Marsala: history of falls and rises [ September 8th, 2010 ] Posted in » wine history

marsala-florio-old“Domenico Buff uncorked a bottle of his original” Vergine “ten extracts, prepared exclusively from grapes Grillo, and generously filled glass-sized aquarium for goldfish. In the dim light was visible shimmering color drink - as yellow as a buttercup, dense and rich. I sniffed the wine and felt a mixture of delicious shades of sweet peas, broom, peach and butterscotch with traces of the tubular tobacco. - Great. Brave bunch - I said and did a little sip. Marsala enveloped my tongue gently and tenderly, like a silk scarf, leaving a poignant mix of tastes, including a slight sweetness. And I immediately remembered his first trip to Sicily … “Matthew Fort
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Wine A Steal of a Deal

wine-a-steal-of-a-dealSensual Liquid from Anderson Valley
Navarro Vineyards
“Method of Ancienne”
1999 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

Travel north up the California Coast, past Sonoma, up into Mendocino’s western regions and you bump right into Anderson Valley. O.K. you don’t bump into it, you are in it. I just had a friend come back from Navarro Vineyards in Anderson Valley and he brought me back my new favorite $20 Pinot Noir. He just threw it my way to get me off his back so I would stop asking questions about his visit and requesting to see pictures. (Living on the East Coast is sometimes tough on me.) Well it did the trick;

I took the bottle and ran home for my opener. Lucky me. I admit that I have been focusing on the Willamette Valley for Pinot’s in recent months, but this gift was a grand awakening to the wines of Navarro Vineyards. I had one of their whites a long time ago (I don’t remember much) but now find myself on their Pinot bandwagon.
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