My criteria for choosing wine:
1) under $13
2) pretty label
Food and Wine has posted their "50 Wines You Can Always Trust" list. You can bet I'll be scouring Ballard Market for the two Sangiovese wines on there: Antinori - Santa Cristina, and Banfi - Sentine.
2 comments:
I can't find the sangiovese on the list? -Can you give me the names pretty please? - Alicia
Alicia!
Here are the two - they are both Italian wines:
Antinori
Santa Cristina ($12)
There is no more famous name in Italian winemaking than Antinori. Under patriarch Piero Antinori, this noble family makes an enormous range of wines all over Italy, but one of its year-in, year-out values is the berry-bright, straightforward Santa Cristina Sangiovese from Tuscany.
Banfi
Centine ($12)
Importing Italian wine to America wasn’t enough for John and Harry Mariani (though their family has been doing so for over 70 years); they wanted to make Italian wine as well. Now, with 2,400 acres of vineyards in Montalcino, the brothers produce excellent Tuscan reds under the Castello Banfi brand, including Centine, an earthy blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet and Merlot.
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