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New Year’s Eve Sparkling Wine Tasting

Vino — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:10:16 +0000

On New Year’s Eve everyone likes something sparkling in their glass at the stroke of midnight, so we’ll be presenting some of our favorite fizzy wines this Friday and Saturday in anticipation of the arrival of 2012. Don’t drop the ball when the ball drops: check out our popping picks for a fun and festive NYE celebration!

NEW YEAR’S EVE SPARKLING WINE TASTING
Friday, December 30, 5:30-7:30pm
Saturday, December 31, 3:00 onwards

Italian Holiday Gift Pack: All you need for your holiday table

Vino — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:51:46 +0000

Whether sitting down to a sumptuous family feast or strolling through a starlit piazza, there’s nothing quite like the holidays in Italy. This year, we’re bringing the Italian Holiday to you with our bumper six-pack! Enjoy the holidays with the gift pack designed to match your meal. This sextet of classic Italian wines contains everything you need this holiday, no matter where you are or what the occasion.

We’ve included six bottles from the Alps to the islands, four of which are liter-sized to accommodate your holiday crowd. This pack has it all, from an appetizing sparkler to a soft, sweet finish and includes: Lini Lambrusco Bianco, Orsolani Erbaluce di Caluso, Castel Sallegg Schiava, Gaspare Vinci Nerello Mascalese, Travignoli Chianti Rufina, Sobrero Moscato d’Asti. This season drink well!

And remember, you can taste all six wines tomorrow afternoon from 3:00pm!

Italian Holiday Gift Pack
$90

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

Killer B’s Gift Pack: Barolo, Barbaresco and Brunello to give you a buzz

Vino — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:50:01 +0000

Barolo, Barbaresco and Brunello di Montalcino are three of Italy’s most famous wines. They are majestic reds, the first two made from Nebbiolo in Piedmont, the third from Sangiovese in Tuscany, and they are waiting for you to take them home, give them away, stash them in a cellar or open them with dinner. They are killer because they excite the senses like few wines do, particularly when made by great traditional producers like Sobrero, Castello di Verduno and Mastrojanni. Enough said!

And remember, you can taste all three wines tomorrow afternoon from 5:30pm!

Killer B’s Gift Pack
$141

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

French Classics Gift Pack: Ooh-la-la!

Vino — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:48:28 +0000

Whether you are looking to satisfy a seasoned palate or tickle the tastebuds of a freshly-minted fan, there is no better gift of wine than this trio of French classics. Premier Cru Champagne from the venerable Veuve Fourny & Fils, benchmark Bordeaux blanc from the great Graves château Clos Floridène and a spectacular Premier Cru Volnay from the 50-year-old vines of Domaine Darviot-Perrin. All three wines are made using sustainable farming methods and can be enjoyed now or cellared. C’est formidable!

French Classics Gift Pack
$145

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

Italian Holiday Tasting

Vino — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:28:48 +0000

Whether sitting down to a sumptuous family feast or strolling through a starlit piazza, there’s nothing quite like the holidays in Italy. This year, we’re bringing the Italian Holiday to you with our bumper six-pack! This sextet of classic Italian wines contains everything you need this holiday, no matter where you are or what the occasion. Taste all six this Saturday afternoon — that’s Christmas Eve – as a welcome pick-me-up between bouts of last-minute shopping…

ITALIAN HOLIDAY
Saturday, December 24
3:00-6:00pm

Pinot Noir Gift Pack

Vino — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:20:48 +0000

Beguiling, noble, enchanting and often deliciously easy-drinking, Pinot Noir is a favorite of connoisseurs and casual drinkers alike. In Burgundy, its ancestral home, it makes ethereal and earthy wines with firm structure and focused fruit while in California, a warmer climate produces bodacious body and ripe, robust textures and aromas. Our Pinot Noir Gift Pack, featuring the wonderful Givry from Domaine Chofflet-Valdenaire and the fabulous Mendocino Ridge from Arista, offers an elegant and well-priced way to explore this immensely popular variety from two of its essential regions.

And remember: you can taste both Pinot Noirs featured in this Gift Pack tomorrow afternoon from 3:00pm!

Pinot Noir Gift Pack
$64

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

Around The World Gift Pack

Vino — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:33:29 +0000

One of the terrific things about wine is that is allows us to travel the globe… without leaving the table! We have selected six bottles that represent great value in excellent, typical, terroir-driven wines from around the world. You don’t need a passport to enjoy wines from Spain, Argentina, Italy, Australia, Germany and France — just a glass! This first-class six-pack has flown in from half a world away to land on your holiday table, wherever that may be!

And remember: you can taste all six wines featured in our Around The World Gift Pack tomorrow afternoon from 5:30pm!

Around The World Gift Pack
$65

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

You don’t need a passport — just a glass!

Vino — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:51:18 +0000

Our Around The World Holiday Gift Pack gives you the chance to travel the world without leaving the table! Now you can visit Spain, Argentina, Italy, Australia, Germany and France through the magic of wine at our free tasting this Friday. You don’t need a passport — just a glass!

AROUND THE WORLD TASTING
Friday, December 16
5:30-7:30pm

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Dora’s Table Gift Pack: Two classic wines — and recipes! — from Puglia

Vino — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:16:34 +0000

What’s wine without food? Today we’re featuring the gift pack that marries the two. For seventeen years Puglia native Dora Marzovilla has been making fresh handmade pasta at her son Nicola’s landmark restaurant, I Trulli. Pick up this two-pack and get Dora’s own recipes for two classic pugliese dishes, Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe and Braised Rabbit with Potatoes. Included are two wines — Bacco Malvasia and Bacco Primitivo — that will act as an ideal complement to these scrumptious dishes. Of course, if you enjoy them on their own no one will blame you; they’re just that good.

And remember, you can taste both wines this Saturday afternoon from 3:00pm!

Dora’s Table Gift Pack
$25

Check out our full selection of Holiday Gift Packs!

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

Champagne… and friends! Seasonal sparklers in the “metodo classico”

Vino — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:25:27 +0000

For generations of wine drinkers Champagne has been the traditonal go-to celebratory wine. But similarly styled sparklers can be found all over Europe. Of course, only wine from the famous French region can be labeled such, but the same production technique is applied to sparkling winemaking elsewhere. Today we’ve selected five favorites each made in the traditional method, or “méthode champenoise” (a term now restricted to wines produced in Champagne). Elsewhere in France wines made in this fashion are often labelled “méthode traditionelle”, while in Italy this style of sparkler is commonly known as “metodo classico”.

The difference between the Champagne method and the Charmat method lies in the second fermentation. Unlike the Charmat method, in which secondary fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks, wines made in the traditional method undergo a second fermentation in the bottle. This is induced by adding a small amount of sugar and selected yeasts (known as liqueur de tirage). The bottle is sealed with a crown cap and then riddled so that the lees settles in its neck. After the required aging, the neck is frozen, and the cap removed. The pressure in the bottle forces out the lees, and the bottle is quickly corked with a genuine cork. The resulting wines generally offer a more opulent effervescence, and are therfore an ideal choice for the holidays!

Domaine Collin Crémant de Limoux Cuvée Rosé Brut NV (Languedoc-Roussillon, France)
$19

Orsolani “Cuvée Tradizione” Caluso Spumante Metodo Classico Brut 2006 (Piedmont, Italy)
$32

Lini 910 Lambrusco Metodo Classico Rosso 2004 (Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
$36

Ricci Curbastro Franciacorta Brut NV (Lombardia, Italy)
$45

R. Pouillon & Fils Champagne “Fleur De Mareuil” Brut NV (Champagne, France)
$70

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