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Sancerre and Soave: It never occurred to me that they had much in common, other than their sibilant sound. One’s from the Loire, the other from Italy. Sancerre is pure sauvignon blanc, and Soave is garganega, sometimes with a splash of trebbiano. Where’s the overlap?
Two recent tastings suggested that they do share a common [...]
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I’d forgotten how good Soave can be. Yesterday’s tasting at Alta Cucina reminded me how far this Veneto white had come since the bad old eighties, when swallow-and-grimace versions were regularly served up at art openings and spaghetti-and-meatball eateries.
Back then, Soave tended to be flabby, dull, and lifeless. [...]
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