Primitivo Red Wines from Italy

Primitivo Red Wines from Italy – Episode #336

October 18, 2007

Gary explores the fun wild and exciting world of Primitivo.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Villa Fanelli Primitivo ZetaPrimitivo di Manduria
2005 Felline Primitivo Di ManduriaPrimitivo di Manduria
2004 Savese Picchieri Primitivo TerrarossaPrimitivo di Manduria

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October 20, 2007

ws0x9
QOTD: Toasted Ravioli for my wife. We actually had it last night!
October 20, 2007

pertti sÃ¤rkkÃ¤
QOTD: steak and potatoes for me+ family kids and yes i’ve got some primitivo for myself
October 20, 2007

Shotgun
Interesting wines, good job Gary. Here’s an idea for some other under-the-radar wines: Greek wines. The Greeks are really making some killers. QOD: You know, I think expanding one’s wine palate definitely expands one’s culinary horizons too. I love food and I am increasingly loving to cook at home, and to try new and difficult things. A recent Wine Spectator was a “foodie” issue and I highly recommend Emeril Lagasse’s spicy shrimp and the Eric Whoozit’s from Le Bernardin sauteed cod (I used halibut– perfect). Let’s see, what would I like to prepare… well, it’s got to get a bit more like fall (it’s frigging 80 degrees here today, what’s up with that?), and I adore pasta, but haven’t gotten into making my own, so I’d like to home-make the perfect delicate pappardelle, and serve it with a rich wild boar ragout, and a simple green salad with those wonderful marinated artichoke hearts that you find in Tuscany. All washed down with a classic Brunello di Montalcino of course. And enjoyed with my wife, of course.
October 19, 2007

Corrado
Big Primitivo fan. Gotta try to stay more current with the Zin vs. Primitivo research/debate/fighting. I’m still using the line that Prim is the same as Zin and I’m not looking forward to the day where that’s positively refuted by someone. Regardless, loved the show & looking forward to a WLTV special Free Shipping offer on the Felline.

QOTD: I make this laboriously awesome Chocolate Souffle (a la Roy’s) that, when the planets align, it a thing to behold (or betaste I guess). Making it for friends is fun because it’s such a production, but the hardest part is timing the cook time so that the sides are set, but the middle’s liquid.
October 19, 2007

Jon B.
Great show I’m super pumped about primativo.QOTD I cook everday for a living.But If I could only cook one meal for someone, it would be for some one who doesn’t get to eat everyday, someone who would really appreciate it,who would not take it for granted,someone who really needed it.Thanks Gary and WLTV crew.
October 19, 2007

gordoyflaca
heh, looks like there’s more Abruzzese in the house.
October 19, 2007

gordoyflaca
Thanks for gettin down with the heel of the boot. How about some montepulciano d’abruzzo next?

QOD: I guess, when it comes down to it, I would live to be able to make some nice soft gnocchi in a kick-ass sauce, for the family.

oh yeah, and if I could only make my grampie’s pizza frit…
October 19, 2007

DARREL LAS VEGAS
Seems your doing all these cool Italian grapes.
LETS BE “DIFFICULT AND DEMANDING” Arneis!
October 19, 2007

Stu
QOTD: I would make pepper steak for my mom because she made it for me for a lot of years as my birthday dinner.
October 19, 2007

JOE D'ANTONY
Gary, great shows and education…very much appreciated. Have you done a show on the wines from the Abbruzzo Province in Italy? Would love to see those wines explored by your sniffer and taste buds…Many thanks, Joe
October 19, 2007

ChicagoWineBabe
Hi Gary! I love your show! I have a new pledge to watch it EVERY DAY. This is first time I’m writing to say that so your Primotiva episode must have been an especially moving show. OK, I’m also writing you with a trivia question: what’s the biggest wine/spirits store (not company, but building) in the country? Thanks!
October 19, 2007

Jim in SA
This is maybe the 4th episode I have watched and my first time post. Great show. Very interested in the debate over the lineage of this grape. Inspired to try and track down the Fanelli.
QOTD: My long time favorite. Oysters Bourgogne followed by Pompano en papillot. With my wife.
October 19, 2007

italianwinelover
Great Show!! Always have loved the Primitovos!! Girls felt Fonzie!! Too funny!! But no “p” please in my mouth!!

