Tuo Tasting video review 2015 from my wine cellar Verona & Sardinia
Bartolomeo Lorenzi 2015 Rosso Veronese 14%
Porto Flavio 2015 Carignano da Vecchie Vite 14.5%
My most exciting two reds in years! A perfect full bodied match
Bartolomeo all poetry, cherry, mocha, black pepper, forest mulch, Christmas cake and seductive wiles - Flavio grown in the sand beside the Mediterranean all rich hedonistic damson, cocoa, bramble balance and sea kale with tremendous depth and sensual savour
I look forward to these beautifully matched reds, perfect with goose, pheasant or venison, as the Sardinian hails from a blue zone vineyard boasting four winemakers aged over 100 years! More details in my video
Pour yourself a good glass and enjoy my telling review - I run out of description but please, try these wines yourself with £40 off your case today!
Oh, and “May you live to be 100!” (Traditional Sardinian toast - so many of them do live to be over 100 - research “blue zone”)
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Tuo Tasting Italy - Gavi & Pinot Grigio
Utterly lovely, classy upmarket Italian whites today!
Laithwaites “il Pino” Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie 2021 from Northern Italy - Venezie is a region rich in microclimates, each vineyard expressing its individual terroir with a unique style of wine producing well balanced vibrant fruit & floral notes. Expect apricot and acacia blossom! 12% immediately fresh and exultant on palate with a long satisfying finish invoking sunny afternoons in an orchard with wren song! Delightful - my favourite crisp bright pinot
Gavi Elisa Araldica 2021 from Virgin Wines 12.5% with all the complex interlayering of stone, floral, herbs, summer meadow and fruit you expect from a perfect Gavi - I highly recommend this classy elegant white made from Cortese grapes in south Piemonte
Perfect dining wines worth stocking - will enhance your table effortlessly! Enjoy my tasty video review over a glass :)
WineZo Tuo Tasting - 2 Blockbusting Italian Red Blends
Cirò 2020 Wine Society 13.5%
Saracosa Toscana 2019 Laithwaites 13%
Wow, this is some Tuo comparison tasting - certainly my highlight of autumn!
Complete contrast covering every nuance of full bodied reds from Black Seduction to Redcurrant Jelly! Lull your senses, wow your integrity, feel a wanton desire to dance past midnight, possess your soul ..
I am not sure here of the grapes involved as the Italians prefer to be secretive but if these fuelled the Roman orgies, little needs be imagined!
Brilliance, power, majesty, depth, sonority, profound expression of terroir and tradition
New bubbly on the block! L’Occhiolino 7.5% red sparkling
Give a wink to L’Occhiolino semi-sparkling rosso frizzante from Emilia, Italy at a cool 7.5%
Really utterly delicious food friendly wine, full of lush blackcurrant, blueberry, bramble and big bursting black cherry with some spice!
Top tip:- I share how to share a sparkling between 5 or 6 guest and how the shape of the glass can make a huge difference to the presentation of the wine - ensure your friends have a good time!
You won’t find this in your local garage - excellent Laithwaites exclusive —>
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White wines from red grapes
Some of today’s most charismatic and truly exciting white wines are produced from red grapes! Spain has a magical way with white Grenache and you are already familiar with Champagne, made from two red varietals, Pinot Noir & Pinot Meunier, also white Chardonnay. Malbec from Argentine is also beginning to showcase as white!
Most red/black grapes contain white juice - the pink or deep red colouring is derived from juice time on the skins.
Today I review La Scelta di Sofia, a little known white from the popular Italian red grape Sangiovese, famous as Chianti, and now produced as an incredible white by a woman winemaker. Enjoy!
What Italian Rosato? Top choice from Virgin Wines
Masserei Negroamaro Rosato
Gorgeous salmon pink all rose petals and soft summer fruits - ideal for January to cheer you up!
Showing peach, light plum, tomato & grates carrot!
You will love this with ice cream!
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Tuo Tasting Tarantella Merlot & Bardolino Italy
Two pale red translucent refreshing light bodied reds from Italy contrasting sweet fruit with fire & spice
These would both be delicious lightly chilled with sliced strawberries in early summer al fresco
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A surprise number! Italy Squinzano & Piano Impro
Add a little sunshine into your drab winter existence!
Quinziana full black pepper kick and bursting bramble
Pillastro from Puglia - 25 years of a Laithwaites favourite
I always enjoy opening this refreshing full bodied mouthwatering Primitivo red wine which has been one of this wine club’s most enduringly popular wines for a quarter of a century!
All rich cherry & pepper spice kick with a lovely lovely nose!
Welcome to WineZo! Tuo Italian whites tasting video review
Virgin Wines Vermentino Just The Juice single varietal versus Laithwaites popular Visionario, a 5 grape blend
Which is more refreshing?
I love the arty label of the Vermentino, it contains no information at all and is just a picture! Dynamic!!