oído. Entiendo todo eso de los indirectos y el prestigio de este tipo de restaurantes. Pero eso de doblar de precio los vinos no creo que sea deseable ni para el consumidor ni para los retaurantes.</p>
<p><img src="http://enofilo.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/italiano.jpg?w=300" alt="Italiano" title="Italiano" width="300" height="200" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2274" /></p>
<p>Ya en terrenos más mundanos y dejando atrás esos escandalosos precios, una buena oferta me hizo asomarme de vuelta al mundo de los vinos italianos. He probado verdaderas gemas fuera de mi país, pero la oferta en México es escasa, por lo menos aquí en el centro. Pues bien, como les decía, una incursión casi obligada a una de las tiendas más grandes pero que menos frecuento, me hizo descubrir una bodega con precios increíbles. Se trata de <strong>Ferdinando Giordano</strong>. Un blanquito vinificado con malvasía me atrajo como imán al metal, cansado de chardonnays de bajo precio, que después de probarlos diría que son muy caros, o de los savignon blanc con aristas alcoholicas que pueden ser flamables, me encuentro con un malvasia, como para comprar una cajita. El problema de estas ofertas es que casi nunca son permanentes, y no me refiero a los bajos precios sino a los vinos que desaparecen de los anaqueles tan rápido como llegaron, y que jamás vuelven a surtir. <strong>Vini del Sole 2005</strong>, un vino ligero, fresco sin otra pretención más que deleitar paladares que no buscan medallas ni puntos. Honesto y directo. Al principio notas de queroseno, fruta amarilla, entre níspero y nanche, para después despertar la boca con una acidez cítrica a limón fenomenal. Un verdadero hallazgo por debajo de los $100.00 (5 euros). El tinto, <strong>Sangiovese 2006</strong>,  a pesar de que su corcho no era de virutas, como el malvasia, es aún más barato $67.00 (3.5 euros). Un sangiovese de Puglia, ambos son: &#8220;Indicazione Geografica tipica&#8221;, una vez más compruebo que hay vinos fuera de las denominaciones que su precio los hace muy competitivos. No puedo evitar la relación mental entre la carta de vinos de Alfredo Di Roma y estos vinos abajo de 100 pesos&#8230; Soy masoquista extremo. Y es que el problema que veo con la pesada carta de vinos de ese lugar, es que ningún vino de 750ml. baja de $500.00.</p>
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<link>http://rileggo.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/lantico-borgo-di-san-martino/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rileggo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rileggo.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/lantico-borgo-di-san-martino/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Il Borgo di San Martino è uno dei quartieri più antichi e pittoreschi della Città di Trento. Fino a ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-720" title="S14b" src="http://rileggo.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/s14b1.jpg?w=300" alt="S14b" width="300" height="185" />Il Borgo di San Martino è uno dei quartieri più antichi e pittoreschi della <a href="http://www.apt.trento.it/">Città di Trento</a>. Fino a metà dell’800, San Martino era porto e isola, stretto tra l’Adige (il fiume, prima di essere deviato occupava l’attuale via Manzoni) e le rupi della Cervara (sas del Bon). Verso nord era difeso da un antemurale e dal fossato della Malvasia.</p>
<p>A guardia del porto fluviale, dei cantieri, delle zattere, dei barconi e del Dazio c’era la porta che prendeva il nome dal Santo patrono del borgo. La porta urbica di San Martino era difesa dalla Torre Verde, che prende il nome dal colore delle maioliche che ricorrono il singolare tetto a cuspide gotica, alla quale andava a saldarsi la cortina murale e si apriva sul borgo per il quale passava la grande e frequentatissima via di Germania (la strada che si dirigeva a nord, lungo l’attuale via San Martino).<br />
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In corrispondenza della torre il fiume disegnava un’ansa e passando sotto il ponte si vedeva il Magno Palazzo sullo sfondo: il <a href="http://new.buonconsiglio.it/">Castello del Buonconsiglio</a>, uno dei più importanti monumenti cittadini che dal secolo XIII fino alla fine del XVIII fu residenza dei principi vescovi di Trento.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-723" title="8950722" src="http://rileggo.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/89507222.jpg?w=100" alt="8950722" width="100" height="150" />Il Borgo era un punto di fondamentale importanza per il controllo dei traffici e per la difesa della città e la Torre Verde costituiva il caposaldo terminale delle mura urbane. Nel corso dei secoli la torre cambiò destinazione: leggenda vuole che questa torre fosse l’accesso ad orribili e misteriosi sotterranei che immettevano in precipizi senza fondo nei quali si giustiziavano i colpevoli di alto tradimento o di lesa maestà, nonché i ribelli e i parricidi. In periodo medievale, la Torre Verde fu certamente adibita a carcere. I prigionieri vivevano in un ambiente costituito dall&#8217;antico alveo del fiume, quindi permeabile e acquitrinoso. Più tardi la Torre fu utilizzata come magazzino per la navigazione fluviale e come polveriera.</p>
<p>A causa degli eventi bellici la porta fu abbattuta, mentre la torre è tuttora un potente edificio semicircolare punto di riferimento per la città.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-726" title="img_edit29_osterie8" src="http://rileggo.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/img_edit29_osterie8.jpg?w=150" alt="img_edit29_osterie8" width="150" height="111" />In tutto il rione vi era un buon numero di osterie che tutte le sere si animavano, riempiendosi di carradori, bettolieri e zatterieri che abitavano nel quartiere stretti nella Società dei Barcaioli (XII) e il rione era noto per le risse all’ordine del giorno e per il buon vino che scorreva a fiumi.</p>
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<link>http://cookingciccio.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/cassatelle-ricotta/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Chers Amis, une derniére recette avant de demenager dans un nouvel appartement! Les Cassatelle sont ]]></description>
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<p>une derniére recette avant de demenager dans un nouvel appartement! Les Cassatelle sont des gâteaux typiques de la province de Raguse dans le sud est de la Sicile préparés pendant les festivités de Pasque mais egalement pendant le reste de l&#8217;année. Elles sont des petits raviolis remplis avec une crème de ricotta parfumée aux agrumes et à la cannelle et d&#8217;habitude  sont servies avec un vin doux comme le Marsala ou le Malvasia.</p>
