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Cecchi Sangiovese Di Toscana 1999 |
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- to accompany this month's white wine. "Yancey's Fancy"Extra Sharp Country Store Cheese Made from cow's milk, this is a sharp, tangy cheddar style cheese, with a smooth, semi-creamy texture. Aged over 60 days it is "hand cheddared" - a process of repeatedly cutting and piling the curd in order to remove the whey which breaks the curd into finer, smoother particles. Go ask Miss Muffet about it! Note: Be sure to buy your cheese from the "fresh cheese" counter, and have it cut fresh in the store. Also avoid buying more than you need for a couple of days, since the freshness deteriorates after long term storage in the fridge. Cheese research and selection by Phillip Silverstone and Scott Selkowitz of International Food Distributors Inc. Cheese questions?: ifd@netcarrier.com |
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I'm not complaining about being born British..let's face it, how else would I have discovered baked beans on toast for breakfast? But the Italians do make me a tiny bit envious. Ask them to produce one opera singer and they send us three tenors; tell them you'd like a nice car to zip about in, and they show up with a shiny Ferrari that gets from Jersey City to Oshkosh in 23 seconds; And just suggest you'd like to find a romantic weekend getaway, and they fill an entire city with water and call it Venice. So when it came to inventing the superlative grape, some clever Italian, centuries ago, woke up one morning and said: "What a lovely day, think I'll plant some Sangiovese and make the best wines in the world." Without Sangiovese we wouldn't have Chianti; Brunello di Montalcino or any of the other superstar wines of Tuscany in Italy. Casa Vinicola Luigi Cecchi & Figli is far too complicated a name to remember when you're out shopping, so Cecchi (pronounced Chekky) is a perfectly |
acceptable moniker to their chums - and they have plenty of friends, thanks to their Sangiovese. The grapes are grown on the historic Tuscan hillside and produce this ruby red, fruity, elegant wine. It dances in your mouth with dry, rich, crisp smooth velvety flavors, which make you proud to be Italian - even if it is just for the time it takes to enjoy this sumptuous nectar. Region Tuscany, Italy Grapes 100% Sangiovese Technical Maceration of 14 days (basically keeping the grape skins in contact with the wine) followed by controlled temperature fermentation. Serve Chill for 20 minutes in fridge. Price in USA $7.99 (approx) |
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