Though not quite a novelty in Britain, Pecorino is enough of a rarity to seem a startling addition to a supermarket wine list. It is, not unpredictably, Waitrose which is promoting it by offering this delectable white from the Abruzzi at the bargain price of £5.99 a bottle - a February reduction on what will be its standard price of £7.99.
Most of us know Pecorino as a cheese with bite, made from sheep’s milk somewhat in the hard Parmesan style. Pecorino, the wine from between Rome and the Adriatic, where Berlioz found his inspiration for Harold in Italy, is a white wine with flavour from a land where red wines are what matter. The Waitrose offer is a 2013 Terre di Chiete, giving a good impression of what can be done with the Pecorino grape.
This week I bought two bottles and have not been disappointed. Drink it with seafood or veal, or as a very nice aperitif.
4 February 2015
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