Italian Wine for Wedding Reception

hypie on 06/06/2018 - 22:50
Last edited 07/06/2018 - 10:41 by 1 other user

Hey guys,

Disclosure: I know nothing about wine. Absolutely nothing.

I need to pick a red and a white white that the majority of my guests will appreciate. The food will mainly be Italian pasta with beef, pork and prawns.

I need to choose one white and one red.

White Wines:
I VINI BIANCHI
RIBOLLA GIALLA DOC CANTINA CORMONS
PINOT GRIGIO IGT CANTINA CORMONS
CHARDONNAY IGT FATTORIA BACIO

Red Wines:
I VINI ROSSI
CABERNET IGT CANTINA CORMONS
CHIANTI DOCG CANTINA FATTORIA BACIO – VINO BIOLOGICO
TELLUS SYRAH CANTINA FALESCO

Help!

Food & Grocery Italian Wine

Comments

  • spackbace on 06/06/2018 - 22:59
    +2

    Eeny meeny miney

    • hypie on 06/06/2018 - 23:21

      Yeah I chose Red wine and White wine… she told me these weren't valid options, just the category…

      • Savas on 07/06/2018 - 03:19
        +2

        Screw that, just give everyone tap water

        • HighAndDry on 07/06/2018 - 09:57
          +2

          Add food colouring to make it look like red/white wine.

  • ShannonN on 06/06/2018 - 23:32

    Why Italian wines? Aussie wines are supposed to be among the best (I don't drink wine or alcohol)

    • RiseAndRuin on 06/06/2018 - 23:55
      -3

      tbh compared to other countries, Aussie wines rank roughly the same as Aussie broadband services

      • Cluster on 07/06/2018 - 00:33
        +2

        Australian wines are bad to average at best? You've never heard of Penfold's Grange? Rockford Basket Press Shiraz? D'Arenberg Dead Arm Shiraz? Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz?

        We have world class wines here that stand proudly on the world stage. I thought the cultural cringe dissipated sometime in the 1990s. Perhaps not.

        • RiseAndRuin on 07/06/2018 - 01:00
          -4

          if you want to believe what marketing strategies say it's up to you. from first hand experience, the cheapest decent Australian red I've ever had was priced $100 a bottle - street price, not restaurant price. a wine of similar quality (so in the same rank), if not slightly better, would cost ~$3 in Italy, you can do the math yourself. in any case, Aussie grapes are not great, so it's pretty hard to have decent wine.
          I'm under the impression that the same applies to food. I've been living in Melbourne for 4.5 years now, and I keep hearing that it's the food capital of the world. Sure, if you've never traveled anywhere else you might fall for that, otherwise you'd find it very hard to believe.

        • Cluster on 07/06/2018 - 01:15

          @RiseAndRuin: I agree that too many people drink the label and ask 'how much was this wine?' before trying it so they can prejudge whether the wine is any good or not. I have tried Grange on numerous occasions and while it is a great wine I don't think it can justify its price. If people are happy to pay $700 per bottle then more power to them.

          I do have to disagree very strongly that a $3 Italian wine, or $3 French, or $3 wine from any part of the world is better than any Australian wine up to $100 in price. I would challenge you to run a double blind test of various wines and rate Vino da Tavola consistently higher. Are you sure you're not looking at 'Product of Australia' and immediately colouring your opinion of the product? It's difficult to make a statement that Australian grapes are not that great when the climate under which they're grown varies widely, from the cool conditions of Tasmania to the semi arid hot conditions that South Australian grapes often endure.

        • Zedsdeadbabyzedsdead on 07/06/2018 - 03:38

          Agreed.

        • AusGP on 07/06/2018 - 07:45
          +2

          @RiseAndRuin:

          Whilst I think Aussie wines are overpriced due to our taxes, no way a $3 European bottle (I.e. table wine) can beat out a $100 Aussie wine.

          I was just in Europe last year and went through some of its wine regions. It cost something like 30% extra due to import duties and taxes to import any wine into Aus.

          My take on it is Europe does the cheaper wines way better (<30 euro or so) but then on the expensive end I feel Aussie wines are great value. The tax in Aus jacks everything up.

          Btw plug for my new blog
          auspremiumwines.com

        • mskeggs on 07/06/2018 - 07:48
          +1

          @RiseAndRuin:
          I can only assume you don’t like mainstream wine.
          A mezzo litre vino Rosso is lovely at a trattoria, but it is far from what the consensus is on fine wine.
          I will agree Aussie wines tend to be dramatic compared to a light French Beaujolais or something, but to dismiss them is ridiculous.