<p><strong>Ingrédients pour 6 personnes</strong></p>
<p><strong>Pour la pâte</strong>: Farine 450 g, Beurre 50 g, 2 Oeufs , 1 Orange , 1 Citron , 50 g sucre, Sel</p>
<p><strong>Pour la crème</strong> : Ricotta sicilienne 400 g, Sucre 220 g, Chocolat en morceaux 150 g, Cannelle en poudre</p>
<p> <strong>Pour la garniture</strong>: Cannelle en poudre, Sucre vanillé</p>
<p> <strong>Préparation de la pâte: <a href="http://cookingciccio.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ricetta_cassatelle_120.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-425" title="Ricetta_cassatelle_120" src="http://cookingciccio.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ricetta_cassatelle_120.jpg?w=300" alt="Ricetta_cassatelle_120" width="300" height="200" /></a></strong></p>
<p>Versez la farine sur un plan de travail, ajoutez le beurre, le zeste du citron et de l’orange, les œufs et une pincée de sel. Mélangez les ingrédients avec un peu d’eau jusqu’à obtenir une pâte homogène. Faites reposer la pâte pendant 20 minutes au frigo.</p>
<p><strong>Préparation de la crème</strong>:</p>
<p>Egouttez la ricotta, ajoutez le sucre, le chocolat en morceaux, et une partie des zestes des agrumes. Travaillez la ricotta avec une cuillère jusqu’à obtenir une crème bien fluide.</p>
<p><strong>Preparation des Cassatelle: </strong></p>
<p>Etendez la pâte jusqu’à obtenir une feuille de 2mm d’épaisseur. Avec une moule dentelé, faites des ronds de 7 cm de diamètre. Mettez au centre des ronds une cuillère de ricotta et repliez en deux le rond de pâte afin d’obtenir de petits coussins. Faites frire les Cassatelle dans une casserole d’huile jusqu’à ce qu’elles soient dorées. Déposez les Cassatelle sur une feuille de papier absorbant et soupoudrez de sucre vanillé et de cannelle.<a href="http://cookingciccio.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/cassatelle_ricotta.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-426" title="Cassatelle_ricotta" src="http://cookingciccio.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/cassatelle_ricotta.jpg" alt="Cassatelle_ricotta" width="300" height="244" /></a></p>
<p>Liens : <strong><a href="http://www.sagradellaricotta.it/" target="_blank">Sagra de la Ricotta</a></strong>, VIZZINI (Raguse) </p>
<p> <a href="http://www.siciliainfesta.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Sicilia in festa</strong> </a>, portail de toutes les fetes et “Sagre” de Sicile  </p>
<p> Bonne vacances et à bientot,</p>
<p>Cooking Ciccio</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lacan, Petrarch, Nietzsche, Fiorano, and hieroglyphic wine]]></title>
<link>http://dobianchi.com/2009/07/29/lacan-petrarch-nietzsche-fiorano-and-hieroglyphic-wine/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Do Bianchi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Above: I love this image of the 1994 Malvasia by Fiorano, snapped by Tracie B in her apartment the o]]></description>
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<p><em>Above: I love this image of the 1994 Malvasia by Fiorano, snapped by <a href="http://mylifeitalian.blogspot.com"><strong>Tracie B</strong></a> in her apartment the other day. It&#8217;s a quasi-film-noir take on a hard-to-wrap-your-mind-around wine. One of the things that intrigues us about wine is its mystery: who made it and how and why? A glass of wine can be like Lacan&#8217;s hieroglyphs in the dessert.</em></p>
<p>Twentieth-century linguist, semiotician, and father of late-blooming French psychoanalysis <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Lacan"><strong>Jacques Lacan</strong></a> famously asked his readers to consider how they would react in the following situation (perhaps a great premise for an ersatz reality show?):</p>
<ol>Suppose that in the desert you find a stone covered with hieroglyphics. You do not doubt for a moment that, behind them, there was a subject who wrote them. But it is an error to believe that each signifier is addressed to you — this is proved by the fact you cannot understand any of it. On the other hand, you define them as signifiers, by the fact that you are sure that each of the signifiers is related to each of the others.</ol>
<p>(This passage is often cited in explaining Lacan&#8217;s theory of the &#8220;precedence of the signifier,&#8221; in other words, the notion that the word or symbol or sign always exists before meaning does.)</p>
<p>In some ways, protohumanist <strong>Francis Petrarch</strong> said the same thing when he wrote that as a young man, he could read Roman orator Cicero&#8217;s writing and he was enchanted by the words, their sounds, and their elegance, even though he could not (yet) understand what they meant.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.jeremyparzen.com/img/lacan/carbonara.jpg"></p>
<p><em>Above: Tracie B&#8217;s contribution to our dinner Saturday at <a href="http://acevola.wordpress.com"><strong>Italian Wine Guy&#8217;s</strong></a> was her excellent carbonara. It paired stunningly with the vibrant 92 Fiorano Semillon. Carbonara is another example of a trace of the past that has lost its meaning. No one knows for sure the origins of the dish or they etymon of its name.</em></p>
<p>As with literature and writing (even writing on the wall), we sometimes assign meaning to things not because we know the meaning intended by their authors or creators but because we simply come into contact with them. <strong>Nietzsche</strong> wrote about this in <em>The Twilight of the Idols</em> as &#8220;the error of imaginary causes,&#8221; as in dreams, when, for example, external stimulus (like a canon shot, as Nietzsche put it, or perhaps the song playing on a radio alarm clock) enters our subconscious:</p>
<ol>The ideas <em>engendered</em> by a certain condition have been misunderstood as the cause of that condition. We do just the same thing, in fact, when we are awake.</ol>
<p>What do any of these things have to do with one another, beyond me stringing together a seemingly arbitrarily compiled handlist of philosophical and epistemological musings? </p>
<p>Every wine wine we approach and draw to our lips is a mystery, a riddle of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx"><strong>Sphinx</strong></a>. Every glass of wine is Lacan&#8217;s desert hieroglyph, Petrarch&#8217;s Cicero, and Nietzsche&#8217;s waking dream — ay, there&#8217;s the rub&#8230; And so were the three bottles of Fiorano white that Tracie B and I opened with Italian Wine Guy over the weekend as our birthday gift to him (and a thank you for all that he&#8217;s done for both of us, professionally and personally, over the last two years).</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.jeremyparzen.com/img/lacan/chalice.jpg"></p>
