The Weekly Word of Vino, Italian Wine & Spirits

In This Issue:

July 5, 2006

•	New Wines from Mastroberardino

•	Wine Opinion: Happy (belated) Fourth of July

•	Wine Tastings: Mastroberardino

•	Wine of the Week: Taurasi Radici 2000 Mastroberardino

New Wines from Mastroberardino

Taurasi 2000 is here!!! Supplies are extremely limited! One-bottle limit per customer. Just a quick reminder: we'll be tasting new wines from Mastroberardino (pictured right) tomorrow and Friday, 5:30-7:30. For the list of wines see below. Chianti Tasting July 20 Mark your calendars: on Thursday July 20, Vino will be hosting a guided tasting of 10 Chiantis, including the 1993 Badia a Coltibuono and the 1982 declassified Chianti from Grato Grati. Enzo Mecella Large Format Lastly, later this summer, we will taste the newly arrived three-liter and magnum format Rosso Conero from Enzo Mecella (1993 and 1997). While many of the bottles have already been pre-ordered, there are still some available. Please email contact@vinosite.com to reserve.

Wine Tastings: Mastroberardino

Thurday and Friday, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Greco di Tufo Nova Serra 2004 Mastroberardino New! Greco di Tufo Nova Serra 2003 Mastroberardino Fiano d'Avellino Radici 2003 Mastroberardino Taurasi Radici 2000 Mastroberardino New! Wine of the Week Taurasi Radici 1995 Mastroberardino For more info, email us at contact@vinosite.com.

Wine of the Week: Taurasi Radici 2000 Mastroberardino

For those of you who read the Vino e-letter, you know that Taurasi is one of our favorite wines. As Charles noted in his latest wine opinion, these wines are made to last and will only get better with time. Mastroberardino only makes Taurasi in exceptionally good vintages. The 2000 harvest followed a hot summer throughout Italy and so the fruit was very ripe. While we are certain that this wine has many many years (indeed, decades) ahead of it, the warmer temperatures of 2000 made for a wine that is already drinking very well. Don't miss this opportunity to taste this wine for the first time at Vino. Send an email to contact@vinosite.com to order (supplies are limited).

Wine Opinion: Happy (belated) Fourth of July

Charles is taking a vacation from his weekly Wine Opinion but would like wish his readers a belated but happy Fourth of July. He hopes to see you at the tastings on Thursday and Friday. Q: What could be better than tasting the new vintage of Taurasi? A: Tasting it with Charles, who has been a fan and followed this wine since the 1968 vintage. Charles would love to hear from you. Please email your questions or comments to charles@vinosite.com.