Comments on: Valpolicella Wines From Italy – Episode #365

By: Fredly

Fredly — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:49:07 +0000

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.

By: Adrian aka AnGkEr

Adrian aka AnGkEr — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:50:49 +0000

What’s the difference between Amarone and Valpolicella?

By: CaseyLee

CaseyLee — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:52:52 +0000

fnailly popped it and wow !

By: caseylee

caseylee — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:32:29 +0000

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

By: Dessert Wine Nerd

Dessert Wine Nerd — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:20:28 +0000

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.

By: Cliff and Darcey

Cliff and Darcey — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:25:40 +0000

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!

By: Gerry Mantovani

Gerry Mantovani — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:47:35 +0000

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

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By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:57:26 +0000

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!!!

By: Shane B.

Shane B. — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:30:14 +0000

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.