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Pasta with Romanesco, Guanciale, Eggs and Truffles

Truffle, egg: rule is  red wine!  Also a well structured, heavier red wine, but not too alcoholic, because the sweetness of the alcohol would be…

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Farfalle with guanciale and truffles

Truffles, red wine. Morellino di Scansano or a Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. I had on the dish an Accordo from the Velette, perfect.

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Olive leaves with sausages

You would imagine, this dish needs a sturdy red. And this is right!  Umbrian sausages with Umbrian Sangiovese. But once I tried the Rosato from…

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Pasta con Ricotta

Wine needs to be elegant. A Grenache would fit very well, but a Grechetto too.

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German Carbonara

A good strong robust red wine! I had Rosso di Montefalco and was happy.

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...trust your gut feelings, but prepare to be surprised....

The wines in test were an Orvieto Classico from "Poggio Cavallo" and two San Giovese Umbri, the first an experimental one ...still not in vendita..…

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Spaghetti or Rigatoni alla Carbonara

I cannot imagine this dish with white wine.  I think a robust Red is the best fit. But a Rosè with structure goes well too. The freshness contrasts…

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Noodles with Tomatoes and Pecorino

Well structures Rosè wines are wonderful with pasta on fresh tomatoes and cheese

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