Carpe Vinum Friday Flights! Northeast Italy!
Hello Friends and Wine Lovers!
Welcome again to the Carpe Vinum Weekly Newsletter Thingy! This week we’re tasting the Wonderful Wines of Northeast Italy! If the geographic shape of Italy is akin to a “Boot”, these wines come from the top 1980’s-Style-Legwarmer-Part-of-the-”Boot”. . .the Eastern side of the Legwarmer. If that’s too esoteric of an explanation, then it’s the subregions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli and fair Veneto. The region is fairly close to Austria, so occasionally there is an Austrian influence on the wines. Like the Schwarzenegger-ness strength of some of the reds. (Arnold, remember, was Austrian).
Normally when pouring wines from this region, I try to pour at least one Amarone. It’s a powerhouse of a wine with a powerhouse of a price tag. So this time around I was unable to find an Amarone that was under the mid-$50 range, so I’ve gotten the next-best thing: Valpolicella! Hopefully Amarone can make another appearance soon!
And speaking of missed appearances, if any of you were expecting Guitar music last week, so was I. It seems in a guitarist-like fashion, he forgot about the gig. (That’s a regular-guitarist fashion. . .not lead-guitarist fashion. They’re another story. Some of you will know what I’m talking about.) It turns out that in the forgetting about the gig, he went to see Sideways. Almost poetic. . .and so many possibilities for jogging the memory. We’ll get him in here another time.
What we do have on the special-event schedule for tomorrow, though, is new Artwork for the Carpe Vinum walls! This evening we’re putting up a photography exhibit of student works from the Oregon College of Arts and Craft! And this time, for my own credibility’s sake, I hope this special event shows up in time!
What I can guarantee, though, are the following extra-tasty wines from the Northeast of Italy!
(Oh. . and Happy Cinco de Mayo!)
So Friday, Seis de Mayo (May 6th), between 4:30 and 9:00 PM it’s:
Wonderful Wines of Northeast Italy!
Inama 2003 Soave Classico, Veneto
Tommaso Bussola 2003 Valpolicella BG, Veneto
Maculan 2002 Brentino Rosso, Veneto IGT
Tramin 2003 Lagrein, Alto Adige
Girolamo Dorigo 2002 Cabernet Franc, Friuli
More Wonderful Wines of Northeast Italy!
Le Ragose 2001 Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Veneto
Castell Sallegg-Graf Kuenburg 1999 Rosso Conte Kuenburg, Tentino-Alto Adige
A stellar deal at $10 for the First 5, and $6 for the Extra 2 Premium Pours
Hope to see you here!
Seize the Wine!
Next Friday tasting is The Wines of South Africa!