Stevie goes around Verona to find the best wines to buy for the holidays. She visited 5 wine shops and asked for their recommendations!
Here are the wines mentioned:
Signorvino
https://www.signorvino.com/
– Adami Valdobbiadene Superiore Cartizze
– Ferghettina Franciacorta Brut
– Ca’ del Bosco 45th Edition, Extra Brut
– Trinoro Le Cupole 2021
– Quintarelli Giuseppe Rosso del Bepi 2016
Enoteca Zero 7
– Fongaro Viola Brut Metodo Classico
– Quinto Passo Maestro Metodo Classico
– Dom Pérignon Vintage 2000
– Tenuta Alzatura Cortili Montefalco DOC Bianco 2022
– Giulio Ferrari 2004 Trento DOC
Antica Bottega del Vino
– Animante Barone Pizzini Franciacorta
– Champagne Krug Rosé 25th Edition Brut
– Barbaresco Produttore del Barbaresco
– Domaine Jacques Prieur Montrachet 2020
Eataly
https://www.eataly.net/
– Alta Langa Fontanafredda Blanc de Blanc
– Serafini Vidotto Bollicine Asolo
– Conte Gastone Amarone Della Valpolicella 2019
– Secondo Marco Valpolicella Ripasso 2018
– Biondi- Santi Il Greppo Riserva 2012
Esselunga
https://www.esselunga.it/
– GH Mumm Champagne Brut Cordon Rouge
– Tenuta il Bosco Oltrepò Pavese DOCG Metodo Classico
– Tommasi Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico
– Argentiera Poggio Al Ginepri 2021
– Dom Pérignon Vintage 2013
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Hi everybody! We are in Verona, our home, in Piazza Erbe. Follow along with us because we want to give you some advice for buying Christmas things. For wine, we are going to visit some Verona wine shops. Come with me! Letʼs go! We have with us Tommaso, right? Exactly.
And he is a wine specialist. First wine: which is the sparkling wine, because itʼs almost Christmas, under €30? The wine is Valdobbiadene Superiore Cartizze from Adami and itʼs the dry version. How much does it cost? €27.90 Very good! Second wine: under €20, what do you suggest? Under €20 we have a Franciacorta, Ferghettina,
The brut version, and it is €19.90. Ok, great! Third wine: which wine is the most popular for the holidays? The most popular wine is Caʼ del Bosco, 45th Edition, extra brut version. The price is €34.90. Instead, for the fourth wine: which is the wine with the best offer of quality for the price?
The best offer of quality for the price is Le Cupole from the winery Trinoro and the price is €34.90. Ok very good and now the fifth wine: the wine most coveted, what is it going to be? The most coveted wine is Rosso del Bepi 2016 from the winery Quintarelli Giuseppe
And the price is €129.90. Ok, so thatʼs a wrap and letʼs go to the next wine shop! 100 meters from Signorvino there is the most classic home of bubbles in Verona, itʼs called Enoteca Zero 7. We are here with Andrea. Hi Andrea. Hi, hello. Wine number one: which wine do you suggest
Under €30 for a sparkling wine? A sparkling, classic method that we can suggest for this Christmas holidays is from the Fongaro winery. It is made of authoctonous grapes from Verona, 100% Durella. The price is €30. Precise! €30! And then, instead, if maybe for under €20? For less than €20 we can recommend
The winery Quinto Passo with a classic method wine made with 100% Sorbara grapes. The price is €17.50. Instead, the most coveted wine… The most coveted wine speaks for itself, the very famous Dom Pérignon, a very much requested wine, and we are fortunate to have many different vintages available, especially here
I will let you see the 2000 vintage, which is priced at €450. Instead, now letʼs go to the other extreme, the wine you can suggest with the best rapport between quality and price. A good wine with great quality for price is a still wine instead, a Montefalco Bianco from the Tenuta Alzatura winery,
From the Cecchi family and the price of this beautiful product is €14. Finally, wine number 5, the most coveted wine of all? Probably one of the best sparkling wines in Italy, also in all the world, from the Ferrari winery in Trento, we recommend the bottle Giulio Ferrari from 2004. A gem,
With an excellence very rarely seen, and we offer it at a price around €1000. Ok and itʼs a wrap! Thank you very much Andrea. Happy holidays! Thank you! Ciao! Ok, stop number 3. The wine geeks know exactly where we are, at the iconic Bottega del Vino with Luca. Hi Luca.
