STOCKING YOUR CELLAR: BIANCOS $10.00 FLIGHT
Gotto d’Oro Frascati 2007 Lazio, Italia
Frascati is a blend of Malvasia di Candia, Malvasia del Lazio, Trebbiano Toscano and Greco.
Taste: $3.50 Glass: $6.00
Matile “Cardetto” Pinot Grigio 2007 Umbria, Italia
This winery was founded in 1949 by a group of local vignerons. Modernized to make high quality wines in the 1990’s.
Taste: $3.50 Glass: $5.50
Destino Blanco NV Galicia, España
The Galician answer to tapas needs. A changing blend formulated without oak.
Taste: $3.00 Glass: $5.00
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STOCKING YOUR CELLAR: ROSSOS $10.00 FLIGHT
Botter Nero d’Avola 2007 Sicilia, Italia
Sicilia’s “native grape”; this family collective from the Veneto knew they had to craft something memorable from it.
Taste: $3.50 Glass: $6.00
Vallformosa La Viña Tinto 2007 Catalunya, España
Melange of Tempranillo (60%), Granacha (30%) & Cariñena (10%), a portion of the fruit put through carbonic maceration.
Taste: $3.00 Glass: $5.00
Bolero Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 2007 Abruzzo, Italia
From ancient hills. Cool evenings & warm days help bring perfect ripening, bright aromas & balanced acidity.
Taste: $3.50 Glass: $5.50
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REALLY ROSÉ $14.50 FLIGHT
Ippolito “Mabilía” Rosato 2005 Calabria, Italia
Pink wine named as a tribute a young Norman princess who had a summer home in the zona in the eleventh century.
Taste: $4.00 Glass: $8.50
Paul deLane Cremant de Bougogne Rose 2005 Burgundy, France
100% Pinot Noir from the heart of Burgundy…champagne method without the Champagne price.
Taste: $5.50 Glass: $12.50
Canals Canals Rosat Cava NV Penendes, España
Monastrell, Garnatxa (both intensely flavored red varieties) aged on the lees for a minimum of 30 months (much longer than many NV Champagnes from large houses.)
Taste: $5.00 Glass: $12.00
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MORE GRAPES U HAVEN’T HEARD OF $ 17.00 FLIGHT
Mustilli Piedrosso 2005 Campania, Italia
Ana Chiara Mustilli is one of the many young, enthusiastic women at the helm of Italian cantine. Her family has been intimately connected with the history of the zona since the 1500’s & estate bottling wines since 1960.
Taste: $5.00 Glass: $12.00
Bortolusso Schiopettino 2007 Friuli, Italia
Carefully tended vines (no pesticides are used and the only fertilizer is organic manure and compost) The Friulani named this grape after the sound of a shotgun: Schioppettino means “ricochet” or “buckshot” in the local dialect!
Taste: $5.00 Glass: $12.00
d’Isera Marzemino Superiore “Nove Sette” 2006 Trentino, Italia
The preferred red of the Hapsburg Empire, Marzemino is a wonderful thing and it expresses a truly unique character here in the volcanic soils of the Vallagarina.
Taste: $7.00 Glass: $17.00
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