2006 Borgo Reale Chianti Riserva, a lovely parve Spaghetti Bolognese (san fromage), and the Brunello di Montalcino story
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Thank you for the kind words about my blog. The situation in Montalcino is very complex, and most of us Americans — journalists and agencies alike — would be smarter to keep our noses out of it, because the odds are we will never fully understand it. Tuscany in general and Montalcino in particular is an area riven by multiple deep divisions — class and wealth and politics are only the most obvious ones. Old families and new comers, former tenants and former landlords, traditionalists and innovators, family animosities dating back centuries or only decades — the list could go on endlessly, and each factor is another piece of grit in the gears. The tradition of the anonymous denuncia as a way to settle scores is ancient in Italy (in some places even formalized as a police procedure). Consequently, I don’t think any journalist should repeat anything he is told “off the record” unless he can externally verify it. That’s just responsible journalism. I couldn’t begin to recount to the number of accusations that For example, for years I’ve heard — all off the record, of course — about figures such as Angela Gaja adulterating his fabulously expensive wines. I’ve never repeated those stories, because there has never been anything to them. I think it’s time for the same kind of control and fact-checking in Montalcino.
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Sorry for the delayed response here. I’m just catching up on my blog reading.
Thanks for the shout out!
I love your blog and I love what you’re doing with kosher wine: showing how they can be enjoyed in the context of food AND wine and in modern Orthodox living. Great stuff!
Ol’ Tom needs to read up on what’s going on in Italy and Montalcino: I don’t know how rusty his Italian is but the reports from Montalcino are not hearsay… they are from the Italian Treasury Department and they were made in an official press conference this summer…
Looking forward to hearing more about Italian kosher wines! 🙂
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