The Ecco Guide to the Best Wines of Italy: The Ultimate Resource for Finding, Buying, Drinking, and Enjoying Italy's Best Wines
Ian D'Agata
Language: English
Pages: 384
ISBN: 2:00231051
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The Ecco Guide to the Best Wines of Italy is a simple, user-friendly guide to the top Italian wines—packed with information on purchasing it in America, with tips for visiting wineries in Italy. In addition to a detailed glossary, vintage table, and index, D'Agata presents a series of "best of" lists:
The 100 best red wines under $100
The 60 best white wines under $100
The 45 best wines at $25 or less
The 25 best cult wines
The 25 best wine estates and producers
The 10 best debut wines
This is a unique book—a truly comprehensive guide to Italian wines. D'Agata, an important wine insider, lives in Rome and is on the road six months out of the year, visiting estates and cellars throughout Italy. This book represents the summation of 25 years of tastings, travels to wineries all over the world, and interviews with vintners.
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difficult grape that ripens late and grows in a cool part of Lazio’s mountainous southern section, could yield excellent results was already evident in Renaissance times, when wines made from it were much sought after; but this legacy was lost in the twentieth century, when many poor, faulty wines were made. The “Cirsium” is a unique Cesanese, harvested late and then air-dried, made much in the manner of Amarone: you’ll find the same fragrances and flavors of almost sweet ripe red cherry fruit and
wines that over recent years have always been at or close to the top of the heap in terms of quality. For this reason, the wines listed are those with a proven track record over at least three vintages, so that you can be comfortable in the knowledge that no wine I recommend here is a flash in the pan. Every recommended wine has years 2 THE GUIDE of fine vintages behind it, and—I hope—in front of it as well. How I Taste and Rate Wines I wish to underscore the fact that this guide is a
highly regarded years, such as ’84 and ’87. THE 100 BEST RED WINES UNDER $100 63 THE PRODUCER: AZ. BRAIDA DI GIACOMO BOLOGNA Address: via Roma 94, 14030 Rocchetta Tanaro (Asti); Tel/fax: 0141 644113/0141 644584; Web: www.braida.it; E-mail: info@ braida.it; Total bottles: 500,000; Total ha: 43; Tasting room: yes; Visit: by appointment; Highway exit: Felizzano or Asti est (A21) OTHER RECOMMENDED WINES UNDER $100 BY BRAIDA: Grignolino d’Asti (unoaked red), Barbera d’Asti “La Monella” (unoaked
onion citrus compote; chicken casserole with mushrooms; Imported by: Petit Pois Corporation (Sussex Wine Merchants); Past great vintages: 1999, 2001 THE PRODUCER: AZ. AGR. BORGO DEL TIGLIO Address: Fraz. Brazzano, via San Giorgio 71, 34071 Cormons (Gorizia); Tel/fax: 0481 62166/0481 630845; Total bottles: 35,000; Total ha: 9; Tasting room: yes; Visit: by appointment; Highway exit: Palmanova (A4) OTHER RECOMMENDED WINES UNDER $100 BY BORGO DEL TIGLIO: Tocai Friulano (oaked white), Malvasia
attention of wine lovers everywhere grape varieties that had been all but forgotten. THE WINE Grape varieties: pallagrello bianco (100%); Number of bottles: 7,000; Alcohol: 14; Retail price: $30; Try it with: scallops with orange- citrus butter; grilled halibut with pineapple-papaya salsa; Imported by: Montecastelli (www.montecastelli.com); Past great vintages: 2001, 2004 THE 60 BEST WHITE WINES UNDER $100 181 THE PRODUCER: AZ. AGR. VESTINI CAMPAGNANO Address: Fraz. Santi Giovanni e Paolo,
