What good regional wine in Venice and Florence?
 

I will be in Venice and Florence in 2 weeks.

Want to look to hard to find (in US), good red wine (maybe for cellaring) in these 2 areas. Any suggestions?

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Hi

Have you tried "wines veneto hard to find united states" for Venice and "wines tuscany hard to find united states" for Florence on www.google.com.

Look for 1997 Brunello, 1996 Barolo. They are cheaper in Italy than US.

Ira:

The problem with a Google search is that you'll get a bunch of websites to wine stores in the U.S., and they will list many Venetian and Tuscanny wines, and would not tell you which wine is hard to come by.

I just thought there may be wine enthusiasts out there who know about some obscure Venetian and Tuscanny wine I can get while I'm in Italy.

Hi John,

You hadn't mentioned what research you had done, which is why I asked.

Have you looked up "Wine Spectator"?

I'm told that the 2003 vintange is going to be quite good, especially for Brunello.

Barolo is not a wine from Tuscany or Veneto. It is produced in Piemonte (north west of Italy), but it is one of the most well-known and delicious italian wines.

Typical wines of Tuscany (not all, but among the best): Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino, ROsso di Motepulciano and Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
Typical wines of Veneto (not all but among the best): Bardolino, Tocai, Valpolicella, Colli Euganei, Soave.
These are all DOC wines (Denominazione Origine COntrollata)= certified origin.

I topped on of Deans posts for you..he is very knowledgable , I had all his posts saved but lost them in a computer crash...put DEAN into the search box, then Italy, you should come up with some good suggestions

From the Trentino region (north of the Veneto) - - Teroldego Rotaliano.

Hard to find in the USA. Somewhat like a Zinfandel or Shiraz, but its own unique spiciness.

Best wishes,

Rex

BATUFFOLINA wrote
>Barolo is not a wine from Tuscany or Veneto. It is produced in Piemonte (north west of Italy), but it is one of the most well-known and delicious italian wines.<

I agree with both statements. I thought John shouldn't forget the Barolos.

now I see why Jody topped that post. We had a great time choosing wines when we were there -- Vino Noble from Montipulciano was a great choice, as well as Chianti Classicos and Riservas we pretty much kept our choices at around $30 (for which we were getting ('97s, '94s and '95s) but I've kicked myself for not trying a Brunello at around $50 ever since. NEXT time we'll know better!

Dean had several REALLY great posts! Now I can't find them!

Ira:

Yes, I have subscription to Wine Spectator on line and also buy the magazine regularly.

There are many wines which are not reviewed by Wine Spectator and such. Hence my question.

I found quite a few of these hallowed "Dean" posts by just searching "Dean and wines" (you don't need the quotes around).