![]() It took the talent and enthusiasm of Rome Ramirez - a genial, now 23-year-old newcomer and gifted songwriter and musician - to serve as a catalyst to bring the two old friends back together. Growing up in the Bay Area, Rome was introduced to Sublime's music by his uncle, and credits the band with inspiring him to first pick up a guitar and learn to play at age 11. "It was the first time I ever really wanted to make music as opposed to just listen to it," he says. Rome began singing and writing songs as a teenager and was playing solo gigs around the Bay Area when he met Wilson (the two were recording at the same studio).Īfter several months jamming out Sublime songs with Rome, Wilson made that call to Gaugh. ![]() Now Gaugh, Wilson, and Rome have formed Sublime With Rome, which will release its debut album, Yours Truly (produced by Butthole Surfers guitarist Paul Leary), and entertain fans with a set-list of new songs and Sublime favorites when the band hits the road over the next year. The trio knew they were on to something special after performing their first big show with Rome at Cypress Hill's Smokeout Festival in October 2009 for 20,000 people, followed by a sold-out tour in March 2010 that inspired spontaneous sing-alongs and writhing mosh-pits at every stop. "When we walked out on stage, there was a feeling of excitement," Gaugh recalls of Smokeout. "People were cheering and waving their arms and shouting 'We love you.' It took me by surprise. I didn't realize how emotional I was going to feel. I had to pause for a minute to settle down. My heart started racing and tears started welling up in my eyes because I was thinking of Bradley. Then we got started and it was just really cool. The vineyards are planted to indigenous re grapes of ancient provenance, including aglianico, piedirosso, and primitivo and to the area’s iconic white grape, falanghina, which mainly goes to produce Falerno Bianco, Caracci, and Passito Eleusi.I knew then that it was definitely coming from a good place." Seeing the smile on Eric's face, and his excitement over playing this music again, that was enough for me. The very distinctive local climate is favoured by the looming mountain chain that protects the vineyards from harsh winds and cold. The terroir reflects the complex soils, a mixture of volcano-derived minerals, as well as a certain briny, marine influence from the nearby sea, all held together in a delicate balance. ![]() The Tenute, or estates, of San Castrese and Parco Nuovo comprise more than 110 hectares, with 70 in vineyard, in the Ager Falernus (the Falernian Territory) covering the slopes the extinct Roccamonfina volcano in the province of Caserta. All of the Rocca dei Leoni vineyards are registered as Taburno and Sannio DOC. The ancient vines and the luxurious vegetation of cherry trees, fir, chestnut, walnut, and broom all make their contribution to the aromatic qualities of the wines, which are made from clones of aglianico and falanghina. They comprise some 30 hectares of volcanic soils rich in phosphorus and potassium, a truly unique terroir that is gentle and harsh at the same time, and which imparts a marked personality and intense aromas to the wine. The Rocca dei Leoni tenutas lie in the heart of Benevento’s Sannio area, between the Valle Caudina, the Valle Telesina, and the valley of the Tammaro river. This steep land develops wines from it’s unique combination of rich soil (tuff, salty and minerality), local mountainous micro-climates and high elevation warmed by the powerful sun of the southern Italy latitudes. ![]() This includes emissions of greenhouse gases through the use of cutting-edge technologies that will invest the company’s production in its totality, from energy to transport, from fertilizers to fuels, as part of an overall strategy to get to zero emissions TENUTE DI ALTAVILLA-IRPINIAįiano, Greco di Tufo, Falanghina and Aglianico are indigenous grape varieties of the Irpinia wine area. The goal is to get to zero progressively, by 2011. The wine sector is one of the sectors with the highest energy consumption: hence the desire to develop sustainable production in harmony with nature and respectful for the environment. In 2009, the International Year of Planet Earth, Villa Matilde launched “Zero Emissions”, an integrated project for the protection of the environment. In the nineties, the company extended to the provinces of Avellino and Benevento, where the estates of Altavilla and Rocca dei Leoni were born. Here, you will find the crus and wines that have made the history of Villa Matilde. On these soft and sunny hills are the Tenute di San Castrese and the Parco Nuvo, with rows of the oldest vineyards of Aglianico, Falanghina and Piedirossa. On one side, the sea and on the other, the extinct volcano of Roccamonfina: the heart of Villa Matilde and the Alto Casertano, an ancient and generous land, vegetable garden and vineyard of the Roman Empire. ![]()
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