Rinascimento Wine Company: blind tasting

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Monday, September 28, 2009

The perils of blind tasting . . .

Didier Dagueneau used to say of blind tasting that "a glance at the label is worth 20 years of wine tasting" and I whole-heartedly agree.

Check out this video of some of the most famous wine palates of Europe and the U.S. tasting blind a set of Bordeaux wines from the 2001 vintage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1leRdKluE7I

I think you will be surprised just as they were.

Cheers.

Justin

Italian Wine Importer

Every time I open a bottle, I want to be taken on an adventure of the mind. I want to be transported to another place and another time . . . another world.

Every bottle is different. Every bottle is an experience.

I find the producers who make these kinds of wines and I become their partner in bringing this experience to you.

This is no manifesto. This is not marketing jargon in the hopes of selling more wine. Twenty years in the wine business has taught me that it all falls by the wayside after awhile.

I want you to taste what I taste. I want you to experience what I experience and find the joy that is in every bottle.

justin at rinascimentowineco.com
(310) 270-3747

Many of the wines I work with are farmed either organically or biodynamically and are naturally fermented using only native yeasts, but that doesn't mean they are automatically good; the wines are good because of the blood, sweat and tears that are shed by the producers working with nature to make something great.

Rinascimento Wine Company

Monday, September 28, 2009

The perils of blind tasting . . .

Lunch with Francesca Vaira at Terroni DTLA . . . best lunch ever!