What “Mamma” used to make!
If Connolly’s made a TV advert for “The Italian Assortment”, what would it not be like?
Hollywood stars? Sure!
And the most effective director? Let’s go for Francis Ford Coppola.
(He additionally occurs to personal a well-known winery in California. Are you getting the theme?)
What movie model? Motion? With “Mini” automobile chases? Romantic? Musical? Italian meals & drink?
I feel I’ve the reply to the dilemma… let’s incorporate prime movie stars with our favorite “Italian” cooks and plenty of scrumptious meals & drink, all set on location, in lovely, rolling Tuscan countryside. Who wants an excuse to try this? Why would not you? The associated fee? It would not matter!
What concerning the actors? Sly Stallone & De Niro are each busy working with one other meals firm, so how about DiCaprio? Co-starring actresses? I may point out present stars comparable to Monica Bellucci and Alyssa Milano. Let’s get them each concerned!
The TV cooks? Attempt Gino, Giada and Nigella (not likely Italian, however “Nigellissima” is shut sufficient).
Jamie, sadly, wasn’t accessible this time, however may get entangled within the follow-up marketing campaign.
Image the scene…
What may very well be higher than strolling within the sunshine by way of a village surrounded by vineyards, notably if it is someplace in Italy, and also you’re trying ahead to a bottle of wine to go along with a home-cooked meal that solely your “Mamma” may make?
The place may you probably flip for assist in selecting the right elements that may match that particular bottle? Nicely, it is a “Hollywood” advert, so the reply is straightforward and by no means fairly what you anticipate.
You are all sorted for the fundamental necessities; onions, garlic, tomatoes, herbs. You could start!
So, again to the advert…
Leo asks Monica for instructions to the native deli the place, clearly, the right wine/meals choice is out there. She presents to take him there and so they’re seen getting into the doorway of the quaint, previous store.
(Observe to director: close-up on the lovable pet ready outdoors).
Inside, as if by magic, the shopkeeper (Gino) seems.
Suggesting a bottle of Terredora’s “Loggia della Serra” Greco di Tufo white as a super accompaniment to his favorite ‘antipasti’ recipe of smoked mackerel with an orange and fennel salad, Leo takes his suggestion and buys the wine together with all the required elements. Who would have thought that Gino’s recipe was the identical one which Leo’s “Mamma” would make?
Campania, near Naples (which is nowhere close to Tuscany!), produces wines that, previously, hardly ever left the world. “Greco” is a type of wines now attaining success outdoors of its homeland and is a posh mixture of flowers/minerals/citrus/pear/apple & honey on the nostril with a dry, savoury palate combining peach/almond/mandarin orange and ginger notes, which pairs superbly with Gino’s antipasti.
On leaving the store, Leo bumps into “previous good friend”, Alyssa (that is “Hollywood”; it occurs), who mentions an incredible new restaurant close by that specialises in Tuscan delicacies and wines. It simply occurs to be run by Nigella.
Arriving on the restaurant in Alyssa’s Ferrari, Leo presents to assist put together Nigella’s Florentine steak & Tuscan garlic-herb fries… simply droop perception… it is a work of fiction!
With the meal now served, an appropriate wine, naturally, is required to go along with it, and the advice is for the Castello Fonterutoli Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
Not stunning, that is each Leo and Alyssa’s favorite Tuscan purple. Who would have guessed?
The realm surrounding ‘Castellina in Chianti’ (close to Sienna) is house to the Mazzei household, who had been one of many first to undertake the ‘Gran Selezione’ class for his or her finest Chianti Classico wine.
The ‘Castello Fonterutoli’ is generally Sangiovese and manages to attain the just about unattainable feat of balancing magnificence and energy all on the identical time
A wealthy, structured palate with notes of untamed cherries, blackberries, dried flowers, liquorice spice, leather-based, grilled almonds and espresso espresso, all wrapped up in silky, French oak.
It is an actual “wow” wine that you just will not need to miss. Even when it is solely reasonably priced to Leo & mates!
For the ultimate scene in our advert, Leo decides to complete the night on the native bar the place (you will by no means consider it) all the Hollywood solid simply occur to be at a celebration celebrating the “Director’s Reduce” of Mr Coppola’s newest movie. Foods and drinks is free for everybody that night time so, after a couple of Peroni and a few Prosecco, it is solely honest that Giada will get to showcase one in every of her well-known Italian-style desserts. The party-goers go for the Pineapple Semifreddo which is loaded with fruit, double cream and amaretti biscuits that cry out for a calming glass of Palazzina Moscato Passito.
Piedmont is not well-known for its candy, dessert wines.
Consider Barolo & Barbaresco for reds, alongside Gavi for white; all of that are classics, adored by lovers of Italian wines around the globe. However should you’ve bought a candy tooth… and you do not thoughts admitting it, the Palazzina is for you.
Honeyed, intense flavours of apricot and a buttery/toffee word that works with the amaretti biscuits.
Typical Moscato grapiness on the nostril with floral, orange blossom.
The advert ends with a point out of “The Italian Assortment” 3 & 6 bottle offers working on all (over £10/bottle) Italian wines at Connolly’s all through June/July/August.
Do you suppose we should always make the advert?
In spite of everything, if Warburton’s may get Sly Stallone and Robert De Niro, why not?
Bread is sweet, however wine is so a lot better!