<p><em>Above: Deciphering Fiorano through the prism of Italian Wine Guy aka Alfonso&#8217;s superb stemware, paired with his take on petto di pollo alla milanese. Photo by <a href="http://mylifeitalian.blogspot.com"><strong>Tracie B</strong></a>.</em></p>
<p>A great deal has been written about the fascinating wines of Fiorano (<a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E2D81330F931A15751C1A9629C8B63&#38;scp=2&#38;sq=asimov%20fiorano&#38;st=cse"><strong>Eric&#8217;s 2004 article</strong></a> was the first piece about these wines in English) but I think that Eric put it best when he called them <a href="http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/fiorano-wines/"><strong>&#8220;bygone wines&#8221;</strong></a>: they are wines that will never be made again. In part because wine is no longer produced in that fashion on the Fiorano estate (outside Rome) and in part because today, few if any would ever consider making white wines intended for such prolonged barrel aging. They are a trace of another time and era in winemaking. They are &#8220;classic&#8221; inasmuch as they will never be made again. They are a mystery, a conundrum that keeps us thinking. We know they exist and have existed (and we will know that even after we have drunk them all). We know someone made them but we will probably never know what he meant by them. </p>
<p>All we do know for certain is that they&#8217;re delicious.</p>
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<link>http://aprendeacatarvino.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/stratvs-malvasia-seco-2008/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[FICHA Nombre: Stratvs Malvasía Seco Variedad: 100% Malvasía Pie Franco Cosecha: 2008 % Vol: 13%. Den]]></description>
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<p><strong>Nombre: </strong>Stratvs Malvasía Seco</p>
<p><strong>Variedad:</strong> 100% <a href="http://aprendeacatarvino.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/malvasia/" target="_blank">Malvasía</a> Pie Franco</p>
<p><strong>Cosecha:</strong> 2008</p>
<p><strong>% Vol:</strong> 13%.</p>
<p><strong>Denominación de Origen Lanzarote</strong></p>
<p><strong>Elaborado por:</strong> Bodegas Stratvs</p>
<p><strong>Precio:</strong> 12 € aprox.</p>
<p><strong>Fase visual</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Vino de color amarillo pajizo pálido con reflejos verdosos en capa fina. Limpio, brillante y cristalino. Se pueden observar numerosas burbujitas diminutas en la superficie del vino que proceden de la fermentación alcohólica, símbolo de la juventud del vino. Lágrima no muy abundante.</p>
<p><strong>Fase olfativa</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Intensidad aromática alta. Potente en aroma y de gran franqueza. Aromas limpios a fruta blanca, manzana verde, y a cítricos, limón. Muestra también aromas florales que recuerdan a las flores blancas. Notas de frutas exóticas. Muy agradable y profundo en nariz.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Fase gustativa</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Entrada y paso fresco en boca, ayudado por una acidez alta y muy equilibrada. Sensación de calidez tras el trago y una leve sensación amarga al final que le da longitud al vino. Inunda la boca de aromas y se desliza con suavidad y ligereza, siendo de paso fácil y fresco a la vez que muy aromático por vía retronasal. Vuelve a mostrar los aromas de fruta y cítricos con una buena persistencia.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Comentarios</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Este vino ha sido criado sobre sus lías en depósito de acero inoxidable durante 3 meses. Interesante monovarietal de Malvasía canaria prefiloxérica, fresco y muy aromático. Con una presentación de lujo, con la botella habitual de la casa y un corcho de primera. Recomendable.</p>
<p><strong>Valoración: <img title="copa-llena" src="http://aprendeacatarvino.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/copa-llena.png" alt="" width="9" height="18" /><img title="copa-llena" src="http://aprendeacatarvino.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/copa-llena.png" alt="" width="9" height="18" /><img title="copa-llena" src="http://aprendeacatarvino.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/copa-llena.png" alt="" width="9" height="18" /><a href="http://aprendeacatarvino.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/copa-media.png"></a><a href="http://aprendeacatarvino.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/copa-media.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3308" title="copa media" src="http://aprendeacatarvino.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/copa-media.png" alt="copa media" width="9" height="18" /></a><a href="http://aprendeacatarvino.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/copa-vacia.png"><img title="copa-vacia" src="http://aprendeacatarvino.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/copa-vacia.png" alt="" width="9" height="18" /></a></strong></p>
<address>Agradecimientos a Bodegas Stratvs por el envío de esta botella.</address>
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<link>http://mgaliotta.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/medaglia-doro/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Massimo Galiotta</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mgaliotta.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/medaglia-doro/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[medaglia_d&#8217;oro I De Falco Fare buon vino, per la famiglia De Falco, è una passione che dura da]]></description>
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<link>http://winehousesf.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/salty-sweet-and-delicious/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[2008 Dubini Bianco 2008 Palazzone Dubinibianco White Wine; other white varietal; Umbria; $8.98 Gosh,]]></description>
