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Mind-Blowing Cantina Della Volta Lambrusco!

Cost: Free

This free tasting and mini-class with Giorgio Angiolini from Cantina della Volta is going to be one of your personal Top 10 wine events of 2026. And that’s true whether you’ve never found a Lambrusco you like, have no idea what Lambrusco is or are already in-the-know that good Lambrusco is the best wine ever to drink with salty snacks like salami, hard cheeses and a great pizza. Because Giorgio is just as dynamic and exciting as the wines. Which is saying a lot.

Cantina della Volta makes the kind of Lambrusco that Michelin-starred restaurants put on their wine lists and pour by the glass. They include Lambrusco in the traditional red, innovative rosé, and in a white form so meticulously made that they only get to use about half the juice in each grape. Oh, and a sparkler from Chardonnay that puts the bow on Wine Spectator’s assessment that these are “Lambrusco al la Champagne.”

The Bellei family founded their winery in Emilia Romagna’s Sorbara region in 1920, when producers were already well on their way to abandoning traditional Lambrusco practice of making the second fermentation in bottle and turning to the “Charmat” method of stainless steel tanks.

Through four generations, Christian and his family have rejected this kind of change while implementing their own. They have always farmed sustainably and are now working organically. Their fruit is picked by people, not machines, and pressed slow and low to pull out only the best juice, even though that means making less wine from each acre of vine. They essentially invented rosé and white Lambrusco to show everything the Lambrusco di Sorbara grape can do. And created some of the most compelling sparkling wines not only of Italy, but in all the world.

Giorgio Agniolini will share the family’s story and commitment to Lambrusco while pouring five exciting wines:

• Cantina della Volta Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC Metodo Classico BrutRosso 2017
• Cantina della Volta Christian Bellei Lambrusco di Sorbara Bianco Metodo Classico 2017
• Cantina della Volta La Prima Volta Rosato Dossaggio Zero 2015
• Cantina della Volta Lambrusco di Sorbara Rose DOC Metodo Classico 2020
• Cantina della Volta V.S.Q. "Il Mattaglio" Brut NV

This tasting is going to be a BLAST! And if you’re carrying any lingering doubts about Lambrusco, it’s going to change your mind forever. Don’t miss it! Free, just RSVP for your 45 minute tasting slot around the upstairs tasting table.

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