Menu for Wine, Dine & Shine 5/23/13 featuring Altesino Montalcino at Locanda nel Loggiato!
This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, May 16th, will feature Montalcino winery Altesino at the Locanda del Loggiato. Looks to be a pretty amazing night. The Brunello di Montalcino from Altesino has been highly rated by Wine Spectator, James Suckling and Wine Enthusiast, just to name a few. Here’s a sneak peak of the menu for Thursday night’s dinner… MENU APERITIVO Pappa al pomodoro, Panzanella e Crostini di fegato di milza Bianco di Altesino 2012 IGT TOSCANA ANTIPASTO Sfilacci di bresaola di...
read moreCantine Aperte Cortona Wineries May 26, 2013
This coming Sunday is the once a year event “Cantine Aperte” (open wineries) all over Italy. Most importantly, here in the Cortona area the Cosorzio Vini Cortona has put up a listing of which wineries are participating, you can click on the image to go to the Consorzio website. Hope to see you all...
read moreWine, Dine & Shine Castello di Ama Dinner at Osteria del Teatro
This week’s Wine, Dine & Shine started off in Piazza Repubblica with a lucky sunny break during a very stormy day. Castello di Ama was the featured winery being tasted in front of the Molesini Wine Shop. The owner and one of the marketing representatives of Castello di Ama poured the tastings and gave detailed information to all attendees about their wines, most of which were nicely made Chiantis. At 8:00 p.m. the event was moved to Osteria del Teatro, located in the heart of Cortona and probably one of my favorite restaurants in...
read moreMenu for Wine, Dine & Shine 5/16/13 featuring Castello di Amo at Osteria del Teatro!
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 ragù di chianina e funghi Chianti classico Castello di Ama DOCG 2010 SECONDO Carrè di porco brado...
read moreWine, Dine & Shine Avignonesi Dinner at Pane e Vino
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, as well as their 2010 Desiderio Merlot. There were a few local celebrity sightings during the...
read moreMenu for Wine, Dine & Shine 5/9/103 featuring Avignonesi at Pane e Vino!
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 second course during the tasting dinner at Pane e Vino. I’m also looking forward to tasting...
read moreWine, Dine & Shine Podere Sapaio Dinner at Osteria Teatro
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 described in detail were: Volpolo 2011 Bolgheri Rosso, made up of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot...
read moreStrada dei Vini Cortona in Copenhagen!
The city of Copenhagen was host to a very special group, our very own Strada dei Vini Cortona on the the 1st and 2nd of March! The local newspaper Politiken spread the word and more than 1500 tickets were sold in advance for the two day event. I think that probably at least a good 200o people attended. The space was ultra modern with the theme being wine, Cortona products and tourism. Of course most people were there for the wine. Not all the Cortona wineries could make the event but there was a quality representation from Leuta,...
read moreVino Nobile di Montepulciano release preview party this weekend!!!
The new vintages of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano have been released and the highly anticipated preview party in Montepulciano, the birthplace of Vino Nobile, is this weekend, February 16, 17 and 18! The new vintages being released are the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2010 and the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva 2009. The Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano has a little more information on their website about the Anteprima del Vino Nobile 2013, just in case you happen to be here in Tuscany and want to attend. Hmmm…I’m...
read moreTuscan Wine Lover Contest!
Tuscany Taste, a new brand for promoting Tuscan wines to foreign markets is hosting a contest! Download their logo from the link above, print it out in color and take a “creative” photo with it somewhere in the world and upload it to their Facebook page. They say they will “reward you for your creativity”. Who knows what that will be but it sounds fun and hey, feel free to share it on our tuscanWINEnotes Facebook page...
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