Posted on 02/23/2020 5:22:35 PM PST by Coleus
From left, Zonte’s Footstep Love Symbol Grenache 2017, Weingut Bründlmayer Grüner Veltliner Terrassen 2018, Da Capo Grignolino d’Asti Renard 2017, Le Marie Blanc de Lissart 2017 and Loimer Lois Grüner Veltliner 2018. (Tom McCorkle/for The Washington Post)
With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, we have an Australian grenache that successfully combines love-themed branding with good-quality wine. An exotic Italian white would also be a good choice for a romantic dinner, or you could revisit an Italian vacation with a trattoria-style red. We also have two outstanding grüner veltliners from Austria to complete the lineup.
Piedmont, Italy, $19
Grignolino is the type of cheap wine you find in a roadside trattoria during your Italian vacation that makes you wonder, “Why can’t we get this at home?” Grignolino may not be considered a serious wine, but the folks at Da Capo take it seriously and bring us this delightful bottling that just might transport you back to that Italian sojourn, at least in memory. Bright red fruit flavors and a laser beam of stony minerality give this wine energy and clarity of flavor. Like a tuning fork on a perfect high C. Unfortunately, by the time the wine reaches our retail shelves, it’s not an inexpensive quaff any more. And proposed tariffs would make it more dear. Alcohol by volume: 13.5 percent.
Imported and distributed by Simon N Cellars: Available in the District at A. Litteri, Cork & Fork. Available in Virginia at the Italian Store (Lyon Village) in Arlington, Tastings of Charlottesville in Charlottesville, Tinto (Chesapeake, Virginia Beach), Unwined (Alexandria, Belleview), the Wine Outlet (Great Falls, McLean).
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Awe crap, I thought he might have a lead on a great Brunello di Montalcino.
Strawberry Hill. LOL!
Back when I and my friends didn’t make geezer noises when we moved!!
There’s an Italian deli out here in Culver City called Sorrento that arranges its wine by region from Calabria in the south to Südtirol, aka Alto Adige, in the north. They even carry wine from Lazio (the Rome area) which is not known for good wine, yet the wine they get from there is very good. Next time I go there, I’ll have to see if they have any Grignolino.
Franzia Chillable Red for $11.92 a box.
“Grignolino may not be considered a serious wine...”
A “serious” wine. Gimme a break.
They used to have a really nice German red, but I haven’t seen it in a good while. The Landshut riesling is excellent.
Hope the Wally World near me carries it.
Thunderbird?
What’s the price?
A person of limited palate, I see. No King Cotton Peach wine?
Fifty twice!
Ugh. How’s your headache, in the morning?
Maybe I’m just uncultured but I prefer red wine with everything. I only drink white wine on hot summer afternoons.
Ditto.
White wine is for company.
I remember Mad Dog 20/20 from my Marine Corps days. That and peppermint schnapps. Both gave me a splitting headache the next morning.
No headache. All things in moderation.
That’s the answer I got from a guy I know in Dallas. Where I grew up, it was “Mighty Nice”.
ZZ Top - Thunderbird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytZrzwfJn1g
pick up something from Chile and for $10 you’ll end up with a very nice wine
For $19, I expect more than “delightful”.
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