Mike Tommasi > wrote in
:


>> There are, of course, several ironies here. The first is that the
>> key writer for Gambero Rosso is an American not an Italian.
>
> Oh, who's that?

Mike - I had understood that to be Thomases. I'm sure you will enlighten.
My main point was in responding to the hyperbole.



>
> > The second is that
>> until recently he was the same person who reviewed Italian wines for
>> Robert Parker. The third is that Gambero Rosso has a reputation for
>> liking international styled wines with prominent oak rather than
>> traditional Italian wines.
>
> Very true. Sad to say, it is the guide edited by Slow Food with
> Gambero Rosso...
>