Several Newbee Questions

[wineguruchgo]

Hello Jack! What a wonderful place to live, I'm jealous!

"Table wine" is made locally and yes, everyone and their brother are winemakers in Italy. These wines are not made to age, they are made to enjoy while they are relatively young.

As far as wines from Tuscany there are so many awesome wines from that region. For everyday drinking wines I would ask him to bring you back Chianti. If you are looking for special occasion wines (Christmas)I would ask him to bring you back a bottle or two of Brunello. I describe Brunello as "an iron fist wrapped in a velvet glove". There are very few wines smoother than Brunello.

With regard to the Moet, that is a nice bottle of wine. If you are going to keep it for a special occasion I would definately refrigerate it so it doesn't lose it's bubbles!

I'm sure others will respond to this post as well.

Ciao!