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<td><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:x-small;">Gosh, I sure loved <em><a href="../2009/07/14/staff-selection-2008-grande-cassagne-rose/">Peter&#8217;s Rose write-up</a></em>! There is something magical about discovering a wine while traveling and then re-creating that excitement at home with a bottle from the place you visited. It&#8217;s a wonder how wine can transport you to another place and time. The<strong> 2008 Dubini Bianco from Palazzone</strong> sent me back reminiscing about my travels through Italy. Driving up a windy road to the top of Orvieto with surrounding vineyards below could not be more picturesque and breathtaking. Instead of parking in a designated lot, I was determined to drive my rented Fiat as close to the hotel as possible. Nothing deterred me, not the narrow, cobblestone one-way streets, the bicyclists or the vendors selling<em> fruta et verdura</em>. Nothing. Alas, the hotel was spotted. I tried to get my car as close to the building as possible so as not to disturb the flow of traffic trying to squeeze past me. What I failed to notice was a drainage pipe that was sticking straight out of the building just at door level. Oops! Quick, did we get rental insurance? Oh no! Do you think anyone will notice? Naw, its not that bad assured my fiancé, looking pretty incredulous. What to do? What can you do? Take a quick Disco nap and then push off to dinner. Warm glow-y lights, minimal but chic surroundings, like the Italians do so well, set the mood. Then came the menu. What do I see? Cured fat! And I thought only Russians enjoyed <strong>the pleasure of meatless-bacon goodness.</strong> And get this…they served it on top of a crunchy crostini drizzled with wild honey!!! A glass of local white and I thought I had died and gone to heaven. <strong>The dynamics of the salty and the sweet with the crispness of the white just exploded on the palate!</strong> At that moment, there was nowhere else I&#8217;d rather have been. </span></td>
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<td><img src="http://www.wineaccess.com/wine-utils/img-display.tcl?pk_value=171682&#38;max_dimension=" alt="" hspace="6" vspace="1" align="left" /> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:x-small;">Back home, the cured fat was replaced with a pork chop and the unknown local white was replaced with the <strong>2008 Dubini Bianco.</strong> Golden Delicious apple and yellow plum flavors intertwine nicely with a thread of acid giving the wine verve and sophistication.<strong> As the self-proclaimed Queen of $10 wines, I was jazzed to find another worthy subject to add to my arsenal.</strong> A bit of investigation uncovered that the Dubini Bianco is actually young vine, <strong>de-classified Orvieto.</strong> <em><a href="http://www.palazzone.com/palazzone/palazzone.htm/">Il Palazzone</a></em> was purchased by the Dubini family in the late &#8217;60s. Today, brothers Giovanni and Ludivico continue to produce some of the finest wines in central Italy. The <strong>Dubini Bianco</strong> is comprised of several varietals; Procanico, Verdello, Grechetto, Drupeggio and Malvasia. My immediate thought is to suggest pairing the <strong>Dubini Bianco</strong> with fish and critters from the sea. This is indeed a wise choice. On the other hand, there is plenty of oomph in the wine to hold up to light meats. It was perfect for the grilled pork chop that I had with it. I&#8217;d love to match it up with an earthy dish of whole-wheat pasta with braised greens. And don&#8217;t be afraid of seasoning with salt or parmesan&#8230;there’s something about the saltiness and the zip of fine Italians whites like the <strong>Dubini Bianco <strong>that really works! Later that evening, when the outside temperature finally dropped a bit and the condensation around my glass cleared up, I laid sprawled on my patch of lawn gazing up at the stars. I thought to myself how delicious the Dubini Bianco was and how wonderful that I could make a trip back to Italy without ever having to pack a suitcase. <em><a href="../category/general/staff/anya-balistreri/">Anya Balistreri</a></em> </strong></strong></span><strong><strong><br />
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<description><![CDATA[Bodegas Vinícola Real ha lanzado al mercado la añada 2007 de su vino blanco Cueva del Monge, un vino]]></description>
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<link>http://dobianchi.com/2009/07/13/undisgorged-puro-and-canyon-lake-pulled-pork/</link>
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<dc:creator>Do Bianchi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Above: While we were visiting and singing songs after a great dinner (I ate two of Mrs. B&#8217;s pu]]></description>
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<p><em>Above: While we were visiting and singing songs after a great dinner (I ate two of <strong>Mrs. B&#8217;s</strong> pulled pork sandwiches), <strong>Tracie B&#8217;s</strong> nephew <strong>Tobey</strong> found the cork from the bottle of Puro and brought it to me. He likes to bring you things he thinks you&#8217;ve lost (photos by <a href="http://mylifeitalian.blogspot.com"><strong>Tracie B</strong></a>).</em></p>
<p>After <strong>Tracie B</strong> and I opened and disgorged a bottle of 2000 Puro Rosé by Movia the other day with our friend <strong>Josh Loving</strong> (over Tracie B&#8217;s famous fried chicken), we still had Puro on our minds. So, we decided to take a bottle with us to our visit over the weekend with her family at <a href="http://www.canyonlakechamber.com/"><strong>Canyon Lake</strong></a> in the Texas Hill Country (just south of Austin). But instead of disgorging it (see <a href="http://dobianchi.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/you-can-take-foxes-outta-the-country-but/"><strong>here</strong></a>), we chose instead to drink it undisgorged — sediment and all.</p>
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<p><em>Above: Mrs. B&#8217;s pulled pork was tender and perfectly seasoned. She braised the pork all day in a trusty <a href="http://www.crock-pot.com/"><strong>crock-pot</strong></a> (she must have started cooking about 8 a.m. yesterday morning).</em></p>
<p>Typically, we would store the Puro upside down in the refrigerator until all of the sediment has settled at the bottom, in the neck of the bottle. Then, as <strong>Aleš Kristančič</strong> taught me, you simply disgorge the bottle underwater, in a tub or sink (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hmZNtg1jwY"><strong>it&#8217;s really easy and not messy to do</strong></a>, as daunting as it may seem).</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.jeremyparzen.com/img/canyon/sandwich.jpg"></p>
<p><em>Above: Tracie B made my pulled pork sandwich special, dressing it with melted Colby Jack cheese and topping it with pickle relish. Mac &#8216;n&#8217; cheese and beans on the side and a garnish of pickled jalapeño.</em></p>
<p>At the end of the figurative and literal day, I have to say that I like Puro better when undisgorged. I love the meaty mouthfeel of the wine and intense grapefruit flavor. When undisgorged, it almost has a cider-like quality and it reminds me of the homemade, slightly sparkling Malvasia I used to drink back in my dorm days at the <a href="http://www.unipd.it/"><strong>Università di Padova</strong></a>. </p>
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<p><em>Above: The wine was muddy, like the shallows of Canyon Lake, which — everyone remarked — was extremely low this year. It sure felt good on my skin to jump in the fresh water.</em></p>
