this week...




 
biondivino wine boutique
                                                                                                            1415 green street  | 415.673.2320

Winemaker Tastings & More
THURSDAY JAN 20 - 6-8pm - Two Italian Classics together! Bruna Grimaldi - Barolo and Vaona's Amarone ------------------------ FEB 17th Thursday | 6-8pm "The 3 from Carso" Zidarich, Kante and Skerk... more to come------------------- 1 March Tuesday 6-9pm "Wines of Austria" Prager, Loimer, Pichler and more
Join Our Mailing List
links to friends we love

  *we know getting 100 emails is not fun... and we don't ever want you to feel  bombarded...
we want you to enjoy!

two classics-together!
 
thurs. 20th jan.
6-8pm
 
 
Grimaldi

Piemonte +Veneto

Barolo + Amarone...  
 

Bruna Grimaldi +  Vaona Odino

_________  

now that the holidays are behind us, it is time to celebrate the history and beauty of wine!

it has been a little while since we've had the pleasure of winemakers visiting us here - but to start the new year right, we are going to make up some time with two pillars of italian wine tradition -

barolo + amarone together in one night and one tasting.


 

First we will start in Piemonte with Bruna Grimaldi and the elegant structure that is encapsulated in -Nebbiolo-.  Bruna will be sharing her wines from her historic estate located in Serralunga. Their Badarina Vigna Regnola vineyards are immediately above the famous Cascina Francia vineyard and she will be presenting two vintages side by side of her single vineyard bottlings of the 2005 and 2006 Barolo Badarina Vigna Regnola
 

vineyard

but before the Barolo... she will introduce us to their fresh and bright Barbera d'Alba Scassa and also their Nebbiolo d'Alba Briccola


 

then we head east over to the Veneto for a visit with  

Alberto Vaona and his winery

Vaona Odino


 

vaona family
 

Many of you are familiar with Amarone ~ those dark, rich and dense wines that take an extra amount of attention and care during the aging process of drying the grapes after harvest to produce the deepness and flavor that is comforting on a foggy San Francisco night.  Vaona maintains a beautiful balance in his wines that are not overly extracted - wines that pair so nicely with the hearty seasonal foods that are here now. Alberto will be pouring his Valpolicella Classico, Amarone 'Paverno' and a very special bottle of "Castaroto" - - - composed of other ancient varietals unique to Veneto: 50% Corvina and then... Cabrusina, Oseleta and Raboso which is also set to dry on racks, the same process as Amarone. *Only 2 or 3 cases of this wine made it into California... and we are excited to have them available here at Biondivino.
 

please join David and Patrick from A.I. Selections along with Bruna Grimaldi, Alberto Vaona and all of us here to enjoy these wines
 

Bruna Grimaldi
 

2007 Barbera d'Alba Scassa $21.

2007Nebbiolo d'Alba Briccola $30.
 

2005 Barolo Badarina Vigna Regnola $69.
 

2006 Barolo Badarina Vigna Regnola $69.


 

Vaona Odino
 

2009 Valpolicella Classico $18.

2007 Rosso Veronese 'Castaroto' $53
 

2006 Amarone Paverno $53. 
 


I hope you will be able to join us in tasting and meeting
Bruna, Alberto, David and Patrick
 
this
thursday 20th january
6pm-8pm  $10. tasting


salute
 
 
~we hope to see you soon~
______________________________________________

 

 
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 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