A Great Everyday Red!

Thanks to our local Italian restaurant, we recently discovered a great new "pizza wine". Pizza wine is what we call an easy, sippable, inexpensive, fun wine that can be enjoyed just about any time. Our latest favorite is Li Veli's Passamante. It's an Italian wine that is made from a grape we've never heard of (Negroamaro) and is grown in the heel of the boot. "Yeah, yeah, that's nice. But what does it taste like??" It's tastes like a really good Chianti. Light, fruity, a tiny bit of spice. Not as heavy or spicy as a Zinfandel but more interesting than your standard Italian Restaurant Chianti By the Glass. With a bit of research, we found the Passamante at World Market (aka Cost Plus to those who go way back) for a whopping $9.99 per bottle! Our local store is now out but expects another shipment soon. Oh, and for future reference, World Market does not give case discounts. :-(