        • RiseAndRuin on 07/06/2018 - 20:31

          @mskeggs: just to be clear, the wine you're talking about would be below $1 per bottle. the "nero d'avola" that's been mentioned in this thread for example might be $16 at dan murphy, but is generally around $3 or less in Italy, unless of course you're referring to restaurant prices (in that case multiply by 3 to 5 as a rule of thumb). so to keep things simple, let's say I'm comparing a $25-30 Italian wine with a $100 Aussie wine, according to our prices here.
          btw I just had a quick look to make a price comparison, but I haven't found the exact same wine both here and in Italy, however just as a reference, a bottle of Havana Club Añejo Especial Rum 700mL (below) is $46.99 here, the exact same in an Italian supermarket is less than 9.80E, roughly ~$15. you can apply a similar price ratio to most things for a relatively fair comparison.

          https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_359565/havana-club-…

      • HighAndDry on 07/06/2018 - 09:57

        Nooo…. Aussie wines are WAAAYYY up there. They're like the South Korean or Japan of broadband services.

  • altomic on 07/06/2018 - 00:16
    +1

    I have not tried these particular wines but the variety is bang on neutral for the menu.

    CHARDONNAY IGT FATTORIA BACIO

    TELLUS SYRAH CANTINA FALESCO

    PINOT GRIGIO IGT CANTINA CORMONS - is a sweet wine.
    Chianti - only to be drunk with liver and some fava beans

    • Cluster on 07/06/2018 - 00:43
      +1

      Ah, that movie was responsible for many people thinking "Chianti" is a variety of wine instead of a region. It's like saying I'm going to have some Barossa for dinner.

      Anyway, Chianti is best when you're having a friend over 'for' dinner :-)

  • Cluster on 07/06/2018 - 00:36
    +2

    I don't drink much Italian wine, but from what I've tried the following was delicious without breaking the bank:

    Feudo Principi di Butera Nero d'Avola - $16 at Dan Murphy's

  • hypie on 07/06/2018 - 03:13

    Hi guys,

    The reception is in Italy. So these are the choices I got from them.

    Cheers

    • Randxyz123 on 07/06/2018 - 07:46
      +1

      So you’re Australian… Presumably whoever you’re marrying is Italian right ?

      Just ask the venue for recommendations and to pick a mid priced range one.

      This isn’t the correct website to be asking.

      • hypie on 08/06/2018 - 07:32

        Negative - Australian marrying a Malaysian in Italy.

        Ask her… not me…

        You are right, italian wine is probably not the ozbargain speciality. worth a shot.

  • Zedsdeadbabyzedsdead on 07/06/2018 - 03:40

    Just a thought, why not get the lot? It will be up to the small individual tables to distribute them but could well work!

    • hypie on 09/06/2018 - 10:39

      The caterer is a pain in the ass to deal with already… sadly I doubt this would achieve anything except for complaints. Too late to change caterers. This is why you don't have a wedding overseas (without a planner - the planner wanted to charge us 6500 euro…)

  • AusGP on 07/06/2018 - 07:41
    +3

    I suggest the Pinot Grigio IGT and Chianti DOCG

    • hypie on 08/06/2018 - 07:33

      This seems to be the most popular answer!

      • RiseAndRuin on 08/06/2018 - 21:22
        +1

        sorry OP, I ended up not replying to you at all :)
        first of all, congratulations!
        it would help if you could find out what year the wines are, as that might make a big difference both in taste and price. btw I'm surprised the posters above haven't told you yet that all those wines must be horrible, given their prices.

        I don't think I personally ever tested any of them (maybe the Tellus, but not sure), however my preference would be for the CHARDONNAY IGT FATTORIA BACIO and TELLUS SYRAH CANTINA FALESCO, with CHIANTI DOCG CANTINA FATTORIA BACIO – VINO BIOLOGICO as a "backup".

  • marcusv on 07/06/2018 - 09:50
    +1

    Go to a specialist wine store and ask for their recommendations. I did this for my wedding, they suggested a bunch of wines and sold me a bottle of each at wholesale prices. My future father in-law then had a great time testing them all to decide the winner.

    • Darron65 on 07/06/2018 - 13:52

      What a clever way to score points with your FIL.

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