Fontodi Wine Dinner

 at Bern’s Fine Wines & Spirits

Tampa, FL –  On Tuesday, November 10, 2009, the Wine Shop will present a Fontodi Wine Dinner.  Six Fontodi wines (including two vintages of the great Flaccianello – the 99-point rated 2006 & the tre bicchieri 2000) will be paired with 6 courses of SideBern’s Executive Chef Chad Johnson’s modern Mediterranean cuisine.

The Fontodi estate is located in Panzano, almost at the centre of the Chianti Classico region. Like Felsina, which claims an Etruscan origin for its name, Fontodi also has a long history; vines have been cultivated here since the time of the Roman empire, and documents prove there was vinification here as far back as the 16th Century, at a farmhouse then referred to as Case Via. The current owners, the Manetti family, also have many centuries of history in Chianti, although not with viticulture. For three hundred years this family has been renowned for the manufacture of terracotta, and it was not until 1968 that the family decided to move into wine, with the purchase of Fontodi.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

6:30 -9:30 p.m inside the Wine Shop

$125 per person, all inclusive

Bern’s Fine Wines & Spirits is located at the corner of Howard & Morrison Avenues in the SOHO district. 1002 S. Howard Ave, Tampa, FL  33606