Vineyard: Vecchio Podere
Wine: Merlot Del Veneto, 2000
Type: Dry Red

As with its sister wine, this is a pleasant surprise. It is light and fragrant with a little kick after it goes down. This wine is a blend of merlot, sangiovese and cabernet grapes in a classic Italian style that makes for a very simple, very drinkable wine to accompany almost any occasion.

I found the Cabernet to be a slightly better find, simply because it had a little more character. But for the price this, too, is an excellent find and a superb deal.

NOTE: Vecchio Podere wines are imported by: Eliyahu Eitan 03 952 8284, of Rishon L'Tzion I purchased these wines at the suggestion of Ofer Amedi, of Rose Wines, a hidden jewel in the wine market, located in Jerusalem in the ShukCanyon on Agrippas St.: 02 624 8961 050 737424 Tell him I sent you.

Rated: 7 +
Price: Inexpensive
Size: 750 ml
Price per bottle: Rosh Hashana Special! 4 bottles for NIS 100 at
Mendel, 218 Ben-Yehuda St., Tel-Aviv. 03-6044672
Case: 12 bottles.