(left) Visions of J, inspired by Visions of Johanna (100% montepulciano grape), and (right) the round, fruity Planet Waves (75% montepulciano, 25% merlot), named after the 1974 Dylan album. (Below) Antonio Terni.
Inspired by Bob Dylan's autobiography and a CD of his Theme Time Radio Hour (a great showcase for Dylan's droll observations and little-heard, often off-the-wall early pop), I came across wine inspired by the great songsmith.
Dylan has an association with Fattoria Le Terrazze, the excellent producer in Le Marche (home of the ubiquitous Verdicchio wine), an undersung but rising region on the Adriatic coast of Italy. Le Terrazze is run by Dylan fanatic Antonio Terni, a yachtsman and former nuclear scientist who was profiled in Lawrence Osborne’s snarky chronicle, “The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World.’’
However, at 39 squid a bottle from Berry Bros & Rudd, it will have to remain in the IWOOT league...
View partial source: New York Times, Dining & Wine & Telegraph.co.uk: The vines they are a-changin''