WINE FAIR PREVIEW
VARRAMISTA
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Montopoli in Val d’Arno (PI) - loc. Varramista via Ricavo – 057144711 - varramista.it The estate of Varramista has an ancient history, which dates back to the Fifteenth century. The villa that still constitutes the central part of the winery was completed in 1589. In the 1900s it was purchased by the Agnelli and Piaggio families, who enhance its farming and agritourism parts.
TRIMANI via Goito, 20 064469661 - trimani.com Among the oldest shops of Italian wine, with a constant activity that began back in 1821. Today the work is carried out brilliantly by Paolo, Carla and Francesco Trimani. The former is one of the best Italian palates, always looking for new labels and tasty ideas to offer, Carla is the queen of the adjacent wine bar with a perfectly balanced cuisine offe, while Francesco manages all and square the circle. The wine shop is spacious and elegant and offers yards of shelves full of the best Italian and foreign labels. The selection is impressive with thousands and thousands of references from all over Italy and the rest of the world. Precious is the work done on the Lazio cellars, as well as on the many rare bottles that are only found here in the city. The selection of magnum formats is also noteworthy. The proposal also includes pasta, rice, legumes, jams, honeys, chocolate and many other sweets. The website applies the same wine shop prices is effective and well usable.
Varramista ‘13
Syrah in purity, has ripe tones of cherry jam, then hints of fur and leather with notes of tobacco and licorice. In the mouth it reveals a soft character, with full tannins, a relaxed wine with a satisfying finish.
Sterpato ‘16
Fruity and slightly spicy with notes reminiscent of wild berries. The taste is soft, lively, drinkable, with good balance.
FATTORIA VILLA SALETTA Palaia (PI) – loc. Montanelli via E. Fermi, 14 – 0587628121 – villasaletta.com Total balance with nature, wines faithful to the Palaia native varieties and terroir. The estate belonged to only 4 families: the Gambacortas consolidated ownership of the lands around the estate in the year 1300, before the Riccardi took possession of it and turned it into a veritable rural farm, when it was sold to the Castelli family.
Chianti ‘15
Evokes floral and red fruit notes. In the mouth it’s fresh, soft and well balanced with a complex consistency with hints of violets, cherries and vanilla and notes of toasted wood.
Chiave di Saletta ‘15
DE PASCALE
Avellino
Balsamic notes and spicy sensations, on the palate it is sinuous with soft and velvety tannins.
c.so Vittorio Emanuele, 205 0825781654 - depascale.it It’s impossible to condense in a few lines the centuries-old entrepreneurial history of the Pascale family, inaugurated in the second half of the 19th century with a small bakery-gastronomy and which over time has become one of the most renowned pastry shops and bottle shops of Campania. Today brothers Roberto and Francesco are at the helm, to them we owe the development of the wine shop as we know it, further enriched by assortments and collateral activities after the return to the original location on Corso Vittorio Emanuele in the pedestrian heart of Avel-
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