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14 Natural Wines 14 Natural Reasons | Biondivino Tasting Tuesday 25th Aug | SF Natural Wine Week (24th-30th)

August 25, 2009 (Tue) from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
San Francisco, Ca

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Wine OR Wine & Food

tuesday the
25th of August
6-8pm

is our night
to explore...
14 expressions of
"natural wine"

well, there is too much to tell and not enough space...  tomorrow for the 1st National Wine Week, we will present 14 natural wines and with that 14 natural reasons

1. natural wine has no additives
2. natural winemakers don't really care about points
3. natural winemakers don't mess with mother nature
4. natural winemakers let the grapes show their personality
5. natural wine is a true expression of terroir
6. natural winemakers use their hands - not machines
7. natural wine is grown usually from small plots of land
    and usually family land
8. natural wine is from organically farmed vineyards
9. natural wine dominates the walls here at biondivino
10. natural wine cannot be made with artificial yeasts
11. natural winemakers are the focus this week in sf
12. natural winemakers need the support of wine drinkers  
     world wide
13. natural wines are not found at safeway
14. natural wine has more than 8000 years of history...

and......... if you really want to scare yourself... go ahead...
google wine additives.

we look forward to sharing
these wines with you tomorrow:

 

From Georgia, Village Kisiskhevi
Vinoterra Tsinandali 2007 $15
Vinoterra Mstvane 2005 $21
Vinoterra Saperavi 2003  $23

From Etna, Sicily
Salvo Foti "Vinupetra" Etna Rosso $73
Tenuta Terre Nere Etna Bianco 2008 $20
Tenuta Terre Nere Etna Rosato 2008 $20
Tenuta Terre Nere Etna Rosso 2008 $20

From Ragusa, Sicily
Ariana Occhipinti SP68 Rosso Vittoria  $28
COS Rami Bianco 2008 $26
COS Cerasuolo di Vittoria 2006 $30
COS "Pithos" 2006 $42

From Maremma, Tuscany
Massa Vecchia Rosso NV $41

From Piemonte
Cascina degli Ulivi "Filagnotti" Gavi 2006 $26

and

From Umbria
Omero Moretti Sagrantino 2004 $37

*Please see the link bar for more information
on the wines and wineries
salute!

tuesday 25th of august
6-8pm
$10 tasting

biondivino wine boutique carries around 450 different wines from all 20 regions of italy - even including ischia - we step outside italy a little bit... heading north, east and west into austria, slovenia, croatia, switzerland, hungary, germany and france and georgia... focusing on smaller producers with a ton of heart and soul in their wines and obscure and unique indigenous varieties. 162 wines that are $20 and under for your everyday enjoyment.
we also feature billecart-salmon champagne.

we are open monday to saturday
11am - 11pm 
and
 noon to 9pm
on sundays.

we look forward to sharing some fun exciting wines with you soon~

*and we now have an orange--- okay green zone right out front to ease the pain of parking

biondivino wine boutique
1415 green street
san francisco ca 94109
415.673.2320

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