What’s that you say? You didn’t know Jenny & François Selections works with Italian wines? Well, it’s true, we do work with two brilliant Italian winemakers (so far!), and one of them is making a visit to New York this weekend! Alessandro (Sandro) Barosi, the brilliant and charming organic winemaker at Cascina Corte in Piedmont is coming to town mainly to participate in the Gambero Rosso tasting, and will be featuring his Dolcetto Dogliani Pirochetta, winner of the very prestigious Tre Bicchieri award, as well as his excellent Dolcetto Dogliani and Barbera. You can meet Sandro and taste his wines at the Gambero Rosso tasting on Friday, at one of the following free wine store tastings on Thursday, Saturday or Sunday, or if you’re in the trade, you can contact your sales rep and arrange a meeting with him. Here’s a full rundown of where he’ll be:
Thursday, February 17th
6pm to 8pm
Sussex Wines & Spirits
300 E. 42nd Street on 2nd Ave.
New York, NY 10017-5947
(212) 867-5838
Friday, February 18th, 2011
2pm to 7pm
Gambero Rosso Tasting
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street (between 6th and 7th avenue)
http://www.gamberorosso.it/usa
Saturday, February 19th
4pm – 7pm
Vino Italian Wine & Spirits
121 East 27th Street
New York, NY 10016
(212) 725-6516
(Part of a tasting of all Tre Bicchieri wines)
Sunday, February 20th
5pm – 8pm
Whole Foods Upper West Side Wine Store
808 Columbus Ave
New York, NY 10025
(212) 222-6160
Jancis Robinson, famed wine critic and author of the Oxford Companion to Wine, has picked our Jonc Blanc Les Sens de Fruit from Bergerac as one of her top “100 sure-fire reds.” Isabelle Carles and Franck Pascal make beautiful biodynamic wine in Bergerac, an area known by wine professionals as a “Bordeaux clone”, because of its close proximity to the city of Bordeaux and similar style. Of course, because the bottle doesn’t say Bordeaux on it, it’s much less expensive–a great value. Head over to her site to read her take on our fabulous producer!
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