I’ll take your word for it! Once, a guy in a wine shop recommended it to go with hamburgers. I didn’t take his advice …
As teenagers in Germany a few decades ago, Lambrusco was often seen as the easy first way to get drunk - cheap, kind of sweet(ish) with bubbles which make it more palatable (and have a faster effect)
I’m shocked, SHOCKED I say …
Couple of excellent Italian wines. I hope these crazy tariffs don’t start making these unavailable - maybe I should stock up.
With Greek Easter dinner, a xinomavro from northern Greece. “Xino” means sour, “mavro” means black. This had a soft acidity, blackberry notes, smiling tannins.
Last night with dinner at Cafe de l’Usine, Hüpnos. A greek orange wine that paired brillantly with everything on the menu. A wine I never would have picked, but relied on the Somm’s excitement and we are glad we did!!
SIL in Tel Aviv introduced us to a chardonnay from NANA. Very crisp, “steely”, best Isareli chardonnay effort I’ve tried so far. Appears to be available in the US.