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To find the Company of the Month for June 2005 we move to Montalcino, that corner of Tuscany that produces arguably the best known Tuscan red wine, the Brunello di Montalcino. Here we find the Azienda Agraria "la Pescaia" owned by the Di Donato brothers.
Aniceto, Roberto, Vittorio and Enzo, the four Di Donato brothers personally oversee the winemaking and bottling of their Brunello, Rosso di Montalcino and Oricalco, an excellent red IGT Toscana wine. In addition to wines, "La Pescaia" produces Grappa di Brunello liquor, extra virgin olive oil and an exclusive new product, the gelatina di Brunello, a ruby red jelly condiment made with Brunello di Montalcino wine. Recently introduced to the US at the Premiere of the Italian Flavor Forum, the educational market event held on May 25th in California, these products enjoyed great success, especially the grappa and the gelatina di Brunello di Montalcino.
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The seasonal menu offerings from Chef Davide Dalloco of the Scuola Alberghiera di Serramazzoni, featuring typical regional products, keep arriving. The suggestions for June, the month in which the summer sun starts to seriously heat up, are the following.
- Piadina romagnola con sardoncini alla brace e insalatina di campo (Piadina Romagnola [kind of bread] with charcoal broiled sardines and wild lettuce, see recipe)
- Tagliolini con vongole veraci e crema di piselli (Tagliolini pasta with genuine mussels and green pea puree, see recipe)
- Anguilla in umido ( Eel in sauce, see recipe)
- Semifreddo alle ciliegie (Cherry semifreddo)
- Pecorino dell’Appennino con miele di castagno (Apennine Pecorino cheese with chestnut honey)
Buon Appetito!
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Good news for all Italian wine lovers and people interested in knowing more about wine in general. To maintain our promise to inform the international markets about Italian wines, we have just launched a new column by Rosa D'Ancona dedicated to the 350 or so Italian native vines that are used to produce outstanding regional wines.
Published in Italian-Flavor.com, the 'Vitigni Autoctoni (Italian Native Vines)' column will introduce all the Italian registered native vines, region by region, starting from Rosa's native Sicily. From well known grapes such as the Sangiovese, found in many regions, to the never-heard-of such as the Sagrantino di Montefalco, found in just a small area of the Umbria region, you will be informed.
You may want to read my presentation, but you definitely shouldn't miss the introduction by Ms. D'Ancona.
Other interesting articles include the one about a recent study on the Clarification of Wines Using Polysaccharides Extracted from Seaweeds, and one about an ACNielsen survey that found that US consumers are drinking more expensive wines.
We also published the part one of two two-part articles: one about unusual wines of exceptional quality, and one about a curious 20-day Mediterranean journey in a quest for exotic wines from ancient regions by a group of US wine buffs.
In the hope that everybody enjoys our current article, we wish you all pleasant summer reading and inspirational toasts with quality wines.
Loris Scagliarini,
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Study: Clarification of Wines Using Polysaccharides Extracted from Seaweeds |
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 Alejandro Cabello-Pasini, Raquel Muñiz-Salazar, Nelva Victoria-Cota and Victor Macias-Carranza of Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, with Enrique Hernandez-Garibay, of the Centro Regional de Investigación Pesquera in Baja California, México conducted a study on wine clarification using polysaccharides extracted from seaweeds.
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Back to the Roots: A Quest for Exotic Wines from Ancient Regions – Part 1 |
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 Sunlight plays over the gently moving water around the medieval village of Ston on Croatia's Peljesac peninsula, north of Dubrovnik. Villa Coruna, a small country restaurant, is perches above the bay, within sight of nearby oyster beds.
But is the wine that is memorable – it is crisp, cellar-cool, scented with wild thyme and lemon, pale, cloudy and delicious.
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Italian Native Vines: A patrimony to Safeguard and Enjoy |
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 It has been thanks to a few brave, adventurous, farsighted vintners and winemakers in love with the land and its fruits that, during the last ten years or so, a large number of Italian ancient native vines, once believed extinct, or close to extinction, were brought back to life and, once again, made into wine as it was made by their ancestors.
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Vitigni Autoctoni (Italian Native Vines):
Witness to the Past and Protagonists of the Future |
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 Rosa D'Ancona, journalist and wine expert from Sicily, starts a new, interesting column introducing and explaining the roughly 350 Italian Vitigni Autoctoni, or Italian native vines, taking us on fascinating journeys across Italy, touching on each region and presenting all of the native grapes, from the 'ubiquitous' ones, such as the famed Sangiovese, that is found in many central regions, to the very local, such as Sagrantino, that is found just in one zone of the small Umbria region. It will be a long, engaging trip into the fascinating traditions of the Italian wine world. Kick back and enjoy every single installment.
