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Italian Wine Week Continues: Allegrini Valpolicella 2012

Italian Wine Week Continues: Allegrini Valpolicella 2012

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Fredric Koeppel
Aug 30, 2013
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Italian Wine Week Continues: Allegrini Valpolicella 2012
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Casting about for a wine to consume with Jamie Oliver's Pasta alla Norma -- a concoction primarily of tomatoes, basil, garlic and eggplant -- I opened the Allegrini Valpolicella 2012, made in stainless steel from a blend of 65 percent corvina Veronese, 30 percent rondinella and 5 percent molinara. The term "Veronese" is a signifier; the Valpolicella ar…

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