The australian flavour in europe

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The most consistently fullbodied and high alcohol reds in Europe come from Puglia in Southern Italy, that's why the Frenchies used them for centuries to make their sissy burgundies into something interesting (see pre-war notes from Michael Broadbent for a time when Burgs were "masculine" and Bordeaux was "feminine"). We have recently come across some wineries in Sicily who made their living for decades selling every drop of their 14-15% "vino nero" to famous Burgundy negociants for "color and body correction". Har, Har, Roberto