http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php WCWN Italian Forum WCWN Forums - UBB.threads(tm) http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=341399#Post341399 Posted by Bob Semon:
2000 Giovanni Struzziero Fiano di Avellino "Roseto". I was surprised a the youthful color of the wine, still a bright golden straw. The nose and palate showed typical Fiano honey and quince with s]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 13:23:52 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=341127#Post341127 Posted by JFO:
the last? http://vinowire.simplicissimus.it/2008/04/24/argiano-announces-declassification-of-03-brunello/]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:29:02 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=341062#Post341062 Posted by MarcStubblefield:
This is part of my beginning exploration into Italy, beyond Chianti and a few whites and cheapie red quaffers. I think there's a barbaresco out there for me, though perhaps this isn't the one - as al]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:07:56 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340800#Post340800 Posted by Chris James:
That is very sad. I also got this wine in around 2000 for $40 and drank it a few years ago. I'd say it was very good, very old school, very good quality. To think that that person paid about $100 a]]> Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:15:17 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340775#Post340775 Posted by Ardeis Scott:
[img]http://momentoffame.com/photopost/data/515/Cepparello.jpg[/img] A wine that holds sentimental value.....first discovered on a hotel patio overlooking the water with my girlfriend (future wife)]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:41:13 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340630#Post340630 Posted by Chris James:
[quote]What makes those tannins soooo different??? You can make PinotNoir w/o those fierce tannin levels whose balance will carry them out 15-20 yrs, yet are pleasant to drink whilst they young. [/q]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:47:31 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340600#Post340600 Posted by fraser:
Vallana Gattinara 1982 C. Daniele Sole Agents This wine came shrink-wrapped with the original price tag still on it - $11.17. Seems a little high , given that I bought some of their Spanna 1985 ]]> Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:23:42 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340532#Post340532 Posted by Dave Cuneo:
Thanks for that encouraging info Marshall. dc.]]> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:13:35 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340530#Post340530 Posted by Dave Cuneo:
Ciao Mark, My store used to carry the Villa Matilde line but dropped them, which is a shame because they make excellent wine. I have their 2003 Falerno sitting in the cellar. Their Falanghina ]]> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:30:05 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340489#Post340489 Posted by ksyrah:
I've had a couple bottles of the 1993 Giacosa Gallina and I agree that it's very nice right now, although could still go longer. The 1993 Giacosa regular Barbaresco is also pretty good. -Al]]> Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:31:17 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340398#Post340398 Posted by Marshall Manning:
Jamie, I've tried plenty of young B & B that have a lot of fruit and structure, but that are balanced. Then, 4 or 5 years later the fruit will have shut down and might stay that way for a long while.]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:37:07 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340346#Post340346 Posted by Ardeis Scott:
LINK: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120734217745590759.html Ardeis in Seminole]]> Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:47:51 PDT http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340234#Post340234 Posted by Noel:
I agree. I really liked this wine, and, at its very reasonable price, it is, for me, a no-brainer.]]> Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:46:24 PST http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340211#Post340211 Posted by BEB:
Yep, and another linked to Drudge [url=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080404182422.ms1eiuif&show_article=1]from Brietbart[/url] ]]> Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:53:28 PST http://www.westcoastwine.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=340119#Post340119 Posted by John Dwyer:
Never heard of the Ugloforte. "Country style" is a good, perhaps generous descriptor of their regular Brunello. Big fruit and lots of barnyard. I get the impression that these people take what natu]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:07:53 PST