meme italiano: kinda like the mambo but not

As promised yesterday, here is my first Italian meme!

I’ve completed it in both Italian and English, and the only rule is “Don’t make fun of my Italian.” Avete capito?

Let’s continue then.

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Con piacere accetto l'invito di New Brigand a rispondere ad alcune domande sul rapporto che ho con il vino.

Sei più vino rosso, bianco o rosé?
Rosso, rosso, rosso! Non c’è dubbio. Non mi piace rosé per niente e bevo il bianco solo se non c'è nient'altro.

La tua prima volta?
Che domanda! E’ terribile che non mi ricordo?

La migliore associazione tra un vino e una portata?
Le fette delle pesche inzuppate del vino rosso (come ha fatta la nonna una volta).

La tua migliore degustazione?
Mi piacciono sempre i vini della Sicilia e anche quello del mio suocero. Che altro!

Chi sceglie il vino in casa tua e chi amministra la cantina?
P. E’ meglio così perché non so niente di vino.

Quanti vini hai in cantina?
Sinceramente solo uno—quello del mio suocero! Ma cuciniamo anche con un vino bianco di Cirò (Calabria).

Come inizieresti un giovane al vino?
Come ha detto New Brigand, con gli amici—come tutte le cose mi sembra.

Salute! Cent’anni!

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With pleasure, I accept the invitation of New Brigand to respond to some questions about my relationship with wine.

Are you more white, red, or rosé?
Red, red, red. Without a doubt. I don’t like rosé at all and I drink white only if there's nothing else.

Your first time?
What a question! Is it terrible that I don’t remember?

The best pairing between a wine and dish?
Peaches soaked in red wine (like my grandmother used to do).

Your favorite?
I always like Sicilian wines but I also like my father-in-law’s wine too. Of course!

Who chooses the wine at your house or who manages your wine cellar?
P. It’s better this way because I don’t know anything about wine.

How many wines do you have in your wine cellar?
Honestly, just one—my father-in-law’s! But we also cook with a white wine from Cirò (Calabria).

How do you introduce a young person to wine?
As New Brigand said, with friends—like everything I think.

Cheers! A hundred years!

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And now some photos of our cantina, or at least our soon to be cantina when we switch to the bigger house:




I won't tag anyone, but if anyone would like to play in either English or Italian (or both!), please do and leave me a comment saying as much so we can find your answers.

And while we’re sort of on the subject (wine and food go hand in hand after all), I'm putting a call out to all my foodie friends.


If you like to cook, bake, or even just eat, you should check out what’s happening at Jenn’s Foodie Blogroll.

It's a convenient way to keep track of all of your fellow food lovers, so why not join? Just click the above graphic, link, here, or the link on my sidebar. See how easy?

Then pour yourself a glass a wine and settle in for some great foodie recipes, tips, tales and such.

And we're full circle.