<p>Everybody seemed to enjoy the wine: its acidity was great paired with the rich flavor of the pork and its bright fruit brought out its tang — and its twang! </p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.jeremyparzen.com/img/canyon/family.jpg"></p>
<p><em>Above: After dinner, I brought out the acoustic and we had an impromptu sing-along: mostly Beatles, but also some Merle Haggard highlights. Mrs. B&#8217;s and my fav was Merle&#8217;s &#8220;Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man).&#8221; I love the tableau vivant and lyrical arc of that song. Pictured above from left are Tobey&#8217;s dad and Tracie B&#8217;s brother-in-law <strong>Ricky</strong>, her cousin <strong>Alexis</strong>, her aunt <strong>Holly</strong> and uncle <strong>Terry</strong> (Mrs. B&#8217;s brother). Terry can sing him some Merle pretty good&#8230;</em></p>
<p>Thanks again family B! I had blast, the food was great, and it felt so good to jump in the lake and get some sun&#8230; </p>
<p>*****</p>
<p>Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)<br />
—Merle Haggard</p>
<p>Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,<br />
Sister played the ringing tambourine.<br />
Mama couldn&#8217;t hear our pretty music,<br />
She read our lips and helped the family sing.</p>
<p>That little band was all a part of living,<br />
And our only means of living at the time;<br />
And it wasn&#8217;t like no normal family combo,<br />
Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind.</p>
<p>Frank and mama counted on each other;<br />
Their one and only weakness made them strong.<br />
Mama did the driving for the family,<br />
And Frank made a living with a song.</p>
<p>Home was just a camp along the highway;<br />
A pick-up bed was where we bedded down.<br />
Don&#8217;t ever once remember going hungry,<br />
But I remember mama cooking on the ground.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t remember how they got acquainted;<br />
I can&#8217;t recall just how it came to be.<br />
There had to be some special help from someone,<br />
And blessed be the one that let it be.</p>
<p>Fever caused my mama&#8217;s loss of hearing.<br />
Daddy Frank was born without his sight.<br />
And mama needed someone she could lean on,<br />
And I believe the guitar man was right.</p>
<p>Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,<br />
Sister played the ringing tambourine.<br />
Mama couldn&#8217;t hear our pretty music,<br />
She read our lips and helped the family sing.</p>
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<link>http://fractalmar.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/vinyes-verdes-vora-mar/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fractalmar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fractalmar.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/vinyes-verdes-vora-mar/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Veig el paisatge d&#8217;aquest poble i em recorde del poema-cançó del Lluís Llach.  Emociona la cu]]></description>
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<p> Veig el paisatge d&#8217;aquest poble i em recorde del poema-cançó del Lluís Llach.</p>
<p> Emociona la cura dels bancals, dels cultius típics com tomàtigues o  les vinyes de malvasia típiques de la zona.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">VINYES VERDES VORA EL MAR</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">
<div><span lang="ES-MODERN">Vinyes verdes vora el mar<br />
ara que el vent no remuga,<br />
us feu més verdes i encar<br />
teniu la fulla poruga,<br />
vinyes verdes vora el mar.</span></div>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span lang="ES-MODERN">Vinyes verdes del coster,<br />
sou més fines que la userda.<br />
Verd vora el blau mariner,<br />
vinyes amb la fruita verda,<br />
vinyes verdes del coser.</p>
<p>Vinyes verdes, dolç repòs,<br />
vora la vela que passa;<br />
cap el mar vinqleu el cos<br />
sense decantar-vos massa,<br />
vinyes verdes, dolç repòs.</p>
<p>Vinyes verdes, soletat<br />
del verd en l&#8217;hora calenta.<br />
Raïm i cep retallat<br />
damunt la terra lluenta;<br />
vinyes verdes, soletat.</p>
<p>Vinyes que dieu adéu<br />
al llagut i a la gavina,<br />
i al fi serrellet de neu<br />
que ara neix i que ara fina&#8230;<br />
Vinyes que dieu adéu!</p>
<p>Vinyes verdes del meu cor&#8230;<br />
Dins del cep s&#8217;adorm la tarda,<br />
raïm, pàmpol d&#8217;or,<br />
aigua, penyal i basarda.<br />
Vinyes verdes del meu cor&#8230;</p>
<p>Vinyes verdes vora el mar,<br />
verdes a punta de dia,<br />
verd suau de cap el tard&#8230;<br />
Feu-nos sempre companyia,<br />
vinyes verdes vora el mar!</p>
<p>(Lluís Llach)</p>
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<p></span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:small;"><span lang="ES"></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fiorano 94 Malvasia and Il Postino]]></title>
<link>http://dobianchi.com/2009/07/02/fiorano-94-malvasia-and-il-postino/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://dobianchi.com/2009/07/02/fiorano-94-malvasia-and-il-postino/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The story has been told many times but was first recounted famously in English by Eric: somewhere in]]></description>
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<p>The story has been told many times but was first recounted famously in English by <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/22/dining/22POUR.html"><strong>Eric</strong></a>: somewhere in the 1960s and 70s, the eccentric Italian noble, <strong>Alberico Boncompagni Ludovisi</strong>, prince of Venosa, developed what are still undeciphered methods of vinification and aging that allowed him to create unique, powerful, nuanced long-lived expressions of Malvasia di Candia, Sémillon, and Sauvignon Blanc. The secret at the Fiorano estate (located in the region of Latium, just north of Rome)? Mold&#8230; mold on the covering the aging casks, mold covering the bottles aging in the cellar.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve had the great fortune to taste the wines many times. The first occasion was when they arrived in the U.S. in 2005. They had been rebottled and relabeled expressly for sale in the U.S. market and they commanded and continue to command a price that reaches beyond my means. But, man, they were good and they still are.</p>
<p>Yesterday, my friend <strong>Susana Partida</strong>, owner of Salute Wine, who brokers the wines in Texas, generously brought a bottle of the 94 Malvasia to lunch in Dallas (she and I became friends because her sister Felice cuts my hair at the James Allan Salon in Austin!).</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.jeremyparzen.com/img/adelmo/adelmo.jpg"></p>
