tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7147393486014631294.post9091970893650685585..comments2024-03-24T06:37:31.047-07:00Comments on Rome the Second Time: The Wine Report: Grocery Store WhitesDianne Bennett and William Graebnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020113718051468497noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7147393486014631294.post-15654677290255460082014-08-27T12:34:57.815-07:002014-08-27T12:34:57.815-07:00from another reader via email:
Love this post, and...from another reader via email:<br />Love this post, and it reminds me of a story.<br /><br />In 2010, I would regularly go to a market close to our apartment. There was a wine shop in the market that sold wine from casks. It was GOOD wine and very inexpensive. I saw Romans bringing their own bottles, including water bottles. So I brought water bottles. This was our everyday table wine. Sometimes I would spring for a more expensive bottle, but the wine in this shop often tasted better. <br /><br />When my daughter and son-in-law arrived, I had to run a few errands. I told them there was chilled mineral water in the fridge. Erik poured himself a glass. After a taste, he said incredulously, "This isn't water!" What really perplexed him is that I am sort of a wine snob, and here I had wine in a water bottle in my fridge. <br /><br /><br />Here is a place in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin that sells wine in casks. In an article I read about this place, it was explained why wine from a cask would taste so good. The Ruby TapDianne Bennett and William Graebnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00020113718051468497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7147393486014631294.post-82578250918690047702014-08-14T02:30:59.905-07:002014-08-14T02:30:59.905-07:00Terrific recommendations! We spend about 75% LESS ...Terrific recommendations! We spend about 75% LESS in Rome on wine than we did in Portland, OR. Also less on coffee, I might add. <br /><br />Another recommendation though "upscale" at about €8.50/bottle, is any Donna Fugata wine. Sicilian and dependable. We also like Cusumano "Alcamo," a well-balanced white. So much wine, so little time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com