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"A First Taste" - Giovanni Arcari | Franciacorta This Wednesday
03 23 2009
this wednesday march 25th 6-8pm - giovanni arcari presents the wine of franciacorta ____________________ this will probably be the most unusual tasting we have had at biondivino. i don't know how to express in words how unique this tasting will be - but, i'll try... the wines we will be showing, are NOT imported into the US, they are from exceptionally small hand-crafting producers and they just made their "debut" showing at a featured dinner at the historically famous Four Seasons Restaurant in new york this past friday and now the second showing here - at biondivino this wednesday. amazing. why i think this is so unusual is that Giovanni Arcari believes so much in his wines he air freighted them here for this event and flew from ny to sf on the recommendation of Jeremy Parzen to present his wines here at biondivino. i have never tasted the wines, have never met Giovanni and what i know about the wineries comes from a leap of blind faith in the trust of my friends palates. the friends being Jeremy Parzen and Franco Ziliani. Jeremy 'introduced' me to Giovanni via email. he told me how he and Franco (Franco is from Brescia - land of Franciacorta) had a tasting of Giovanni's wines in Italy and were "blown away". as you know, i do not believe in parker - points - spectator etc... but, i do believe in Jeremy and Franco and when they say something is good --- it is. period. without any other motives involved they constantly promote great Italian wines. With that same spirit in mind when someone here asked me "what's the point? the wines are not available for sale (yet), not imported (yet) why do it?" my response, "so what!" - these are the wines you want to try - the truly undiscovered gems - the wines that stir a little buzz of anticipation inside creating a feeling and somehow a knowing... that these are the wines that could be great - pure, untouched by marketing and that you are among the first to discover them i always feel you'll never learn anything unless you open yourself to trying. i want people to try something new - learn something different - gain an understanding of themselves through something wonderful --- one way is through wine, with nothing to gain but knowledge, understanding and enjoyment. So, with some additional help from my friend Antonio Tartaglione, who has a like mind and passion where wine is concerned, we have "samples" here for you to become among the first in America, to taste these rare hand-crafted wines from Lombardia's Franciacorta. (additional information on the wines/franciacorta below) _____________________ I sincerely hope you will join us this Wednesday for a unique opportunity with Giovanni Arcari we will be tasting these 9 wines from 3 wineries: Azienda Vitivinicola Camossi di Camossi Dario e Claudio e C. S.S. Franciacorta Brut DOCG Franciacorta Brut Saten DOCG Franciacorta Brut Rosè DOCG Azienda Agricola Colline della Stella di Arici Andrea società agricola S.S. Franciacorta Dosaggio Zero DOCG Franciacorta Dosaggio Zero Rosè DOCG Azienda Agricola Cantrina di Inganni Cristina NEPOMUCENO 2005 IGT Benaco bresciano Rosso (merlot, marzemino, rebo) RINE' 2007 IGT Benaco Bresciano Bianco (Riesling, chardonnay, incrocio manzoni) SOLE DI DARIO 2005 VINO DA TAVOLA bianco-dolce ( uve appassite : sauvignon, semillon, riesling) ERETICO 2005 VINO DA TAVOLA rosso - dolce (uve appassite di Pinot nero ) wednesday 25th of march 6-8pm biondivino wine boutique 1415 green street 415.673.2320 $10. tasting Giovanni and Franciacorta I spoke earlier with Jeremy - looking for more information on these wineries as he has first hand experience and the web is turning up nothing. Jeremy said, "these franciacorta's are equivalent to grower champagne, but they show the terroir of Lombardia and that Franciacorta can stand on it's own - with it's own style not mimicking the terroir of Champagne and separating itself from being constantly called "the little sister to Champagne". He told me that Giovanni who is also a winemaker, worked with the wineries he represents and convinced them that rather than sell their fruit to the larger franciacorta producers, that they should instead use their fruit and start producing their own wines. He is OBSESSED with disgorgement - and believes that knowing when the wine should be disgorged is the key and magic touchto producing great sparkling wines.Here is a link to many articles Franco has included on Giovanni Link (you'll need to use the translate tool, but well worth the read) and a link to information on the region click here.
