Pairings? Almost anything red goes well with almost any meat dish. I made a veal roll (Arrosto Ripieno) on Jan 28th, and we had 7 different reds out. We also had lamb and mushrooms, peas with pancetta, saffron risotto, etc.
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My favorite was the 1998 Valtellina. We had some Vino Nobile riserva (1999), some Copertino, and some good Primitivo as well. ALL of those wines, even the southern ones, went well with the Arrosto Ripieno. It's perverse and pointless to analyse this to death. Be spontaneous for once!
"DaleW" in news: snipped-for-privacy@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
Can't speak for Laube, but yes, that stylistic issue is another face of the Davis school, not mentioned in my earlier posting about it. Recall Paul Draper's sharp comments in the early 1990s, in connection with the notorious historic "AxR #1" rootstock hubris that ushered phylloxera back to California. Currently archived for example here:
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It might also be worth mentioning for the serious student of wine publications that the 100-point numerical-rating language is _relatively_ new to the US wine market, and has never been universally accepted by US wine consumers, which is easy enough to see if one is interested. (It was accepted more widely, though, than the major US numerical attempt before it, coincidentally from UC Davis.) There have been US critics and critic publications, and wine ratings, far longer than there have been 100-point scores. The survey of US wine newsletters published in the landmark University of California Press _Book of California Wine_ in the 1980s did not mention any such scores. Many experienced and eager wine enthusiasts I know have never mentioned a numerical score, except as a nuisance side issue (because one thing a high numerical score consistently predicts is the price the market must pay for the wine). The 100-point scores evidently clicked most with wine newbies eager for simple but authoritative-looking guidance. But as RP himself argues, they don't substitute for learning about wine in general, or learning what you like.
Thanks for pointing that out. I haven't read any of Schildknecht's WA reviews yet (though when he was at Tanzer I saw a few, more in line with my tastes than Rovani).
Fwiw, Schildknecht on Austria is to be found on pp. 32-50 of #160 (2005-08-29), Germany (Part 1, The Rhine Regions) on pp. 47-72 of #161 (2005-10-31), while Part 2 has been promised for #163 (due end of Feb., 2006).
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