Saturday, February 29, 2020

The Perfect Barolo









Luigi Einaudi  BAROLO "CANUBI" 2015



"This was my Pick for TOP WINE of The Entire Show"

TRE BICCHIERI NEW YORK

February 28, 2020




Yes the Barolo Canubi 2015 produced by the wine estate of Luigi Einaudi absolutely blew me away. It was absolutely incredible, and what I would describe as the perfect Barolo. "Yes it was." Still is. Wow, I couldn't believe it, right out of the gate, the first wine of the day as I sauntered into the Metropolitan Pavilion on 18th Street. The doors weren't open yet, but I wrangled by way in for some early tasting before the crowds  came.  I have for the past 12 years or so gone in one hour before the trade, as as a journalist they let you in an hour before everyone else, but this year they change their policy. The lady at the registration desk asked me if I wanted to go to The Master Class Seminar which was starting at 1:30, it was now 1:15 and the doors officially weren't opening until 2 o'clock, 45 minutes away. "I wanted in now," so I told, yes, I wanted to go to the seminar, and I did, but changed my mind once I went in and started tasting some lovely Italian Wine. Oh they were great this year, much better than the few years past. I absolutely adored some of the wines I tasted today (yesterday), starting with "The Most Perfect Barolo of All," the Luigi Einaudi BAROLO "CANUBI" 2015 ... Yes it was that good, and yes it was perfect. The wine, everything was in perfect balance: the fruit, the tannins, acidity, the weight, it was "The Perfect Barolo" and one I'll never forget. Barolo's just do not get any better than the one I had yesterday at tre Bicchieri New York 2020, I was literally in 7th Heaven.

Over the years I have been quite fortunate to have drinking numerous vintage of Cannubi Barolo from all of the wine producers who make Barolo Cannubi from vineyard plots that they own on this one of the Barolo regions most famous hills. I have for some time loved Barolo from the 1996 vintage which is my own personal favorite Barolo vintage of them all, even more so than the more highly acclaimed 2000 and 2001 Vintages of Barolo. I have tasted my friend Alberto Chiarlo's Michele Chiarlo Barolo Canubi of several vintages as well as those of Paolo Scavino, Marchesi di Barolo (my 1st ever Cannubi tasted), Francesco Rinaldi 96 (Awesome!) and more. And now after drinking this wonderful Einaudi Barolo Cannubie 2015 it easily ranks up there with the best Barolo Cannubi I've ever tasted, and may very well be my favorite one of all. It certainly was my favorite wine of all those I tasted at Tre Bicchieri 2020, and as of those that I didn't get around to tasting, and there's no one person who could taste every wine at the show, I'm very sure that even if I did taste every single wine there, there is not a one that could possibly be better, "I'm sure this was the Best!"

Basta !









Luigi Einaudi Estate

Serralunga d' Alba







This Gets My Vote for BEST in SHOW 


TRE BICCHIERI NEW YORK 2020

Poderi Luigi Einaudi BAROLO CANNUBI 2025


"I LOVE IT"

And I WANT MORE !

PLEASE !!!






SUNDAY SAUCE

WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK










SINATRA Watching SINATRA

"JUST for the FUN of IT"



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Friday, February 28, 2020

Its Tre Bicchieri Day New York Italian Wine




Yes It's TRE BICCHIERI DAY in NEW YORK  2020







TRE BICCHIERI



The great Tre Bicchieri Italian Wine Tasting returns to New York today. For the Italian Wine World of New York (Me & ?) this is our biggest day of the year. I will see many of my old friends who make wine in Italy, as well as catching up with pals from New York who deal and love Italian Wine as well. Tre Bicchieri New York is a Grand Tasting of Italian Wines as presented by Gambero Rosso and their Tre Bicchieri Italain Wine Guide named Vini d' Italia (Wines of Italy) which is considered The Italian Wine Bible of the mother country of these great wines, Italy. 

Gambero Rosso literally translates to Red Prawn (Shrimp) and the publishing house by the same name prints books and magazines dedicated to Italian Food & Wine. For Americans, a good analogy of what Gambero Rosso magazine is, that it is more or less like a combination of The Wine Spectator & Gourmet Magazine all put together into one magazine. Gambero Rosso does not publish a magazine solely dedicated to wine, but its contents and subject matter are of Italian Wine and food, and a bit of travel thrown in as well, as it all ties together.

The Gamebero Rosso Italian Wine Guide "Vini d'Italia" is a guide to Italy's top wines. Gambero Rosso awards Three Glasses (Tre Bicchieri) to what they consider to be the best wines in Italy. They award one and two glasses as well The Tre Bicchieri Wine Tastings Tour brings the top 200 Tre Bicchieri Wines to cities aroudn the World for these grand tastings. The cities include in the Tre Bicchieri Tour are: Piemonte (Alba) , Tuscany New York, London, Chicago, Alto Adige, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Yes today I will see some good friends who I've not seen for some time. I will taste wonderful Italian Wines, including; Barolo Barbaresco, Brunello, Chianti, Amarone, Aglianico, and more. I love tasting the wines, but for me Tre Bicchieri is seeing my friends, chit-chatting and sipping the wine, but it all about the socializing. This is what I cherish most about the event, being with and seeing my friends. All surrounded by Italy's Greatest Wine.

Basta !


