Italian Specialty Wines Hit The Spot
By Ray Spaziani Ray Spaziani Winter is upon us and it is time to try some appassimento. Or perhaps we should try some ripasso wines. In the region of Valpolicella north of Verona, these terms are common. Appassimento is a process of making wine by drying out the grapes. Ripasso is refermented on the lees (deposits of dead or residual yeast) of a wine made using the appassimento process. There are two famous wines made this way: Amarone, and a sweet dessert-style wine Recioto della Valpolicella....
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