Cuvée Monsignori Santorini 2019
Sideways has set a before and after of my relationship with wine. It was around 2008 when I have first seen it and I still clearly remember what I have done afterwards: went to buy wine and along with two friends we have dedicated ourselves to cooking and drinking in some kind of inner euphoria that has lasted for quite some hours. From all the scenes which later became rather iconic, there is one which often invades my thoughts: the end of the discussion between both friends when Jack says to Paul that he will never find the perfect occasion to drink the perfect wines he has been collecting. As a consequence Paul ends up drinking a pretty expensive wine at some fast food restaurant. From that moment on I have made an subconscious decision to open wines that I have been reserving for special events in absolutely normal days. And that is what I have done with this Cuvée Monsignori from Santorini. On an absolutely normal Tuesday I have invited two good friends over for dinner...