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from the Loire - a Bierzo or other Mencía-based wine - Domaine Tselepos’s Ktima Driopi Reserve from Nemea (Greece), a classy 100% Agriorgitiko - one of the better Aglianicos (e.g. Mastroberardino’s Taurasi), especially...

Cesanese, after Pallavicini’s exotic nose and wonderful flavors for $16 won me over. Looking for other Cesanese recs as well as mentions of other varietals worth exploring. Carswell mentioned Erbaluce from Piedmont the other day:...

, Beaujolais-like Lacrima di Moro d’Alba - $10.80 with the tasting discount. 2.) wines that are unusual – like Sagrantino, found only in Umbria with about 250 acres planted in total (and the Cesanese, too). and 3.)...

Picchioni Il Quadrifoglio Ludovisi–Fiorano Giovanni Palombo Lazio DOC Apellations: Aleatico di Gradoli Aprilia Atina Bianco Capena Castelli Romani Cerveteri Cesanese del Piglio or Piglio Cesanese di Affile or Affile Cesanese di Olevano...

to the bigness of the dish and its huge dosing of [good] bitterness. I’d love to try a variety of wines with this, even Whiner’s Scheurebe rec, as that might work well as well. I like the weight and spiciness of...

in Italy in Rome area I like a lot this red full body wine " CESANESE DEL PIGLIO POGGIO LE VOLPI.

are the Cesanese wines (Piglio, Affile, Olevano Romano) and Circeo.

For roughly regional drinking (Lazio, Umbria, Abruzzo), a good Sagrantino di Montefalco (Umbria), a Cesanese-based red from Lazio, or one of the merlot/cab/syrah ventures from growers like Falesco, based in Montefiascone (Lazio)...

region (around Rome), so that might be a place to start — Cerveteri, Castelli Romani, Cesanese, Velletri, etc. — except they’re not always easy to find in North America. More common are wines from nearby regions...

Wife and I went last night. We had the squash blossoms, chicken livers, asparagus for apps, and two pizzas, the clam and the white anchovie. We also had an excellent bottle of Cesanese Perenel, two espressos and the butterscotch...

), Sagrantino di Montefalco (Umbria), Cesanese del Piglio (Piglio) and Aglianico del Vulture (Basilicata). The price range was from around $12 to $20 (Cesanese del Piglio $48) but a 20% discount was offered on the day of the...