Sangiovese

"Michael Scarpitti", demonstrating his creative literary capabilities wrote.....

The trouble is Michael, that you write very little which is constructive, that we remember only the crap you expound!!!!!

Most of your posts either consist a link to someone else's opinion, or you write some stupidly held personal thoughts which are at complete odds with mainstream thinking and common sense.

You say: "drink wine - but don't taste" (most of us prefer to savour and appreciate any and everything we put in our mouths).

You say: "wine will not stand any exposure to air, so put the cork straight back in the bottle" - whereas most of us agree that the only thing which should have a cork stuffed back into it is you!!!!!

You say "Italian wines are the only ones worth drinking", whereas people with open minds appreciate all wines from all countries, and are willing to concede that no matter how much we think we know, there is always someone who knows more - and there is always more to learn.

You are obviously incapable of putting your own thoughts into words, because you never taste anything - you just mix food and wine and swallow, with no real sense of passion or emotion which you wish to share.

If you think that we, morons of the wine world as we are, should drink more Italian wines, convince us!!!!!

Using your knowledge and passion, tell us why we should search high and low for these wines - use passion, not insults.

And use your own words - not someone else's.

Then again, I know from experience you have the attention span of an ant, and you cannot even read more than five lines without your eyes glazing over - because you feel another insult coming on.

Get a life, Michael !!!!!!!

So every post in a thread needs to be a direct response to the OP's original post huh? Hmm...are you the moderator here? Good grief. It's a discussion between friendly people...get over it already! Enjoy the wine, the people and maybe learn something. Or...you could just whine as you have. For me, I'd rather enjoy wine.

As for your question, because many of us enjoy the US sangiovese style. If you don't then so be it. Funny thing about people. They don't all like the same thing.

Who put the 'Troll Wanted' sign out to which you responded anyways?

What other areas of the world are you knowledgeable with in regards to wine-making potentials?

I should say "untapped potential". Sicily has nearly all the ideal conditions for wine-making. The troubles are largely attitudes, the Mafia, and politics.

Such as?

Try putting sangiovese and IGT into wine-searcher or google

It is? Is the USA, NZ, AUS, Brazil, Chile, MX and many others part of that world you speak of? In those and many other countries winemakers decide whats best to grow on their land.

So nothing new for centuries huh? Guess again. The industry continually learns and improves. Much through skilled winemakers breaking from tradition. While there are failures, such innovation has its rewards as well.

Untapped? HAve you been to Sicily recently? Or to a major wine fair, where theSicilian stand tends to be the biggest one there? I would hardly call Sicilian wine potential untapped...

miles wrote in news:BtSDg.898$rT5.223@fed1read01:

OK?

Winemaking styles change the technology changes somewhat, though the basic process remains recognizable even if the equipment does not. I still stand with St Helier on the issue of successful vinyards. Some plots are just better, sure plonk can be made from good grapes, but only the best produce the best. Garbage in garbage out. I will teke the Hermitage or Grand Cru Chablis form Grenouilles.thank you.

But what we've seen in the US is that certain areas specialize in certain grapes. Why? Because you get better wine that way. How many Napa Valley Pinot Noirs and Santa Barbara Cabernet Sauvignons have you had recently? ;-) That's what St. H. is talking about: with experience, growers learn what grows well where. If you think about it, we're even seeing the emergence of "grand cru"-type status to certain vineyards. The Eisele and To-Kalon vineyards are renowned for cabernet (and, formerly, Martha's Vineyard) and the Rochioli and Pisoni vineyards for Pinot Noir. Give us another couple of hundred years of experience and we might be able to create an 1855-type classification of properties (not that we're likely to).

Don't read more into his words than what he was saying. He said that experience is a useful teacher, not that that's all there is to know. Don't do a Scarpitti on us, Miles.

Mark Lipton

It's beginning to show its tremendous potential.

The point is that good wines do not have to be produced on a particular region of land and no other. Sure some areas are better than others for a particular varietal. However, there are many such areas that are ideal and not just one. Furthermore different regions often produce different unique styles. For instance, Chardonnay produced in the Napa Valley region of California are generally of a different style than those produced in Oregons Willamette Valley. I like both styles. No need for the absurd notion that good wines from a particular varietal can only be made in a particular region.

Sure thats true. But why get hung up on a single region and say thats the only one that can produce a great wine from a particular varietal? There are also great Pinot Noirs from Oregon. There are great Zinfandels from Napa, Amador, Sonoma, Paso Robles etc. There are great Chardonnays from many regions in California, Oregon, Washington and more. Point is there are numerous regions that are ideal for a particular varietal each producing unique styles for differing tastes. A Pinot from Oregon is of a different style than from Santa Barbara but both can be equally great. A purist may say only one region can produce the correct traditional style. I disagree with that notion.

Tuscany is the home of Sngiovese, and all wines made from that grape would have to use Tuscan wines as the reference point.

Tuscany is the home of Sangiovese, and all wines made from that grape would have to use Tuscan wines as the reference point.