Hi Stevie, how are you? So, I discovered today with Luca, that Bottega del Vino also has a little list of wines to take away, true? Of course. Therefore, a true wine shop! Yes, with all of our wine list but with different prices for take away. Ok, suggestions to buy?
Letʼs start with wine number one. Iʼm ready. Which is the wine that you recommend under €30 sparkling? Sparkling, Franciacorta, Barone Pizzini, “Animante”. Chardonnay, Pinot Nero and a little Pinot Bianco. Ok, very good. Wine number two: the wine that is most popular for the holidays? Iconic, as I said earlier, with Krug Rosé
You can never make a mistake. Ok, Barone Pizzini you said €30? Yes, Barone Pizzini is close to €30, just a little bit under, Krug Rosé €500, a bit different! Exactly, completely different. And instead, what is the best offer for quality at a good price? The Nebbiolo, from Produttore di Barbaresco,
Which I really like, here we are close to €50 per bottle. Itʼs very well balanced and very pleasant. And, so, ultimately, the wine most coveted according to Luca The most coveted wine is one of the most rare, itʼs Montrachet from Domaine Jacques Prieur, 2020. Want to know the price? €4000! Itʼs extraordinary,
Itʼs the best white wine in the world! Luca Nicolis of Bottega del Vino and itʼs a wrap! Thank you! We are at the 4th stop, above all, Eataly, near our office, and we are here with Alessandro, our wine specialist here at Eataly, with 5 wines, 5 recommendations for our holidays.
So then, wine number one, sparkling obviously, which you suggest, under €30? I suggest the Alta Langa from Fontanafredda, a blanc de blanc, it spends 30 months on lees, costs around €24. Ok, something a bit less, a bit more “budget”, below €20? Always for sparkling lovers, under €20, I suggest this,
A Prosecco Superiore Asolo from Serafini Vidotto and we are around €14. Ok, most popular for the holidays? An Amarone, an Amarone from Massimago, we are at €40. So wine number 4 will be the best offer of quality for the price? Best offer of quality for the price, the Ripasso from Secondo Marco
And we are under €30. Ok, finally, the most coveted wine? The most coveted wine is the gem of our wine shop, one of the gems, the Riserva from Biondi Santi, Il Greppo. Here we are at €600. €600 the most coveted wine at Eataly, near Veronafiere, our office. And thatʼs a wrap!
Letʼs go to the last one! Ok everyone, here we are at Esselunga, in their wine shop, near Veronafiere with Elisa. Every Esselunga has a sommelier and, here at Veronafiere, Elisa is our sommelier. Wine number one, what will you suggest, under €30, a sparkling wine for the holiday festivities? We suggest, under €30,
This Cordon Rouge from Mumm, French, obviously, champagne. And how much does it cost? Our price is €27.90. Ok, great price Iʼd say. Is it on special offer or is it always €27.90? This is a special offer. Ok, great. So then, if we wanted something a bit less, under €20, what would it be?
A great sparkling wine, classic method, from Oltrepò Pavese, Pinot Nero 100%, here we are at the winery Tenuta il Bosco, this costs €12. Ah, ok, great. Instead, the most popular wine for the festivities? Obviously here in Veneto we have Amarone from Valpolicella. Here we suggest the Tommasi winery and we are around €32.90.
Here the quality is not lacking! And then, best offer for quality and price? Letʼs go to Tuscany, Poggio ai Ginepri, from the winery Argentiera, it costs €13.90 on special offer. Finally, what is the most coveted wine among your clients? A beautiful sparkling wine perfect for making things festive for Christmas,
A gorgeous Dom Pérignon! A big smash, Dom Pérignon! And this bottle, how much does it cost to buy? This one is €259. Ok and thatʼs a wrap! Thanks very much Elisa and this is our last stop for Verona wine shops with 5 wines recommended for the holidays!