An Afternoon's WorkBeppo had selected eight wines for me to taste. I knew a bit about Nonno Filippo's afternoon tastings, from stories told and from my surreptitious surveillance from the closet in the corner of the room, but this was the first time that the bottles were arranged for me.
Nonno Filippo used this time of the day to learn about wine, something he had done assiduously all his life. The eight wines were always selected in groups, always with something in common, but they could come from anywhere in the world. My grandfather used the time to compare the styles and analyze how the same grapes or blends could yield such different results, depending on where they were grown, the microclimate, winemaking strategies, and other factors. Today, all the wines displayed on the tasting t
