The Alto Adige - 1900 and 2005
We've been preparing for the Eccolo/PMW Alto Adige dinner tomorrow night. Erik put together an inspiring article about his visit to the Alto Adige a couple of months ago.
I fished through the stuff I brought back from a brief visit to the Alto Adige last fall. I had time to visit only a few producers, but the highlight was meeting Josephus Mayr of Erbhof Unterganzner in Bolzano - a man of remarkable energy and personality. In his brochure is a wonderfully evocative photo of a party in the courtyard of the family's estate in 1900. Men with bowler hats, large moustaches, and impressive pocket watch chains lounge around the courtyard as a six-piece band plays. One fellow sits astride a barrel marked "Lagrein 1900". There is something bittersweet about viewing such a photo - the knowledge that all of those people are gone combined with the inspiring realization that people like Josephus carry on their work.
We have one or two bottles left of Josephus Mayr's St. Magdalener 'Klassisch' 2002 ($18). I can't wait to taste the 2003.
I fished through the stuff I brought back from a brief visit to the Alto Adige last fall. I had time to visit only a few producers, but the highlight was meeting Josephus Mayr of Erbhof Unterganzner in Bolzano - a man of remarkable energy and personality. In his brochure is a wonderfully evocative photo of a party in the courtyard of the family's estate in 1900. Men with bowler hats, large moustaches, and impressive pocket watch chains lounge around the courtyard as a six-piece band plays. One fellow sits astride a barrel marked "Lagrein 1900". There is something bittersweet about viewing such a photo - the knowledge that all of those people are gone combined with the inspiring realization that people like Josephus carry on their work.
We have one or two bottles left of Josephus Mayr's St. Magdalener 'Klassisch' 2002 ($18). I can't wait to taste the 2003.
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