Friday, December 29, 2006

Jogos Em Vcd Para Dvd Player

Blogger # 3: Cardinals Brut Metodo Classico '03

Grazie a Max siamo arrivati al Vino dei Blogger #3 , il cui tema è, giustamente visto il periodo, gli Spumanti Italiani. Mondo variegato, che ha il suo cuore a Trento e in Franciacorta, zone storiche delle bollicine classiche Italiane, ma che si esprime bene anche in altre aree, ognuna con una propria specificità ben definita e stili a volte inconfondibili. Come non citare il Veneto con Prosecco e Cartizze e gli spumanti dolci dell'Astigiano?

E visto che la filosofia del Blogger of wine is also to look for some goodies or products' niche, my curiosity was drawn to a sparkling wine from an area that I particularly like, the Colli Piacentini. This is the

Brut Metodo Classico 2003 produced by ' Company Cardinals of Castell'Arquato (PC) that I was able to buy at the beautiful Enoteca Comunale the same town for 14 €.

E 'a sparkling wine produced with the same grapes that contribute to Monterosso Val d'Arda, ie aromatic Malvasia di Candia, Moscato Bianco (20 to 50%), Trebbiano Romagnolo and Ortrugo (20 to 50%) Berverdino, Sauvignon Blanc or other white grape varieties recommended for a maximum of 30%. As a curiosity Monterosso wine takes its name from a hill which overlooks the front of the village of Castell, on the other side of the river Arda, which has as its feature to be composed predominantly of red soil, as you can see in this photos.

elegant packaging, with a nice bottle reminiscent of some very flared Franciacorta, and as the only sober un'etichettina golden ornament.

The color is a pale golden tending to the perlage fine but not persistent. The nose is very delicate and elegant, with citrus top notes of crisp enough that they tend poi a fare posto a frutta bianca e per finire, con il vino nel bicchiere da qualche minuto, a della dolce pasticceria.

In bocca l'acidità si fa sentire subito, ma non è fastidiosa ed è ben equilibrata da una leggerissima dolcezza di fondo (il Moscato bianco e la Malvasia) e da grande eleganza. Buona la struttura, grazie anche alla barrique di Chardonnay presente nell'uvaggio. Nonostante l'uso di Sauvignon, non sono presenti le note tipiche di quest'uva... diciamolo pure, il gatto non ha fatto pipì in Val d'Arda! Da appuntarsi il fatto che, nonostante l'annata molto calda (è un millesimo 2003) il vino non presenta alcuna nota di surmaturazione o ossidazione.

Conoscendo il produttore e i suoi altri vini, nel Brut ritrovo la mano del vigneron e il suo terreno. Questo Spumante è il fratellone del Monterosso "Solata", con il quale condivide le vigne e non solo. E questo mi ha fatto immensamente piacere, si legge continuità, stile e poca omologazione, e scusate se è poco.

E se vi capita di passare dalle parti di Castell'Arquato, fate un salto a trovare Laura Cardinali: sarà felice di raccontarvi i suoi vini. Inoltre dal podere Montepascolo si gode un panorama del borgo veramente unico. Ne vale la pena!

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Strongest Wood For Shelves

E of the heart: how to choose the wine in the restaurant

Inauguro una nuova sezione dedicata alle mie lettrici. Ora, non che io sia Casanova o quel grande intenditore dell'arte del sedurre, ma forse posso elargire perle di saggezza enologica for the consumption of gentilsesso in relations with the Knight shift (in the hope these tips do not come back to haunt me).

Writes a reader: "When you invite me to dinner I like to choose wine to drink during the meal, but if I open the list, I get lost among the dozens of names and labels, and I can never decide. How do I to do? "

Dear reader, let's premise. If it is one of the first out with the little man who invited you to dinner, you're completely on the side of the knife handle, so do not hesitate: let him spend the impossible. Probably, unless you have brought from Mac Donald's or "the Troione Gigi" (at this point, the first output can instantaneously coincide with the last one), the little man has already budgeted to spend a certain amount, for which, unleashed!

There are different approaches to the wine card. The first classic and a sommelier's wine matches with food, but do not complicate our lives: a classic white with fish and red with meat is always good. You can also venture a Nero d'Avola with the steamed sea bass, but at your own risk.

The second is the territoriality. Try to get the wine that is geographically closest to the kitchen of the restaurant, and here the task is easier, but misleading. There are wines of the North who marry well with dishes of the South and vice versa. Maybe this is more a matter of style than anything else.

The third approach is the "theory of the penultimate wine", shown on Wino : do not choose the wine cheaper paper but the second cheapest.
Good friends .... but in your case!

Knight hangs on your lips .... so here's my suggestion: Find listings of wine that costs less, add a fixed cost of 10-12 euro and voila, here's your price range of reference around which to choose the wine for the evening! If so the cheapest wine costs 18 €, your band will be € 28. Just as the scientific method, but certainly effective! Then you can
you make a progressive lineup: add 10 € to the first output 15 to the second and so on. If it is true ammmmmore your man will fund the cash register. If it does, is a man who certainly does not deserve your interest!

In any case, after the fourth or fifth practical application of this method, you'll be made a minimum wine culture, and a certain level (more than having sent in your bankruptcy claimants). Consider then the idea of \u200b\u200bdoing a serious tasting course with the ' ONAV , the' AIS or other associations. There are many out there. At least after the course you can always apply the third method but with a little 'more taste in choosing the (expensive) right bottle!

