Comments on The Naked Vine: Wine Advice for the Rest of Us.™: Amarone

Serving wine is definitely a must in every event t...

2011-09-26T04:46:18.655-04:00

Serving wine is definitely a must in every event that where we serve food. However, we make sure that we follow our clients' suggestion on what kind of wine to serve.

Guys, you should try a glas (or two) of Amarone wi...

2011-02-22T17:16:53.763-05:00

Guys, you should try a glas (or two) of Amarone with a late dinner with your spouses after a opera in Arena di Verona. It is magic (which lasts more than 1 hour) and worth flying from the states. My wife just adore it so we keep coming to opera (and for Amarone) for years. I live in Rijeka (Fiume in Italian) in Croatia and it takes me just 3 hours drive to reach Verona.

Once you are in this part of the word there is so much to explore and experience: Veneto (Valpollichela and Soave), Toscana to the south, Piemonte to the north. But try also to find sime time to explore wine, olive oil and food (and truffles!) from Istrian peninsula (in Croatia, bordering with Slovenia and Italy) - undiscovered land also called 'Terra Magica' or 'Croatian Toscana'.
Since the quantities are limited, local wine (Malvasia Istriana (w), Teran (r), Muskat (w)), olive oil and truffles are probably not sold on US market so you have to come and enjoy. Please, find more info on www.istra.com.

Best regards from Croatia!
Boris - wine enthusiast and (Masi and Tomasi) Amarone fan
(boris@multilink.hr)
P.S. I found your blog while googling to find perfect food to pair with Amarone which I want to introduce to my project colleagues in Belgrade tomorrow!

Chris, Thanks for sharing! This brings a huge smi...

2009-10-26T09:51:35.135-04:00

Chris,

Thanks for sharing! This brings a huge smile to my face on a Monday morning. Glad you enjoyed...

Just had my first Amarone experience, and what an ...

2009-10-24T08:33:46.802-04:00

Just had my first Amarone experience, and what an experience it was! First of all, I am SO
glad I read thes article first. I followed Mike's advice...cooled and decanted the wine firt. Then we tasted it by itself, paired it with the best Parmesan I could fine...totally different wine! Oh, but then I cooked my filet au poivre...the experience was nearly orgasmic. We have never experienced such a combination! Truely amazing...THIS is why we work so hard all week long! Mike and SPinC positively nailed it..."what an hour" indeed!

That's quite a review. I'll have to give it a try ...

2009-04-01T14:10:00.000-04:00

That's quite a review. I'll have to give it a try this weekend.