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- janehathaway - 12-07-2000
I am really new at this and don't even know if I spelled the name of the dish correctly. I am serving Chicken Marsella and would like to serve the appropriate wine. Can someone help?
- Innkeeper - 12-08-2000
The biggest and freshest Pinot Grigio you can find. Nothing older than 1999. Nothing wimpy.
- mrdutton - 12-08-2000
Inline with IK's suggestion you could also serve an Alsatian Pinot Gris, I would think.
- hotwine - 12-08-2000
Marsala is a "sticky", as we term them here on the board - a rather sweet, fortified wine from Sicily, made in or near the port of Marsala.
In line with Innkeeper's recommendation, suggest you let your fingers do the walking and call your local wine retailers; tell them you're looking for the 1999 Tommasi Pinot Grigio. It should be available for $11-$12. (If a retailer doesn't have the Tommasi, ask what others he has from 1999 in the same price range. But check with all of them for the Tommasi before you default to an alternative vintner.) Plan on at least a half bottle per person, and serve it fairly well chilled (about half an hour in the fridge before serving).