Join us for a taste of distinctive, delicious wines from six superb importers!

12-3pm
Michael Kane – Rosenthal Wine Imports
2005 Chat. Peyrassol Blanc $27
2000 Dom. de Montbourgeau $30
2003 Montevertine $45
2004 Brovia Barbera d’Alba $25
2005 Grosjean “Torrette” Superieur $30

Garret Vandermolen – Carolina
2007 Chat Graville-Lacoste Graves 16.99
2007 Dom Terrebrune Bandol Rose $30
2002 Radikon Ribolla Gialla $72
2004 Marcarini Barolo Brunate $62
2000 Roagna Barbaresco Paje $62

Charles Oliver — Ideal Wine
2006 Langhe Freisa $15.99
2007 Abbona Bianco “Valledel’olmo” $17.99
2006 VERGET Chablis “Cuvee de la Butte” $35
2006 St. Innocent Pinot Noir “Temperance Hill” $24
2005 Ferdinano Principiano Barbera d’Alba “Romualda” $38

3-6pm
Jeannie Rogers – Adonna Imports
2002 I Clivi Galea $22
1999 I Clivi Galea $32
2000 I Clivi Galea Rosso $24
2004 Aldo Bianco Barbaresco $40

Andrew Bishop — Oz Pacific
2006 Marisa Cuomo “Ravello Bianco” $25
2006 Marisa Cuomo “Furore Bianco” $25
2005 Marisa Cuomo “Furore Rosso” $25
2005 Marisa Cuomo Furore Bianco “Fiorduva” $55

George Schwartz — VIAS Imports
2006 Battistoti Trentino Nosiola $19.99
2005 Suavia Soave Montecarbonare $28
2006 Colle dei Bardellini Rossese $27
2004 Produttori del Barbaresco $34
2005 Cantele Amativo $36
2003 Cimbolo Sangiovese Umbria $42

Cheese, salumeria, bread, pate — buon appetito!

Please join FERDINANDO ZANUSSO, owner of I CLIVI winery in Friuli, Italy, at a wine tasting on Wednesday, May 14 at VINTAGES’ Belmont center location.

The I CLIVI white wines, made from 60-year-old Tocai and Verduzzo grapes, offer great concentration, complexity and subtlety. Their red wine is old-vine Merlot aged in french barrique. The wines can vary tremendously from vintage to vintage, and make for a fascinating comparison. Ferdinando will present his wines, discuss his non-interventionist, artisanal approach to “natural” winemaking, and be available for your questions. Ferdinando will be at VINTAGES from 4-6:30pm (dinner at OLEANA follows).

whites
2003 I CLIVI Galea $23
2002 I CLIVI Galea $22
1999 I CLIVI Galea $32
1997 I CLIVI Galea $35
reds
2000 I CLIVI Galea Rosso $24

Sergio Manetti, the late founder of MONTEVERTINE, located just outside of Radda in the heart of Chianti Classico, was Tuscany’s signature grape. Manetti strongly felt that this noble grape should stand on its own. He took issue with “super-tuscan” wines that propped up the elegant, graceful sangiovese with copious amounts of cabernet and merlot. Manetti pursued a lonely course in his beliefs and left the Chianti Classico consortium in the early 1980’s. His son Martino proudly carries on the family traditions.

2003 MONTEVERTINE di MONTEVERTINE $45 A wine of great concentration and powerful structure from a traditional Chianti blend of 90% sangiovese, 10% canaiolo and colorino. The Montevertine 2003 has formidable tannins and firm structure. At the same time, it offers an ethereal bouquet of crushed red cherries Continue Reading »