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Joseph’s ladder & the vineyards of Aversa
The major work at the Beuys Is Here exhibition on view at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill until the 27th of September is Scala Napoletana (“Neapolitan Ladder”). The 1985 sculpture, completed by Joseph Beuys near the end of his life, was inspired by a ladder the German conceptual artist spotted on the island of Capri. [...]
Posted: August 25th, 2009 under wine.
Tags: Amalfi, Asprinio, Asprinio di Aversa, Aversa, Beuys is Here, Bexhill, Campania, Capri, Caserta, conceptual art, De La Warr Pavilion, DOC, German, grape pickers, I Borboni, Italy, Joseph Beuys, Lusciano, Naples, Scala Napoletana, sculpture, vite maritata, white wine varietal
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Floored by a bottle of super Tuscan
At a dinner party in West London two nights ago I was nearly floored by a bottle of 2004 Lucciolaio from Torraccia di Presura. The sheer weight of this super Tuscan, a 80/20 blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon, was enough to knock me off my chair. I knew Chianti producers were seeking wines with a more robust [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2009 under wine.
Tags: Bordeaux, bottle weight, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chateau Caronne Ste Gamme, Chianti, Haut-Médoc, Jancis Robinson, Lucciolaio, medium-bodied, Merlot, robust, Sainte, Sangiovese, super Tuscan, Torraccia di Presura, Tuscany
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Would you like your wine al dente?
The logic to Devine’s metaphorical flourish is inescapable:
If, (A), al dente, an Italian expression meaning “to the teeth”, is commonly used to describe the firm, desirably chewy texture of pasta and, (B), “chewy” is an accepted term in the wine lexicon for fleshy, firm-structured, full-bodied wines, then, (C), the Domaine Gay-Coperet Moulin à Vent tastes like fettuccine.
Posted: December 29th, 2008 under London, wine.
Tags: al dente, Beaujolais, chewy, CRU, Domaine Gay-Coperet, Georgian wines, London, Morgan Devine, Moulin a Vent, Old Tbilisi, sommelier, wine list
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