After a run of Rioja, Rhône and a few bottles that demanded a bit of thought, I found this lurking in the fridge and decided tonight was the night. Sometimes wine is about terroir, structure and complexity. Sometimes it’s about seeing what’s in the fridge. First Impressions The nose took me straight back to childhood….
Sometimes Simplicity Wins This weekend’s wine wasn’t anything particularly expensive or highly rated. It was simply a bottle of Artusi Pecorino from Terre di Chieti picked up to accompany a barbecue of garlic marinated chicken and pork ribeye chops. As it turned out, it was exactly the right wine for the occasion. Pecorino is still…
I recieved this bottle as a birthday present and it made its way into the glass tonight, and this one arrived carrying quite the claim. A shiny gold sticker proudly announces 99 points from Luca Maroni 🙂 Now, I’ll be honest, I have absolutely no idea how this wine gets anywhere near that number. Don’t…