Reports from Italy
Actually, I am on 56th Street in Manhattan, but Kevin McKenna and Denyse Louis are in Italy to attend everything but Vinitaly.
As with all major wine shows, the real activity now goes on at the "off" salons, that is the satellite tastings organized by smaller growers outside of the main event. Vinitaly is an enormous event where you can get dizzy just imagining how so much horrible wine is made and how so many people seem to buy the stuff. It is like Vinexpo on steroids. All the important people in the American trade will be there tasting all the important wines from all the important producers in Italy. Mercifully, Kevin and Denyse will be at Vini Veri, Villa Favorita and the biodynamic Velier show. In principal, these are all rotofermentor and Cottarelli-free.
I just spoke to Denyse and she is safely housed at a luxury palace in Nogara. Even the beds are nice in Italy, as compared to the horrible spots we have to sleep in when we travel through France. Kevin and Denyse are staying at a series of luxury hotels....when I travel through France the Balladins is the high price ticket and only if there is not a l'Etape Hotel in the area.
I did receive an e-mail from Kevin late last night. Kevin just spent two days in Sicily and reports that the 2006s from Arianna Occhipinti, the young new star, are stunning.
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