NEWS FLASH:
3 WEEK NOTICE!!!
Starting July 1st, our weekly wine tastings will be held on
THURSDAYS from 6-9 PM, instead of Fridays.
There are many reasons for this change, but the main reason is to give better service to our customers on Friday evenings. It has come to our attention, that some shoppers aren’t getting the help they need due to the large crowds that the tastings attract.
We hope this won’t cause too much confusion or gripe…
instead, think of it as the weekend getting started a day earlier!
Everything else will remain exactly the same…
a great opportunity to taste wine, a table full of cheese, and of course good times.
We’d love to hear any comments or concerns you may have, feel free to drop us a note… dandelionwinenyc@gmail.com.
NOW FOR TONIGHT’S TASTING:
TENUTA CARRETA PIOBESI D’ALBA GAVI
A lush and perfectly lovely white wine from Piedmont… perfect for a summer breezy day. $18
TIBURZI GUSTAVO COLLE SCANCELLATO
80% Sangiovese and 20% Ciliegiolo. Richly textured and deeply colored with blackberry and cherry notes. Very smooth. And being from Umbria, this wine is a great value at $13
CANTINE FEDERICIANE MONTELEONE PENISOLA SORRENTINA GRAGNANO
Excerpt from New York Magazine July 12, 2009:
Italians, it turns out, aren’t big on vino with pizza. Beer, yes (Peroni, usually). Even Coke. There is one rather obscure exception: Gragnano, the frizzante red that comes from the town of the same name on the Sorrento Peninsula outside of Naples. Drunk young and served chilled, Gragnano has a touch of sweetness, a smoky finish, and a slight effervescence that cuts the fattiness of cheese and oil. David Orange, president of Brooklyn-based importer Wine Emporium, started bringing in Cantine Federiciane Monteleone Penisola Sorrentina Gragnano five years ago, and describes the blend as “inky, grape-y, and similar to Lambrusco, with smaller bubbles.” $17
COME TASTE!