I've written before that I prefer Italian wine for my everyday drinking. You may be able to find a fancier bottle from France or Napa Valley, but for an economical, flavorful glass of something to wash down your dinner (or your day), go with a montepulciano.
But it's not perfect. My (regrettably) constant source on wine education, Dr. Wikipedia, tells me that montepulciano grapes have lots of fruit, but almost no skin (since they grow in such a temperate region.) The result? A wine with lots of sweet, fruit body but not a lot of tannic complexity -- a bit
Posts Tagged ‘Italian Wine’
Dragani Montepulciano D’Abruzzo 2010
by Dennis Mayer on December 6th, 2011 | Budget-Friendly Wine Review, Red Wine, Wine
Villa Cerrina 2010 Montepulciano D’Abruzzo
by Dennis Mayer on October 25th, 2011 | Budget-Friendly Wine Review
I usually prefer just about any kind of wine to French wine. (I say this as an unsupported admission, not as any sort of critical insight.) To me, drinking wine should be an everyday experience, and the Italian approach to wine seems to fit better with that. (I would probably be more likely to choose a nice Bordeaux if I wanted to buy something a step or two above my normal purchases, so I don't hate French wine, per se ... I just admit that I can't afford the good ones.)
Today's wine is a very good value pick -
Today's wine is a very good value pick -
2007 Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio
by Shannon Cyr on July 13th, 2011 | Italian Wine, White Wine, Wine
Wine Category: White
Type of Wine: Pinot Grigio
Producer: Santa Margherita
Vintage: 2007
Region: Trentino- Alto Adige, Italy
Alcohol: 13.5%
Average Price per Bottle: $20.00
At one point, Santa Margherita boasted itself as the single most imported Italian Pinot Grigio into the United States. I’m not sure if that’s still the case, but it’s still popular and easy to find. I first discovered this wine when I was living in Baltimore a few years ago. Over the years,
Type of Wine: Pinot Grigio
Producer: Santa Margherita
Vintage: 2007
Region: Trentino- Alto Adige, Italy
Alcohol: 13.5%
Average Price per Bottle: $20.00
At one point, Santa Margherita boasted itself as the single most imported Italian Pinot Grigio into the United States. I’m not sure if that’s still the case, but it’s still popular and easy to find. I first discovered this wine when I was living in Baltimore a few years ago. Over the years,
Villa Cornaro Prosecco Extra Dry
by TK on July 8th, 2008 | Italian Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Saturday night at home with no children (which is hard to accomplish when you have 4 kids)! We decided to make a light dinner of Blueberry Salsa Chicken and an Escarole Salad (you can read about this in our sister publication, TastyThoughts).
After dinner we decided to lay on the living room floor and watch Michael Clayton (read reviews of the movie in FlickRev). To go with our lounging and cinematic release, we had a bottle of Villa Conaro Prosecco Extra Dry.
For those of you who like the effervescent sensation of spumante, but do not
After dinner we decided to lay on the living room floor and watch Michael Clayton (read reviews of the movie in FlickRev). To go with our lounging and cinematic release, we had a bottle of Villa Conaro Prosecco Extra Dry.
For those of you who like the effervescent sensation of spumante, but do not
