A little background. In February 2008 I began a series of weekly wine blogs called David’s Everyday Italian Wine, featuring wines costing under €10 a bottle.

A year and some 50 bottles of everyday Italian wine later, this series had pretty much run its natural course and morphed into the monthly David’s Special Italian Wine, raising the price bar to wines costing over €10 a bottle.

(Time to review the year’s best wines. Check out these delicious bottles by clocking on the main headline title above…)

Pecorino ‘Unico’ IGT. 2008. Tenuta Ulisse

Pecorino is the new (rapidly) rising star of Abruzzo wine and this offering from Tenuta Ulisse is the very best you can get your hands on.

And that’s not a subjective judgement either. This Pecorino – the 2008 vintage – was voted ‘Best Italian White Wine’ at 2009’s prestigious London International Wine Challenge, also picking up a gold medal for ‘Best Pecorino’ almost as an afterthought.

(A delicious start to the wine-tasting year. Find out more by clicking on the main headline title above…)

Barolo. DOCG. 2004. Fontanfredda.

Last month we looked at the Christmas wine to go with the pudding and the mince pies. This month, it’s what to drink with the turkey. Barolo ! With turkey ? Are you crazy ?

(Have all these wine blogs finally taken their toll ? Or is this yet another fine drinking suggestion ? Find out by clicking on the main headline title above…)