"One of our favorite Tuscan estates,
Fontodi
, has just
released their 2006 vintage wines to critical raves. From their
reference point Chianti Classico all the way through to their
flagship 99 point super-Tuscan 'Flaccianello della Pieve,'
Fontodi
has created wines for the ages."
-Wine Spectator
Please join us as we kick off the holiday season with a Tuscan-inspired evening featuring wines from the great estates of Fontodi and Valdicava. Fontodi, based in the Chianti Classic town of Panzano, crafts a benchmark Chianti Classico and a super-Tuscan “Flaccianello,” while further south in Montalcino, Valdicava produces some of the most coveted wines in its appellation. Accompanying the six-wines will be a multi-course, traditional Tuscan pairing.
Please join us and the WineChaps for an evening that highlights the traditional matrimony of white truffles and Barolo in an all out resignation to decadence.
"We’re all too familiar with the New Yorker who heads west for more
living space and the opportunity to own some land. Enter: David Hirsch
of Hirsch Vineyards. The wine grower left the Big Apple back in 1978
and purchased a sheep farm with no inkling that one day he’d be the
proud owner of nationally acclaimed vineyard..."
"Despite this distinct advantage, Wasserman once lamented his lot in life: 'at the time I hated it, living in this little isolated village and having to walk through the mud to school.' However, Wasserman, perhaps intoxicated over time by the ravishing scent of Pinot Noir wafting through the fields, now acknowledges the fact that he is indeed 'the luckiest bastard on earth..."
