"[Real] Lambrusco is, of course, always red, and either dry [secco] or amabile (medium dry). The sweet red [rosso], white [bianco] and rose' [rosato] versions that can be found in supermarkets are as far away from real Lambrusco as British ice cream is from Italian." - A Traveller's Wine Guide to Italy |
"The Charmat method, which revolutionized Lambrusco production in the 60s and enabled it to go international (and also to go sweet, which it had never been before). |
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Emilia & Mantova.
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Celebrate Italy's
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Countdown to Lambrusco Day |
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(Real) Lambrusco Milestones:
1994/1995...2005/2006...2009/2010
Fred Plotkin: "The image of the wines of [Emilia Romagna] was ruined by the Lambrusco exported in the 1970s. This bubbly wine can be tasty when well made, but what was sent abroad was inexpensive and generic and appealed to people who were just beginning to explore wine. But the Lambruschi [Lambruscos] that are consumed in Emilia Romagna are much more subtle." - Italy for the Gourmet Traveler, 2006
Lambrusco Secco Got Beyond Emilia and Mantova - Twice.
Once - A Single Sample Bottle - In 1968...
ALFONSO CEVOLA: "You find the oddest things on You Tube. Noodling around for my next post I came across this video of Tom Abruzzini talking from North Beach in San Francisco...“On the first day”, as the saying goes, Tom was there. If you don’t believe me, take a load off and bear through his story on how Lambrusco won America’s heart....You may not think every thing Tom says rings with your version of things (Tom is passionate and polarizing at the same time), but it is a record." |
...And A Second Time - For Good - In 1995: |
1994/5 |
2005/6 |
2010 |
Top US #LambruscoCities
New York (100), Los Angeles (80), San Francisco (76), Dallas (69), Chicago (67), Houston (63), San Diego (60), Seattle (58), Milpitas (57), Phoenix (55), Atlanta (54), DC (54), Sterling (49) (source: google trends; updated: 2/27/2013) |
#LambruscoHistory: "Italy" discovered real Lambrusco (secco) via California and New York.
Lambrusco producers were made to believe that their beloved Lambrusco Secco
wines would never be appreciated outside of Emilia and Mantova.
Lambrusco producers were made to believe that their beloved Lambrusco Secco
wines would never be appreciated outside of Emilia and Mantova.
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