<p><em>Above: We lunched yesterday at <a href="http://www.adelmos.com/"><strong>Adelmo&#8217;s</strong></a> in Dallas, the see-and-be-seen wine industry hangout, where the simpatico proprietor Adelmo allows trade to bring wine. Adelmo is originally from San Vincenzo in Maremma (along the Tuscan coast) and he grew up in Florence. It&#8217;s always great to taste with him and glean wine knowledge from his many years in the business. He sent over some pâté and crostini after he tasted the Fiorano with us — his recommended pairing.</em></p>
<p>Would the prince have called these natural wines? Probably not. But are they? I believe they most certainly are. When you drink these extraordinary (and extravagant) wine, you taste the hand of an Italian aristocrat who recognized the nobility of the grape and the place, who got out of Nature&#8217;s way and let her do her work.</p>
<p>This was a wine, as <a href="http://mylifeitalian.blogspot.com"><strong>Tracie B</strong></a> put it last night over our dinner of quesadillas, that &#8220;speaks of a place, of tradition. It&#8217;s real and it&#8217;s a product of its environment and of the culture, not of technology and manipulation.&#8221;</p>
<p>Susana generously sent me home with a half a bottle (we each had a glass with our lunch) and Tracie B and I lingered over the wine through dinner and a movie: <em>Il postino</em>, also from the 1994 vintage. In my more militantly Marxist university days, I might have dismissed this poignant romance as cloyingly <em>engagé</em>. But now that I&#8217;m a &#8220;Brunello socialist,&#8221; I can openly say that I found the movie irresistibly charming and ingenuously touching. Maybe it was because I remembered what Brunetta said about Troisi&#8217;s performance, in his <a href="http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8880.html"><strong>History of Italian Cinema</strong></a> (translated by yours truly). Troisi, he wrote, gave &#8220;the world his career&#8217;s most heartbreaking hymn to life and love.&#8221; Maybe it&#8217;s because Tracie B&#8217;s generosity of heart and her wonderful spirit are rubbing off on me&#8230; The answer probably lies somewhere between a glass of 94 Malvasia and a kiss&#8230; </p>
<p><strong><em>In other news, more mazel&#8230;</em></strong></p>
<p>Mazel tov, Ale! His Wine Advocate scores and reviews are in and Il Poggione&#8217;s current releases are enjoying <a href="http://www.montalcinoreport.com/montalcinoreport/2009/07/robert-parker-95-points-for-il-poggione-brunello-di-montalcino-firstclass-sangiovese-from-montalcino.html"><strong>high marks from Antonio Galloni</a></strong>. Any one who reads Do Bianchi knows how much I love Il Poggione&#8217;s traditional-style Brunello and it&#8217;s great to see the winery get the recognition it deserves. These reviews and notes are testament to Antonio&#8217;s love of terroir-driven Italian wine. Chapeau bas, Antonio. I&#8217;ve been a fan since the days of your Piedmont Report and I love what you&#8217;ve done with the Italian notes at WA.</p>
<p>Another Italian wine guy, whose palate I respect immensely, <strong>Tom Hyland</strong>, also posted recently on a vertical of Il Poggione <a href="http://thylandviews.blogspot.com/2009/06/il-poggione-vertical.html"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Che Bella Italiano ]]></title>
<link>http://winespecialist.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/che-bella-italiano-free-wine-tasting-saturday-june-6th/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Summer Whitford</dc:creator>
<guid>http://winespecialist.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/che-bella-italiano-free-wine-tasting-saturday-june-6th/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new s]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Degustazioni ONAV giugno/luglio 2009]]></title>
<link>http://500vini.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/degustazioni-onav-giugnoluglio-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>purplestain</dc:creator>
<guid>http://500vini.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/degustazioni-onav-giugnoluglio-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Seguono una serie di attività organizzate dall&#8217;O.N.A.V. (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-2333" href="http://500vini.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/degustazioni-onav-giugnoluglio-2009/onav/"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2333 alignright" title="logo ONAV" src="http://500vini.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/onav.jpg?w=100" alt="logo ONAV" width="100" height="150" /></a>Seguono una serie di attività organizzate dall&#8217;<strong><a href="O.N.A.V. (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori di Vino)" target="_blank">O.N.A.V. (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori di Vino)</a></strong>, a <strong>Venezia, Maerne, Treviso, Maserada, Loncon, Corbolone, Gorizia. </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Le <strong>degustazioni dei vini</strong> sono aperte a tutti.</p>
<p>Ecco alcune indicazioni per i mesi di <strong>giugno e luglio 2009</strong>.<!--more--></p>
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<p>Giugno 2009</p>
<p></span></span></h3>
<ul>
<li><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Sabato 20/06 ore 13.00</strong></span><br />
Consegna diplomi ai soci del 10° Corso con pranzo presso L’IPPOCASTANO –      Via Frassinelli, 62 <strong>Maerne di Martellago</strong>, <strong>Venezia</strong>. Vicino alla stazione di      Maerne.</li>
<li><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Mercoledì 24/06 ore 20.00</strong></span><br />
<strong> Degustazione </strong>di 5 <strong>passiti trevigiani</strong> (<strong><em>Raboso – Torchiato di Fregona –      Prosecco – Verdiso – Refrontolo</em></strong>) presso il <strong>Pub Good Devil</strong> via Trevisana,      59. <strong>Varago di Maserada</strong>. Uscita <strong>Treviso Nord</strong> si prende per <strong>Maserada </strong>3 km,      piazza Varago.<br />
Il contributo di partecipazione è fissato in € 10. L&#8217;evento è aperto a      tutti. Il numero di partecipanti è fissato in 30. Si ricorda che le      <strong>prenotazioni</strong> devono essere inviate all’e-mail <a href="venezia@onav.it">venezia@onav.it</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_830" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-830 " title="bottiglie vuote da degustazione vini tipici" src="http://500vini.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/0710-salonevino-to-051.jpg?w=300" alt="bottiglie vuote da degustazione vini tipici" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">bottiglie vuote da degustazione vini tipici</p></div></li>
