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Any comments?

Geez - don't hold back Ernie - tell us what you *really* think !!!

I do seem to have read those comments before - now let me think????

Any ideas Mr Scarpitti?

Some people are ill-temperd, no?

"Michael Scarpitti" wrote ............

Perhaps, since these are your own ill-tempered and downright rude comments to contributors to this newsgroup, you may, in future, refrain from using such language and insults.

You may have an extensive knowledge in a limited range of wines - and you should remember that there are people who tune in to this ng whose knowledge is far, far greater than yours.

And the people I refer to actually have manners - and respect for the opinions of others.

And although you are 57 you are never too old to learn - yes, even good manners.

You are entitled to an opinion (even if is wrong) - but you have no right to lambaste everyone else, day after day, with the same old, same old.

No, in other groups. Here, I have been quite restrained and proper. In photographic groups, I often feel obliged to point out that the questioners seem to have the intellect of flower pots.

Of course. I know and admit that. I also know that what a lot of people believe they 'know' is actually false. A lot of the lore connected with 'tasting' and 'breathing', for instance, is absolute rubbish (in different ways, though).

Please see comment above. I would add that I have NO respect -- NONE -- for anyone who would open a 1995 Barolo "several hours" before serving it. This is despicable behaviour and displays gross ignorance. If I had paid for the wine, I'd have been furious.

It's amazing what one learns by trying it for oneself, and not giving a damn what tradition says. If I appear rude for saying these things, it is because you cannot distinguish between rudeness and contumacy. I'm never rude here.

Why is ignorance a cause for such disrespect?

Jose

You should change your name to St. Hypocrisy.

David

Which producers make "the good stuff" in your experience?

Is it really fair for Argiolas to be hyphanated with Sella e Mosca?

Because it's willful.

I don't remember. It was about $22-23. I tried some that were about $14 and $17, and they were not too tasty. I'll look today.

Yes, Argiolas is a better winery, but both are good.

Thanks, I'd appreciate that.

I do buy Lohsa MdS fairly regularly, not because it blows my socks off, but it is a fair wine, more versatile than VNdM and my favourite purveyor carries it. At about 10 british pounds (18 dollars) it's not great value for money IMHO, but it is one of the few easily-available, everyday-drinking Italian wines which both my partner and I like.

As far as my experience with SeM goes, if they were "good", Mateus or Blue Nun would be "fair", and I honestly doubt anything would be "bad". In your experience, which ones of SeM wines are good?

Looking forward to suggestions on MdS... Cheers

In what way is the ignorance "willful" (that pretty much all other ignorance is not)?

Just recently had their Cannonou Riserva, and interestingly there was a Spanish Garnache (which is supposed to be the same grape). The S&M Cannonou blew away the Spanish Garnache. Very nice wine for $11 or $12.

Will get back to you on that.

I think this may be it, I'm not sure.

Just recently had their Cannonou Riserva, and interestingly there was a Spanish Garnache (which is supposed to be the same grape). The S&M Cannonou blew away the Spanish Garnache. Very nice wine for $11 or $12.

Will get back to you on that.

I think this may be it, I'm not sure.

No, this is the one:

Ah well, to be sure, it ought to be better than many (even most) Spanish Granacha or also most southern French Grenache.

However, intra-Sardinian comparison would probably be more fair, since you anyway like that style more, do you not? To my mind (not being able to afford Turriga), the CdS from Nepente di Oliena is what I find "very good", Argiolas "good" and most reds from Santadi somewhere in the middle. Sella e Mosca's CdS is OK to my tastes too, but most of its white/ pink is not OK.

The problem, as I find, with SeM (and unfortunately increasingly with Argiolas) is their internationalised vinification style - one may be drinking wine from anywhere and not from THAT patch of land on the green island. This is something with NdO does so very well, IMHO. A sip and I can feel the rocks of Nuoro all around me.

How interesting. This is the one that I buy locally as well.

Cheers

May I make a polite request? I don't find any of Mr. Scarpitti's comments acceptable, and that's why he has been killfiled here for a long time. The only time I get to read any of his nonsense is when somewhen else quotes it.

My request is simple: Please killfile him too. Trolls thrive on attention and eventually go away when they are ignored. Nobody likes talking to himsel.

"Ken Blake" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

Seconded. d.

The retailer I patronize the most has not been carrying the S&M line. I asked him to get some, so he did, and I liked both the CdS and the Vermentino, but I think the Costamolino by Argiolas is a bit fruitier.

I'll ask about Nepente di Oliena wines. Thanks for the tip.

Good, isn't it?

I haven't the slightest interest in talking to you. Killfile me if that pleases you.