Valpolicella wines on mainstream Italian wine guides (1)

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October brings the end of most of the harvests in Italy (here in Valpolicella they are right in the middle of it) and - as usual - brings also wine guides. 

Here we have the results for Valpolicella wines (or better to say: only Amarone, with one exception) as stated by "Bibenda 2014" - published by the Italian Association of Sommelier - AIS) - and "I Vini d'Italia 2014" - published by L'Espresso...

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India, a perspective view

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Alok Chandra, for Business Standard,  an Indian online business magazine, reports some interesting facts on Amarone della Valpolicella:

Wine Spectator lists 773 Amarone wines, with the highest-scoring MICHELE CASTELLANI Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Cinque Stelle being rated at 96 points, with a release price of $105; the Romano del Forno Amarone 2003 is 95 points/ $425. Notable Amarone producers with wines in the 90-plus points range include Masi, Tommaso, Tedeschi, Zenato, Allegrini, and Michele Castellani - release prices vary from $50 to $175.
 (...) In India there seems to be a singular dearth of Amarone wines: the only ones I have on record are the Masi Costasera 1990 (Brindco,Rs 8,760 in Mumbai), the Montresor 2003 (Fine Wines & More, Rs 6,400), and the Guerrieri Villa Rizzardi 2006 (FW&M, Rs 10,334).

And his final words signal there's market to exploit and opportunities in India for these wines:

Wines I've been drinking: Unfortunately not an Amarone - none are available at retail in Bangalore...

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