Very Veri Vini Wine Tour to Launch in LA on Tuesday, April 21st

[Joe Dressner]

No Ponzi Plans, No Scores, Just Farmers and their Wines.

LA, then San Francisco, then New York

Yikes!

They're already beginning to assemble. The following vignerons and vignaioli will be in America:

Arianna Occhipinti - Az. Agr. Occhipinti
Silvio Messana Az. Agr. Montesecondo
Francesca Padovani - Campi di Fonterenza
Luca Roagna - Roagna
Alessandra Bera - Bera Vittorio & Figli
Cristiano Guttarolo - Az. Vi. Cristiano Guttarolo
Mauro Vergano - Chinati Vergano

and
Domaine Franois Pinon - Franois Pinon
Domaine le Briseau Christian Chaussard
Domaine Franck Peillot - Franck Peillot
Domaine Luneau-Papin - Pierre & Pierre-Marie Luneau
Domaine Desvignes - Claude-Emmanuelle & Louis-Benot Desvignes
Eric Texier - Eric Texier

Christine and Eric Nicolas of Domaine de Bellivire in Jasnires
Jean-Paul Brun of Domaine des Terres Dores in Beaujolais
Evelyne de Jessey of Domaine du Closel in Savennires

We start in Los Angeles with the first event on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009. This is a public tasting at the:

Woodland Hills Wine Company from 5 to 7 pm
22622 Ventura bld.
Woodland Hills, CA
818.222.1111, contact Kyle Smith

Wednesday
Farm Wine Imports LA Trade Tasting
From 12 to 4 pm at a Swanky Location
This is a by-invitation only event. Please call or e-mail Farm Wine Imports to find out the location:

robert@farmwineimports.com

We then shift up north to San Francisco.

Farm Wine Imports Trade Tasting
San Francisco Thursday April 23rd
12pm to 4pm

This is also a private event which requires an RSVP. Please contact keven@farmwineimports.com or jeff@farmwineimports.com

Thursday, April 23rd Public Tasting
Terroir
1116 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 558-9946

This will be a huge public tasting at Terroir Wine Bar from 6 p.m. until closing. It costs $40.00 a person and you have to reserve in advance. Every geek who matters will me there!

Friday, April 24th Public Tastings
Featuring 20 Live Winegrowers from France and Italy

3 Neighborhoods, 3 Special Tastings Friday April 24th 6-8pm

Arlequin Wine Merchant
384 Hayes Street
Contact Ian Becker (415)-863-1104
Catherine and Claude Marchal from Burgundy
Pierre and Pierre-Marie Luneau of Luneau-Papin in Muscadet
Eric Texier from the Rhone Valley
Franois Pinon of Vouvray
Claude-Emmanuelle and Louis-Benot Desvignes from Beaujolais

Biondivino Wine Boutique
415 Green Street @ Polk
Contact Ceri Smith (415)-673-2320
Mauro Vergano of Chinati Vergano
Alessandra Bera of Vittorio Bera in Asti
Arianna Occhipinti from Sicily
Silvio Messana of Montesecondo in Tuscany
Cristiano Guttarolo from Puglia
Francesca Padovani of Fonterenza in Montalcino

Bi-Rite Market
Event held at 18 Reasons 593 Guerrero St @ 18th St
Contact Josh Adler (415)-241-9760
Christine and Eric Nicolas of Domaine de Bellivire in Jasnires
Jean-Paul Brun of Domaine des Terres Dores in Beaujolais
Franck Peillot from Montagnieu in the Bugey
Christian Chaussard of Domaine le Briseau in Jasnires
Evelyne de Jessey of Domaine du Closel in Savennires

Late Night Drinking at Terroir....

We then fly to New York City for a gala tasting at Chambers Street Wines on Sunday, April 26, 2009 from 4 top 7:30 pm

Public Tasting
Chambers Street Wines
Sunday, April 26th
160 Chambers Street

Then, we have our really big trade event on Tuesday, April 28th.

Very Veri Vini New York Farewell Trade Event
April 28, Tuesday
By Invite only
info@louisdressner.com

From noon to 4:30 pm
Gifts, surprises, shocking news, food and clownery!

There will be a number of fabulous meals organized during the event.