<li><strong><span style="color:#800080;">Martedì 30/06 -ultimo martedì- ore 20.00</span></strong><br />
<strong> Degustazione </strong><strong><a href="http://www.zeni.it/" target="_blank">vini Zeni</a></strong> (con la presenza del produttore) c/o il <strong>ristorante      ALLA FORNACE</strong>. Inizio <strong>Riviera del Brenta</strong>, da <strong>Marghera </strong>strada che va a      <strong>Padova </strong>– <strong>Mira/Dolo</strong> – primo semaforo.</li>
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<p><div id="attachment_1141" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1141" href="http://500vini.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/info-degustazioni-vini-ottobre-novembre-2008/0709-franciacorta-0791/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1141" title="degustazione vini DOCG Franciacorta" src="http://500vini.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/0709-franciacorta-0791.jpg?w=300" alt="degustazione vini DOCG Franciacorta" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">degustazione vini DOCG Franciacorta</p></div>
<p>Luglio 2009</p>
<p></span></span></h3>
<p><strong><span style="color:#800080;">L’ONAV </span></strong>parteciperà alle selezioni di <strong>Loncon </strong>e <strong>Corbolone</strong>. Chi vuole partecipare ci contatti entro giugno. L’orario di solito è alle 18.00 e siamo vicini all’uscita dell’autostrada per <strong>Trieste </strong>(<strong>San Stino di Livenza</strong>). Non ci sono ancora le date ma agli interessati verranno forniti i dettagli appena sarà possibile.</p>
<p>Seguirà il <strong>programma </strong>dell’ultimo quadrimestre 2009.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">N.B.</span></strong> <strong><span style="color:#800080;">L’ONAV </span></strong>di <strong>Venezia </strong>promuove un corso per assaggiatori per il 2010, l’inizio è previsto per fine gennaio a <strong>Marghera </strong>– <strong>Venezia</strong>.</p>
<p align="right">delegato provinciale<br />
Benito Gianni Trolese</p>
<div id="attachment_1136" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1136" href="http://500vini.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/info-degustazioni-vini-ottobre-novembre-2008/0710-salonevino-to-138-2/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1136" title="degustazione vini giugno e luglio 2009: segnalazioni" src="http://500vini.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/0710-salonevino-to-138.jpg?w=225" alt="degustazione vini giugno e luglio 2009: segnalazioni" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">degustazione vini giugno e luglio 2009: segnalazioni</p></div>
<p>L&#8217;associazione <strong><span style="color:#800080;">ONAV </span></strong>- <strong>Sezione di Gorizia</strong> ricorda che il prossimo 25/06/2009 (giovedì) alle h. 20.30 sarà proposto un incontro sul tema:</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#800080;">I VINI DEL LAZIO</span></strong> &#8211; <strong>Gruppo Italiano Vini</strong> presenta i vini della <strong><a href="http://www.fontanacandida.it/web/index.html" target="_blank">Cantina Fontana Candida</a></strong>: <strong>Malvasia, Greco, Merlot e Frascati</strong>. Luogo dell&#8217;evento: <strong>Centro per la Viticoltura e l’Enologia dell’Università di Udine</strong>, Via San Giovanni, 79 – <strong>Cormons</strong>. Il contributo di partecipazione è fissato in € 8,00. L&#8217;evento è aperto a tutti. Per informazioni contattare il segretario, sig.ra <strong>Claudia Culot</strong>, al cell. 338-5908287 o per mail alla casella <a href="gorizia@onav.it">gorizia@onav.it</a>.</p>
<p align="right">il Delegato Provinciale<br />
dott. Bruno Fortunato</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Quick Sip Wine Review - Antonio Sanguineti "Maestro" Toscana Bianco, Tuscany, Italy]]></title>
<link>http://thegrapecrusader.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/antonio-sanguineti-maestro-toscana-bianco/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vino808guy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thegrapecrusader.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/antonio-sanguineti-maestro-toscana-bianco/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some of my favorite white wines are dry, minerally-tinged zesty wines from Italy.  In my opinion, yo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2091" title="SanguinetiBiancoFront" src="http://thegrapecrusader.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/sanguinetibiancofront.jpg?w=222" alt="SanguinetiBiancoFront" width="222" height="300" />Some of my favorite white wines are dry, minerally-tinged zesty wines from Italy.  In my opinion, you can find many solid Italian white wines, outside of pinot grigio, in the $10 &#8211; $20 range.  Falanghina, vermentino, Orvieto and Arneis are just a few of the Italian varieties that I find can be very intriguing, fun and light-hearted, but serious at the same time.</p>
<p>This Toscana Bianco is a blend comprised of 50% vermentino, 30% malvasia and 20% chardonnay.  Its an off-beat blend that made for a unique and intriguing wine.</p>
<p>There was weight, minerality and a firm acid structure that allowed it to pair very well to our usual Mediterranean dinner fare.</p>
<p>The fruit component of the wine consisted mostly of barely ripe, almost green citrus fruit flavors.  I want to say that the flavors leaned more towards the rind of the fruit rather than the pulp and juice flavors.  Complementing the bitter citrus flavors however were a juxtaposition of lush tropical fruit that helped balance everything out.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2092" title="SanguinetiBiancoBack" src="http://thegrapecrusader.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/sanguinetibiancoback.jpg?w=300" alt="SanguinetiBiancoBack" width="240" height="180" />This is another wine from a great import portfolio called <a href="http://www.svimports.com/" target="_blank">Small Vineyards Imports</a>, which is based in the Seattle, Washington area.  They carry some really good artisan crafted Italian wines in their portfolio.  I paid aprroximately $14 for this bottle of wine.</p>
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<link>http://piacenzanews.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/la-guerra-enologica/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>piacenzanews</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Nell’anno di sbronza 1520 la necessità di supremazia ed il desiderio di conquista spinsero molti reg]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Nell’anno di sbronza 1520 la necessità di supremazia ed il desiderio di conquista spinsero molti regni e stirpi a combattersi fra loro.</p>