QOTD:Home made pizza with my son…oh wait already do that! Life doesn’t get any better than that. Of course a beautiful Nebbiolo to go with it!!!
October 19, 2007

Peter
Gary, you’re like the Bob Ross of wine tasting. Not so much of the boring side, but as the standard.
October 19, 2007

Kim
Man, I want some of that 2nd wine. Another great show.
QOTD: I wish I knew how to make sushi. I’d like to have a sushi and wine nite w/all my friends and loved ones.
October 19, 2007

Dom
A cippino for my wife(if she liked fish)! But I love it!
October 19, 2007

KellyDuff
QOTD: I’m talking Old School, Out of Spain, Cooking it for Days, in the Huge Castrols, kind of Paella. All the fixings. I would love to have a big evening, outdoors in the country side or even in a Brooklyn rooftop (that’s how we did), on a huge wooden picnic table full of wine, dominos/cards/monopoly(for GV and i’d even let him buy the green and yellow property because that’s how great of a mood i would be in) for all good friends and neighbors…
October 19, 2007

Sonnenuhr
Hey the tivo is primo. Those concerned with proper pronunciation and enunciation should mount a post, that is Emily, and rotate. Can you say â€œLangwerth von Simmern Hattenheimer Nussbrunnen Riesling Spatleseâ€ three-times fast :-p
October 19, 2007

VivianoVino
I could dig on makin’ some saganaki. Maybe just because you get an excuse to yell while you’re cooking. Hey Gary, howsabout doin a show on wines from Bolgheri. Last issue of Spectator was praising Bolgheri emphatically. I know advertising with certain wine mags probably are good for ratings. Just wanted to see if they can hang with the likes of Montalcino or Montepulciano.
October 19, 2007

chef jack
Well to answer the QOTD I have a step up since I’m chef but I would love to cook for Frank Zappa before he died or maybe create a menu based on his songs and lyrics – “The Dangerous Kitchen” menu: Grilled “Bread Things” – dry and scratchy toasts topped with ripe tomato caviar, poached quail eggs and fresh herbs; “Frightful salad” – warm salad of wilted greens, Shaft bleu cheese, roasted pear and caramelized pecans; “un-balance your glands” – crispy fried sweetbreads, peach melba, balsamic onion relish; “the meat things where the cat ate through the paper” – sous vide ribeye steak, Primitivo reduction sauce “lumpy gravy”, creamed cipollini onions, apple-wood smoked bacon and watercress; “where the cream is all clabbered or sometimes the milk can hurt you (if you put it on your cereal without smelling the plastic container)” “the bananas are black they’ve got flies on the back” – roasted banana pot au creme. Well anyway there it is! – Keep up the good work Gary and all at winelibrary! What about tasting some Calaveras county or Sierra foothill wines from my neck of the woods!?
October 19, 2007

half century
Jeez a day later and 2 of the 3 are sold out!
October 19, 2007

Arthur
Good epp Gary,

I just wish I could have seen you attempt to pronounce Crljenak Kasztelanski.

I wonder if its name alone will lead to its being passed into oblivion as the parent of Primitivo and Zinfandel.
October 19, 2007

wayno da wino
Interesting Episode as usual!! Never had a
Primitivo. After watchin’ Ya go bananas over
da Felline Primitivo, gotta go get somma dat!!

QOTD: Maybe a Szechun/Kung Pao/Curry Shrimp/
Chicken/Pork Dish for this Gorgeous Lady I
meet da other day!! Oh Yea !!
October 19, 2007

Greg R.
QOTD: Pork Butt BBQ for me and all of my forum members!

Great lines today…um, did you say you know what Oil Can Boyd tastes like….doood…that’s gross!!

Peace and Chicken Grease…

Greg

I WANT my PODCAST!!!
October 19, 2007

Patricia Pendergast
Loved this episode and can’t wait to get the Felline and give it a swirl. I also love the A Mano Primitivo. As for the meal? ( And, I CAN cook…) Being a carnivore, it’s got to be a big roasted tenderloin encrusted with herbs and pepper, truffle mashers and creamed spinach gratin. Think of all the awesome vino options! Actually, I just made this for pals a few weeks ago and we had a big spicy Mollydooker Shiraz with it….it rocked.