Joel | January 3, 2011
Vallana Gattinara 1999
Bad art is “inaccurate art….art that makes false reports”.
“Good art bears true witness…”*
——– Ezra Pound, American expatriate poet and critic
IMHO, the same can be said of good wine.
Tasting Vallana’s Gattinara 1999, I was reminded of that good advice which Ezra Pound delivered to a young Ernest Hemingway during their years in Paris.
Vallana’s Gattinara [...]
Joel | November 25, 2010
The Art Wines of Cascina Carpini
Note: Cascina Carpini Chiaror Sul Masso was provided as a sample to members of the Timorasso Sparkling Tasting Panel. Other Cascina Carpini wines mentioned below were also provided as tasting samples. If interested, see Vintrospective policy about wine samples here.
This is a post about many things: courage, [...]
Joel | October 8, 2010
Cascina ‘Tavijn Barbera d’Asti 2006
Cascina ‘Tavijn Ruché di Castagnole Monferrato 2009
Cascina ‘Tavijn Grignolino d’Asti 2008
From the movie titled Good Will Hunting*:
Will: Beethoven, okay. He looked at a piano, and it just made sense to him. He could just play.
Skylar: So what are you saying? You play the piano?
Will: No, not a lick. I [...]
Joel | October 1, 2010
Cascina Gilli Vigna del Forno Freisa d’Asti 2007
Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco 2009
All that I know of freshness was learned from a girl named Susan who, on Halloween night, delivered to my thirteen-year old lips a first kiss, a provocative cocktail of lipstick, saliva, and bubblegum.
Rarely, if ever, has it gotten any fresher.
Until now.
I am [...]
