{"id":1745,"date":"2014-02-18T10:34:12","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T10:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2014-02-18T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T10:34:12","slug":"1745","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/18\/1745\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine review: lesser known regions bring new competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1747\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/La-Catina2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1747 \" alt=\"La Catina2\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/La-Catina2-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1747 \" alt=\"La Catina2\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/La-Catina2-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> La Catina<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nLa Catina Pinot Noir , 2010 (\u00a37.50, The Wine Society) Poor old Romania never seems to get a good press, and its one of the many countries that the wine snobs don\u2019t give a second glance to. Amazingly though you can get a good red east of Strasbourg. It\u2019s not the best wine you\u2019re going to drink this year, but at \u00a37.50 a bottle it\u2019s good value band is a very drinkable bottle. Medium bodied, fragrant and bursting with black cherry and raspberry this red from the Dealu Mare region is definitely worth a try.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1748\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Feast3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1748 \" alt=\"Feast3\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Feast3-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1748 \" alt=\"Feast3\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Feast3-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Semeli Feast<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSemeli Feast Agiorgitiko, 2012 (\u00a36.95, The Wine Society) If only the same could be said for this Beaujolais-type red. Greece has even less of a reputation when it comes to wine than Romania and a glass of this won\u2019t change that. It should be medium bodied but it was extremely thin and tart, and there wasn\u2019t much to say for the supposed cherry and blueberry bouquet. If you pay peanuts you\u2019ll get monkeys. And if you pay for vinegar, you\u2019ll get vinegar. Not one to bother with.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1746\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1746\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/vranac2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1746 \" alt=\"Vranac\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/vranac2-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1746 \" alt=\"Vranac\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/vranac2-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Vranac<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nVranac 2010 Plantaze (\u00a36.95, The Wine Society) Montenegro is a tiny little country in the tinderbox of Europe but Vranac is a Surprisingly big wine. It\u2019s probably a pound or so more expensive than you\u2019d pay for a similar new world wine but it\u2019s worth it. Ripe, juicy and bursting with flavour it\u2019s very drinkable but would go well with aromatic food, perhaps a curry. If you fancy something a little different at an affordable price then Vranac is the wine for you.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; La Catina Pinot Noir , 2010 (\u00a37.50, The Wine Society) Poor old Romania never seems to get a good press, and its one of the many countries that the wine snobs don\u2019t give a second glance to. Amazingly though you can get a good red east of Strasbourg. It\u2019s not the best wine you\u2019re going to drink this year, but at \u00a37.50 a bottle it\u2019s good value band is a very drinkable bottle. 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