Italy from Z to A: Zibibbo!

[misterjive]

Jason, my long lost brother....Let me rant a bit more, if it might humor the ghosts in my machine. When I said that Banfi and Kendall-Jackson were comparable, it was meant to be a compliment, albeit a somewhat left-handed one. Both producers are consistently good, in vintages both trite and tricky. Both producers are dominant in their respective markets for this very reason. But wines from the big boys rarely startle me. A bottle of Cardinale or Poggio All'Oro is a known quantity of great quality, but sometimes the lesser-known shit can be a bit more sublime. In response to Kali, who wrote in the Cab forum recently, I would say that I am a huge K-J fan, but the smaller producers excite me more often than does the goliath. Anyway, I think we can agree to agree on this point.

One quibble, however. Wasn't it Biondi-Santi that made Brunello a household name, not Banfi?