<p>La violenza era all’ordine del giorno e tante, troppe furono le vittime. Tutto cominciò quando il principe Nero d’Avola, del regno di Sicilia, rapì la principessa Bonarda, un gran pezzo di bonarda, innamorata e desiderosa di sposarsi con il principe Gutturnio del regno di Vicobarone Barricato di Rovere.</p>
<p> I genitori della principessa, il re Lambrusco di Sorbara e la regina Barbera di Ziano Piacentino, promisero che se Gutturnio avesse riportato a casa Bonarda avrebbero consentito alle loro nozze. Gutturnio chiese aiuto al cugino Ortrugo, sposato con l’amabile baronessa Malvasia.</p>
<p> Il premuroso cugino inviò come supporto a Gutturnio il suo esercito guidato dal generale Barolo ed i suoi subalterni, il feroce Barbaresco e il rincoglionito Nebbiolo. Nel frattempo, in un altro luogo, le truppe del generale Sauvignon con un golpe rovesciarono Tocai, re di Verduzzo.</p>
<p> Solo grazie all’intervento del fratello minore del re, Picolit, ed il suo esercito, quello del Sacro Refosco dal peduncolo rosso di Spilimbergo, Tocai riuscì a riprendersi Verduzzo ed a riportare la pace. Intanto, i cugini Gutturnio e Ortrugo, con i loro rispettivi eserciti, quello di Riesling e quello di Barolo, partivano dall&#8217; agriturismo Piacenza per riprendersi Bonarda.</p>
<p>Anche il principe Nero d’Avola si mise in azione reclutando i suoi fedeli alleati: dalla lontana Sardegna ecco giungere il tarchiato, ma vigoroso, Cannonau, insieme al suo esercito Vermentino; dalla Puglia il conte Locorotondo con l’esercito di San Severo ed i tre fratelli Rosso, Rosato e Bianco di Castel del Monte.</p>
<p>La prima battaglia avvenne nelle terre del duca Chianti, invase in precedenza dal principe Nero. Purtroppo questo primo conflitto vide primeggiare il crudele principe Nero. La principessa Bonarda, per ordine di Nero, venne trasferita nel sicuro castello della contessa Marsala, cugina del principe.</p>
<p> Gutturnio era stato ferito in battaglia, ma grazie alle attente cure di frate Moscato, dell’Ordine Enologico dei Tannini, si riprese in fretta pronto per la battaglia.</p>
<p> Nel frattempo, in Alto Adige, si fronteggiarono per la supremazia dell’Isarco il re Terlano ed il re Teroldego Rotaliano. Grazie alla complicità del conte Lagrain vinse Terlano distruggendo Teroldego e il suo esercito di San Marzano.</p>
<p>Intanto, Chianti formò segretamente un’alleanza con Gutturnio per liberare le sue terre dal giogo di Nero. Il duca però non disponeva di un vasto esercito, dovette perciò chiedere aiuto ai suoi fratelli: la baronessa Vernaccia ed il conte Brunello.</p>
<p>Scoppiò una rivolta contro gli invasori del sud e finalmente le terre di Chianti vennero liberate. Restava solamente da trovare la principessina Bonarda e riportarla a casa. Il principe Gutturnio aveva adesso dei potenti alleati ed iniziò a scendere la penisola per giungere nel regno d’Avola.</p>
<p> Fu ostacolato brutalmente nel centro dell’Italia dal conte Locorotondo ed i fratelli di Castel del Monte, ma trovò nel generale Frascati e nel barone Verdicchio dei potenti alleati. Dopo diverse battaglie dall’esito sempre incerto Gutturnio giunse finalmente nel cuore del regno del principe Nero.</p>
<p>C’erano state tante perdite, soprattutto dalla parte del principe Gutturnio; ma il suo desiderio di riabbracciare Bonarda lo spinse a non arrendersi e di proseguire; se necessario si sarebbe battuto da solo contro l’esercito del principe Nero.</p>
<p> La battaglia finale avvenne nelle terre della contessa Marsala. Al principe Nero era rimasto l’esercito di Cannonau che subito diede del filo da torcere a Gutturnio. Proprio quando sembrava che non ci fosse più speranza per Gutturnio ed i suoi, ecco giungere un aiuto insperato dal nord: l’esercito del generale Asti insieme all’armata di Grignolino. Nonostante la tenacia e la resistenza opposta, Cannonau si arrese e per Gutturnio arrivò il momento del duello finale con Nero.</p>
<p> La sfida tra i due nobili principi fu un cruento duello all’arma bianca che vide entrambi gli sfidanti ferirsi a vicenda. Alla fine il bene trionfò e Gutturnio, dopo aver ucciso Nero d’Avola e Marsala, riabbracciò la sua amata Bonarda. Tornati in patria i due giovani ebbero la benedizione dei genitori di Bonarda e celebrarono il loro lungo e duraturo matrimonio, vivendo in pace e prosperità nella feconda Val Tidone.</p>
<p>Black Erki</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Los vinos de Rioja siguen cosechando éxitos en EEUU]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Los vinos de Rioja afianzan su gran popularidad en EEUU. La prestigiosa revista Wine Enthusiast la h]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-763" href="http://blogmadridspain.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/los-vinos-de-rioja-siguen-cosechando-exitos-en-eeuu/la-rioja/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-763" title="la rioja" src="http://blogmadridspain.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/la-rioja.jpg" alt="la rioja" width="116" height="111" /></a><span style="color:#000000;">Los vinos de Rioja afianzan su gran popularidad en EEUU. La prestigiosa revista <em>Wine Enthusiast</em> la ha nombrado ‘Región del Vino’ en 2007 y desde entonces todos los eventos que giran en torno a ella tienen una gran acogida.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">El 18 de mayo se celebró en Nueva York una concurrida cata dirigida a un público profesional. El evento tuvo lugar en el local City Winery, un original establecimiento especializado en vinos donde los clientes pueden hacer sus propios caldos y en el que cada detalle recuerda a una bodega.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">En la cata participaron 54 importadores y se presentaron más de 250 vinos de Rioja que cuentan con distribución en el mercado norteamericano. Entre ellos había caldos de las tres zonas que comprenden la región: la Rioja Alta, que cuenta con vinos con cuerpo y cierto nivel de acidez; la Rioja Alavesa, cuyos caldos se caracterizan por ser ligeros y aromáticos; y la Rioja Baja, donde se elaboran vinos afrutados de color intenso. Los asistentes pudieron degustar vinos elaborados con las uvas típicas de la región: Tempranillo, Mazuelo, Garnacha Tinta y Graciano para los tintos, y Viura, Malvasía y Garnacha Blanca para los blancos.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"> El evento forma parte de la campaña de promoción de los vinos de Rioja en EEUU, una acción promovida por el Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Calificada Rioja y Wines from Spain, el departamento de vinos de la Oficina Económica y Comercial de España en Nueva York.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Fuente: ICEX</span></p>
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