Our new wine festival is dedicated to white wines from Cantina Terlano (Alto Adige) and reds from Agricola Punica (Sardinia).

When we speak of wine from Abruzzo, we typically discuss either Trebbiano or Montepulciano, don’t we? Well, the new festival will probably widen up that space, because we will also serve an autochthonous Pecorino (yes, the wine – not the cheese) and a particular clone of Cabernet. All – from the local producer Cantina Zaccagnini. Besides whites and reds you could try a mighty rose made purely from Montepulciano grape. Just in case you have heard of contemporary artist Joseph Beuys, - there is a chance you may enjoy the fact that he was residing in the tiny town Bolognano, where our festival’s wines are actually coming from. One of the Beuys’ last projects was Difesa della Natura (Nature Conservation) that he performed there with active help of local aristocrats (namely, Lucrezia De Domizio Durini).

The new special menu from Costantino is as convincing as ever: octopus and shrimps with pink tomatoes; homemade Ligurian pasta trofie with fresh vegetables; potato gnocchi with seafood sauce; risotto with cuttlefish and cep; steamed halibut fillet with green parsley sauce; stewed rabbit leg with fennels.

The next wine festival in Pantagruel is dedicated to Sicilian and Valtellina wines. We are serving two whites from Fondo Antico (Sicilia): Versi Bianco and Grillo Parlante; and three reds from Rainoldi (Valtellina): Rosso di Valtellina, Sassella and Sfursat di Valtellina.

And please don’t forget to look through and taste ;) the new specials from Costantino Passalacqua.

Our new wine festival is dedicated to Verdicchio di Matelica (from La Monacesca) and Barbera d'Asti (from Coppo). Both are autochtonous wines, both are quite difficult to find outside of their territories of origin. We will show two versions of Verdicchio (a normal one and the late harvested one, called Mirum) and four (!!!) versions of Barbera (fruity L'Avvocata, more dense and powerful Camp du Rouss, a true headliner Pomorosso and, finally, an astonishing Riserva della Famiglia). We sincerely hope that you will have enough stamina in order to try all six wines. Yes, as simple as that. The rest will be said by the wines themselves.

And please don't forget to taste the new specials from our beloved Chef Costantino Passalacqua.

Sergei Gusovsky

There are three very different Soave (all Classico though) from Suavia that we are going to serve by the glass during the forthcoming wine festival. Two crus (Monte Carbonare and Le Rive) are particularly impressive, while the lovely balanced and pleasantly fragrant normal Soave Classico has nothing in common with regular, basic Soave. All red wines of the festival are from Giuseppe Gabbas – a Sardinian producer from the Nuoro part of the isle. Powerful, modern wines. Two of them are totally based on local Cannonau grape (as Lillové and Dule), while Arbeskia is a blend of Cannonau and Cabernet Sauvignon (with small addition of various local varietals).

Please don’t overlook the new special menu from Costantino! I would personally recommend Croquettes of mortadella and potato stuffed with goat cheese, Potato gnocchi with gorgonzola sauce and Risotto with Carpathian dry porcini.

Sergei Gusovsky