2001 Allegrini Volpolicella Classico

[Botafogo]

Alicia Keys, Slow Jam R&B Classico Riserva!

Casandra Wilson, Modernist Jazz Singer with roots in the terroir so deep you can smell the gin on Bessie Smith's breath when she sings.

Charlie Hunter, swingingest Jazz guitarist alive today but not afraid to mix it up with the Hip Hoppers and school them on where it all came from (in their case Malian Griots, Cab Calloway and Johnny Otis' "Signified Monkey" a personal favorite of our patron saint Jerry "Curmy" Mead)

ALL are "modern" in that they don't sound like Benny Goodman or Aretha Franklin BUT have a DIRECT tap into the terroir of American Music.

As The Hook use to say "It's in 'em and it's GOT to come out...Boogie Chillen'!"

Roberto

PS: Steve, just what exactly do you do in the Wine Biz and why would I not be surprised if it involved a large "brand building", liquor dominated importer or distributor?

[This message has been edited by Botafogo (edited 04-21-2003).]