Several mid range Piedmont wines from the Gaja range sport pheasants on their labels - the Dagromis Barolo, the Sito Moresco Nebbiolo Merlot Cabernet blend, the Alteni di Brassica Sauvignon Blanc and the Rossj-Bass Chardonnay. I seem to recall a Barbera once produced by Gaja many moons ago which also had the pheasants on the label, but this is a wine I have not seen for some time.
This has always intrigued me, but now that I had met a couple of these wines in a recent Gaja tasting, I decided to ask about these birds. These beautiful birds live around various of the vineyards from which the fruit for the above named wines originate. Sure enough, pheasant hunting remains an important activity in this area when they are not busy tending to their grapes. If I were to choose one of the three to pair with these birds at the dinner table, I would plumb for Sito Moresco.
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