Christi, Alex & The Feudi Falanghina!
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03/21/23 • 32 min
This was a fun wine, with a history that stretches all the way back to Pliny the Elder, a lost wine called "Falernum" & a flying overview of the whole convulted thing!
(Trying to keep these under 30 minutes, but there was just so much great information to share & Alex couldn't stop talking! At least it was interesting!)
Pop open a bottle, put in the earbuds, and let's Drink Something Amazing!
Winemaker Notes
The color is straw yellow that contains brilliant green reflections. The perfume is intense and persistent with sensations of delicate white flowers and fruit. The taste offers freshness and balance, with a clean finish.
Ideal as an aperitif, it can also accompany various types of appetizers, plates of simple fish and vegetables as well as fresh cheeses.
Feudi di San Gregorio
Established in 1986 in Sorbo Serpico, a tiny village in Campania’s Irpinia region, by the Capaldo and Ercolino families. Following an earthquake in 1980 that caused large destruction, the family wanted to assist in the town’s reconstruction by investing in the community and its wine culture.
Feudi di San Gregorio has partnered and invested in many research projects to develop the local varietals with a great focus on sustainability. They are committed to local and global sustainability with the use of solar energy, zero carbon footprint corks, water recycling and use of sustainable agriculture in the vineyards.
Feudi di San Gregorio is known for their ancient vines, some up to 200 years old, using the ancient pergola training system, which survived the phylloxera spread of 1910, allowing Irpinia to become a distinct and treasured wine growing region in Italy.
Feudi di San Gregorio Falanghina 2019
Campania, Italy
100% Falanghina
13.5% abv
$24.99 average price
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This was a fun wine, with a history that stretches all the way back to Pliny the Elder, a lost wine called "Falernum" & a flying overview of the whole convulted thing!
(Trying to keep these under 30 minutes, but there was just so much great information to share & Alex couldn't stop talking! At least it was interesting!)
Pop open a bottle, put in the earbuds, and let's Drink Something Amazing!
Winemaker Notes
The color is straw yellow that contains brilliant green reflections. The perfume is intense and persistent with sensations of delicate white flowers and fruit. The taste offers freshness and balance, with a clean finish.
Ideal as an aperitif, it can also accompany various types of appetizers, plates of simple fish and vegetables as well as fresh cheeses.
Feudi di San Gregorio
Established in 1986 in Sorbo Serpico, a tiny village in Campania’s Irpinia region, by the Capaldo and Ercolino families. Following an earthquake in 1980 that caused large destruction, the family wanted to assist in the town’s reconstruction by investing in the community and its wine culture.
Feudi di San Gregorio has partnered and invested in many research projects to develop the local varietals with a great focus on sustainability. They are committed to local and global sustainability with the use of solar energy, zero carbon footprint corks, water recycling and use of sustainable agriculture in the vineyards.
Feudi di San Gregorio is known for their ancient vines, some up to 200 years old, using the ancient pergola training system, which survived the phylloxera spread of 1910, allowing Irpinia to become a distinct and treasured wine growing region in Italy.
Feudi di San Gregorio Falanghina 2019
Campania, Italy
100% Falanghina
13.5% abv
$24.99 average price
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Christi, Alex & The Pieropan Soave!
Christi and Alex are raising a glass to a family with over 120 years of wine making history!
This family still own the vineyards their great-great-grandfather purchased, and they are still producing amazing wines today! This family was responsible for bringing this wine to the forefront of their nation's international wine trade, and making this humble wine a household name after World War 2!
Christi & Alex have secured a bottle, and with a deft twist of the wrist, are prepared to explore what the wine has to offer! What have they got in their glass?
The best way to find out is to Pop in the Earbuds, Fill your own Glass, and join them as they Drink Something AMAZING!
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Winemaker Notes
Their liveliest and most youthful style from Soave Classico, the Pieropan family has been producing this wine since the early 1900’s.
Generous, pleasingly fresh and versatile, it is made from the traditional varieties of Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave grown in family-owned vineyards situated in the Soave Classico zone.
Pieropan Winery
Enclosed by the original town walls and dominated by its medieval fortress, Soave has a peaceful, timeless quality about it. In the heart of the old town is the winery of Leonildo and Teresita Pieropan, which goes back to 1860.
Today, the estate's 74 acres under vine include three single vineyards, all within the historical backbone of the Soave appellation (Soave Classico): Calvarino, La Rocca and Le Colombare. The terrain yields small crops of highly concentrated Garganega and Trebbiano grapes. The range is crafted by Leonildo himself, whose wine-making genius, constant research and innovative methods have carved a unique niche for these exceptional, extract-full and long-living whites that go far, far beyond their own appellation.
Pieropan Soave Classico 2020
Soave DOC, Italy
85% Garganega, 15% Trebianno di Soave
12% abv
$18.99 average price
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Christi, Alex & The Two Sisters of The Rhone-ah!
Christi has NO idea what's going on! (Big surprise, right?)
Tasting a wine blind can be a terrifying experience, as we all fear looking foolish- but Christi's greatest gift is knowing how much she doesn't know, and being fine with that!
Join us as we learn to trust our sense, learn that we never know it all, and most of all, take the fear out of wine!
It's time to Pop in the Earbuds, Pour yourself a Glass, and join us as we Drink Something AMAZING!
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Winemaker Notes
While it may bear the “lowly” designation of Côtes-du-Rhône, think of it as mini-Marcoux. Lithe and spicy, it is a Grenache-dominant cuvée from two sites just north of the boundary of Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Maucoil and Bois Lauzon. There are small and varying percentages of Mourvedre, Cinsault and Syrah added to the Grenache each vintage.
Official French records indicate that the Armenier family has been tending vines in Chateauneuf-du-Pape since the 1300's.
Today, winemaker-sisters Catherine Armenier and Sophie Estevenin continue to write history with the wines of Domaine de Marcoux.
In 1990, the Domaine became the first in the Chateauneuf-du-Pape to implement biodynamic farming practices. Their youngest vines are 40 to 60-years-old, and in short, the sisters do as little as possible to the harvested grapes. This domaine, as critic Stephen Tanzer put it, is "the essence of Chateauneuf-du-Pape."
In 2003, Robert Parker named Sophie and Catherine on his list of "Wine Personalities of Year"
Domaine De Marcoux Cotes Du Rhone Red 2018
Rhone, France
Grenache, Syrah & Mouvedre
14.5% abv
$28.99 average price
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