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Vitigno Italia Closes With Fantastic Results |
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 Vitigno Italia, or Vineyard Italy, the three-day showroom dedicated to wines made with Italian native and traditional vines at the Mostra d’Oltremare trade show center in Naples, is over and 300 producers sold about 1 million bottles for an estimated value of €4.5 million.
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Winemaking Systems: First Meeting in Verona |
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 Present and future of Italian wines with regards to winemaking technologies. This is the theme of the first meeting organized in Verona, on June 17 and 19, 2005 by Albrigi, a company leader in the research and production of plants for the food industry.
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Pork Becomes Organic |
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 The fourth annual 'Biosfiera' (Organic Trade Show) and the third annual national competition 'Il maiale si fa Bio' (Pork Becomes Organic), were held in Vivo d'Orcia, in Siena province, from Friday, May 27, to Sunday, May 29, 2005. The events were the occasion for various conventions dedicated to promoting the characteristics of organic agriculture and the production of organic salumi (cold cuts), as well as meetings between producers and experts to find out more about the scientific aspects of such a type of agriculture.
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Ninth Artusi Festival: Marietta 2005 Competition |
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 Once again it's the time of year when Forlimpopoli invites amateur chefs to compete for the title of Marietta, in honor of the historical housekeeper of Pellegrino Artusi, the renowned author of the classic Italian cookbook 'La Scienza in cucina e l’arte di mangiare bene' ('Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well', often just referred to as 'The Artusi').
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The Giostra della Quintana |
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 The current version of the traditional Giostra della Quintana (Quintana Carousel) of Foligno, in the Italian province of Perugia, is a horse race competition involving ten riders, representing as many city neighborhoods.
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New Wine in Really Old Bottles |
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 Josko Gravner has thrown it all away, more than once. When he started making wine 30 years ago outside the small town of Oslavia, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy, he produced crisp, aromatic white wines in a popular style, using the latest technology.
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Bet on the Future of the Italian Wine Industry: Combining the Wine Roads |
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 "Let's combine the Wine Roads to guarantee a future for the 'made in Italy'". It's the plea that comes from the main wine industry experts that last month, at Forte Carpendo di Mestre, in the province of Venice, who participated in the convention entitled 'The Empress Road. Itineraries of Flavor and Culture', introducing the joint project Interreg IIIA (Phare CBC Italia-Slovenia).
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Dates to Remember - May / June |
Note: To find out more about the places and activities for each event, please visit the News page. |
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Giostra della Quintana 2005 |
June 18, 2005 |
Ninth Artusi Festival: Marietta 2005 Competition |
June 18 to 26, 2005 |
Festa Artusiana |
June 18 to 26, 2004 |
13th Vinexpo Bordeaux |
June 19 to 23, 2005 |
Oriolo di Sera (Oriolo at Night) |
June 22 to August 3, 2005 |
Fifth Annual Verona Vinorum |
June 24 and 25, 2005 from 6:00PM to midnight |
'Cammina Cammina', Eno-Eco-Gastronomic Hike in Caloso, Piedmont |
Sunday, June 26, 2005, from 10 to late afternoon |
Seventh 'Canevando' 2005 |
June 26, 2005 |
Palio di Siena
Saint Mary of Provenzano |
July 2, 2005 |
Wine Industry Information Technology Symposium |
July 12, 2005 |
Eighth "Jazz & Wine in Montalcino" Festival |
July 13 - 24, 2005 |
National Journalist Competition Feudi di Guagnano |
Dateline: July 15, 2005 |
Festival of the Salama da Sugo (typical kind of salami) |
July 22 to 31, 2005 |
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Wine drinkers are developing more extravagant tastes. Wines priced $11 and higher are selling much more strongly than others, according to the marketing information company ACNielsen.
'Trasformazione' is the title of the painting that won the competition 'Vini in cerca d'autore' ('Wines in Search of Authors'), organized by Cantine Soloperto from Manduria during the latest 'Cantine Aperte' ('Open Wineries') event.
On July 13, 2005, the eighth annual "Jazz & Wine in Montalcino", the appreciated musical event organized by Azienda Banfi, with the association Jazz & Image, and the Montalcino municipal administration begins.
Some of the most influential representatives of the Italian wine industry met at Albereta – Locanda in Franciacorta, at Erbusco, in Brescia province, under the auspices of the Seminario Permanente Luigi Veronelli (Permanent Workshop dedicated to memory of 
