Comments on: Montalcino: the next step? Angelo Gaja weighs in.

By: Susannah

Susannah — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:18:19 +0000

Interesting post.
Buon divertimento. Vedi se riesci ad incontrare Laura Vacca, la moglie di Gianni Brunelli e cerca di andare a mangiare da loro, Osteria Le Loggie a Siena. Davvero vale la pena e fanno un brunello che ti piacerebbe di sicuro. Dovrebbero essere nell’elenco di Adrian cioe’ 100%.
Drink some Riesling for me while NNP is jamming in Berlino. Zeligish…

By: conosci zeliguette?

conosci zeliguette? — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:29:11 +0000

i logon just to see if the pics of sal’s pomodori do them justice (they didnt’) and instead i get detoured to some post with me in my favorite juicy couture top con il nostro amico filippo and the man himself. i just don’t understand why you all think that little pink paper at the top of the bottle is so important. it sure doesn’t lead to more moola. just ask angelo.

remind me to tell you sometime about the time four of us had to escape the [allegedly] vip tour at banfi. we had to scale the wall. i am not kidding.

By: adrian

adrian — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:50:21 +0000

Thanks Francesco, I will check that link.

By: Terry Hughes

Terry Hughes — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:04:02 +0000

you are zelig.

robin is … zeliguette?

buon viaggio in Deutschland.

By: Terry Hughes

Terry Hughes — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:02:28 +0000

sarebbe un elenchinetto, adrian.

By: Francesco Tonon

Francesco Tonon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:46 +0000

Adrian, I guess nobody would risk to put their signature under such a list, before an appropriate verification. However, in a wine tasting of Brunello that I organised recently (see http://vinonostrum.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html) and where friends from different nationalities and tastes participated I was happy to see that the the wines of the “traditionalists” or “purists” of Brunello (Biondi Santi and Soldera first of all, but also Mastrojanni) were appreciated more than wines of the more “modernists” (like Castelgiocondo).

This is also a signal that there is no need to make more concessions on the “Disciplinare” of Brunello by allowing a first (100% Sangiovese) and second class Brunello. If, like Angelo gaja says, there are only a bunch of winegrowers that own lands that are the most suited for a good Brunello let’s simply these producers enjoy the reputation of the most famous wine of Italy (of course with barolo) and not make the “Disciplinare” more flexible in order to produce a Brunello that would best suit the the big stores at 15$ the bottle.

By: adrian

adrian — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:21:12 +0000

Mi interessa in un elenco dei produttori che fanno Brunello 100%, i tradizionalisti in altre parole.