The Italian Job (It blew the doors off!)

 

The July 2023 Freeland Wine Club session proved to be yet another fascinating night during which we were introduced to an excellent selection of wines from the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy.

We were also introduced to an excellent selection of English cheeses. It is not often that the cheeses raise as many complimentary comments as the wines. However, the combination that Charles Dall’Omo presented to the club in July did just that.

Charlie is the cofounder of San Martino Wines, an online wine company that specialises in importing and distributing wines from northern Italy.

Charlie  orchestrated us through a selection of excellent wines on the night which were very well received.

These included

 

3 sparkling wines:

- 'Prestige' Pignoletto Spumante Brut,

- Ortrugo Frizzante

- 'Gino Friedman' Lambrusco Sorbara (a rose)

A still white 

- Pignoletto Superiore, 

2 reds

- 'Primo Segno Sangiovese

- 'Longiano' Sangiovese Riserva

 

and a beautiful desert wine

- 'L'Appuntamento' Malvasia di Candia Passito 

The wines are all available from the San Martino Online Shop.

San Martino can be followed on Facebook and Instagram.

The cheeses on the night were:

- Wigmore - a sheep milk cheese

- Rachel - a goat milk cheese

- Ticklemoore - a goat milk cheese

- Colston Bassett Stilton

Like the wines - highly recommended.