The main event is at Convivio Restaurant in New York. Please find below the tenative menu for the Louis/Dressner Vintner Dinner, to be held Monday evening, April 27th at Convivio, and begining at 7:30pm.

...passed Sfizi with the Bera "Arcese" 2007 (or the Mauro Vergano "Americano" Chinato, final selection to be determined; both items are from Piemonte, Italia)
...Quaglia Grilled Quail Skewer with pancetta, cicoria, and vin cotto first course with the Occhipinti Il Frappato 2006 (Sicilia, Italia)
...Maccheroni alla Carbonara pasta with pancetta, pecorino, scallion, egg, and black pepper second course with the Montesecondo Chianti Classico 2006 (Toscana, Italia)
...Fusilli pasta with neopolitan pork shoulder ragu and cacciocavallo fonduta with the Campi di Fonterenza Rosso di Montalcino 2006 (Toscana, Italia)
...Salsiccia d'Anatra e Cuore d'Anatra housemade duck sausage and green lentils with seared duck hearts and pickled peppers with the Guttarolo "Anfora" Primitivo 2006 (Puglia, Italia)
...mixed Sorbetti with the Bera Moscato d'Asti 2008 (Piemonte, Italia)
...Cioccolata an assortment of chocolate with the Mauro Vergano Nebbiolo Chinato NV (Piemonte, Italia)

The price point per person is set at $85 + tax + gratuity / per person. Five Italian vintners (those who produced the wines to be served) will be attending this dinner, eating this meal and conversing with the guests about their wines. Those vintners will include:

Alessandra Bera of the Bera winery in Piemonte, Italia
Arianna Occhipinti of the Occhipinti winery in Sicilia, Italia
Francesca Padovani of the Campi di Fonterenza winery in Toscana, Italia
Cristiano Guttarolo of the Guttarolo winery in Puglia, Italia
Mauro Vergano the Chinati producer in Piemonte, Italia

Please call Convivio at 212-599-5045

 

[Chris Coad]

 

[Bill Buitenhuys]

Please make your food pictures larger

 

[Cory Cartwright]

Are those oysters?

 

[Thor]

No, that's some sort of sausage or liverwurst-type product, yogurt, eggs, a Coca-Cola™, either butter substitute or sour cream, and a cat. I see no oysters.

 

[Chris Coad]

 

[Brad Kane]

 

[Christian Miller (CMM)]

Clearly there's a need for a Biggest Oyster Pic thread. Joe, this looks like a great tour. We expect pics of the food at each event to be posted as you go along.

 

[MLipton]

Damn, that's a great lineup of winemakers you've assembled. I wish that I could concoct a reason to be out there then, but barring a catastrophe I won't be able to make it, sad to say. Great to hear that you'll be posting photos, though! Can't wait for the pics.

Mark Lipton

 

[Brad Kane]

Please note that I pulled out of the Assault after Jay Miller's recent review of my wine and Mr. Dressner's assigning me a table with poor visibility and traffic flow.

 

[Thor]

Oh, hey, look. Oysters!

 

[Cory Cartwright]

Is Joe is bringing (photos of) oysters to everyone that attends?

 

[Arjun Mendiratta]

I was planning on bringing my own picture of oysters for Joe to autograph.

 

[Chris Coad]

My picture of oysters is the largest. Some people say large pictures of oysters turn tough and chewy, but that has not been my experience. Gimme a HUGE picture of oysters every time!

 

[Thor]

You with the large oyster pictures, Plotnicki with the large lobsters...it's all the same.

 

[Arjun Mendiratta]

Happy passover everyone!

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by Arjun Mendiratta:
Happy passover everyone!

I hope that's Camblor's trademarked Kosher For Passover Bacon!

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by Thor:
You with the large oyster pictures, Plotnicki with the large lobsters...it's all the same.

It is, isn't it? I find that many things that seem different at first are, upon closer inspection, actually the same.

 

[Thor]

By way of contrast, I find that many things that seem different at first are, upon closer inspection, actually the same.

Also: oysters and bacon...now, I'm very, very hungry.

 

[MarkS]

This is all ass-backwards: we all know that Europeans start from the East Coast and go to the West...