A SAGRANTINO BUZZ

I received an email the other day from Rick Steves, recapping his recent visit to Italy. This comment left me laughing....and wondering what percentage of people will now rush to find this wine, and what percentage of people will be scared away! What do you think?

"Had some mind-blowing wine: Sagrantino de Montefalco —Umbria's answer to Brunello de Montalcino — was almost like marijuana, evoking flames and dancing girls.

You know when the fancy wine glasses come out, it's going to be a particularly complex wine. These glasses seemed designed to function like a gas mask…drug paraphernalia, if the truth be told."

Although this might be the most bizarre wine review I've ever read, I guess it beats reading about 'a pretentious wine with undertones of leather and cherries', or similiar descriptions that always leave me puzzled.