As a Pinto who’s granddaddy was from Potenza, I’m glad to learn about affordable Italian reds! Thanks Gary.

Homer & Marge Pinto

Great job TimF. I loved your video!

Hey Gary, listen to Brandon, free shipping is WAY OVERDUE!!!

Pizza that tastes like cheeseburger? Sign me up!

word,
great episode-let’s get the word out about monastrell and nero d’avalo next.
qotd-i drank stella artois, lots and lots of it.

Nice
Found one Aglianico here in Sweden. $10. Will try and let you know.

Keep it up.

Forgot the QotD

I had a nice Gruner Veltiner from 98 and New Zeeland Chard

T

Thanks for doing an episode on these wines. I had never heard of them but am always looking for something new and exciting. Perhaps I will try the 2004 Coviv Aglianico Del Vulture…

Have a great day!

It’s now Friday, but on the 4th I was at a late out door cookout. 5 beers and then a couple of glasses of Jameson on the rocks.
passed out on the couch at 10pm.

Congrats to TimF – great job!! I’m sure you’ll have a blast with Gary.

Gary, you are correct, I have never had Aglianico. Now I must try some. 🙂

QOTD: Well, after the fact, we got invited over a friend’s house and they grilled some blackened salmon as the main course, so I brought over a couple of bottles of Byron Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir which was actually pretty darn good.

Great job, TimF– I’m definitely jealous of your upcoming trip with the G man.

QOTD: Since it’s the 6th today, I can tell you EXACTLY what I drank. Some 14 Hands Cab (my friend brought the bottle, and it was a little off-dry), then my friend’s father insisted we try some of his Portuguese red wine…which was unfortunately not at all like some of the Portuguese values that I’ve bought recently…and was basically an awful 0-for-3 run of light, hot, baron-on-the-nose, chemical-esque reds. I’m glad that I brought a perfectly dry, lightly fruit and pepper-driven Rose from Provence, as well as a ZIPPY and clean Gruner to kind of save that situation. The other wine didn’t go to waste, though… it got drank after my wine was gone!
Hope your 4th was a blast!

TimF:
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
Hope you have a great time on your Napa Trip!!!!
🙂

Congratulations to TimF-very clever! Have a wild time in Napa!Hope you guys ride up Sterling’s tram just for the fun of it.
I’ll definitely have to try Aglianico. Never heard of it before the show.

I work in Springfield Va. across from the Springfield Mall and that is where the premier will be.

G,
Catching up from vacation.
Thanks for the education about Aglainico.
QOTD:
2005 Sea Smoke Southing
2005 Amon-Ra Shiraz
2004 Neal Family Cab
2003 Prevail Back Forty Cab
2004 Ca’ Marcanda (Gaja) Magari Toscana IGT
2000 Villa di Capezzana Ghiaie della Furba Toscana IGT
2003 Bodegas Alejandro Fernandez Ribera del Duero Tinto Pesquera

All good….but the Gaja was the only let down…..

QOTD: Since I’m late to the comments section I’ll tell you that I did open a bottle of Terlato & Chapoutier Shiraz-Viognier. Loved it!

It’s a shame about the il Viola (the first you tasted). We discovered it in 2002 during a stay in Rionero, Basilicata. The 1999 bottles were to die for. The best wine I ever tasted (if you like full body & robust). I don’t know what happened in 2000 and later. But the aglianico Il Viola had become mediocre at best. I still have hope that the next harvest will bring back it’s exceptional quality.

Good episode… Just now saw it… linking over from the free shipping Coviv Aglianico.

LOVE the video at the end… nicely done.

Man, this is so old, my post is stale while I’m typing it.

Back in 2006, I told a trip to a vineyard my family owns in Italy. The type of grape we grow is Aglianico. It is a Red-wine grapevine cultivated in Basilicata and Campania regions of Italy. In the latter province it has the alias names Agliatica, Ellenico, Ellanico, Gnanico and Uva Nera. Of extremely ancient origin, it is responsible for some of the better sturdy red wines of southern Italy – (eg: â??Aglianico del Vultureâ?). Appears to have been used to produce Falurnum, a well-documented favorite wine of the Romans. The name â??Aglianicoâ? is reported to be late 15th century corruption of the italian word â??ellenicoâ?, meaning â??hellenicâ?, presumably acknowledging the original home of this variety. The grape is also used to make good bronze-colored rosé-style wine. …

wow another varietal……thank you for broadening my wine knowledge….a request for us or particularily me whose wine knowledge is practically at the lowest level to include the name of the country for the wines you are tasting.

Perhaps my favourite Italian variety – a rags to riches kind of story. Great episode.

qotd: that's a ways off now, but I'm thinking maybe a nice dry rose.

Love seeing the spotlight on another unsung varietal. I can think of 1 or 2 others I'd like to see you do that we haven't seen yet. But I don't think you want me to mention those anymore…

Congrats Tim! Go Twinkies!

I have not had an agliaglioxenfree. “Il” is said like “eel” in Italian btw. Not that I expect everyone to pronounce foreign words correctly, but if I can spread some knowledge then I'm going for it.

QOTD: I had a St. Croix from Winehaven. It was pretty good. Not too acidic and not too inky. It was a little thin but I think they did a great job with a difficult grape.