Tre Bicchieri and Follow Up Bordeaux Thoughts
I am on my way back from the Tre Bicchieri tasting event of Italian wines in Chicago so I thought I’d type in some rambling thoughts. The Tre Bicchieri is sort of an odd event in that it mixes trade and consumers, so there are Italian winemakers that flew across the ocean to pour their organically farmed native yeast extended lees contact Franciacorta rose for a woman that squeals out “Ohhhh!!! That’s JAMMY!”. I have no clue if this trip is worthwhile to them beyond maybe getting a stamp of approval from The Cleveland Wine Lads who can swing you a few cases in Ohio at least (but only for your high-end shit). It’s like most of these wine events for me which are 85% circle jerk and 15% getting good info from producers. I’m by no means an Italian wine expert, and not that engaged with the wines of Abruzzo, which was a tough break for me at this event as about a dozen producers were there from Abruzzo pouring their pecorino, a wine which I have little ch...
