Antinori Peppoli Chianti Classico 2016, Tuscany. The Antinori family are descended from the earliest known wine making family in the world! Chianti is where it all began back in 1390, and they have been making wines in Tuscany for 26 generations! This week’s feature is a terrific wine, at a reasonable price point, that gives you an authentic albeit contemporary taste of Tuscany... it reflects the best qualities of this classic vintage with bright cherry and strawberry flavors and beautiful scents of Tuscany in the glass!
This will certainly be a different kind of holiday for most of us, away from family and friends. It would be my pleasure for you to join my community table for an unforgetable Easter Feast. I have created a 4+ course menu of seasonal specialties and customer favorites. We will even include an Italian Easter surprise that will delight that child in all of us!
"È primavera svegliatevi bambine…'Tis springtime, wake up young maidens."
This is the quintessential Florentine ballad announcing the arrival of spring. The Tuscan countryside is waking up and the fields are a bright yellow, covered in wild "tromboncini" daffodils.
This week's menu highlights the ingredients that are beginning to arrive at local markets.
Castello della Salla, Bramito 2018, Chardonnay, Umbria
The baby sister of the famed (and expensive!) Cervaro 2018 (96 Points by Robert Parker), this complex and fresh white is elegant and delicate just like our spring menu.
This week's menu is a "Tribute to Lombardy." Enjoy ingredients -- like radicchio and taleggio cheese -- that are regional staples, as well as dishes that have come to symbolize the delicious and non-fussy sophistication of Lombardy's cooking.
Of course, we have paired it all with an outstanding nebbiolo red from the region that will leave you asking for more.
