This past summer my family and I stayed at Palazzo Bandino, located near Chianciano Terme. While there, we purchased several bottles of their wine (of course!), including their Vin Santo. Unfortunately, we didn't plan well, and the supply of Vin Santo has been depleted. I have tried using the internet to find a wine shop in the Boston area where I can purchase this wine, but am not having any success. I wonder if I should be requesting information under another name, or is this product just hard to come by. I would like to purchase this wine as a Christmas gift for several people. Does anyone have a suggestion ... beside going back to Italy and making my purchase? Hmmmm - not a bad idea!
Joanne
Posts: 58 | Location: Acushnet, MA, USA | Registered: 21 June 2002
vin santo is not that unusual of a wine.americans do not drink much desert wine but any large wine specialty store should have some in stock. where do you live? Here in LA there are 2 different V.S.'s at trader joes. RR
Posts: 6525 | Location: Culver City, CA, USA | Registered: 08 November 2002
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I decided to take the advice about Martignetti's. Using the old-fashioned way (forget the web), I picked up the phone and called Martignetti's, and spoke to the wine manager who told me that they carry two brands (Antinori and ?), one equally delicious as the other.
So - problem solved. Sometimes things are just too obvious!
Thanks again to all. I'll make sure the first toast is to the members of SlowTrav.
Joanne
Posts: 58 | Location: Acushnet, MA, USA | Registered: 21 June 2002
I have a similar query---we had the Banfi Florus Moscadello de Montalcino at Boccondivino, and foolishly didn't purchase a bottle in Italy, figuring that Banfi would be widely available here. Well, so far no luck finding it although the Banfi site does say its distributed in the US.
If anyone might know of a source in the NY area, I'd be grateful!
Posts: 2037 | Location: Brooklyn NY | Registered: 10 March 2002
Ah thanks Amy, I had forgotten about that one. I'll have to check that out. I did try the other Italian wine shop in the city--Vino on 27th street...but they didn't have it. Nor have any of my usual wine-buying spots.
I've just written to Banfi's distributor in the area to see if they can tell me what shops they might have sold it to.
Janet
Posts: 2037 | Location: Brooklyn NY | Registered: 10 March 2002
You know that Zachy's in Scarsdale has a very large selection of Italian wines, don't you? Also helpful might be Nancy's on Columbus and 75th (?) -- she's got all kinds of interesting stuff there. Might not have what you're looking for but might be a good resource........
David, usually in NYC
Posts: 4986 | Location: New York City | Registered: 15 June 2001
So, I'm at Trader Joe's today, idly checking out their wine section for some Chianti or a Primitivo, and I see Settecieli Vin Santo at $2.99. I think - oooh, that's gotta be harsh ... but a bottle somehow found its way into my cart anyway.
After dinner, I pour myself a little glass of it, sip a few times, and before I know it my glass is empty! The Settecieli is surprisingly smooth, and not-so-surprisingly mild. None of the richness of the really good stuff, but quite nice. I think I'll head back to TJ's tomorrow for a few more bottles ...
Colleen in California
Posts: 14516 | Location: The Beautiful San Francisco Bay Area | Registered: 06 August 2001
If you like trying different brands of vin santo, you may also want to check out Lungarotti's. We were given glasses of it following a meal in Arezzo and loved it. Golden-amber, smooth and not-sickly-sweet, it's really the perfect dessert wine! We've been ordering it from A.G. Ferrari out of the Bay area - which incidentally is a great source of many Italian food items!
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The Settecieli is surprisingly smooth, and not-so-surprisingly mild. None of the richness of the really good stuff, but quite nice. I think I'll head back to TJ's tomorrow for a few more bottles ...
