Corte Gardoni, Bardolino "Le Fontane"

"This Bardolino stunned them, folks, and they didn’t even know how low the price is. A luscious red, it is simply overflowing with good things. My guests found some cherries and berries, of course, liked the harmony, the this and the that, but the message is: try one, then come back for cases. 
     It also has, buried in its abundant, dazzling fruit, a tinge of the typical Italian bitterness, and that, I swear, really does the trick at table, even with, especially with, any recipe using tomatoes, like the zucchini/tomato gratin I served them. A good marriage, we all agreed. –September 2004