The sad fact now remains that the winemaking, especially at renowned houses such as Biondi Santi, were it to be considered on merit alone-yearly basis-would tend to lean towards mediocrity rather than luxury. I have had these stallwarts and rarely been impressed, and were anyone to take an objective highlighter to the wines they would learn the same. Judgment is subjective, but one thing is certain: every winegrowing region in the world has copied the American methods the last fifteen yearsin order to mimmick the Appearance of color, ripe fruit and lengthier finishes that come with complete ripeness and the newcomers have failed at every turn. Congratulations to the reporter who longs for originality and pursues that agenda thru the conveyance of absolute truth.