Unidentified wine bottle

[lou73]

I have a bottle of wine I found in my Grandfathers house after he passed away. It is all in Sicilian writing. What i believe is the name reads "TUDIA ROSSO". It is vintage 1978.Across the top of the bottle it reads "Vino da Tavola di Sicilia". On the back label it reads "The great passion of Barone Giuseppe Pucci di Benisichi who works soley the best grapes of his own lands" ok this next part I'm going to have to do my best at making it out cause it has some scratches so I'll leave spaces where i can't read the letter, "Nero d'A ola and Malbec, brings the EX FLUDO DI TUDIA red wine to exceptional level of quality. The TUDIA ROSSO is a wine of very fine character.And the rest is scratched off. OK, back to the front side, at the bottom it reads in english,"Product of Italy. Imported by WINES LTD., Silver Spring,MD USA, sole U.S. distributor". If anyone knows what rating this would be and approximate price range please let me know. Thank you

[Botafogo]

Easy: cook up a plate of your Nonno's favorite dish, pop the bottle and tell stories about him. Rating 100+, value, PRICELESS!!!!

[Hal]

I'm no expert, but I have learned a few things because my dad left some wine in his "cellar" (basment closet), among them some Italian table wines from the 60's and 70's. The giveaway is Vino di Tavola, or table wine. It probably wasn't expensive when it was new, and was not meant to age. I can't imagine that it has any auction or retail value, so Botafogo suggests you do what we do at my mom's house: make a nice dinner and open a bottle of wine that dad should have opened twenty years ago. If we can't drink it, we open something a little "fresher".Buon apetito!

[mrdutton]

Hal mentioned one important aspect that Botafogo did not.

Make sure you have another, newer wine on standby, just in case that '78 table wine has turned to salad dressing........

Otherwise the suggested use of your bottle of wine is spot on!!

God bless your grandfather.

[This message has been edited by mrdutton (edited 08-25-2002).]