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Author ArchiveArnaldo Caprai recently held a tasting of its award-winning, high end wines Sagrantino di Montefalco 25 Anni and Sagrantino di Montefalco Collepiano and the very well priced Montefalco Rosso. Hosted by Lou Di Palo at NYC’s Enoteca Di Palo, Colangelo & Partners PR organized and staffed the event and secured the city’s top tier wine media and sommeliers including The New York Times, Gramercy Tavern, International Wine Cellar and dell’Anima. Sagrantino di Montefalco is Umbria’s beloved native varietal. The grape, which contains the most polyphenols ─ antioxidant compounds ─ of any grape in the world, is a complex, full-bodied wine that pairs beautifully with full-flavored, luscious foods. Lou Di Palo selected items that showed these Umbrian wines at their best: thinly sliced salumi, wonderful pecorino, and the most luxurious porchetta I’ve ever eaten. The Arnaldo Caprai Sagrantino wines are delicious now and age exceptionally. Montefalco Rosso, at $23, is a fantastic everyday wine and a great way to begin an exploration of the wines of Umbria.  Related posts:
Posted in: Uncategorized | Comments Off Arnaldo Caprai recently held a tasting of its award-winning, high end wines Sagrantino di Montefalco 25 Anni and Sagrantino di Montefalco Collepiano and the very well priced Montefalco Rosso. Hosted by Italian food expert Lou Di Palo at NYC’s Enoteca Di Palo, the Sagrantino tasting attracted the city’s top tier wine media and sommeliers including The New York Times, Gramercy Tavern, International Wine Cellar and dell’Anima. Sagrantino di Montefalco is Umbria’s beloved native varietal. The grape, which contains the most polyphenols ─ antioxidant compounds ─ of any grape in the world, is a complex, full-bodied wine that pairs beautifully with full-flavored, luscious foods. Lou Di Palo selected items that showed these Umbrian wines at their best: thinly sliced salumi, wonderful pecorino, and the most luxurious porchetta I’ve ever eaten. The Arnaldo Caprai Sagrantino wines are delicious now and age exceptionally well. Montefalco Rosso, at $23, is a fantastic everyday wine and a great way to begin an exploration of the wines from the green heart of Italy. Related posts: I was thrilled and honored to be invited on a tour of Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi and Arnaldo Caprai estates recently. An immersion into the world of Tuscany and Umbria winemaking was the opportunity of a lifetime, and I loved every minute of the trip! We began our visit in Florence, home of the Frescobaldi family which has been producing elegant and delicious wines for 700 years. Standing in Piazza de’ Frescobaldi, facing the Ponte Santa Trinita—the site of the first wooden bridge built across the Arno river in 1252 by the Frescobaldi family—gives you a real sense of their history and deep connection to the city. The Frescobaldi family owns and operates several wine bars and restaurants, and I was lucky enough to dine twice at dei Frescobaldi in Florence. After several days in the urban heart of Tuscany, I headed to wine country. First up was Tenuta di Castiglioni, built in 1050AD. It’s a beautiful estate, the ancestral home of the Frescobaldi family and current home of Marchese Leonardo Frescobaldi. We spent the remainder of our day in Montalcino at Castelgiocondo, where we had a wonderful lunch with Lamberto Frescobaldi complete with extraordinary Brunello before heading to Luce della Vite. Our next day began in Castello di Nipozzano, the estate which produces the flagship wine, Nipozzano Riserva. Castello di Nipozzano, located in Chianti Rufina, also produces the fruit used for Mormoreto, the most prestigious wine of the estate. We were lucky enough to attend an amazing vertical tasting with Marchese Leonardo Frescobaldi of the 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 vintages. From there, we visited Castello di Pomino built in 1894. Pomino DOC is the smallest DOC in Italy at less than 750 acres. The estate, part of Chianti Rufina until 1983, produces lovely and interesting Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The second half of the trip was spent in Umbria with Arnaldo Caprai. I was very excited to explore Umbria, because unlike Tuscany, this was my first trip to the region! We began our day in Bevagna, where Arnaldo Caprai maintains vineyards planted with Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Grechetto, and several other varietals. Sagrantino is king in Umbria, and winemaker Marco Caprai is synonymous with producing the truest and most delicious expression of the grape. After a phenomenal lunch at the town macceleria (butcher) and Enoteca La Bottega di Assu, we headed to the winery—a beautiful, state of the art building—set among working and experimental vineyards. We had a wonderful tour and tasting with Marco Caprai of the current releases of Grechetto Grecante, Montefalco Rosso, Sagantino di Montefalco Collepiano and Sagrantino di Montefalco 25 Anni. All delicious and distinctive. Our next day saw us in Perugia, Assisi and Spello, which included a visit to the Basilica di San Francesco d’Assisi. No related posts. Posted in: Uncategorized | Comments Off Every year in early spring, the Italian wine world is abuzz with activity. There’s an awakening from the depths of winter as the industry prepares for Veronafieri’s highly anticipated annual blowout, Vinitialy. The event brings together thousands of exhibitors, producers, importers, distributors, wine professionals, and visitors every year to lovely Verona, Italy. This year was no different, and our intrepid leader Gino Colangelo was in the thick of it presenting in-depth research on a Soave Panel, which included very recognizable names from the industry of Italian food and wine. Gino was joined by famed Italian chef, cookbook author and television personality, Lidia Bastianich, as well as Walter Brunello, President of Buonitalia SpA, the Italian governmental organization dedicated to increasing awareness of authentic and indigenous Italian food and wine. The panel titled “United States: Risks and Opportunities for Soave” explored the challenges and rewards which lay ahead for Soave in America as producers of high quality wines seek to elevate the category. Soave, a delicious white wine made principally from the Garganega grape, has undergone tremendous change in the past few years. Happily, for those of us who love great Italian white wine, producers of premium quality Soave Classico DOC are steadily finding their way to more and more US retailers — a great thing for consumers. For more information on Soave wines, visit www.cantinasoaveusa.com and http://www.ilsoave.com/en/home/index.php
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