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Showing posts with label In DOCG We Trust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In DOCG We Trust. Show all posts
Monday, June 30, 2014

When a DOCG isn't a DOCG - and when that's not enough

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A hh, Italy, the multifaceted mystery, the oblique seductress, the carefully measured labyrinth. After a day of working in the garden, st...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Are There Too Many DOP’s in Italy?

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S ince Italy aligned their wine regulations with the European Community in 2012 , the unbridled enthusiasm to rush wine towards the vaunte...
Thursday, August 09, 2012

Teaching an old DOCG new tricks

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L ast week in San Francisco I presented a piece to a group at the Society of Wine Educators conference. Called Deconstructing DOCG, it was ...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

D.O.C. is D.O.A.

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F rom what I can gather the D.O.C. and D.O.C.G. is no more. A document was signed by the Director General ad interim, Stefano Vaccari back ...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Pensions for Porn Stars and the Newest, Bestest Italian DOCG list ~ now "73"

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I t’s been a long, lonely summer, but the Italians are back from holiday. Two important new DOCG appellations now have received their well-...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Bare with us: Italian DOCG wines are now "71" and climbing

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♫ Got the wings of heaven on my shoes, I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose ♫ I t was too good to be true, that we might ha...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Summer Blockbuster Season Begins: Italian Wine DOCG map - for the moment 68 69"71"

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Click here and hit the magnify button when you get there to enlarge map.Or click on the map and enlarge...Enjoy! Note to American sommel...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The Latest Italian Wine DOCG Update - Italian Double Holiday Reveals Two More - Making it "65"

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from the "when the going gets weird, the weird turn DOCG" dept... I can barely keep up with it. Can you imagine the Italian go...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Italian Wine DOCG Update - We Have Risen to "63"

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From the "Let my people go" dept... I t is that time of the year, when they roll out Charlton Heston and the 10 Commandments epic...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Italian Wine DOCG News - Now up to "60"

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...the latest news from "The Other Side" Carnac the Magnificent. by Victor McCay T here is not enough coffee or amaro to mak...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Growing Italian DOCG List ~ Now up to 51

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From the "Say it isn't so" département The French would never do this. Only the Italians. Not that it matters to that many p...
Saturday, March 13, 2010

The Newest Best Italian DOCG list (now up to 50 and holding?)

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Revised March 13, 2010 In my research, it has been all but impossible to pinpoint the complete list of Italian DOCG wines. Recently, I have...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Gentlemen, Start Your Engines

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So now we hear DOC/G is dead. Long live the DOP (Denominazione d’Origine Protetta) or PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) if you are in th...
Sunday, October 11, 2009

The Best Italian DOCG list? (now up to 47)

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Revised Oct 10, 2009 In my research, it has been all but impossible to pinpoint the complete list of Italian DOCG wines. Recently, I have b...
Saturday, October 10, 2009

How many Verdicchio DOCG's are there?

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The latest news from the Marche is that Verdicchio has been awarded a DOCG. The wines that fall under this category are: Verdicchio di Matel...
Thursday, July 09, 2009

DOCG Misfits

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The recent awarding of a DOCG ( or was it 2 DOCG’s ?) for Prosecco started it all off. I got thinking that there are several wines that have...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Current Italian Wine DOCG List

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To the best of my ability, here is the list, after the jump. Complete Listing of Italian DOCG Wines (as of May 2008): 41 Abruzzo (1) M...