Menu for Wine, Shine & Dine 5/15/14 featuring Tolaini at Osteria del Teatro!
This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, May will feature Chianti winery Tolaini. Reservations for the dinner are required, these fill up quickly, contact me to reserve your space! These are the wines they will be pouring at the free tasting from 4 -8 p.m. in front of Molesini Wine Shop in Piazza Repubblica. AL PASSO 2010 IGT TOSCANA CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA 2010 DOCG VALDISANTI 2009 IGT TOSCANA PICCONERO 2009 IGT TOSCANA And here’s a sneak peak at the menu for the wine tasting dinner that begins at 8:15 p.m. at...
read moreMenu for Wine, Shine & Dine 5/08/14 featuring Col d’Orcia at Corte dei Papi!
This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, May 8, 2014 will feature Montalcino winery Col D’ Orcia. The season has officially started! Well it really did last week but I was far away on vacation so I am kicking it off with a bang tonight in Cortona at Piazza Repubblica in front of the Molesini Wine Shop for the free tasting from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. And here’s a sneak peak at the menu for the wine tasting dinner that begins at 8:15 p.m. at the beautiful Corte dei Papi property! MENU APERITIVO...
read moreWine, Dine & Shine Cortona 2014 Schedule!
Yep, that’s right folks, I have the dirt on who we are featuring in Cortona for the Wine, Dine & Shine Thursday night tasting dinners this season! Check it out and reserve early, contact me if you’d like to attend!!! See you...
read morevinitaly 2014!
It is almost time for vinitaly 2014 to start! Everyone I know is getting ready, many of the wineries are already there setting up and many are preparing to go. Yet another year I cannot make it due to other work but I’m there in spirit and just wanted to post the official map in case you too wanted to be there in spirit… http://vinitaly.com/docs/it/Mappa_Generale.pdf
read moreSpecial 2009 Release Brunello Wine Dinner in Cortona!
Sometimes I just feel like the luckiest girl in the world to be surrounded by so many great wine regions here in Italy. Add that to being friends with local winemakers and wine shops and the result is invites to some pretty spectacular wine tasting events! Tonight would be a wine paired dinner like no other. We would be tasting 16 different Rosso di Montalcinos and Brunellos that had just been released, paired with amazing dishes at Ristorante Il Loggiato in Cortona. Even though it was cold outside, we started off the evening under the...
read moreChianti Classico Collection 2014
I had the chance to go to the Chianti Classico Collection 2014 event this year where more than 180 wineries were tasting with their new vintage, the 2013, 2012 Chianti Classico and the 2011 Riservas. The tasting itself was a little overwhelming, with so many wineries and so many wines you had to really quickly move through each one to cover any ground. I was with a client of mine, Molesini Wine Shop, who was on a mission to visit specific vendors so I just tried to keep up with him, which was challenging! There were a lot of...
read moreAnteprima del Vino Nobile 2013!
Finally through the doldrums of winter comes a ray of wine tinted light! This weekend the Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is hosting the annual preview party for the newly released vintages on February 16 and 17th. Open mostly to the wine industry (and those with industry friends) we will finally have the opportunity to get our hands and taste buds on the Vino Nobile 2011 and the Vino Nobile Riserva 2010 vintages, which the Consorzio is stating were awarded 4 out of 5. It will be very interesting to taste the new releases and see...
read moreFebruary Tuscan Wine Release Events!
Just when you thought nothing happens around Cortona in February, there just happen to be some pretty kick-ass wine release events going on that you really shouldn’t miss. I’ll definitely be there! SUNDAY 16 FEB : Anteprima Nobile di Montepulciano 2014 Depart by car from Cortona at 12:00 p.m., lunch is included, return at 4:00 p.m. (lunch & tasting free) WED 19 FEB : Anteprima Chianti Classico 2014 Depart from Cortona at 9:30 a.m. by train to Florence Stazione Leopolda, return at 6:00 p.m. (lunch not included, tasting free,...
read moreMenu for Wine, Shine & Dine 10/31/13 Masquerade Ball featuring Dei at Osteria del Teatro
This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event, the last one of the season, in Cortona on Thursday, October 31, 2013 will feature Montepulciano winery Dei. These are the wines they will be pouring at the free tasting from 4 -8 p.m. in front of Molesini Wine Shop in Piazza Repubblica. Since it also just happens to be October 31st, tonight’s dinner, the last of the season, will also be a masquerade ball, at Cortona favorite, Osteria del Teatro. It is filling up fast, contact me asap if you want to reserve a seat! Here’s a sneak...
read moreMenu for Wine, Shine & Dine 10/24/13 Featuring Fattoi at Taverna Pane e Vino
This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, October 24, 2013 will feature Montalcino winery Fattoi. These are the wines they will be pouring at the free tasting from 4 -8 p.m. in front of Molesini Wine Shop in Piazza Repubblica. ROSSO DI MONTALCINO DOC 2011 BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2007 BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO SELEZIONE LUCA MARTINI DOCG 2007 BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA DOCG 2007 And here’s a sneak peak at the menu for the wine tasting dinner that begins at 8:15 p.m. at Taverna Pane e Vino. MENU APERITIVO...
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