| If you are looking for fine Italian wine
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| | Tazzelenghe, which means tongue cutter in
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| and food, consider the Friuli-Venezia
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| | the local dialect. While I have never
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| Giuli region of northern Italy. You may
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| | tasted any wines based on this grape, I
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| find a bargain, and I hope that you'll
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| | can guess that they won't be delicate.
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| have fun on this fact-filled wine
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| | Before we reviewing the Friuli wine and
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| education tour.
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| | cheese that we were lucky enough to
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| Friuli-Venezia Giuli is a mountainous
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| | purchase at a local wine store and a
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| area tucked away in the northeast corner
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| | local Italian food store, here are a few
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| Italy, bordering on Austria and Slovenia.
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| | suggestions of what to eat with
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| Experts believe that Friuli-Venezia Giuli
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| | indigenous wines when touring this
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| was first inhabited twenty thousand years
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| | beautiful region.
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| ago. Like most regions of Italy, it has
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| | Start with Cjalzons con Ripieno di
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| belonged to many nations over the years.
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| | Cioccolata e Spinaci, Chocolate and
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| Unlike most regions of Italy, it remains
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| | Spinach Filled Pasta with Smoked Ricotta.
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| multicultural, an exceptional mixture of
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| | Then try Capesante alla Triestina,
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| Italian, Austrian, and Slavic influences.
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| | Broiled Scallops and Oysters with
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| To make this article easier to read, we
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| | Watercress. And for dessert, indulge
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| will replace the region's full name by
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| | yourself with Strucolo di Ricotta,
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| its first part, Friuli. The total
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| | Ricotta Strudel. If you are like me, you
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| population is less than 1.2 million.
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| | think of Austria or Hungary, when you
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| While Friuli is home to a wide variety of
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| | hear the word Strudel.
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| agricultural products, most farmers don't
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| | OUR WINE REVIEW POLICY While we have
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| get rich. The farms tend to be small and
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| | communicated with well over a thousand
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| much of the land is unfertile, suitable
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| | Italian wine producers and merchants to
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| only for grazing and grapes.
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| | help prepare these articles, our policy
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| Unfortunately the Adriatic sea is in poor
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| | is clear. All wines that we taste and
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| condition and fishing is on the decline.
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| | review are purchased at the full retail
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| However, a wide variety of seafood is
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| | price.
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| available. Friuli's best-known food is
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| | Wine Reviewed
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| San Daniele prosciutto, an uncooked ham
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| | Pighin Pinot Grigio 2005 Grave del Fruili
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| aged in sea salt for over a year.
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| | 12.5% alcohol about $13.50
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| Gourmets debate whether this ham or its
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| | I'll start by quoting the marketing
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| cousin prosciutto di Parma from the
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| | materials. "Toast, white flowers and
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| Emilia-Romagna region in northwestern
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| | mineral on the involved nose, this
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| Italy is the best ham in the world.
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| | light-bodied white is all about zing,
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| Friuli's administrative center is
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| | verve, and refreshing citrus flavors.
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| Trieste, which only became part of Italy
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| | Some notes of pit fruit, but mainly built
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| in 1954. This city was once the principle
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| | to match up to seafood. Try with friends
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| port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Like
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| | and grilled scampi drizzled with lemon
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| Vienna, Austria, Trieste is filled with
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| | juice."
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| cafés. It is also home to the famous
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| | I first tasted this wine with sesame seed
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| International Center for Theoretical
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| | covered filo dough stuffed with hamburger
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| Physics.
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| | meat and accompanied by zucchini in a
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| Friuli devotes about one hundred fifty
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| | tomato sauce. It was pleasantly acidic
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| thousand acres to grapevines, it ranks
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| | and fruity providing lemon and other
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| 14th among the 20 Italian regions. Its
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| | citrus flavors. I liked it with a
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| total annual wine production is about 27
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| | chocolate cake labeled strudel which
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| million gallons, giving it a 13th place.
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| | intensified the wine's acidity. I don't
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| Approximately 48% of its wine production
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| | think that any Friuli residents would
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| is red or rosé (only a little rosé),
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| | have called that cake strudel, but this
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| leaving 52% for white. The region
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| | review is about the wine, and not the
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| produces 9 DOC wines. DOC stands for
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| | cake.
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| Denominazione di Origine Controllata,
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| | My next food pairing was with whole-wheat
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| which may be translated as Denomination
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| | pasta in a spicy meat sauce. The wine
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| of Controlled Origin, presumably a
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| | stepped up to the plate and handled the
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| high-quality wine and 1 DOCG white
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| | spice very well. It was nice and round. I
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| dessert wine, Ramandolo. The G in DOCG
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| | finished this meal with out of season
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| stands for Garantita, but there is in
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| | strawberries, in whose presence the wine
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| fact no guarantee that such wines are
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| | became almost sweet.
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| truly superior. Over 60% of Friuli wine
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| | With filet of sole poached in onions, a
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| carries the DOC or DOCG designation.
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| | side of brown rice, and okra in a tomato
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| Friuli is home to almost four dozen major
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| | sauce, the wine became more acidic and
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| and secondary grape varieties, about half
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| | rounder. It was quite refreshing. It was
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| white and half red.
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| | a sweet, acidic companion to fresh
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| Widely grown international white grape
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| | pomegranates. It took on a nice acidity
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| varieties include Pinot Grigio, often
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| | with pecan and caramel chocolate candy.
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| called Pinot Gris outside of Italy, Pinot
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| | Montasio is a cooked, full-fat, semi-hard
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| Bianco, often called Pinot Blanc outside
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| | cheese made from cow's milk and aged for
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| of Italy, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon
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| | several months. It has a pungent smell
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| Blanc. The best known strictly Italian
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| | and a strong, pasty taste. The Pinot
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| white varieties are Tocai Friulano and
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| | Grigio was not outmatched by this
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| Verduzzo Fruilano, exemplified in the
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| | powerful cheese. Strictly speaking,
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| DOCG wine, Ramandolo.
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| | Asiago cheese does not come from the
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| Widely grown international red grape
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| | Friuli region, but its neighbors
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| varieties include Merlot, grown in Fruili
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| | Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. Once
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| for well over one hundred years, Cabernet
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| | again, the wine changed its character to
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| Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon. The
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| | match this softer cheese.
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| best-known strictly Italian red variety
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| | This wasn't a great wine, but it did go
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| is Refosco. Fruili's candidate for grape
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| | well with everything. I would most likely
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| variety with the most unusual name is
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| | buy it again.
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