VIVE LE WEEKEND: Bastille Day at Vino

Thursday, July 14, 5:30-7:30pm
KIR ROYALE TASTING

Friday, July 15, 5:30-7:30pm
FRENCH WINE TASTING
Château de Roquefort Clairette 2009 (Provence)
$17
Château des Estanilles Faugères “Tradition” 2008 (Languedoc)
$15

Saturday, July 16, 3:00-6:00pm
FRENCH WINE TASTING, Part Deux
Château Lamothe Bordeaux Blanc 2010 (Bordeaux
$13
Marie-Pierre Manciat Mâcon “Les Morizottes” 2009 (Mâcon, Burgundy)
$16

Petri Riesling Trocken 2009 (Pfalz, Germany)
C.H. Berres Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese 1997 (Mosel, Germany)
Rapp Latitude 50 “Sunshine” 2009 (Nahe, Germany)

THE 31 DAYS OF GERMAN RIESLING TASTING
Friday, July 8
5:30-7:30pm

You may have noticed awards season is upon us, but it’s not just musicians and movie stars that are lauded by their peers each Spring. The most prestigious prize in Italian wine, Tre Bicchieri (or “Three Glasses”) is handed out in various categories every year by Gambero Rosso magazine.

To acknowledge this occasion and the consistent performances of some of our own favorite Italian producers, we’re celebrating Tre Bicchieri winners past and present with a very special free tasting this Saturday. Join us from 3-6pm as we roll out the red carpet for classic wines by Valentini, Castello di Verduno, Cascina Corte, Orsolani, Ronco dei Tassi, I Campi and Conti Zecca.

TRE BICCHIERI TASTING
Saturday, February 19
3-6pm

For more information please call 212-725-6516 or email info@vinosite.com.

Though wine was made in Capriolo (near Brescia in Lombardy) as far back as the 1800s, the Ricci Curbastro winery was founded by Gualberto Ricci Curbastro in 1967, the same year Franciacorta achieved D.O.C. status.

Ricci Curbastro cultivates 27 hectares of Chardonnay, Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianco vines, which Riccardo and enologist Alberto Musatti source to produce a fresh and elegant take on this prestigious northern sparkler.

Home to eight apartments in converted farmhouses, the estate is also a thriving agriturismo, and even houses a Museum of Agriculture and Wine, the only one of its kind in Franciacorta.

FRANCIACORTA TASTING

with Riccardo Ricci Curbastro

Monday, October 25

6-7:30pm

For more information please contact 212-725-6516 or info@vinosite.com.

Puglia Wine Week (September 27-October 3) is underway, and as part of this exciting event we’re hosting our own free tasting this Saturday, October 2 from 4-7pm. As our closest followers will know, Puglia is a region close to Vino’s heart, and we’ll be pouring some of our favorite wines from the heel of Italy’s boot.  Puglia: so true, so wine, so Italy.

PUGLIA WINE WEEK: Free Tasting
Saturday, October 2
4:00-7:00pm

For more information please contact 212-725-6516 or email info@vinosite.com.

Vino may be an international wine store these days, but that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten our Italian roots. Join us this Tuesday as we celebrate the Festa di San Gennaro, New York City’s biggest and longest-running Italian festival. We’ll be pouring over 100 wines from boutique Italian importer Domenico Valentino starting at 6pm. We’ll shut the party down when the wine runs out (or when Vino closes at 9pm — whichever happens first). So avoid the crowds on Mulberry Street and taste the real Italy.

SAN GENNARO TASTING
Tuesday, September 21
6pm-9pm (or until the wine runs out).
FREE!

For more information please contact 212-725-6516 or info@vinosite.com.

Faster than a popping Metodo Classico cork! More powerful than aged Barolo! Able to leap several cases of Friulano in a single bound! Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Vinoman! Much like the original man of steel, Vinoman was put on this earth for a reason: to fight for truth and justice the Vino way. Donning red boots and cape, Vinoman dashes around the globe hauling those who commit crimes against wine to jail (or at least reporting them to his favorite wine bloggers). He uses his super strength to smash down the doors of bureacracy and X-ray vision to see what really goes into wines in the cellar. It’s all in a day’s work for Vinoman, who in the evening retires to his Fortress of Solitude for a cool glass of Schiava. Just don’t expose him to new-world oaked Cabernet (that’s his Kryptonite).

For  more information please contact 212-725-6516 or info@vinosite.com.

This week Vino is celebrating the wines of Alto Adige, in collaboration with the Italian Trade Commission.

Latin and Teutonic culture and language may seem world’s apart, but they co-exist side-by-side in the northern Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige. While Trentino is historically Italian, the northernmost province of Alto Adige (which shares a border with Austria and Switzerland) is officially bilingual, and known as Südtirol to the predominantly German-speaking population.

Many grape varieties thrive in Alto Adige’s Alpine climate, yet the province is so mountainous that only a fraction of the land is available for cultivation. However, consumers are discovering that the challenge of growing vines and a relatively small output has put an emphasis on overall quality. Alto Adige is today responsible for producing some of Italy’s most delightful wines, including fresh summer whites and light, bright reds which are best enjoyed during the summer months.

You can taste five of our favorite wines from Alto Adige this Friday as part of our Monster Tasting:

Köfererhof Kerner Alto Adige Valle Isarco 2008
$30

Castel Sallegg Moscato Giallo 2008
$21

Castel Sallegg Lagrein Rosé 2009
$18

Viticoltori Alto Adige Schiava San Pietro 2009
$15

Castel Sallegg Schiava Bischofsleiten 2009
$20

Monster Tasting
Friday, July 2
5:30-7:30pm

Tasting is free – no reservation required. For more information please contact 212-725-6516 or info@vinosite.com.