DBZ









At Tre Bicchieri Tasting with My Pals

Sebastiano Rosa, Me, and Giovanni Folnari

I think this is 2006

New York

Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke with Sebastiano Rosa who the Winemaker of Sassicaia of Tenuta San Guido at the time, and Givanni Folnari of Nozzole. PS ... Sebastiano and Givanno both studied Enology & Viticulture (Study of Wine and grapevines) at UC Davis, California together. 













GRASSO

BAROLO





Author Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

with Sommelier Renzo Raspiacola






ARGIOLAS "TURIGA"

Sardegna

ITALY




Marchese Ferdinando Frescobaldi

with author Daniel Bellino Zwicke

New York




Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke

with his pal Italo Stupino 

Castello di Neive Barbaresco

"BEST NARBARESCO in The WORLD"

Better than GAJA





MARCHESE PIERO ANTINORI

with DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

NEW YORK





SUNDAY SAUCE










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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Venice Carnevale What to Do WineBars ItalianWine Prosecco



CARNEVALE

  VENICE ITALY

 



VENICE

  CARNEVALE in GREEN





CARNEVALE VENICE

2020

VENENZIA 

ITALIA


 

VENICE

ITALY


CLASSIC VENICE

The MOLO Looking to San MAGGIORE


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During CARNEVALE

CAFFE FLORIAN is "A MUST" !






VENETIAN CARNEVALE 2020

"WILL IT SNOW" ?''





By The BRIDGE of SIGHS

VENICE

CARNEVALE 2019


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SANTA MARIA delle SALUTE

VENICE



VENETIAN SEAFOOD RECIPES



The FEAST of THE 7 FISH"

AFTER YOU VISIT VENICE"

Relive Your VENETIAN MEMORIES

With VENETIAN SEAFOOD RECIPES 

In The FEAST of The 7 FISH

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke




The WINE BARS of VENICE

ULTIMATE GUIDE 

by BEST SELLING ITALIAN COOKBOOK AUTHOR



 


Visiting VENETIAN BACARI (Wine Bars)

Are a "MUST DO"

During CARNEVALE in VENICE

SEE THE ULTIMATE VENETIAN GUIDE to The BACARI of VENICE





And YOU'LL WANT to GO to HARRY'S BAR

"ANOTHER VENETIAN MUST DO"



by BEST ELLING ITALIAN COOKBOOK AUTHOR

Daniel Bellino Zwicke



Inside HARRY'S BAR



READ CASANOVA'S VENETIAN SEDUCTIONS


AND ?


Do SPADE

CASANOVA'S FAVORITE CAFFES & WINE BARS


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GIACAMO CASANOVA


GUIDE to the WINE BARS (Bacari) of VENICE







The MOLO

CARNEVEALE



A BRIEF HISTORY of VENETIAN CARNEVALE



The origins of the Venice Carnival date back a very long time, but it is not one hundred percent clear when this would have been. Most sources mention 1162 when Venice celebrated the victory against the Patriarch of Aquileia, while other sources claim that the Doge Vitale Falier (the chief magistrate in the former republic of Venice) and the government of la Serenissima allowed the poor people already in 1094 to enjoy a short period of fun and festivities. Over time, the event has appeared and disappeared, and the festival and the use of masks even became strictly forbidden in 1797 under the rule of the King of Austria. It reappeared gradually in the nineteenth century, but only for short periods and mainly for private parties. It was only since 1979 that the event became organized in the current way. At that time, the government and some Venetian associations (such as Teatro La Fenice, the Venice Biennale and other tourist organizations) decided to revive the history and culture of Venice.














Nobody knows why Venetians began wearing masks. One of the scholars claims that it was caused by the extremely rigid class system ruling in Venice, especially that during carnival the usual order was overthrown: the poorest beggar could pretend to be the richest man. 






The tradition of masking has a long tradition in Venice. All the way back in 1268, a law even was passed to ban—of all things—putting on masks and throwing perfumed eggs!
By the time of the Renaissance, masks were a fixture of Carnevale celebrations. By the 16th century, the popular Commedia d’Arte troupe performed slapstick comedy in the piazzas of Venice—while masked. Believe it or not, though, masking was hardly just a Carnival tradition.
By the 18th century, Venetians were allowed to wear masks for six months a year. And they took advantage! Black velvet masks, for example, would be worn in “houses of ill repute”—especially gambling parlors—to shield their owners’ identities, as shown in the painting here.
Not quite. By the 18th century, Venice’s Carnevale festivities were going downhill. With the Austrian conquest of Venice in 1798, mask-wearing—as well as Carnevale—were all but finished. In the 1930s, Mussolini banned the celebrations altogether.
So what changed? In 1979, a group of Venetian artisans banned together to restart Carnevale. If that seems like a ploy for tourism, it was—and it was one that worked. Today, about 3 million people travel to Venice every year for Carnevale. The 1970s are also when the long-forgotten art of mask-making was restarted. 
Today, Carnevale in Venice is a huge celebration that goes on for two weeks. While many events—particularly the opulent masquerade balls—require invitations and have steep ticket prices, many others, like the candle-lit parade of boats, concerts, and street performances, are free and open to the public.




A VENETIAN MASQUERADE BALL

VENICE

Painting by Pietro Longhi









Masked Revelers dressed in Traditional Costumes

At the MODERN DAY CARNEVALE


of VENICE




CARNEVALE

VENICE, ITALY





SUNDAY SAUCE

WHEN ITALIANS COOK







Piazza San Marco

by CANALETTO











The RIDOTTO

by Francesco Guardi

Venenzia 


















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