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A Glass of Chianti Red








Guardalo come ti aspetta, senza avere fretta, silenziosamente il vino,

Guarda come se ne scende elegantemente nel bicchiere grande il vino,

Senti che dentro la stanza come in una danza lentamente vola un profumo leggerissimo di viola

Quando prendi lentamente il bicchiere grande e lo sollevi in alto adagio

Non è forse questo quasi esattamente il movimento esatto di un bacio,

Quando con la mano aperta tieni verso il viso la coppa

E ti inclini leggermente per avvicinare la bocca,

Senti come si racconta onda dopo onda dopo onda il vino,

Temporali nella notte, vento luce e sole pomeriggi caldi e colline

I campi verdi sopra i mari azzurri e l'ombra d'oro delle vigne

che diventa nella notte questo rosso scuro che ci meraviglia.


Look at it, the way it’s waiting for you without any hurry, silently, the wine.

Look how it pours elegantly into the big glass

Perceive that inside the room, like in a dance, slowly flies a very soft scent of violet

When you take calmly the big glass and you lift it slowly

It’s nearly exactly the same movement of a kiss, isn’t it?

When with your open hand you keep the glass by your face and then you bend a little to approach your mouth

Listen how the wine tells itself, wave after wave

Thunderstorms in the night, wind, light, warm afternoons and hills

The fields are green over blue seas and the golden shadows of vineyards

which becomes at night this dark red which amazes us.

Nikon D700
1/400s f/5.6 at 44.0mm iso200 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time16-Aug-2011 20:04:38
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D700
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length44 mm
Exposure Time1/400 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance0.670 m

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Bernard Bosmans21-Nov-2012 10:41
So much to admire, mood, light, well dressed bottle, poetic words, this is a wonderful presentation Máire. BV.
veraferia22-Aug-2011 16:58
Wonderful capture... and song.
Peter Sussex18-Aug-2011 20:32
What a cute bottle jacket! Perfect still life in all ways. BV
Giancarlo Guzzardi18-Aug-2011 10:45
excellent image, composition and loving dedication
Patricia Kay18-Aug-2011 07:12
Love this image and your words Maire...BV
Mairéad17-Aug-2011 23:01
A very elegantly presented Chianti, matched perfectly with the verse.
Frank Brault17-Aug-2011 22:36
A terrific still life. I like the 'tux'. :) V
an nguyen17-Aug-2011 21:05
I love this .
Tom LeRoy17-Aug-2011 20:40
A perfect still life! Love the bottle "jacket"! You convinced me to have a glass of red before going to bed tonight! BV!
Faye White17-Aug-2011 20:17
Lovely!
Johnny JAG17-Aug-2011 19:25
Very nice still life