Your boyfriend left you because you do not know the difference between Champagne and charmat method? Are you afraid to look bad at the table because you think that is just a Pecorino cheese? Your admirers will roll on the floor laughing because you're convinced that the Amarone is a powerful digestive? No problem! Marcolandia is at your disposal to solve your enoproblemi heart. Write me to marcolandia AT gmail.com. If you are single and cute, I can advice on a home: D: D: D

Monday, December 11, 2006

Rockstar Games Merchandise

... and the winner is ... Wine of

I thought so and I even wrote. With the crazy spending well uneuroesettantanovecents (1.79 €), I won the victory of Wine of the # 2 Blogger burning on the edge of the wool Aristide.
What great satisfaction! Tonight, to celebrate, a shot of life to it down the barrel of my great surplus Poggio alle Mura ! Oops, no, it was just what was Court Walls. Ok, a little change .... Sangiovese is always! :)

And so with the prize I won the moral task of organizing the wine of the # 3 Blogger. As I have already held the number 1, and I do not want to go to their head, I give the honor to Max Wino.
Perhaps, after two editions of "saving", Max wants to focus on something a bit at a 'higher while maintaining the spirit of the VDB: fun in a curious way.

In any case, Max, if you want to do a round up Romanée Conti , we give you the happy task of recovering the bottles. At your expense!

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Cheepest Empty Chapstick Containers

Blogger # 2: Chianti Hard Discount

Here we are, the wire, with my nice Chianti diociggì for the second installment of the Wine Blogger hosted by Fiorenzo @ Diary wine store.
Something tells me that I am close to victory (pyrrhic, given the context): my nice Chianti Denomination of Origin Controlled and Guaranteed I brought it home with an outlay of € 1.79 BEN (yes, you read that right ) taking advantage of a "discount", as indicato sul cartello esposto al Lidl di Fiorenzuola D'Arda (PC).

Trattasi del Chianti DOCG "Corte alle Mura" 2005, 12% vol. Buffo il nome, che richiama qualcosa... mmh, non so... qualcosa di toscano già sentito...
Una rapida occhiata alla controetichetta, scritta in Italiano, Greco, Spagnolo e Portoghese, prima si aprire la bottiglia. Leggo, tra le altre cose, "Di colore Rosso, ha un sapore asciutto, armonico, pieno e delicato." Di colore rosso? Con buona pace dell'AIS, le note devono essere state redatte dal Sommelier di Antonio Albanese, che dopo aver roteato il bicchiere con del vino rosso per dieci minuti, diceva "E' ROSSO!".

Per la precisione si tratta di un rosso rubino medium, very light nail. Just poured the wine is very closed, a slight fart that is hard to leave, even accentuated prolonged contact with air. It is still time to find, with difficulty, however, a hint of violet and liquorice, a little 'covered by the alcohol. A few minutes later, the violet succumbs to ... fart.
the lightest body in the mouth, mineral water-style, I daresay. The palate is almost anonymous, and the little that you feel is still hidden, after swallowing, a bitter aftertaste rather annoying. Having to give a score, I'd say 67 points, not more.
However, given the sale price, is a wine with a meal if you do not have big demands si fa bere senza problemi.

Già, il prezzo. Il vino risulta imbottigliato da Pi.gi.vi. a Cerbaia. Provo a googolare il nome e trovo che la sigla corrisponde a Sensi Vigne & Vini Srl , che imbottiglia con altre quattro sigle in quel di Lamporecchio (PT).

E se provassi a contattarli per capire com'è possibile vendere un DOCG a meno di due euro?

Per la cronaca, alla Lidl si trovano altre chicche a prezzo incredibile: Bordeaux Superior AOC a 2.49; Cabernet California a 1.99; Cab cileno a 1.29; Spumante Moscato a .85 e Ice Wine Rheinhessen a 6.99. Non male, vero? Da farsi una Kultura enologica!

Saturday, December 9, 2006

Shaving Irritation Pubic And Herpes

Still Alive and Kicking

Temevo venisse il momento di un post giustificativo, mannaggia... Dura la " real life " lavorativa che mi tiene lontano dal blog, ma il fine è importante e quindi ci può anche stare.

Cosa è successo nella mia vita enologica durante questi giorni di assenza? Tralasciando le cose meno importanti, ho partecipato a un'interessantissima degustazione di Gutturnio Riserva organizzata da Vinipiacentini.net , della quale ho avuto modo di scrivere qualche nota qui , in attesa del pezzo che presto il bravo Paolo scriverà sul suo sito.

Poi c'è stata la grandissima asta " Vecchie ma ancora Buone " tenuta il 1 Dicembre 2006 dall'associazione QuintoMiglio San Donato Milanese. In association with Copertina75 , Fradefra Simone Carletti and we won the order a Riesling TBA Landgräflich Hessisches Weingut of '59, a Tokaji Dry Srazaz Szamorodni, a '85 Barolo Marchesi di Barolo and Barbaresco Bersano '74. On behalf of "third party" via SMS two Riesling Nikolhaief 86 and 87 and in a company with shady characters Château Latour 1954. And when I drink, I will certainly let you know about these screens (and I hope-you-die of envy).

And finally you point out a nice piece on the world of wine and food blog that is published on the number of December SlowFlood, where it is also bottled in other, far more deserving and popular blog. The article, very interesting and well written, you can download here (pdf) , next to the picture I am proud to bring the piece that concerns me.
are things, small things but ....