Recap: Wine, Dine & Shine Castello Monsanto Dinner at Corte dei Papi!
This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, August 1, 2013 featured Castello Monsanto from the Chianti region. The free tasting started at 4:00 p.m. at the Molesini Wine Shop in a very, very crowded Piazza Repubblica. The featured winery of the evening, Castello Monsanto, has been making Chianti wines from their estate since the 1960’s. The wines they were pouring in the Piazza for the free tasting were: Fabrizio Bianchi Chardonnay 2011 IGT Toscana Fabrizio Bianchi Rosato 2011 IGT Toscana Chianti Classico 2010...
read moreMenu for Wine, Shine & Dine 08/08/13 featuring Talosa at Ristorante El Comanchero
This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, August 8, 2013 will feature Montepulciano winery Talosa. 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 Montepulciano DOC 2011 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG 2009 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG Riserva 2008 Vino Nobile di MontepulcianoDOCG Filai Lunghi 2009 The evening will continue with dinner at Ristorante El Comanchero, located at Loc. Piazzanella 10, Cortona. There will be...
read moreMenu for Wine, Shine & Dine 08/01/2013 featuring Castello di Monsanto Winery at Ristorante Relais La Corte Dei Papi
This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona will feature Tuscan winery Castello di Monsanto,considered to be one of the top producers of traditional Chianti Classico Riserva. There will be a free tasting in front of the Molesini Wine Shop in Piazza Repubblica from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The wines that will be featured are: Fabrizio Bianchi Chardonnay 2011 IGT Toscana Fabrizio Bianchi Rosato 2011 IGT Toscana Chianti Classico 2010 DOCG Chianti Classico Riserva 2009 DOCG Chianti Classico Il Poggio Riserva 2007 DOCG The evening will...
read moreRecap: Wine, Dine & Shine Isole e Olena Dinner at Taverna Pane e Vino!
Last week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona featured Chianti winery Isole e Olena at Taverna Pane e Vino. The evening began with a free wine tasting in a very crowded Piazza Repubblica. Marco Molesini helped pour wines and greeted everyone who came by to taste the wines. There was a nice line up of wines, all from the Isole e Olena estate near Castellina in Chianti. Paolo de Marchi is making Chianti but with a different ideal in mind. Early on when the Chianti formula was made by Baron Ricasoli, Canaiolo was used as a blending...
read moreMenu for Wine, Shine & Dine 07/25/13 featuring La Tunella at La Locanda nel Loggiato
This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, July 25, 2013 will feature Friuli/Veneto Winery La Tunella. 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: PINOT GRIGIO 2012 DOC FRIULI COLLI ORIENTALI SAUVIGNON 2012 DOC FRIULI COLLI ORIENTALI FRIULANO COL LIVIUS CRU 2011 DOC FRIULI COLLI ORIENTALI RIBOLLA GIALLA COL DE BLISS CRU 2011 FRIULI COLLI ORIENTALI MERLOT 2011 DOC FRIULI COLLI ORIENTALI The evening will continue with dinner at Ristorante...
read moreWine, Dine & Shine Livio Felluga Dinner at La Locanda nel Loggiato
This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event featured Livio Felluga, a large award-winning winery from the northern Friuli area of Italy. The wine tasting begin in Piazza Repubblica in front of the Molesini Wine Shop. Marco Molesini and a very handsome representative from Livio Felluga poured tastes of the wine. It had rained cats and dogs earlier in the day but luckily stopped just an hour before the tasting started. They still had prepared for it, just in case, by putting up a covered area but by the looks of it I think it would have...
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Menu for Wine, Dine & Shine 7/11/13 featuring Livio Felluga at La Locanda nel Loggiato
This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, July 11th, will feature Livio Felluga with very special guest, Maurizio Felluga. Livio Felluga, located in the Friuli region, is considered on of the area’s most impressive wineries and is also credited with re-establishing the area’s winemaking heritage after World War II by reviving old vineyards, planting new ones and bringing about fresh ideas. 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...
read moreBaracchi and Comanchero Tasting Dinner Recap
Friday evening in Cortona there was a wonderful collaboration between Baracchi Winery and Ristorante Il Comanchero, located just outside of the walls of the Cortona on the hillside with beautiful views of the Val di Chiana. Guests were greeted with a glass of Baracchi sparkling wine and this blogging diva was encouraged by Benedetto Baracchi to help open one of the bottles in a very traditional way using a sciabola (sword). Benedetto showed me how to use the seam of the bottle and with a very smooth motion push out with the sword to the lip...
read moreMenu for Wine, Dine & Shine 7/04/13 featuring Tuscan Sun Wines with Frances Mayes at Castel Girardi!
Tasting menu for dinner by Trattoria Dardano at Agriturismo Castel Girardi: APERITIVO : Fantasia di antipasto a buffet Pensiero Pinot Grigio delle Venezie IGT 2012 Tuscan Sun Wines ANTIPASTO : Sformatino al Tartufo Tondo Tondo IGT Toscana 2011 Tuscan Sun Wines PRIMO PIATTO : Pennette allo Speck – Tagliatelle al profumo di bosco Sentiero alla casa IGT Toscana 2012 Tuscan Sun Wines SECONDO PIATTO : Caramelle di maiale ai funghi porcini con il suo contorno Auguri IGT Toscana 2009 Tuscan Sun Wines DESSERT : Panna cotta alle fragole EURO...
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