03 23 2009
this wednesday march 25th 6-8pm - giovanni arcari presents the wine of franciacorta ____________________ this will probably be the most unusual tasting we have had at biondivino. i don't know how to express in words how unique this tasting will be - but, i'll try... the wines we will be showing, are NOT imported into the US, they are from exceptionally small hand-crafting producers and they just made their "debut" showing at a featured dinner at the historically famous Four Seasons Restaurant in new york this past friday and now the second showing here - at biondivino this wednesday. amazing. why i think this is so unusual is that Giovanni Arcari believes so much in his wines he air freighted them here for this event and flew from ny to sf on the recommendation of Jeremy Parzen to present his wines here at biondivino. i have never tasted the wines, have never met Giovanni and what i know about the wineries comes from a leap of blind faith in the trust of my friends palates. the friends being Jeremy Parzen and Franco Ziliani. Jeremy 'introduced' me to Giovanni via email. he told me how he and Franco (Franco is from Brescia - land of Franciacorta) had a tasting of Giovanni's wines in Italy and were "blown away". as you know, i do not believe in parker - points - spectator etc... but, i do believe in Jeremy and Franco and when they say something is good --- it is. period. without any other motives involved they constantly promote great Italian wines. With that same spirit in mind when someone here asked me "what's the point? the wines are not available for sale (yet), not imported (yet) why do it?" my response, "so what!" - these are the wines you want to try - the truly undiscovered gems - the wines that stir a little buzz of anticipation inside creating a feeling and somehow a knowing... that these are the wines that could be great - pure, untouched by marketing and that you are among the first to discover them i always feel you'll never learn anything unless you open yourself to trying. i want people to try something new - learn something different - gain an understanding of themselves through something wonderful --- one way is through wine, with nothing to gain but knowledge, understanding and enjoyment. So, with some additional help from my friend Antonio Tartaglione, who has a like mind and passion where wine is concerned, we have "samples" here for you to become among the first in America, to taste these rare hand-crafted wines from Lombardia's Franciacorta. (additional information on the wines/franciacorta below) _____________________ I sincerely hope you will join us this Wednesday for a unique opportunity with Giovanni Arcari we will be tasting these 9 wines from 3 wineries: Azienda Vitivinicola Camossi di Camossi Dario e Claudio e C. S.S. Franciacorta Brut DOCG Franciacorta Brut Saten DOCG Franciacorta Brut Rosè DOCG Azienda Agricola Colline della Stella di Arici Andrea società agricola S.S. Franciacorta Dosaggio Zero DOCG Franciacorta Dosaggio Zero Rosè DOCG Azienda Agricola Cantrina di Inganni Cristina NEPOMUCENO 2005 IGT Benaco bresciano Rosso (merlot, marzemino, rebo) RINE' 2007 IGT Benaco Bresciano Bianco (Riesling, chardonnay, incrocio manzoni) SOLE DI DARIO 2005 VINO DA TAVOLA bianco-dolce ( uve appassite : sauvignon, semillon, riesling) ERETICO 2005 VINO DA TAVOLA rosso - dolce (uve appassite di Pinot nero ) wednesday 25th of march 6-8pm biondivino wine boutique 1415 green street 415.673.2320 $10. tasting Giovanni and Franciacorta I spoke earlier with Jeremy - looking for more information on these wineries as he has first hand experience and the web is turning up nothing. Jeremy said, "these franciacorta's are equivalent to grower champagne, but they show the terroir of Lombardia and that Franciacorta can stand on it's own - with it's own style not mimicking the terroir of Champagne and separating itself from being constantly called "the little sister to Champagne". He told me that Giovanni who is also a winemaker, worked with the wineries he represents and convinced them that rather than sell their fruit to the larger franciacorta producers, that they should instead use their fruit and start producing their own wines. He is OBSESSED with disgorgement - and believes that knowing when the wine should be disgorged is the key and magic touchto producing great sparkling wines.Here is a link to many articles Franco has included on Giovanni Link (you'll need to use the translate tool, but well worth the read) and a link to information on the region click here.