This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, May 16th, will feature Chianti winery Castello di Ama at the Osteria del Teatro.   Here’s a sneak peak of the tasting menu for the evening… MENU APERITIVO Asparagi fasciati con pancetta Castello di Ama Al Poggio Chardonnay IGT Toscana 2011   ANTIPASTO Terrina di tacchino pomodorini secchi e olive  Castello di Ama Rosato IGT TOSCANA 2012   PRIMO PIATTO Pici con...

This week’s Wine, Dine & Shine started in Piazza Repubblica with a free tasting in front of the Molesini Wine Shop.  After a few days of rain everyone was thankful to have a beautiful, sunny and warm afternoon to be able to come out and enjoy the wine tasting. In the Piazza Avignonesi was pouring their Prosecco Col Dorato from Veneto, the 2010 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, their 2010 Grifi which is a blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet,...

This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, May 9th, will feature our local award winning Avignonesi winery at the Taverna Pane e Vino. It seem that we will have a couple opportunities to taste one of the best merlots in the region, Desiderio. The 2010 Desiderio will be poured at the free tasting in front of the Molesini wine shop from 4 – 8 p.m. and a small taste of the 2005 Desiderio will be poured during the...

May 2, 2013 – Cortona, Tuscany Wine, Dine & Shine, Cortona’s premier wine tasting series kicked off the season in Piazza Repubblica featuring Podere Sapaio from Bolgheri, a region located near the sea on the Mediterranean side of Tuscany. Massimo Piccin of Podere Sapaio greeted everyone alongside Marco Molesini at the free wine tasting in front of the Molesini Wine Shop.  Featured wines in the Piazza poured by Massimo and...

I had the pleasure of joining my favorite Cortona winery Leuta for a barrel tasting with award winning sommelier Luca Gardini (voted World’s Best Sommelier in 2010), enologist Maurizio and of course owners Denis and Enzo. This tasting was very important, they were here to taste 4 different varieties from 54 different barrels in order to select the very best barrel of each variety to blend for their top wine, Nautilus. Each barrel was...