Tasted these three attractively priced wines from online retailer Piemonte Wines recently. They are from biodynamic estate Nuova Cappelletta, and two of them are made with no added sulfur dioxide….
Two brilliant, affordable summer whites, from Sardinia and Greece
For when the sun shines again in this stop, stop, start, stop summer, let me recommend two lovely, affordable wines from The Wine Society. Wines like this are in a…
Serious Sangiovese, Il Molino di Grace Gratius 2006
Now this isn’t a perfect wine. But it’s a very good one, it’s interesting, it’s edgy, and it tastes like the essence of Tuscan Sangiovese. Sangiovese is not an easy…
Three good Italian reds
Italy deserves more of my attention. Here are three proper wines with personality and balance, and all attractively priced. Accademia Dei Racemi Segna Vento Tarantino Primitivo 2010 Italy 13% alcohol….
A brilliant Falanghina for very little money
It’s useful to have a stock of wines that cost relatively little, but which taste really good. This is one of those Tuesday night wines. It’s a Falanghina from the…
Anarkos: a lovely wine from the south of Italy
Very impressed by this ripe yet well defined red from Puglia. I’m seeing increasingly good wines coming from the south of Italy. There’s plenty of sunshine here, so the wines…
A delicious high-end Bardolino from Guerrieri Rizzardi
This was interesting. Most of the Bardolinos I try are cheap, light red wines that serve a purpose but don’t justify extensive tasting notes. This is a high-end take on…
A lovely Italian-influenced wine dinner
Had a lovely dinner here last night at Rodwell House. Robin had invited Johann Innerhofer and Laura Mauri (who own a wine farm and restaurant in Somerset West, with an…
Proper Soave in the form of Pieropan Calvarino
Nice way to wind down from a game of football. Proper Soave! It’s from Pieropan, and it’s the single vineyard Calvarino bottling. Soils are volcanic, with vines trained in a…