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Apr

A Tempting Tempranillo…the Olympic Torch…and the best current wine web offer

Jacob Gaffney  in Red Wines, Tempranillo, Nerello Mascalese , , , , , , , , , , ,

Watch the Olympic torch make its way around the world, and one is filled with images that just don’t go together. The journey of the flame is proving more of a divider, not a uniter. Blue-suited Chinese paramilitary, without any seeming executive powers, roughing up interlopers that are oddly obsessed with extinguishing the fire. The […]

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7

Apr

Sicilian Sunshine

Jacob Gaffney  in Red Wines, Nero d'Avola , , , , , ,

The 2006 Donna Fugata Sedara Nero d’Avola should cost around £7. And it’s everywhere. Maybe not the Sedara, but any Donna Fugata red is likely to be decent and well-priced. The wine is a pleasant violet colour, but not as deep as you may think. Most notable is the heavy blackberry and cherry presence that seems to dominate this wine, year in, year out. It’s light and delicious body equals plenty of good fun. There is also a touch of vanilla, and, inexplicably, rotating hints of pine pulp. Unusual, since the wine is aged in cement tanks…how’s that for thinking? 8.5 points

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20

Mar

Getting there…

Jacob Gaffney  in Red Wines, Merlot , , ,

Wine number five from InterWined’s tour of Italian wines is the 2003 Feotto dello Jato ‘Rosso di Turi’ Monreale Merlot.
A plump little Sicilian number with surges of sugar plum. Sweet little California raisins here and there as well. This wine dances with black currant. Not very Italian, but still quite fun and bright. Many Sicilian […]

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10

Oct

Puglia

Jacob Gaffney  in General , ,

Been thinking about Puglia in the south of Italy. Was invited to attend a new luxury hotel opening there soon.
Declined.
Thinking that wines from Puglia are too hot, and this make the wines less approachable to the average consumer. Not international enough. The Nero di Troia grape lends an essence of foxiness to the wines. Some […]

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20

Aug

Vin de Table

Jacob Gaffney  in Red Wines, Organic, Shiraz/Syrah, White Wines, Sangiovese, Chardonnay , , , , , , , ,

The Marks and Sparks white Burgundy 2004 and San Tommasi ‘Giani’ Sicilian white; both served at a friend’s finally-off-of-probation celebration. Both were good bargains, excellent and crisp. Both were served cold and felt proper, and tasted too similar, coming not only from different countries, different climates and different soils.

Also, three nights were devoted to three bottles of Bonterra Organic 2004 Shiraz Carignan Sangiovese.

All three bottles were great, with or without food, fresh and clean.

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