http://terroir.winelibrary.com/2007/05/24/mercoledi-9-maggio-una-giornata-magica/ A Wine Blog Dedicated To Terrior Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:48:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://terroir.winelibrary.com/2007/05/24/mercoledi-9-maggio-una-giornata-magica/#comment-24148 Sun, 27 May 2007 08:56:54 +0000 http://terroir.winelibrary.com/2007/05/24/mercoledi-9-maggio-una-giornata-magica/#comment-24148 Tom, you make me crave for a journey through the vineyards again. What you're describing, even in the paradoxes, is so Italy, it's the Italy I've always known from my father and my father's father (Italians) or the works of Pavese, Buzzatti, Levi and co. I though the Petra winey a terrific place for the harmony of the cutting edge architecture and the landscape. Yet, indeed, their wines are quite 'international' in style. On the same trip I went to Montevertine (know that?), huge difference. Just about the opposite, either for the wines or the winery. But, isn't that just Italy and what makes Italian wine so unique: screechingly modern wine/wineries/winemaker and the sometimes rather austere, proud and uncompromising dedication to tradition? Tom, you make me crave for a journey through the vineyards again. What you’re describing, even in the paradoxes, is so Italy, it’s the Italy I’ve always known from my father and my father’s father (Italians) or the works of Pavese, Buzzatti, Levi and co.
I though the Petra winey a terrific place for the harmony of the cutting edge architecture and the landscape. Yet, indeed, their wines are quite ‘international’ in style. On the same trip I went to Montevertine (know that?), huge difference. Just about the opposite, either for the wines or the winery.
But, isn’t that just Italy and what makes Italian wine so unique: screechingly modern wine/wineries/winemaker and the sometimes rather austere, proud and uncompromising dedication to tradition?

]]> http://terroir.winelibrary.com/2007/05/24/mercoledi-9-maggio-una-giornata-magica/#comment-22088 Fri, 25 May 2007 06:00:16 +0000 http://terroir.winelibrary.com/2007/05/24/mercoledi-9-maggio-una-giornata-magica/#comment-22088 I recently read a few reviews of Petra wine and they sound like a winery with some promise. Great post! Wish I could take a trip to Italy. Maybe next year. I recently read a few reviews of Petra wine and they sound like a winery with some promise. Great post! Wish I could take a trip to Italy. Maybe next year.

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