2/2007 POGGIO LE VOLPI FRASCATI SUPERIORE 2005This bottle came to us through friends — GOOOOOD friends. Kudos to Siema LLC of Springfield, Virginia for bringing this wine to the U.S. It is a big white wine, oozing tropical flavors. ItContinue reading
2/2007 ANTINORI VINO SANTOThis delicious vino liquoroso was brought back from Italy by dear friends. It is 16% alcohol and drinks like a tawny port. It is a copper-red in color and offers notes of raisins and toasted pears. SoContinue reading
2/2007 PALLINI LIMONCELLO LIQUEURThis is a solid lemoncello; keep it in the fridge, serve it straight up, and take your small pours in a few gulps. Its sweet and lemony but not, unlike some lemoncellos, overwhelming. Dare we call itContinue reading
1/2007 TENUTA DI ARCENO PRIMA VOCE 2003This is an interesting amalgam of Merlot (57%), Cabernet Sauvignon (22%), Sangiovese (13%), and Syrah (8%). This Italian wine retails for $20 or so and dishes notes of black cherry, a wee bit ofContinue reading
11/2006 COLLEPINO RED WINE 2005This blend of sangiovese and merlot retails for $9 and provides great bang for the buck. One might conceptualize Collepino as a house wine- it’s low-priced, light, a little fruity, and can be slurped down withoutContinue reading