FED UP!

Once or twice.

No.

Hey U.C. Without going back to square 1, we realize that every country/region/whatever produces its own type/style of wine. California doesn't produce a Bordeaux, France doesn't produce a Zinfandel. And in the mean time, many other countries are producing their own unique wines, and they are pretty tasty! I detect something in your posts, something that I'm very familiar with. If I'm not mistaken, you, like I, might fit into the "cantankerous old fart" category. :-)

Keep tasting, there has to be a USA wine that you'll like!

Cheers! Dick R.

Hi all, Sorry, I lost track of who started this thread. Ernie is the one who can't find a good wine in the USA. U.C. got involved and I replied to his message. Confusing? Yes, but the "cantankerous old fart" count might be up to 3. :-)

Dick R.

Chuck ; I agree Shame on me. This fellow wanted USA wines rather than the BEST NORTH AMERICAN WINES so I felt I had to suggest the Regions I did. Niagara has Increased international Medal collecting for its wines in recent years. I have to be careful though not to spam. Many of the Ontario Wines of the Niagara Peninsula do mimic their European counter parts because of our climate and calciferous soils.

If the gentleman would give me a list of the European wines he enjoys I could readily match them with an Ontario wine that would not make him puke. However It would not satisfy the made in the USA requirement. We are willing to share.

Bob Patrick

What you people don't get is that wine and food are regional in Italy, and that Italian wines from a given region are best paired with the dishes from that region. This is a foreign concept to Americans, who might ask 'what brand of Cabernet goes with steak?'

You are therefore clueless when you want to try an Italian wine, because you don't understand how to match it with food. You expect the Italian wine to match up well with some American dish (which it may or may not do).

There is simply not much point in serving Italian wines outside of their context: with the cooking of their region. The exceptions, of course, are the 'International' style wines made in Italy.

I have recently begun preparing some Italian regional dishes for dinner parties that a friend and I put on. It's a lot of work, and a lot of learning is involved. The cuisine is strictly Italian regional (gathered from Italian cookbooks) made with authentic ingredients as far as possible, and prepared as authentically as possible.

Braised lamb in white wine, anyone? (a Tuscan dish)

I recently had the opportunity to try some bottles of Morellino di Scansano at various price points. The $20 bottle was superb. The $16 bottle was fair. The $14 bottle was not very good.

The Poliziano LOHSA was the best.

Hi Mark,

Yet another enthusiastic seconding to (at least a part of) your posting. I still recall with so much pleasure the Penner-Ash Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 1998 that I had in March 2002 during a trip to New York. I dined at the same restaurant for a whole week because I loved this wine and could not find it anywhere else that I asked.

That is the problem with red Burgundy/ Pinot Noir, is it not? The ones that you like just charm the heck out of you and such wines are not all that easy to find.

Cheers

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HTH

Nils Gustaf