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...first moves down the list of white wines, as law students yell out comments while Brown directs the conversation. “It drinks easily but it doesn’t give you a whole lot to work with,” Brown says of the second selection, a Trebbiano Soave from the Veneto-Monteforte D’Alpone region in Italy. The third white wine, a Gruner Veltliner from Austria, is one student’s favorite.“Why do you say that?” Brown asks.“Because you said...

Author: By Ariadne C. Medler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Vino Boot Camp, $15 a Bottle | 4/28/2006 | See Source »

...sound of a trumpet”—quite appropriate given the fanfare this fine wine deserves. The Sangiovese grape (red) is the sine qua non of Chianti. It is used alone or with the Canaiolo Nero (red) and/or other white grape varieties such as the Trebbiano Toscano and the Malvasia del Chianti. Chianti is a dry, crisp, acidic example of a light to medium-bodied red wine. The tannin, though somewhat pronounced, is moderate on the whole...

Author: By Wine CONNOISSEUR par excellence and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Chianti Wars | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

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