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Lucky Sunday the 13th: Italian vinapalooza
Is there any country blessed with so many wines? Let alone a steady stream of great vintages since 2004?
The glories that are Italy’s wines will be the feature of another classic B-21 Sunday tasting with dozens of great wines (no junk), brainy seminars and special guests. The headliner this time is Aldo Zaninotto, whose Vietti winery in Piedmont is one of Steve’s favorites.
So cancel your golf date for June 13 and reserve a spot for $25.
That includes your choice of seminars with Zaninotto and Vittorio Marianecci who will be comparing vintages of Casanova di Neri’s Tenuta Nuova and Pietradonice: The best of Tuscany and Piedmont.
I know I’m going to sit in on explication of barbera, as translated by the winemakers in Asti and Alba, barely 25 miles apart in Piedmont, just south of Torino. The big spumante factories give Asti a bad name, and the truffle markets give Alba status, but what ’s that matter to their barberas? It’s one of my favorites grapes and I can’t wait for the debate.
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