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Ever since 2020, The Cycling Podcast and Dvine Cellars of London have joined forces and united passions to offer a liquid accompaniment to our listeners\\u2019 Grand Tour experience. This year \\u2013 after months of discussions and a highly contentious tasting session in March \\u2013 we again settled on six bottles that hopefully represent the geography and the spirit of the upcoming Giro d\\u2019Italia. The name of the case \\u2013 the Selezione Simpatica \\u2013 is a nod to our great leader, Richard Moore. The wines themselves are surprising, unconventional and \\u2013 with apologies to Richard and his time-honoured tasting notes \\u2013 a little more than \'nice\'. In this episode Daniel dives deeper with Greg Andrews and Luciana Girotto of Dvine Cellars.

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\\nTo order the Selezione Simpatica, head to DVine Cellars.
\\n(Please enjoy in moderation). A percentage of the proceeds from every sale will go to a cause chosen by Richard\\u2019s family.

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The full line-up of wines (in Giro route order), with tasting notes from Dvine Cellars, is as follows:\\xa0

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\\nChateau Megyer Dry Furmint 2020, Tokaj, Hungary Furmint
\\nHungary\'s most popular white grape for dry wines with a long, cool, flint minerality. Aged for six months in new oak barrels, rounding the acidity. Pair with fish and buttery, creamy sauces with mushrooms.\\xa0

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\\nLe Vigne Di Eli Etna Rosso 2019/2020, Sicily, Italy
\\nThe \'pinot\' of Mount Etna. Bright fresh summer fruits are tempered with a volcanic mineral influence making this a delightful savoury wine.

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\\nCantina Rapino GIRA 2015 Montepulciano d\'Abruzzo DOC, Italy
\\n100% Montepulciano, 100% guts, blood, sweat and tears. Intense aromas of game and hoisin sauce carry to the supple, polished, full-bodied palate. This is a rich red.

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\\nPoderi Fiorini Lambrusco Becco Rosso 2021, Emilia Romagna, Italy
\\nA sparkling purply-red wine with hints of raspberry. It is dry, fresh and savoury, with a pleasant effervescence on the palate. Grab some mortadella and charcuterie!

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\\nRussolo Doi Raps 2019, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Italy
\\nPacked with surprisingly ripe fruit flavours of lychee, white peach and candied lemon, the enchanting Doi Raps has so much character. The ripe fruit is joined by white flowers in bloom and a tingling, mineral finish. It\'s not very often you find such ripe flavours in this cool growing area of North-East Italy

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\\nMarion 2020, Valpolicella Borgomarcellise, Veneto, Italy
\\n\\xa0All red fruits, flowers and soft sweet spices, this is one of the most enjoyable and smashable reds you will see from this region. And it\'s great value to boot.
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