{"id":5501,"date":"2012-08-23T23:19:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T23:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2012-08-23T23:19:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T23:19:56","slug":"two-very-nice-affordable-wines-from-portugal-and-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/portugal\/two-very-nice-affordable-wines-from-portugal-and-italy","title":{"rendered":"Two very nice affordable wines, from Portugal and Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8733.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5505\" title=\"lugana\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8733.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8733.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8733-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8733-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8733-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always good to stumble across wines that over-deliver for their price point. Here are two that I tried today and was impressed by.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tenuta Roveglia Lugana 2011 Italy<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom the shores of Lake Garda, this is a really fresh white, made from the Trebbiano (aka Ugni Blanc) grape variety. Crisp, tight and steely with lovely citrus\/grapefruit zestiness and an almost spicy finish. Fresh, bracing and delicious with good acidity. 88\/100 (\u00a36.98 Asda)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8727.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5506\" title=\"marquesdeborba\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8727.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8727-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8727-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JAGM8727-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marques de Borba Tinto 2011 Alentejo, Portugal<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom Joao Portugal Ramos, this is a blend of Alicante, Aragonez and Touriga Nacional with Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. It&#8217;s sweet, ripe and lush with good concentration, great definition and nice freshness. Sleek, smooth and pure but also vivid and vital, with a bit of grip on the finish. So drinkable. 89\/100 (\u00a39.60 Tanners)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always good to stumble across wines that over-deliver for their price point. Here are two that I tried today and was impressed by. Tenuta Roveglia Lugana 2011 Italy From&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,7],"tags":[150,370,350],"class_list":["post-5501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italy","category-portugal","tag-alentejo","tag-italy","tag-portugal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5507,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5501\/revisions\/5507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}