Italiano Multi-course Dinner

[Peter Creasey]

MENU:

CULINARY DELIGHTS







WINES:

. . . . Pete

 

[Filippo Mattia Ginanni]

It is unbelievable with Google Translate, spell checkers of all sorts and Italians virtually in every country in the word, you still have spelling mistakes in menus...

... and also it takes a lot of skill to assemble such a vinous lineup.

 

[Peter Creasey]

Filippo, thanks for reading the posting.

You refer to "mistakes". Not being of Italian descent, I'm only aware of one mistake in the menu.

. . . . . Pete

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

originally posted by Filippo Mattia Ginanni:
... and also it takes a lot of skill to assemble such a vinous lineup.

Oh, the power of sarcasm...

 

[mark e]

originally posted by Peter Creasey:

Filippo, thanks for reading the posting.

You refer to "mistakes". Not being of Italian descent, I'm only aware of one mistake in the menu.

. . . . . Pete

Bel Paise instead of Bel Paese

Proscuitto instead of Prosciutto

Tortellini Pomodoro instead of Tortellini al Pomodoro

Crostata Lamponi instead of Crostata di Lamponi

Bruschetta (fine if it is one, but otherwise needs to be plural)

 

[Cole Kendall]

and if you have "Olive ripiene" you might as well have Prosciutto & Melone

 

[Peter Creasey]

Interesting!

I'll bring these errors (errores) to the attention (attenzione) of the kind Italian folks (gente) who arranged the event (evento).

. . . . . Pete

 

[Peter Creasey]

Oswaldo, Okay, I'll bite as I'm probably not as attuned to Italian wines as you apparently are.

Where/how do you feel the planners dropped the ball with respect to the "vinous lineup"?

. . . . . Pete

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

Well, two wines by Castello Banfi, a point-driven winery that I'd avoid; Batasiolo is a supermarket standard winery, not terrible, but hardly sought-after; La Spinetta is one of the kings of Piemontese super modern; and while I have no positive reference for Querciabella, it is a 2003. Hard to imagine a more undisorderly, unimaginative and (to me) uninviting selection. Whoever put this together deserves one of those Suckling 100 Point briefcases.

ps: the writeup of the second Banfi confusingly says that it is made by (Luigi?) Coppo; whatever, not interesting either.

 

[Zachary Ross]

The wood tones are overt.

 

[Tom Glasgow]

originally posted by Zachary Ross:
The wood tones are overt.

Keeps the quercophobic folk away.

 

[Peter Creasey]

Asked and answered...and no equivocation! Fair enough!

While they were not barn burners, maybe we were lucky with these wines. Or maybe the crowd was caught up with the good vibes from the venue, camaraderie, and cuisine. To be fair, though, the crowd's generally favorable reaction was right in line with tasting notes posted elsewhere by other unrelated, unbiased folks.

Interesting divergence, to say the least!

. . . . Pete

 

[kirk wallace]

originally posted by Peter Creasey:


Interesting divergence, to say the least!

. . . . Pete

Nope.

 

[Odd Rydland]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Whoever put this together deserves one of those Suckling 100 Point briefcases.

Oh, the power of sarcasm...

 

[Robert Dentice]

Nice choice for the fish dish.