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: A day in the life of a Vinitaly judge Verona... Spring in Italy is only slightly ahead of ours this year and just like at home, everybody here in Italy is complaining about the unreaâ€" sonably cool temperatures. There have been some very warm and sunny days since I arrived, but they last only a day or so before it gets cold again and the spring showers here, are as cold as the ones we get back home. But even Italy looks great after coming off an unreasonably long and cold Canadian winter and the flowerâ€" WE MAKE AN DISPOSAL OF OLD size MaAtfabss [ _ matthess SETâ€"UP FREE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE LAYAWAY 2" Iron Tubing Absolut Garaenus Gorgeous DOUBLE...3098 SET 519 QUEEN.....329 SET 559 KING.......479 SET 799 LUXURY SUPPORT SINGLE MATTRESS ing almond trees among the lush and green countryside make my job of judging wines in Verona somewhat less stressful. Vinitaly, the international wine fair at Verona will open its gates next weekend, but until then I will be judgâ€" ing countless wines as one of the international judges who assemble here each year to pick out some of the best wines which have been submitted by more than 20 countries in the hope of taking home one of the few medals QUEEN.....249 SET 434 EXTRA FIRM SINGLE MATTRESS FIRM SUPPORT SINGLE MATTRESS awarded. Although I have judged wines internationally for a number of years, this competition has established itself as one of the most unbiased and one MEDIUM SUPPORT SINGLE MATTRESS =) 8$42â€"3368 DOUBLE...129 SET 214 QUEEN.....159 SET 294 of the most difficult ones for the judges. Each morning, we taste and mark a great number of wines which are served blind to us, meaning that we have no idea from where they come, let alone the country of origin. After . a lunch break which is rather long in Italy, we return to the villa in Verona and repeat it all over again for the evening session. All the wines submitted, and there are almost 1,000, have to be tasted at least twice, each time by a different panel of judges to REGULAR SUPPORT SINGLE MATTRESS SET 164 Versatile! Includes mattress. My panel consists of two Italian wine oenologists, an Austrian wineâ€" maker, a wine journalist from Australia, a professor from the Faculty of Chemical Technology of Bratislava and myself. Although we are not perâ€" mitted to discuss the wines during the tasting, we do compare notes often after each flight and interestingly enough, I find that we are almost always in agreement when it comes to ie top five wines tasted as well as the, two lowest ones. We also agree that after tasting wines for three days, too many wines have lost their individuality and taste indifferent and that wines which needâ€" ed long aging before, are now drink= able at a reasonably young age. ' At one time, I would have had no difficult whatsoever in differentiating between a white wine from the north« ern part of Italy, Friuli for instance, and a wine from Tuscany. Unfortunately this is not always the. case today. Bowing under the pressure of much unsold wine in a socxety, which drinks less but better, manyj countries have adopted a style that i pleasing to the consumer and ofte untypical to the region. On the other hand, I found it refreshing that suc great Italian wines as the Barolo an Brunello which needed much aging i the past, are now quite palatable afte only four or five years. Dinner is served starting at p.m. The show follows at 8 p. Tickets are $19.95. Call 842â€"0475 According to producer Malcolr Hamilton, the object of the pro gram‘s attention will be Giorgi Longdo, a local tenor who bill himself as "Canada‘s Mario Lanza. Longdo, a staple of the mall an trade show circuit, is perfectly sui ed for the show, says Hamilton. "I see him as someone swir ming against the tide of popul music. That‘s his dream. He‘s : interesting character," _ sa: Hamilton. "If we thought he w going to be the next big thing, wouldn‘t be doing the story." The official opening of Montr artist Sylvie Readman‘s exhibir Centennial Gallery is Sund between 2 and 4 p.m. Organized and circulated by Musee D‘Art Contemporain â€" Montreal, the show features pho! graphic works and runs to June "We look for interesting peop who are doing things a little out the ordinary," he says. "That tak in so many possibilities." In this case, the possibiliti¢ include the taping of Longdo Vegasâ€"style variety show at tt Towne Restaurant on Speers Roa Hamilton spoke to Longdo about year ago and â€" after calling th singer recently to find out what.fi was up to â€" decided to do a piece him. (] Readman openin Influenced by portrait techniq in film, the artist‘s recent w explores ways of making cine out of still photography. _ On the Road with Giorg10 On the Road Again, the CB( series showcasing some of Canada‘ more ‘"interesting" characters, roll into Oakville Wednesday. ! 1