Wednesday February 4, a new tasting evening is organized in CasaVino. On the program, 8 wines of southern Italy will be offered, from Puglia, Sicily and Sardinia.
During the tasting, you will find wine producers include:
- Abbazia Santa Anastasia (Sicily)
- Planeta (Sicily)
- Firriato (Sicily)
- Sedilesu (Sardinia)
- Feudi di San Marzano (Puglia
The evening will begin around 20:30, and the package for 8 wines with Italian specialties is 30 € all included.
Some notes on the regions visited:
Puglia: unknown region (the heel) is a major region in terms of quantity of wine produced, making it a key pillar of the economy of the area. Even if the quantity is not always the quality, the bulk of production is intended for development of table wine, more and more producers are working to offer quality wines, particularly around indigenous varietals 2 red, primitivo and Negroamaro.
Sicily: the Sicilian wine quality, less unknown, having long been geared towards producing a wine meant to be turned into an "international taste" (with high concentrations in particular), now appears to be heading towards the development of wine most representative of the soil of the island. The Nero d’Avola, wine from the same grape variety, is perhaps the best known of all, except for the wine that is mutated marsala.
Sardinia: this region is probably not at the forefront of the revival of Italian wine, initiated by Tuscany in 70 years, together more or less delayed by almost all other Italian regions. Sardinia a little slow to follow this trail – which is more lucrative than producing large returns. But, as often is the will of the producer who will create a good wine, and the Sardinian region have enough potential, it is not impossible to find excellent wines on the island, particularly in RFSO Cannonau di Sardegna (the grenache Cannonau being French).
CasaVino
18, rue de Briord
44000 Nantes
Tél. : 0240479630
Port. : 0678225596
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