This is a pet peeve of ours. Whenever we order Italian wine in the United
States with a few exceptions, it tastes like rotten prunes and iron, as
if it had totally oxidized and been refortified with ox blood and industrial
cleanser. In other words, it is totally awful. Having visited Italy a few
years back we were braced for this kind of horror and anticipated having
to pay crazy prices for French wine to get something to drink.
But, wherever we ate in Italy, and whether we ordered the top of the line
or the deal of the day, we never found any such wine anywhere in our travels.
What gives? Are American Italian wine importers tongue deaf or in the pay
of the French? Do the Italians export only their rejects or wine that has
gone bad? Do Americans actually like prune wine?
Your guess is as good as ours.
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