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Get ready to sparkle

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Try this trio of bubbly bottles at Vino this Friday!

Prosecco Brut 2007 Col de Salici
The Veneto town of Valdobbiadene, near Treviso, is home to Prosecco, one of Italy’s most popular grape varieties. The producers of Col de’ Salici have only been producing their Prosecco di Valdobbiadene for six years, yet what the company lacks in age-old experience it makes up for in an astute knowledge of the wine market and a commitment to continuous improvement. The firm believes that the Spumante Prosecco is the finest expression of the DOC variety, and having tasted this wine it’s hard to disagree.

Cuvée Tradizione 2004 Orsolani
Groundbreaking Piedmontese winemaker Francesco Orsolani produced the region’s first metodo classico in 1967. His son, Gianluigi, today continues the family’s innovative tradition. Caluso Spumante Cuvée Tradizione 2004 is made from 100% Erbaluce grapes using the méthode champenoise or Champagne method, whereby the wine undergoes a second fermentation in the bottle to create its fine pinpoint bubbles, yeasty aromas and white stone-fruit flavors. Grown solely around the small town of Caluso, the ancient Erbaluce grape gets its colorful name (literally “grassy light”) from the remarkable green-to-amber hue it obtains as it ripens in the gentle autumnal sunlight in the Alpine foothills of northern Piedmont.

Corrigia Brut Metodo Classico 2003 Lini
“I have discovered the best Lambrusco in the world,” writes Daniele Cernilli, editor-in-chief of the Gambero Rosso Guide to the Wines of Italy, “and it is called Corrigia Brut. Lini’s Corrigia Brut is made using the metodo classico: after the initial fermentation, the wine is fermented again in bottle to create its inimitable bubbles. Made from 100% Salamino grapes, this wine is rich and flavorful in the mouth.

FREE Summer Sparklers Tasting
Friday, July 11, 5:30pm

Vino
121 East 27th Street
New York, NY 10016

For more information call (212) 725-6516 or visit our website, vinosite.com.

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New Amsterdam Market

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Last Sunday, June 29, over 7,000 visitors (including Centovini and I Trulli chef Patti Jackson) engulfed on New Amsterdam Market, which took place in New Market Square at the Seaport in Lower Manhattan. The event featured over 60 vendors from all of New York’s five boroughs, as well as upstate New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Spain, Italy, Japan, and Britain, including traveling delegations from London’s Borough Market and upscale food retailer Marks & Spencer.

Over 1,200 visitors signed a petition to request request that the next New Amsterdam Market this fall be held within the historic New Market Building. This comes after an alternative plan to build a 42-storey residential tower on the site was scrapped. The Seaport neighborhood has been a public market district since 1642, when New York was still New Amsterdam.

“The ongoing popularity of New Amsterdam Market proves that New Yorkers support regional food,” says Robert LaValva, Director of the New Amsterdam Public Market Association — the non-profit organization hoping to transform the Seaport into a cultural and retail destination. “We can create a unique and compelling market district that will become a home for the regional and sustainable food movement and bring New Yorkers back to the Seaport.”

The market even received acknowledgment from a certain Hillary Rodham Clinton, who in a letter described the market as at “the forefront of the emerging and progressive movement to create alternatives to the industrial food system.” The Senator also praised the work of the Public Market Association, and expressed her “hope that these selfless endeavours will serve as an inspiration to others to reach out in their community.”

Find out more at newamsterdammarket.org.

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Happy July 4th!

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Vino, I Trulli and Centovini will be closed this Friday, July 4. We’d like to wish all our friends and customers a happy Independence Day, and we look forward to seeing you again very soon!

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Save 20% on "The Best Lambrusco In The World"*

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

*Daniele Cernilli, Editor-in-Chief of Gambero Rosso’s Guide To The Wines Of Italy.

It used to be that beer was the acceptable Independence Day palate cleanser. Miller, Bud or Natty Bo, a can of cold domestic suds could easily stand up to grilled franks and potato salad. Nowadays, as we surf the rising wave of locavorous gastromania we need a new stand-by, an easy-drinking effervescent that will help us temper the hyper-sensual. Indeed, nothing goes better with a grilled, house-cured-guanciale-and-wild-cress muffulletta than a glass of Lini Metodo Classico Lambrusco. Buy yours today!

Corrigia Brut Metodo Classico 2003 Lini
$25.60
20% off regular price!
Click here to purchase online!

Standard case discount does not apply.
Not valid with any other offer.

Vino
121 East 27th Street
New York, NY 10016

For more information call (212) 725-6516 or visit our website, vinositeshop.com.

This map shows the best locations for drinking Lini this July 4th (and for watching fireworks).

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Origins of mosaic labels revealed

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

The "Mona Lisa of the Galilei" dates back to the 3rd century, and can be found in the ancient Israeli town once known as Sepphoris.

They say never judge a book by its cover, but how much importance should we place on the design of a wine’s label?

At Vino’s recent Luca Ferraris tasting, the young piemontese producer’s Barbera d’Asti caught one Vino customer’s eye. She immediately noticed a resemblance between the Barbera d’Asti label and an ancient mosaic image, a reproduction of which she claimed to have in her home. A few days later, following further investigation, she revealed to me the precise origins of the image on Ferraris’ wine’s bottle.

The image in question comes from a mosaic dating back to the third century, which can still be found within the ruins of a Roman villa in the Assyrian town of Sepphoris (now Tzippori, a moshav in northern Israel) just six kilometers north of Nazareth. Built in 200 but destroyed in 363, the villa contains some of Israel’s most famous mosaics. Though possibly meant to represent Venus, researchers have since dubbed the centrepiece of the mosaic floor “Mona Lisa of the Gallilei“, for which smaller mosaic pieces, called tesserae, were used to allow for greater detail and a more life-like result.

Clearly, Luca Ferraris’ team of label designers have used the latest techniques to subtly alter the image, touching up missing mosaic pieces and positioning a wreath of grapevines within the woman’s hair. I will contact Luca in the next few weeks to find out his take on this fascinating story, and perhaps discover the origins of his other labels…