Comments on: Italian Wines with Antonio Galloni

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By: Wine2Three

Wine2Three — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:15:13 +0000

Interesting show! Great that Antonio left that list of wine recommendations by region. I just did a tasting here in Vancouver focused on the wines of Italy, so I recognized a few grape varieties & regional facts! Viva Italia!

By: Wine2Three

Wine2Three — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:08:13 +0000

Interesting show! Great that Antonio left that list of wine recommendations by region, noted. I just did a tasting here in Vancouver focused on the wines of Italy, so it was fun to hear some familiar grape varieties & fun facts! Viva Italia!

By: Wineontheway.com

Wineontheway.com — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:03:42 +0000

Galloni knows his stuff. You can take the wine out of Italy, But you cant the Italy out of the wine!

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:13:17 +0000

wow. This was great. can someone spell all those wines he recommended on this show? I’m trying, like I got Vietti, but El Baco? can’t find it. GREAT episode, i’m hooked.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:07:32 +0000

Thanks for this great discussion with Antonio. I hope you do in fact bring him back to discuss some of the other Italian wine regions. I thought his snapshots of the Northern regions and Tuscany were great and would love to here him discuss the South and the islands too!

Good stuff!

By: Joseph Levine

Joseph Levine — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:04:34 +0000

Great piece. It’s nice to see you doing some more coverage of Italian wines. As someone above mentioned, it might be nice if you did some shows focusing just on specific areas of Italy, as doing all of Italy is obviously too much for one episode. It would be nice to get some more as well on Spain. Anyway, thanks, and keep up the good work.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:24:11 +0000

This epsido – just like many others – was great! I love the episodes with Antonio Galloni (you already had him a few years ago).

Keep it up graperadio!

By: John O

John O — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:25:39 +0000

Thanks for a very informative episode Antonio. I miss reading your notes on WA.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:33:38 +0000

Antonio, thanks again for the great show, references, and recommendations. Hope to hear you again in future episodes!

By: Antonio Galloni

Antonio Galloni — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:14:41 +0000

Thanks for the kind words. Below are a few of my favorite wines from Northern Italy (including the wines I talked about in the interview), by region. Most of the wines can also be found our new book, Parker’s Wine Bargains: The World’s Best Wine Values Under $25. I have committed to doing a second podcast on the wines of Central and Southern Italy as soon as schedules allow.

For more information on the wines of Italy, listeners may want to look at Parker’s Wine Buyers Guide, 7th Edition, which I re-wrote entirely (for Italy) last year. I also recommend Vino Italiano and its companion Vino Italiano Buying Guide, both by Joseph Bastianich and David Lynch as excellent resources.

Val d’Aosta
Les Cretes Pinot Gris Vigne Brulant

Piedmont
Elio Altare Dolcetto d’Alba
Cavallotto Langhe Nebbiolo (also Dolcetto d’Alba Vigna Scot)
Matteo Correggia Barbera d’Alba
Elio Perrone Moscato d’Asti Sourgal (also Moscato d’Asti Clarte)
Saracco Moscato d’Asti
Sottimano Langhe Nebbiolo
G.D. Vajra Langhe Nebbiolo
Vietti Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco (also Barbera d’Alba Tre Vigne, Barbera d’Asti Tre Vigne)

Lombardy
Bellavista Gran Cuvee
Nino Negri Valtellina Superiore Quadrio

Veneto
Allegrini Palazzo della Torre
Brigaldara Valpolicella Classico
Col Vetoraz Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Brut
Nino Franco Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Rustico
Frozza Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Col del’Orso
Gini Soave Classico
Maculan Dindarello
Pieropan Soave Classico
Pra Soave Classico
Tamellini Soave (also Soave Le Bine di Costiola)

Friuli
Bastianich Vespa Bianco
Borgo del Tiglio Collio
Damijan Ribolla Gialla
Kante Sauvignon
Schiopetto Pinot Bianco
Vie di Romans Flor di Uis

Alto-Adige
Abbazia di Novacella Sylvaner
Cantina di Terlano Terlaner (also Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio and Muller Thurgau)
Colterenzio Pinot Grigio (also Pinot Grigio Puiten)
Tiefenbrunner Pinot Bianco
Tramin Sauvignon (also Gewürztraminer)

By: Doug Smith

Doug Smith — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:06:37 +0000

@DaveA: I believe the Vietti that Antonio was talking about is called “Perbacco”, a Langhe Nebbiolo.

Great program, guys. I think it would be great to have Antonio back in the future. You could do entire programs on the Piedmont and on Tuscany, not to mention south Italy. Would be great to get more in depth.

By: DaveA

DaveA — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:41:21 +0000

wow. This was great. can someone spell all those wines he recommended on this show? I’m trying, like I got Vietti, but El Baco? can’t find it. GREAT episode, i’m hooked.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:43:22 +0000

Excellent episode! Thanks so much GrapeRadio folks and Antonio. I’m looking forward for the next discussion on southern Italy. A question for Antonio: is there a recommended book on Italian wine that can help me get started?

By: Richard Moreland

Richard Moreland — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:10:57 +0000

I’ve been a fan of the pod for about a year now and this was easily one of the best ones yet. The bredth of knowledge Mr. Galloni shared in that hour was more enjoyable than any book you could read. Thank you for continuing to secure excellent guests and great topics.

By: Mike Holland

Mike Holland — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:17:04 +0000

Great show and looking forward to other areas of Italy being discussed. With local varieties not tasted elsewhere, the possibilities are infinite. The discussion of the second bottlings is a happy discovery indeed!

Keep up the great work. A Happy New Year to all of you, especially Brian. May 2010 treat you better than 2009 did.

By: Diu

Diu — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:05:49 +0000

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By: Fun & Fact

Fun & Fact — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:36:12 +0000

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By: Ken M

Ken M — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:24:31 +0000

Another exceptional program from a very articulate and well informed critic. I can see at least three more programs on the subject of Italian wines. Maybe a mention of some of the Italian whites would be in order. The southern Italian wine scene is one that doesn’t get much press and I have shunned the area because of a perceived lack of consistency. Looking forward to your next interview with Antonio.

By: Kim Caldwell

Kim Caldwell — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:57:45 +0000

Good stuff!