Antinori Wine Dinner
November 10, 2007 (6:30 PM)

Join us Saturday, November 10th for our first Wine Dinner!!  Paired with the wonderful tradition of Antinori wines, our first dinner will be one to remember!

Notes from the winery:

"The Antinori family has been making wine for over six hundred years, since Giovanni di Piero Antinori became part of the Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri in 1385. Throughout its long history, spanning 26 generations, the family has always personally managed the business making innovative, sometimes courageous choices, always with unwavering respect for tradition and the land.

Today Marchese Piero Antinori is director of the company, assisted by his three daughters, Albiera, Allegra and Alessia, who are personally involved in the business.
The qualities of tradition, passion and instinct have made Antinori one of the leading Italian producers of fine quality wines.

Every vintage, every terroir, every idea is a new beginning, a new quest to raise our quality margins. As Marchese Piero loves to repeat: "ancient roots play an important role in our philosophy, but they have never held back our spirit of innovation".

As well as the family's traditional heritage of estates in Tuscany and Umbria, investments have been made over time in other areas highly suited to quality wine production, in Italy and abroad, in a quest to promote new terroirs, rich in winegrowing potential.

Antinori continually experiment with their vineyards and cellars, with selections of native and international clones, growing methods, vineyard altitudes, fermentation methods and temperatures, traditional and modern vinification techniques, types of wood, size and age of barrels, and various bottle-ageing periods."

The dinner will begin with a reception at 6:30 and dinner at 7:00.  Cost for the event is $75.00 per person, not including tax & gratuity.

Please call the restaurant at 505.294.9463 to make reservations.  To hold your seats, a credit card will be required.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Menu

Reception

Passed & Plated Small Bites

Orvieto Classico 2005

Seated Dinner

Truffle Steamed Seabass

fresh saffron linguine, orange-basil butter

Vermentino 2005

Hazelnut & Winter Squash Cannelloni

pulled pork

Chianti Classico Riserva  1999

Braised Beef Shortribs

pancetta & cranberry bean risotto, cavalo nero

Col Solare 2004  vs  Antinori Guado al Tosso 2003

A show down of the two flagship wines!

Dessert

TBD

coffee & tea