A pleasant surprise

[Dave Grubb]

In the NYT Food Section this morning they are singing praise for an Italian wine, Bisci Verdicchio di Matelica 2018.

I was immediately struck by the name "Bisci". Back in the nineties I was doing business with a manufacturing company by the name of Bisci. During a rather long meeting at their plant we had lunch brought in to save time. It was accompanied by wine, very good wine and labeled as Bisci. It is not all that uncommon in Italy for companies to have their own vineyards and wineries. I complemented Mr Bisci on his fine wine and added that just down the hill from their office was a winery that I knew well from buying their wines back home. Mr Bisci, with obvious disdain of his neighbors, said "ah yes,that is an industrial wine"

I have never seen Bisci wine sold commercially, but apparently times are changing since his sons have taken over. I wonder, does that make Bisci "industrial"?

[wacojoe]

I am not a wine drinker, but my wife likes a good glass. Unfortunately, almost all wine sold in the U.S. does not like my wife because of the sulfites put or allowed in them domestically. She has a decided allergic response to sulfites of all types. When we went to Italy, to her delight she found that to be certified in that country they could not contain sulfites and she could drink them happily.

Some few are imported here with that designation, but other Italian wines sold here have the offending sulfite additives...not sure why. If the imported ones from Italy retain the certification symbol, we have been told they will not have sulfites, but if not, they probably will.