Wine Club #8: ITALY!

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Date: July 30, 2007
Host: Carmela

Theme: “Slow Food Movement & Do-It-Yourself”: Founded in Italy in 1989, this movement means to back away from fast food; eat fresh, in-season, home-grown foods (the picture above is Carmela's family garden!)

Wine #1: Fontana di Papa (white)
Region: Colli Albani, Italy
Vintage: 2006
Price: $9/L
Tasting Notes: Soft, dry, fruity, fresh, clean taste; very light/clear; nice summer wine; doesn’t need food

Wine #2: Nonno’s Homemade “Alicante” White (check out Nonno in the first photo;)
Vintage: Fall 2006
Tasting Notes: Sweet, darker than Wine #1; “The more I drink, the less I feel the bugs” – Carm; very dark, cloudy, strong perfume smell (but a lot of girls liked this aspect) smells of lychée, mango; “explosion of flavour!”; a bit tart, but loses sweetness/tartness with food

Wine #3: MASI Campofiorin (Red)
Region: Verona, Italy
Vintage: 2004
Price: $18
Tasting Notes: “full-bodied, round and velvety” (bottle); a bit light textured for the spicy taste; very dark, smells fruity; peppery, SR really enjoyed this wine!

Wine #4: Nonno’s Homemade red
Tasting Notes: A bit too sweet for some (see lesson below); fruity, similar to white - like ice wine, mango flavour

Enjoyed with: Bruscetta; eggplant & garden zucchini grilled with garlic & basil; homemade cheese & crackers; polenta & homemade tomato sauce

Company: Carmela, Sara-Rose, Anna, Shereen, Jacquie, Andrea, Tayisa & Julie

Lesson of the night: It was hard to rank the wines tonight… 2 & 3 were tied for first, 1 & 4 were tied for second… which brought us to our lesson:
Carmela, Shereen, Tayisa and Andrea prefer sweeter wines!

Comments

Andrea Gewurztraminer said…
I think Carmela's nono should be an honorary member!
August 15, 2007 at 11:45 AM
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