Flowers in the Adriatic

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Thor

Thor Iverson
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A rough-faced man slides into the seat next to us, joking in guttural Slovenian with the bartender, then overhearing us speaking English to each other. Igor introduces himself as a plumber from the Slovenian minority (he notes with a wry smile) whos on the way home from work, speaks six languages (which he demonstrates), and knows a good deal about the local wine scene, which leads to a long chat about the qualitative and stylistic differences between tocai friulano and ribolla gialla. Its the sort of encounter that makes me love travel: here we are in a bar in Trieste one named after an Irish poet talking in English with a Slovenian plumber about the wines of his adopted Italian region.

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Zidarich 2005 Carso Vitovska (Friuli Venezia Giulia) As obviously unfiltered as it is obviously one of these extended-maceration, naked-experimentation wines for which Friuli is becoming famous. And its exciting, with powerful aromatics of spice and soda, plus the pristine, pure sensation of glacier water on the palateyet if water could be said to have complexity, this has it. The finish is long and beautifully transparent. What a wine! (11/07)

Le Vigne di Zam 2005 Malvasia (Friuli Venezia Giulia) Perfumed and lightly spritzy, but fairly forgettable. (11/07)

Sancin 2004 Bianco (Friuli Venezia Giulia) Light and crisp, with some inherent character thats nonetheless a bit elusive, and a bit of fat on the finish. This is OK. (11/07)
 
originally posted by Thor:
Zidarich 2005 Carso Vitovska (Friuli Venezia Giulia) As obviously unfiltered as it is obviously one of these extended-maceration, naked-experimentation wines for which Friuli is becoming famous. And its exciting, with powerful aromatics of spice and soda, plus the pristine, pure sensation of glacier water on the palateyet if water could be said to have complexity, this has it. The finish is long and beautifully transparent. What a wine!
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I have yet to try one of these - you're not making that any easier.

I once had an office next to a coffee shop wherein worked a woman from South Africa. When foreign tourists would come in, she would speak to them in their own language. I have no idea how many languages she had but I could see the effects on the faces of those folks.
Made me envious.
Best, Jim
 
I find it embarassing, but I do my best to stumble through the two languages I've learned to mangle, anyway. I'm not learning Afrikaans, though. (Or Xhosa.)

Do try to get your hands on a vitovska. I think you'll like it.
 
Thanks. Always pleasant to be reminded of the Friuli region, and why I like it so much.

Of course, you once again rekindled my desire to go back again. *sigh*
 
You're welcome, Tvrtko.

Ian, yes I do. I'm very lucky. As anyone who's met my wife will acknowledge. ;-)

As for the blue lights, I dunno. It was a very beautiful square, though...even in the rain.
 
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