Presenter: Patrick Eyres	(Paddy), Bin21 Wines September 2013					Type
Wines	Region	Country	Source	Cost	Comments
1. Masi Tupungato 2012 Passo Blanco	Mendoza	Argentina	Bin21	£12*	12.5%. Pinot Grigio and Torrontes grapes. Good nose, a bit herbal. Not overly complex.
2. Masi 2011 Masianco Venezie IGT	Veneto	Italy	Bin21	£11.99	13%. Pinot Grigio and Verduzzo grapes.  Complex, rounded with some tangerine and a pleasing sourness on the finish.
3. Masi 2011 Bonacosta Valpolicella Classico	Veneto	Italy	Bin21	£12.99	12%. Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara grapes. Fresh fruit approach with some cherry. A balanced, enjoyable, easy-drinking wine.
4. Masi Campofiorin 2011 Rosso del Veronese IGT	Veneto	Italy	Bin21	£17*	13%. Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara grapes. Nose slow to develop, a good wine with some discussion on whether it was better than the Bonacosta.
5. Inama 2009 Carmenère Più	Veneto	Italy	Bin21	£19*	12.5%. Carmenère and Merlot grapes. Soft fruit, needs more grip but a good wine.
6. Masi Tupungato 2011 Passo Doble (Masi Tupungato)	Mendoza	Argentina	Bin21	£12*	13.5%. Malbec and Corvina grapes. Sweet fruit approach, mid-palate acidity and a slightly bitter finish.
7. Masi Tupungato 2010 Corbec	Mendoza	Argentina	Bin21	£25*	14.5%. Corvina and Malbec grapes. Big fruit, but well-balanced and complex. Needs aging.
8. Masi 2008 Costasera Amarone della Valpolicella Classico	Veneto	Italy	Bin21	£35*	15%. Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara grapes. Raisin nose, well liked but not as complex as expected and a touch "New World"
18/09/2013	Raffle wine: Masi Wine Book Won by: Harry Rose

*Prices approximate, no fixed retail price indicated.
Maya Sieber-Blum also won a Decanter wine book

The history of Masi is the history of a family and its vineyards in the Venetian regions. The name itself derives from "Vaio dei Masi", the small valley in Valpolicella acquired by the Boscaini family, who are still its owners now, at the end of the XVIII century.

Masi's mission and work practices make it one of the elite winemaking enterprises in the Venetian regions, making products that express the style, characteristics and values of the area. This makes it an ambassador for its region on both a national and international level. As such, the company is proud to be a founder member of various associations that promote the iconic brands of "made in Italy" around the world, including the  the Amarone Families, an association (with Marilisa Allegrini at its head) that was formed to protect the excellence of Amarone and to promote its image at an international level. The twelve names who founded the organisation are all specialist family companies with proven histories of quality Amarone wine production: Allegrini, Begali, Brigaldara, Masi Agricola, Musella, Nicolis, Speri, Tedeschi, Tenuta Sant'Antonio, Tommasi, Venturini, and Zenato. 

Masi now has lands in the best terroir sites of the Venetian regions with vineyards and historic estates. Since 1973, Masi has collaborated with the Conti Serego Alighieri family, descendants of the poet Dante, on their estates in Valpolicella. More recently, a collaboration has been launched with the Conti Bossi Fedrigotti family, who have always made wine with passion and skill in Trentino. Both agreements are part of an ambitious project aiming to rediscover the lustre of the farming and winemaking traditions of the nobility from the Venetian area.

Masi Tupungato is the name of Masi's winemaking project in the Mendoza region of Argentina, located in the Tupungato Valley at the foot of the eponymous volcano. This is the place Masi has identified as being the most suitable for the exportation of the grapes and the winemaking techniques native to the Venetian regions. The 140-hectare estate "La Arboleda" grows both Venetian and Argentinian grapes to take advantage of a particularly favourable climate and make wine using the Appassimento technique, a Masi speciality in which it has acknowledged expertise. The philosophy of the project is summed up in the phrase: "Argentinean soul, Venetian style".

Text from Masi Agricola: http://www.masi.it/eng