Thursday, May 18, 2006

The Great Italian Fine Wine Encounter


Tommorow I will be very fortunate to be able to visit Decanter Magazine's "Great Italian Fine Wine Encounter" at The Landmark Hotel in London.
I am very fond of Italian wine, in fact on my regular trips to Malta & Gozo if I am not drinking the local wine I will almost certainly be drinking Italian.
I will have the opportunity to taste more than 300 wines from 100 of Italy's top wine producers, I will not be able to taste them all, even my robust palate will not stand up to that number of wines, I will need to be very selective, rest assured you will get a full report.

Italy possesses less agricultural land than France, it actually produces and exports more wine than any other country in the world. It's reputation as a wine producer is continually gaining importance, due to the fact that its wine growers offer an immense variety of wines, ranging through nearly every conceivable colour, flavour and style imaginable, I believe modern-day Italians produce some of the best wine in the world.

"Wine is a constant proof that God loves us and wants us to

be happy."

Benjamin Franklin




Decanter Fine Wine Encounter - Stand List

Italy

Casa Girelli
Fazi Battaglia
Feudi di San Gregorio
Fratelli Muratori
Marchesi Mazzei
Tenuta Sette Ponti
Tenute Loacker

Abruzzo

Fattoria La Valentina
Masciarelli

Alto Adige

Franz Haas

Basilicata

Bisceglia

Calabria

Librandi

Campania

Terredora

Emilia Romagna

Drei Don" Tenuta La Palazza
Umberto Cesari

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Collavini
La Tunella
Livio Felluga
Marco Felluga
Primosic
Vie di Romans
Zuani

Liguria

Cantine Lunae Bosoni

Lombardy

Bellavista
Ca' del Bosco

Marches

Casa Vinicola Garofoli
Moncaro Terre Cortesi
Saladini Pilastri
Umani Ronchi

Piedmont

Batasiolo
Cavallotto
Damilano
Franco Martinetti
Gianni Gagliardo
Massolino
Michele Chiarlo
Pio Cesare
Vajra G.D.

Puglia

Accademia dei Racemi
Candido
Conti Zecca

Sardinia

Tenute Dettori
Feudi della Medusa

Sicily

Cusumano
Planeta
Principi di Spadafora
Tenuta Rapital"
Valle dell'Acate

Tuscany

Antico Podere Gagliole
Argiano
Avignonesi
Azienda Agricola San Gervasio
Badia a Coltibuono
Barone Ricasoli
Bibbiano
Carpineto
Castello Banfi
Fattoria Le Pupille
Fattoria Nittardi
Fattoria Selvapiana
Felsina
Fontodi
I Giusti & Zanza
Il Molino di Grace
Isole e Olena
Malenchini
Marchesi Antinori
Petrolo
Poggio Antico
Poggio Argentiera
Poggio San Polo
Rocca di Montegrossi
Ruffino
Saiagricola
Tenuta di Capezzana
Tenuta di Ghizzano
Tenuta Il Poggione
Tenuta Poggio Verrano
Tenuta Riseccoli
Tenuta San Guido
Tenute Silvio Nardi
Vignamaggio

Umbria

Antonelli San Marco
Cantine Giorgio Lungarotti

Veneto

Agricola Tedeschi
Allegrini
Anselmi
Azienda Agricola Gini
Cavalchina
Conte Loredan Gasparini
Guerrieri Rizzardi
Musella
Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine
Santa Sofia
Zenato
Col Vetoraz
Nino Franco Spumanti
Bisol

Others

Drop Stop®
Riedel
Spiral Cellars
The Oil Merchant
Anna Pakula Creations

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