Valpolicella Wines From Italy – Episode #365

December 6, 2007

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Italian red wines are always among the most sought after however these wonderful efforts from the Venato go very unnoticed!

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  • “Adrian aka AnGkEr:
    Amarone is made from the same grape varieties as V…” by Fredly
  • “What’s the difference between Amarone and Valpolicella?…” by Adrian aka AnGkEr
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Wines tasted in this episode:

Allegrini ValpolicellaValpolicella play review at cork'd
2003 Mazzi Valpolicella PoiegaValpolicella

play review at cork'd
2005 Zardini Valpolicella SuperioreValpolicella play review at cork'd

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  1. July 11, 2009

    Fredly

    Adrian aka AnGkEr:
    Amarone is made from the same grape varieties as Valpolicella, and it is grown in the same geographic area. But the winemaking technique is very different. For Amarone, the grapes are parially dried before the grapes are crushed. This concentrates the sugars and acids, causes chemical changes to occur in the tannins, produces a darker, denser wine with a raisiny character in the aroma and a slight bitterness on the palate. But the drying process also takes time effort and significantly reduces the amount of juice, which is why Amarone usually costs 3x as much as regular Valpolicella.
    There is also an in-between style called Ripasso, where a regular Valpolicella wine is passed over the pomace (the left-over skins and seeds) from an Amarone so that it will pick up some of the raisiny character without all the weight (and extra cost) of an Amarone.

  2. July 3, 2009

    Adrian aka AnGkEr

    What’s the difference between Amarone and Valpolicella?

  3. May 6, 2009

    CaseyLee

    fnailly popped it and wow !

  4. March 10, 2009

    caseylee

    still have this wine. i havent opened it yet. maybe i should have gotten more bottles hahaha
    thanks gary ! !
    VV

  5. January 1, 2009

    Dessert Wine Nerd

    Congrats to the winners. QOTD: Maybe a episode where fans pick wines for gary to taste ( maybe 12 wines over 3 episodes ) blind, and all the ones he cant guess ( by either region or type ) move on to a final round and try to stump him again to be the champ.

  6. November 28, 2008

    Cliff and Darcey

    A whole year later and even though I didn’t win the awesome prize of going to New York to see you and be on the show, I want you to know there are no hard feelings and I still keep your links up on my site! Damn!

  7. October 31, 2008

    Gerry Mantovani

    Please! It’s pronounce ah- mah- rone- ay!

  8. June 24, 2008

    What Would Gary Recommend To You If You Stopped By - Episode #492

    [...] The widget drawing episode [...]

  9. March 26, 2008

    Thomas

    I have tastes the Amarone Classico of “Fratelli Vogadori” and it is a very good wine. I’m trying to find other bottle but i think their produtions is veri limited!!!

  10. March 24, 2008

    Shane B.

    Just got around to watching this on my iPod today (3/25/08), and wanna be eligible for the contest.

    Idea: come up with a sensible rating system that forgoes numbers. Instead, something like: burn it, cook with it, give it to people you don’t like and exes, give it to people you love, pop-n-pour, store it, buy or die.

  11. December 20, 2007

    MannyPants

    QOTD: I think the Vayniac Wine Label design contest would be a good one. That or a t-shirt design contest.

  12. December 18, 2007

    Jason R.

    I’ll go with Free SHipping for Life or a chance to buy 2005 Bordeaux Futures again at original prices

  13. December 17, 2007

    Ryan R

    QOTD: Free wine for life!!??

  14. December 14, 2007

    SoCal

    Catching up from 2 weeks of working my A** off…….
    QOTD: Intro for the WLTV

  15. December 14, 2007

    Darold

    QOTD: Easy. What do you want that you aren’t getting? Video submissions. Make it something easy, something fun. People have to send in a video clip of themselves “training their palate” with a good handful of dirt as part of a 1-3 minute introduction to the THUNDERSHOW. Expect my submission soon.

  16. December 13, 2007

    pete c

    QOTD- masked tasters from WL all tasting the same wines and giving their masked interpretations. Could be interesting.

  17. December 13, 2007

    JoeyB

    QOTD: Either a Vayniac wine label or theme song. Something that doesn’t require a high-tech mind to do.

  18. December 12, 2007

    Natalie Pilon

    QOTD: a contest for the best WLTV cheer.

  19. December 12, 2007

    John Farrin

    QOTD: Give us low techies a chance. Perhaps a jingle or a catchphrase for a WL OR WLTV promotion.
    Prize could be free shipping for a year or two.

  20. December 12, 2007

    JayZee

    QOTD: Hmmm. Let’s see… It has to be a contest that I have a chance at winning… :-)
    I guess that means it has to be a random drawing! Ha! How about a “Where in the world is Jason Hicks?” contest?!

  21. December 12, 2007

    wlburk

    QOTD: I like the theme song idea….and the prize would be out of the US.

    Maybe a trip to EU or AU and a chance to taste at wineries over there.

    or maybe you should come out to where the winner lives, go out to a few of the best restaurants there and then tape a wine show at their place.

  22. December 12, 2007

    Lindsey

    QOTD: I´m with Daniel O – something Cork´d-related would be cool. As for prizes (note the plural), how about a trip to have a private visit/tasting (with Gary V of course) at one of your favorite wineries?

  23. December 12, 2007

    Andrew

    Hey Gary

    QOTD: A contest about wine would be cool – describing it, favourite wine, favourite experience, favourite wine style, most unusual food match, favourite wine experience etc …

  24. December 11, 2007

    Daniel O

    YAY CANADA!!! I hope this means there will be more Canadian wines on WLTV in the near future! :-)

    QOTD: I think the contest should be related to Cork’d, which seems to have fallen along the wayside lately. Maybe writing reviews and adding tasting notes to Cork’d, along with keeping an up-to-date cellar list. We really need to up the number of wines and bottles on record on that site, otherwise it will just be another “me too” site trying to be like Cellar Tracker.

  25. December 11, 2007

    Mr.Ambassador

    I agree with the “Wine Library TV knowledge” idea submitted previously. It would be fun to gather knowledge, fun-facts and trivia from past episodes. Too bad there can’t be a WLTV Fantasy Baseball challenge; that would be great.

    Had to make sire I’d be eligible for the next contest anyway!

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