For
1st Veni, vidi, Vinum! Greeks and Romans – advanced civilizations, mind you! – appreciated the benefits of this 8,000-year-old cultural asset so much that they gave it its own god: Bacchus.
2 . if you are still in the dark about what a miracle tool you have at your disposal with your palate – an introduction to “proper” tasting is like a revelation!
3. every pizza Napoletana, perfectly crispy on the outside and fluffy and airy on the inside, tastes twice as delicious with a spirited Primitivo. And vice versa anyway.
4 . creative small wineries, organic pioneers, traditional winegrowing dynasties… The wine business is one of the last to reject global multinationals.
5 . if you don’t have a pair of rose-colored glasses at hand – the world looks pretty lovely when viewed through a glass of cool rosé. It doesn’t have to stop at just looking at it…
Against
1 ) On the one hand, around half of all buyers choose wine on the basis of price or label – and then serve us 4-euro fusel from large-scale industrial bottling.
2. on the other hand, bottles containing 98.5 percent water and alcohol are sold at horrendous prices. Prosperity madness!
3. wine glasses should not go in the sink (stains!). And when washing up, they break by the dozen without the shards ever bringing any luck.
4. do you know what a dirty kitchen towel feels like in your mouth? Red wine turns your tongue into one of these!
5. do we judge the color as ruby or purple, do woody or fruity aromas dominate, is the finish long or medium, and which vintage do we keep in the cellar for how long? Questions of faith about which self-appointed experts are banging their heads together. Especially after extensive tasting.
