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Umberto Cesari – Sangiovese Riserva 2008

December 31, 2011
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Emilia-Romagna is not a wine producing region in Italy that is well known for turning out wines of quality but one producer believed in the area and founded his vineyards there over 40 years ago. Emilia-Romagna is not that far from Tuscany, situated to the north east of the area on the other side of [...]

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Il Merlonero Quotidiano 2010 – Everyday Italian

December 1, 2011
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Oddbins has been resurrected. The late and much lamented high street chain of wine shops began as a shop full of quirky, interesting, good and best of all good value wines. Oddbins was the place to go if you were an adventurous wine drinker. Sadly, over the years, mismanagement and the inability to keep up [...]

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Cannonau di Sardegna, Nepente di Oliena

September 16, 2011
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Cannonna di Sardegna comes from the Italian island of Sardinia but it’s better known by it’s French name Grenache. The vine is widely planted on the eastern side of the island and is cultivated in bush vines. Sardinia is not a major Italian wine producer but recently some producers have begun to make some seriously [...]

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Lo Zoccolaio Barbera d’Alba 2006

January 14, 2011
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I thought the classification of French wines was complicated before I started to read a bit more about Italian wines. You need a PhD in Geography and Oneology to fully understand the complexity of the Italian DOC system and the geographic areas and their sub-regions. This is obviously a huge minefield that has to be [...]

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Aglianico and Pizza

October 12, 2010
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Just because you order a take away pizza, there’s no reason you shouldn’t have an enjoyable wine to go with it. And what better wine then an Italian wine. The Italians subscribe to the philosophy that food and wine are meant to go together. Pizza might be a considered a fast food but when you [...]

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