I was asked a little while ago by one of my more regular readers, the Spangly Princess, if there was anything in my bible about the Roner grappa she had recently imbibed. For reasons too boring to go into, I never got around to answering but I have delved further into my grappa bible.
Roner, apparently, is the market leader in fruit brandies in Italy with the Bianca and Gold being their more bog standard mixed grape varieties. Their gewurztraminer (try saying that drunk) has apparently got a nutty finish. Oh, and the distillery was established after World War 2 by Gottfried Roner and is now owned by his widow Luisa. Hope this goes some way to making up for my previous lack of response.
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cool, thanks. I thought the name rang a bell, I must have seen the fruit things somewhere. the Gold was very drinkable, perhaps too much.
Last night my brother cracked open a really rather splendid Bollinger, on a different note, lots of dark chocolate and vanilla, truly scrumptious it were.
Last night I finally got a taste of the bottle my dad brought back from Italy (a Vigneti Fantinel grappa Cabernet Sauvignon). Very classy little number with a lot of depth to it, I can heartily recommend and a very clear head in the morning. Most unusual.
Just wanted to say hi. A couple of nights ago Italian Wine Guy, Raffaella and I did various grappa into the wee hours of the morning... and thought about sending you a note.
I always like to hear about that kind of behaviour. I was back on the hard stuff last night too but more of that when I get a bit of time to go into more depth!
a clear head in the morning? are you sure you drank ebough of it?
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