Sent to me without comment by a friend in the wine biz -- a list of the projects Carlo Ferrini is involved with. Excluding Ruffino.
Behold...
Brancaia
Casanova di Neri
Castello di Brolio
Castello di Fonterutoli
Castello di Poppiano
Castello di Terriccio 'Lupicaia'
Castello
Romitorio
Donatella Cinelli Colombini
Donnafugata
Fattoria La Massa
Fattoria Le Corti
Feudo Maccari
Nittardi Chianti Classico
Poliziano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Talenti Brunello di
Montalcino
Tasca D'Almerita
Tenuta Belguardo
Tenuta di Ghizzano
Tenuta Marsiliana
Tenuta Monteti
Tenuta San Fabiano Calcinaia
Tenuta San Leonardo (Trentino)
Tenuta Sette Ponti
Not an unusually long list, by the way.
I think there are one or two missing on the list... :-)
Posted by: gianpaolo | October 30, 2007 at 02:00 PM
O sure, at least 3-4!
So, GPP, when are you hiring him?
Posted by: Terry Hughes | October 30, 2007 at 04:20 PM
Why I have the impression that you have feelings for Mr. Ferrini?
What was love at first sight????
Posted by: Gabrio Tosti | October 30, 2007 at 07:42 PM
No that honour was reserved for you, G. Tosti di Valminuta.
You are soooo funny, whippersnapper.
Posted by: Terry Hughes | October 30, 2007 at 11:56 PM
this guy's an amateur compared to the esteemed Michel Rolland
Posted by: fredric koeppel | October 31, 2007 at 06:22 AM
Jokes apart, let me say that Ferrini is one of the best wine consultant. First of all he is an agronomist, before being an enologist, and that is very important because gives to him a deeper knowledge of the vineyards than your average enologist. Beside that I like that is always very discrete, never too much on the scene. His wines are very good, even though some people tend to find them too much similar to one another.
Posted by: gianpaolo | October 31, 2007 at 11:37 AM
Jokes aside -- most at my expense, by the way -- I would agree that he is very good. I know that he is quite well respected. As to the wines tasting too much alike, that's often the rap the consulting winemakers get...sometimes deserved, sometimes not.
BTW, good luck next week in New York. It looks like a great event, and I wish I could attend. Can't wait to read about it on your blog.
Posted by: Terry Hughes | October 31, 2007 at 11:41 AM
I bought a case of Tasca D'Almerita's Lamuri Nero'D'Avola today after buying a bottle in the city over the weekend. Mr. Ferrini must be doing something right at Tasca D'Almerita despite the possible erotic tinges of the name of the wine.
Posted by: Marco | November 03, 2007 at 10:03 PM