Christi, Alex & The Wine From The Italian Foothills!
11/17/20 • 43 min
The mist shrouded hills of northern Italy have given birth to some of the world's most incredible food wines & this wine is part of that proud tradition. What makes this wine exceptional is also how well it drinks by itself!
These grapes are grown in a place where the Alps reach down into the Mediterranean, unfolding from snowcapped, razor sharp peaks into rolling hillsides covered in vineyards & fields, reaching through narrow valleys to touch the blue waters of the Ligurian Sea.
Piedmont, literally translated as "foot of the mountain", is a land of rolling hilltops & shaded valleys set against the crisp backdrop of the Alps. Vineyards cling to the hillsides today, as they have for thousands of years, and each autumn they are bathed in the fog from which these grapes, and this wine, gets it's name, the "nebbia".
So pop in the earbuds, pull open a bottle, and let's Drink Something Amazing!
Vietti 'Perbacco' Nebbiolo della Langhe 2017
Langhe DOC, Piedmonte, Italy
100% Nebbiolo
14% abv
$29.99 average price
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Winemaker Notes
Offers up generous fruit along with menthol, spices and hard candy, showing notable intensity while retaining an essentially mid-weight style. Strong, intense and powerful when young, complex and elegant with aging.
Pair with a hearty stew, wild game, roasted red meats, and sharp, aged cheeses.
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The mist shrouded hills of northern Italy have given birth to some of the world's most incredible food wines & this wine is part of that proud tradition. What makes this wine exceptional is also how well it drinks by itself!
These grapes are grown in a place where the Alps reach down into the Mediterranean, unfolding from snowcapped, razor sharp peaks into rolling hillsides covered in vineyards & fields, reaching through narrow valleys to touch the blue waters of the Ligurian Sea.
Piedmont, literally translated as "foot of the mountain", is a land of rolling hilltops & shaded valleys set against the crisp backdrop of the Alps. Vineyards cling to the hillsides today, as they have for thousands of years, and each autumn they are bathed in the fog from which these grapes, and this wine, gets it's name, the "nebbia".
So pop in the earbuds, pull open a bottle, and let's Drink Something Amazing!
Vietti 'Perbacco' Nebbiolo della Langhe 2017
Langhe DOC, Piedmonte, Italy
100% Nebbiolo
14% abv
$29.99 average price
Buy This Wine!
Winemaker Notes
Offers up generous fruit along with menthol, spices and hard candy, showing notable intensity while retaining an essentially mid-weight style. Strong, intense and powerful when young, complex and elegant with aging.
Pair with a hearty stew, wild game, roasted red meats, and sharp, aged cheeses.
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Christi, Alex & The Highest Mountain In Spain!
Christi & Alex are back with a glass full of delicious dark wine from the heights of Andalusia.
Join them as they walk through the wine, exploring the sense filling panorama that can only come from the high plains of Campo de Borja, Spain.
So pop in the ear buds, pop a bottle and put up your feet!
It's time to Drink Something Amazing!
2016 Alto Moncayo Veraton
Campo de Borja DO, Spain
100% Garnacha
15.5% ABV
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Winemaker Notes
‘Veraton’ is the third wine Alto Moncayo produces from the Garnacha grape, from vines between 30 and 50 years old, and aged in barrels for 16 months. It is a wine with an attractive collection of balsamic notes, of chocolate and black fruits, very warm in the mouth and an extremely pleasant finish.
Bodegas Alto Moncayo
The winery located in the Campo de Borja D.O. It was founded in 2002 with the aim of turning it into a world reference for Garnacha wines of the highest quality, crafted from some of the oldest native vine clones in the area.The garnacha grape is one of the varieties that best expresses its terroir. Thus, the Garnacha of Alto Moncayo is different from the rest of the Campo de Borja D.O area. This is due to the very strict selection made from the vineyards, the type of soil in which it is grown, the microclimate, and the age of the vines. Located in Borja- the heart of the Campo de Borja DO . Vines are planted at the foothills of El Moncayo which is the highest point in the Iberian Mountain Range (2,315 m) and the winery's namesake.
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