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Wines Of Italy, A Flight From Our Cellar List

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    Sat, January 13, 2018 (3:00 PM - 6:00 PM)

TasteVin Wine Bar & Bistro
890 Laurel St
San Carlos, CA 94070
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Cost: Cost ranging between $10 and $25.00, depending on the wines offered.

Wines of Italy

A flight of 3 wines from our Cellar List ~ Momma Mia!

2 oz pours of each wine $25.00 - equivalent of 1 glass of wine

2010 Seghesio, Barolo, 
2010 Ornellaia, Le Serre Nuove
2011 Gaja, Brunello di Montalcino, Pieve Santa Restituta

These are wonderful wines. 

About Italian Wines 
Talk about your Old World wines: Historians believe Italian wine has been produced for some 4,000 years. Today, it’s possible to enjoy Italian wines in both traditional and modern styles that reflect the diversity of Italy’s many winemaking regions and the more than 1,000 grape varieties that thrive there.

Italy is the world’s largest exporter of wine, in the past year sending the equivalent of more than 32 milllon cases to the United States alone. Italian wines come from all over the boot-shaped peninsula, which boasts a mix of terrains and climates that provide ideal conditions for many different types of vines. Combined with Italy’s reputation for wonderful cuisine – and the Italian tradition that considers wine part of a meal – it’s no wonder Italy is the source of so much good wine.

Italian wine regions crowd the map from the Alpine peaks of the Alto Adige to Puglia, in the heel of the boot, plus the islands of Sicily and Sardinia. Italy’s climate is generally mild, moderated by the seas to the east and west. The Alps, at the northern border, shield Italy from wintery blasts. The Apennine mountains, which run the length of the country, provide a range of topographies and soil types.

Italy’s indigenous grapes, the source for red, white, rosé and sparkling wines, dominate wine production. As with many Italian wines labeled by appellation, not grape, their names may be unfamiliar: Sangiovese, for instance, is Italy’s most-grown red grape, the chief ingredient in Tuscany’s familiar Chianti wine as well as other reds like Morellino di Scansano, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.

Though many of Italy’s wines remain simple, food-friendly wines ideal for everyday drinking, the quality of exported Italian wines has improved tremendously in recent decades. Powerful Italian red wines such as Barolo and Barbaresco, from the Piedmont region, and Taurasi, from Campagnia, are coveted by collectors. But delicious and complex Italian wines are available for any budget. Quality is governed in part by rigorous wine-production laws, meant to preserve an area’s winemaking traditions and ensure consumers enjoy an authentic product.

Wines meeting the most rigorous guidelines for quality and superior production zones are classified Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita, or DOCG. The second level is Denominazione di Origine Controllata, or DOC. (New European Union guidelines recognize these two categories as one group, Denominazione di Origine Protetta, or DOP, wines, comprising more than 400 appellations.) (from Total Wines & More)

WINE TASTING AT TASTEVIN

The best way we know to share our passion for wine is through our wine tasting events. Our wine tastings are presented as a way of contributing to your wine education and have been designed so that learning about wine is a fascinating and fun experience.

We invite special guests who are extremely knowledgeable about the wine region and varietals or representatives of the winery.  A special food pairing that marries perfectly with the wine is always available.

We offer discounts on retail purchases of all event wines the day of the tasting.

We hope you will drop by soon and taste with us!

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