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Six-course Italian Wine Dinner at three TEN main. Pouring Wines of Vietti and Alois Lageder

Six-Course

Italian Wine Dinner

@ three TEN main

Tuesday Night October 25th

Chef Derek Gallegos will prepare a menu inspired by the cuisines of Northern Italy to accompany the wines of Alfredo Vietti of Piemonte and Alois Lageder of Alto Adige.
Learn about these fine wines in-person from Aldo Zaninotto,
Italian ambassador to the U.S. for these venerable wine-making institutions.
Wines supplied by Steve Thies of Tastevin Wines of Ketchum, Idaho.

Begins @ 6:30 pm

PICCOLO MORSI
Crostini, mascarpone, apple, Madras curry, balsamic syrup
&
Smoked La Quercia Americano prosciutto, roasted pear, Oregonzola
▪Alois Lageder Pinot Grigio 2010▪
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ANTIPASTI
Hawaiian blue sweet prawns crudo, arancini, orange-mint vinaigrette
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Idaho Wagyu beef carpaccio, pineapple-basil salsa, roasted rice powder, pinenut oil
▪Alois Lageder Pinot Bianco 2009▪
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PRIMO
House-made ricotta & swiss chard tortelli, brown butter, Parmigiano-Reggiano
▪Vietti Barbera d’Asti 2008▪
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SECONDO
Slow-roasted Snake River Farms “Porchetta” stuffed with house-cured pancetta
over braised fennel, escarole, cannelini beans, carrot & golden beet mostarda
▪Vietti Perbacco Nebbiolo Langhe 2008 & Vietti Barolo “Castiglione” 2007▪
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DOLCE
Ginger panna cotta, pear coulis, hazelnut brittle
▪Vietti Moscato d’Asti▪
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$75 per person, Tax & Gratuity not included
For reservations please call 788 4161 or CLICK HERE to contact us via email

 

Vietti Barolo "Castiglione"
Pale ruby color with garnet hues and powerful aromas of rich, ripe cherries with intricate complexities of spice, tea leaves and rose petals. With strong, rich Tannins, crisp acidity and masculine structure, this ageworthy Barolo shows incredible finesse with excellent balance, integration and a long, lingering finish.

Alois Lageder
For the creation of extraordinary wines, one also needs something more than healthy, fully-ripened grapes from the best vineyard sites. There is also a need for the right philosophy and for true human commitment. One of our primary goals is to pay attention to the natural properties of our vineyards and to make the best possible use of them.
For every variety of grape, there are particular conditions in which it prefers to grow. We see it as our task to create ideal synergies, supporting nature’s work, thereby taking on the role of “midwives” who facilitate the birth of wines of great elegance, clarity, body, strength, and authenticity. -Alois Lageder

 

Wine In The Shower … « 4488: A Ridge Blog

via blog.ridgewine.com

Wine In The Shower …
By christopherwatkins

You may have seen an article today of the same name (“Wine in the Shower — Study Explores New Occasions When Millennials Drink Wine”), which is the latest in a long line of explorations in pursuit of that de rigeur marketing holy grail, The Millenial. The wine industry is no different than any other, it would seem, in that the question of The Millenial is apparently on everyone’s lips in our industry too.

In this particular case, the article is an adeptly focused attempt at highlighting, via fairly extensive polling, some of the behavioral differences that drive wine consumption for this new and fascinating market demographic; namely, an expanded definition of when one should be drinking wine, and a shedding of some of the ritualized artifice that oft surrounds the world of wine. The example that gives the article (and this blog) a title is a quote from one of the pollees, who notes their preference for a wee glass of the grape whilst in for a quick dunk under the rivulets.

So, that said, If I might pat my own back for a moment, I would just like to point out that, in this post, which went live on May 26, 2011, I included video of wine in the shower.

That’s what I did.

And on top of that, I offered up some of my own preferences for rather more eccentric wine drinking occasions. For example:

At heart, other than my father, I learned to drink wine from The Beats. Wine went with wild poetry readings, and mountain meditation sessions. Wine went with trains, and camping. Wine sometimes went with nothing other than, well, wine. Just wine. And mainly, wine went with people. It was living with people, in a memorable way. Being where you were, and demanding nothing less that an exhilarating devotion to the moment …

From my father (the true architect of my personal house of wine), a professor of literary criticism rooted in an Italian Marxist tradition, I also learned that wine goes with lividly vibrant political arguments between hairy professors wearing plaid sportcoats with leather elbows, or strangely somber yet passionate poetry readings headed up my bespectacled and shambolic graduate students. And I especially learned that wine goes with family. “At table.” One of my favorite phrases of all time.

Whether any of this means I’m onto something as regards The Millenial matter, I can’t of course say. Probably not. But I do occasionally enjoy a crisp but voluptuous, acidity-driven, mineral and yeast-forward white wine in the shower.

I do.

Kermit Lynch Wine Tasting by members of the three TEN main Restaurant Crew at Ketchum Grill

Had a great time at Ketchum Grill yesterday tasting wines with the crew from JW Thorntom wine distributors. Scott and Ann put out a great spread to accompany all the wines. Thank you Lyle! Below are a few of the standouts for me.

Enjoy, Chef Derek

André-Michel Brégeon

Michel Brégeon is part renegade, part crusader, and full-blown terroirist. Over the years, he has become an ardent defender of the Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine terroir, the most highly regarded of the four appellations in the Pays Nantais. Thanks to his deep understanding of the nuances of the land, he plays the game much differently than the region’s caves cooperatives and negociants, who produce en masse and lose the subtlety of the appellation. More

 

2008 Kermit Lynch Sunflower Cotes Du Rhone Blanc

    

Learn more about the Sunflower cuvee at the Kermit Lynch Wine Blog