Italian Real Wine Attack Begins January 14th!!
Veni, Vini, Vici 2008 will Span Seattle to Portland to New York to Boston to New Haven to North Carolina!
Meet and taste the wines of 7 natural winemakers from different regions of Italy.
They all work organically and/or biodynamically, they use little or no sulphur, use only natural yeasts, no enzymes, no rotofermentors, no fancy consultants and they make delicious wines.
These winemakers will be presenting new vintages of their extraordinary natural wines along with other Italian Wines from Louis/Dressner Selections.
The vignaioli are:
- Arianna Occhipinti is from the Vittoria region of Southern Sicily. She has been making wine for ten years, but will present her 3rd vintage of Frappato and Nero d’Avola from the 2006 vintage.
- Stefano Bellotti is owner/winemaker of Cascina degli Ulivi in Piedmont. He has been biodynamic organically farming his vineyards since 1983 and has been an influence to many new young winemakers. He will present his Gavi, Dolcetto, Barbera wines.
- Alessandra Bera and her brother Gianluigi are winemakers in the heart of the Asti hills in Piedmont where they produce Moscato through a process that is pure and historic. She will also pour their Barberas and Dolcettos.
- Luca Roagna is the newest generation of the Roagna family to carry on the traditional Barolo winemaking practices that have made their estate famous in Barbaresco and Barolo. He will have a lot of wines to pour and a few more things to say.
Portland Trade Tasting, Tuesday, January 15th from 12:00 to 3:00 pm
Call Triage for information at 503.236.6262
- Nadia Verrua is now in charge of winemaking on her family estate, Cascina ‘Tavijn. While her mother and father tend the vineyards, Nadia makes the wine, does the cellar work and runs the day-to-day business of this winemaking farm in the Astigiano hills of Piedmont where forgotten grapes like Ruché and Grignolino excel.
- Mauro Vergano spent many years making limited amounts of Chinati as a passion to give to like-minded friends while he kept his day job. A trained chemist and enologist, he first learned to make Chinati from a pharmacist relative. A few years ago, he decided to give more time to his passion and create these unique and delicious homebrew tonics.
- Silvio Messana makes Chianti Classico and other red wines in the hills outside of Florence where his father planted grapes in the 1970’s. For many years, the grapes were sold to other winemaking companies. Silvio began to vinify and bottle wines from his own grapes in 2000, all the while searching for ways to work naturally in the vineyards and in the cellar.
Seattle Trade Tasting, Monday, January 14th from 12:00 to 3:00 pm
Contract Triage Wines at 206.883.0543 for information
Portland Trade Tasting, Tuesday, January 15th from 12:00 to 3:00 pm
Call Triage for information at 503.236.6262
Portland Consumer Tasting at Liner & Elsen, Tuesday, January 15th from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
2222 NW 22nd St (corner Quimby St) tel: 503.241.9463
New York City Trade Tasting, Wednesday, January 16th from 12 to 4 pm
Contact Louis/Dressner Selections at 212.334.8191
Boston Trade Tasting, Thursday, January 17th from 11 am to 3 pm
Contact Carolina Wines at 781.278.2000
New Haven Trade Tasting, Friday, January 18th from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Contact Slocum and Sons at 203.668.3148
New York Consumer Tasting, Saturday, January 19th, From 4 to 7 pm
Chambers Street Wines
160 Chambers Street, Phone 212.227.1434
Durham, North Carolina Trade Tasting, Monday, January 21st from 11 am to 4 pm
Contact Centerba at 919.598.7151
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