I love Feudi Di San Gregorio, and all of Campania wines in general. Such an underrated Great Italian region for wine! I too wish I knew more about the wines of the region before I went to Napoli, shucks, I guess that means I need to go back someday!
Thanks so much for reading Kathleen!! This one was fun to write! That subregion has so many fun stories already looking forward to writing the next one.
I'm glad that you featured the wine from Feudi de San Gregorio. We first tasted them in the late 90s and visited in 2000. It was a seriously impressive organisation then (too big and too professional to be merely a winery). I love how they reinvented Campania wines and still continue to make great wines at all prices. Even their sparkling Falenghina is extremely good quality and value for money.
The only point of contention for us is that my wife and I can never agree on a single favourite. She's a Greco (di Tufo) girl whereas I'm a Falenghina fella....
That is so awesome that you visited them! There is not much content on line about them but I heard a podcast years ago interviewing a member of their organization. It was very inspirational! I also love the kind of disagreement your wife and you have!! ❤️ You are clearly not sweating the small stuff but rather focusing on what really matters in life! (Wine) 😉
.... I've worked in wine since I was 18 and worked my first vintage in 1988. For the sake of balance (not to mention my liver function) I should probably do something else as dragging hoses definitely gets harder with age.
Rias Baixas (Salnes). Before that we had the winery/vineyard thing in the Languedoc which vaccinated me against owning vines again. Now I just buy grapes or more accurately, mosto.
Before the Languedoc, we had a year in Burgundy and 4 years in California. Not bad for Brit whose entire academic qualification in wine making was a 4 day short course at UC Davis.
PS. I've even been to Calgary selling my (Languedoc) wine although this would have been 10 years ago now.
I don't seem to remember the creamy texture you describe in the Feudi di San Gregorio, but maybe old age is claiming my memory. Or maybe some people dislike it because it messes with their ingrained notion that only red wine is worth drinking.
Maybe it is this vintage. I am also just saying that some people cannot even handle lees ageing they are so sensitive. I leaned this from working retail. But I definitely categorized it as full body.
Who knows, really. When it comes to wine, I've found that many people define their "sensitivities" in some part of their brain divorced from facts and experience.
I do not disagree. One of my clients has "softened" her disdain for any texture, the more time goes on and I continue to expose her to different wines. I love how many readers know this wine! Super fun!
I love Feudi Di San Gregorio, and all of Campania wines in general. Such an underrated Great Italian region for wine! I too wish I knew more about the wines of the region before I went to Napoli, shucks, I guess that means I need to go back someday!
Exactly 💯...wine is always an excuse to revisit an amazing place! I look forward to writing about Aglianico!!
A fascinating history!
Thanks so much for reading Kathleen!! This one was fun to write! That subregion has so many fun stories already looking forward to writing the next one.
Do you think that there's any truth to the story that Falenghina is the grape of ancient Rome's most prestigious wine, Falerno?
Falerno did come up in my research but I didn't do a deep dive on it. It would be interesting to know. Thanks for reading!
I'm glad that you featured the wine from Feudi de San Gregorio. We first tasted them in the late 90s and visited in 2000. It was a seriously impressive organisation then (too big and too professional to be merely a winery). I love how they reinvented Campania wines and still continue to make great wines at all prices. Even their sparkling Falenghina is extremely good quality and value for money.
The only point of contention for us is that my wife and I can never agree on a single favourite. She's a Greco (di Tufo) girl whereas I'm a Falenghina fella....
That is so awesome that you visited them! There is not much content on line about them but I heard a podcast years ago interviewing a member of their organization. It was very inspirational! I also love the kind of disagreement your wife and you have!! ❤️ You are clearly not sweating the small stuff but rather focusing on what really matters in life! (Wine) 😉
😅 You have no idea.......
.... I've worked in wine since I was 18 and worked my first vintage in 1988. For the sake of balance (not to mention my liver function) I should probably do something else as dragging hoses definitely gets harder with age.
Which wine region do you live in?
Rias Baixas (Salnes). Before that we had the winery/vineyard thing in the Languedoc which vaccinated me against owning vines again. Now I just buy grapes or more accurately, mosto.
Before the Languedoc, we had a year in Burgundy and 4 years in California. Not bad for Brit whose entire academic qualification in wine making was a 4 day short course at UC Davis.
PS. I've even been to Calgary selling my (Languedoc) wine although this would have been 10 years ago now.
I don't seem to remember the creamy texture you describe in the Feudi di San Gregorio, but maybe old age is claiming my memory. Or maybe some people dislike it because it messes with their ingrained notion that only red wine is worth drinking.
Maybe it is this vintage. I am also just saying that some people cannot even handle lees ageing they are so sensitive. I leaned this from working retail. But I definitely categorized it as full body.
Who knows, really. When it comes to wine, I've found that many people define their "sensitivities" in some part of their brain divorced from facts and experience.
I do not disagree. One of my clients has "softened" her disdain for any texture, the more time goes on and I continue to expose her to different wines. I love how many readers know this wine! Super fun!