Franco

• May 2013

  I am serving a Cream of Kalamata Olive soup with avocados, cream, a bit of butter, white vermouth, chicken broth and a bit of vinegar. What wine would you recommend with this soup? It is served warm. Also, it doesn't say what kind of vinegar to use and I'm thinking sherry. what do you think? Read More

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• April 2013

  In 2004, the movie Sideways put a major dent in California Merlot sales when ... originally founded by the Franco-Swiss Farming Company in 1881. By the time they bought the property, it had been a cattle ranch for several years, but Mary, who ultimately passed away in 2008, set about restoring the property and planting new vineyards. The winem... Read More

  From the article Napa Merlots

  
  
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  March 2013

  Bruno Franco Roero Arneis 2006

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  A 2006 Arneis from Piemonte, Italy. Light yellow straw in color. Fruit hints of apple and orange blossims with a hint of almond. It has a mid-finish on the palette and balanced acidity. Best served chilled to 48 degrees, and served with fresh goat cheese and fruit platter. Read More

  Wine review by alanb1108

  
  
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  March 2013

  Tenuta Greppo Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino 1997

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  The Be all and end all. First DOCG Brunello. Say no more. Read More

  Wine review by victoriamc

  
  
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  January 2013

  Franco M. Martinetti Barbera d'Asti 1999

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  Bing cherry with light, perfect tannin balance. Fantastic! Read More

  Wine review by jshimkin

  
  

• January 2013

  . . . and, boy, are my arms tired.I don't know when I first heard the term "Super Tuscan."  I'm guessing that it was 10-12 years ago.  I really did not know what it meant--me being very focussed on my California world.I did, of course, learn that a Super Tuscan was a wine that was made from grapes that were outside the Tuscany tradition--specifi... Read More

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• January 2013

  There is not much new information one can write about Theobaldo Cappellano, a ... bottling known as the Pie Franco. The goal in planting some vines on their own rootstock was to see what happened. It was a very simple, visceral motivation, with the ultimate prize being a better wine.Baldo readily admitted that the experiment was not without it... Read More

  From the article Cappellano Dinner

  
  
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  January 2013

  Otin Fiorin Pie Franco 1996

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  Tight, liquory and smoky on the nose that fills with dried cherry fruit. This is very finely aromatic with huge tea aromas and perhaps even a hint of nutty oak, along with minty spices and freshly ground coffee adding complexity. Tight and coiled in the mouth and in need of a decade to unwind. Superbly ripe tannins support a tense palate full of... Read More

  Wine review by Gregory Dal Piaz

  
  
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  January 2013

  Cappellano Barolo Piè Franco Otin Fiorin 1995

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  Very finely focused on the nose with earth, strongly medicinal with some hickory oak-like aromas. This is a little minty and quite aromatic with hints of tree bark and a bit of forest floor, adding detail to red fruits that are sweet and waxy. With rich sweet fruit right up front, this is almost explosive on entry with fine tender tannins and br... Read More

  Wine review by Gregory Dal Piaz

  
  
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  January 2013

  Otin Fiorin Pie Franco 2007

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  Tight, floral and delicate on the nose with a little seared beef and cooked meaty aromas that turn a bit medicinal. This also has a bit of a sweetness on entry, though it shows a very swirly delicacy with rare textural complexity. Perhaps a touch hot, but with more depth and less weight than the Rupestris and decidedly more elegant. This really ... Read More

  Wine review by Gregory Dal Piaz

  
  

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