V Paul’s October Vino Magnifico tasting

Several folks have said that it is just too difficult to get out to a wine tasting during the week. I totally understand, and tis a true shame because we have A LOT of local wine tastings during the week. If you can bend your schedule a little from time to time look for one of the once-a-month tastings on our calendar. Not because the wine is better than the weekly tastings, rather they tend to be slightly more entertaining.V Paul’s monthly wine tasting is a great example. We got some Italian Wine history and tales of Christopher Columbus by the head of the Local Italian Cultural Society wine sipping through the tasting line up. Tonight’s Featured Wine didn’t make it up to Crowd Favorite, nor will it ever be a Wine of Note, but it is a quintessential Italian Wine. As a quick refresher: a Wine of Note is our highest classification of wine at a tasting. It must show uniqueness in a good way and be a Crowd Favorite. Uniqueness is actually hard to find these days in wine. A Crowd Favorite was liked by at least 75% of the tasters, so it was probably a good wine. A Featured Wine was preferred by 51% of the tasters, which usually means there was a very close “2nd.” That “2nd” might have been your favorite.Cavaliere d’Oro (Cavalier of Gold) 2019 Chianti, from Tuscany, made from 100% Sangiovese grapes, is a wine to have with good, at an Italian Restaurant. A mouth full of dry red berries and medium acid would chop right into a dish of Eggplant Parmigiana. And it has a cool looking label, which is how a majority of people buy wine. Try to tell me that you have never bought a wine because you liked the look of the label. Sad, funny, and true.