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...when you’re walking guys and hitting guys, that’s going to give you a very big inning.”BIG GREEN BLUESWith a raucous Dartmouth crowd in attendance for the dedication of the Big Green’s remodeled home, Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, there was no lack of boisterous heckling from the bleachers. While Harvard endured many verbal jabs, the umpires suffered the majority of Dartmouth’s ire.A tight strike zone from home plate umpire Brian Troupe gave both sides trouble, but the crowd erupted when Troupe refused to grant...
...Brunello, made from the Sangiovese Grosso grape, is often referred to as Chianti on hormones?it's bigger, bolder and pricier. The Biondi-Santi winery in Montalcino is credited with making the first Brunello around 1888, and the firm still produces a glorious version. But it took two winemaking brothers from Long Island, New York, John and Harry Mariani, to raise the wine to fame. In the late 1970s, the Marianis bought a medieval castle in the Montalcino area, Castello Banfi, started growing Sangiovese Grasso grapes on some of the surrounding 2,800 hectares and began making their own Brunello...
...Biondi-Santi Rosso di Montalcino, $60 Intense perfume of crushed dried roses and sunbaked plum ? 2000 Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino, $100 Very pretty, marked by bittersweet chocolate, black olive and roses ? 1999 Mastrojanni Brunello di Montalcino, $50 Delicious. Touches of cherry and Earl Grey tea and tangy acidity. Look for the same maker's Schiena d'Asino, a single-vineyard version, gorgeous at $80 ? 1999 Castello Banfi, $60 While this is a more modern style than the other three, it's a sure crowd pleaser with its smoky cherry and little-red-berry flavors
...stained teeth, a friend handed me some freshly plucked sage leaves and instructed me to rub my teeth clean with them. "Old custom," he said. It worked! Brunello, made from the Sangiovese Grosso grape, is often referred to as Chianti on hormones - it's bigger, bolder and pricier. The Biondi-Santi winery in Montalcino is credited with making the first Brunello around 1888, and the firm still produces a glorious version. But it took two winemaking brothers from Long Island, New York, John and Harry Mariani, to raise the wine to fame. In the late 1970s, the Marianis bought...
...Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino, $100 Very pretty, marked by bittersweet chocolate, black olive and roses...