Here is a small mystery. We are all looking for something special when we choose Chianti. Glamor, of course, a certain balance, not too sweet, not too dry, a certain bella figura, a little racy, a little exotic, not too crazy – – why am I recalling those freshman dorm room conversations about girls? We [...]
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Beneventano Falanghina Vinosia 2008
November 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Italy, White
Who drinks the wine of the ancient Samnites? Who sings their songs and moves to their dance? Who reads their letters, inscribed in lintels and scratched in the doorways of Pompeii? Who remembers these fierce tribes and Oscan, their lost language? For much of the 4th century B.C., the Samnites and their allies marched from [...]
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