Cortona in a Wine Glass Event!

Cortona in a Wine Glass Event!

This coming Tuesday, June 24th, tuscanWINEnotes will be working for DelBrenna Jewelery & Lifestyle – Cortona Tuscany for a red carpet wine tasting event featuring two of my fav local wineries, Leuta Wine and Fabrizio Dionisio! Put on by the Strada dei Vini Cortona, I’ll be live blogging from the event and capturing and interviewing all our guests on the red carpet! Only 8 euro a person to try great award winning local wines and...

Read More

Pieropan degustation dinner at La Loggetta

Pieropan degustation dinner at La Loggetta

This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, June 12, 2014 featured well known Venetian Soave winery Pieropan. The free tasting started at 4:00 p.m. at the Molesini Wine Shop in Piazza Repubblica during a sweltering afternoon but with all of the cool crisp Soaves, it was an excellent way to beat the heat. The wines they were pouring at the free tasting were… SOAVE CLASSICO 2013 DOC CALVARINO SOAVE CLASSICO 2012 DOC LA...

Read More

Menu for Wine, Shine & Dine 6/5/14 featuring Fattoria Viticcio at Osteria del Teatro

Menu for Wine, Shine & Dine 6/5/14 featuring Fattoria Viticcio at Osteria del Teatro

This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, June 5th will feature Chianti winery Fattoria Viticcio. These are the wines they will be pouring at the free tasting from 4 -8 p.m. in front of Molesini Wine Shop in Piazza Repubblica. And here’s a sneak peak at the menu for the wine tasting dinner that begins at 8:15 p.m. at Osteria del Teatro! Reservations for the dinner are required, these fill up quickly, contact me to reserve...

Read More

Recap: Wine, Dine & Shine Folonari at La Loggiata!

Recap: Wine, Dine & Shine Folonari at La Loggiata!

This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, May 22, 2014 featured Chianti Classico winery Folonari with special guest, Giovanni Folonari!   The free tasting started at 4:00 p.m. at the Molesini Wine Shop in our beautiful Piazza Repubblica in a very warm (finally!) lovely afternoon.   The wines they were pouring at the free tasting were… LE BRUNICHE CHARDONNAY 2012 IGT TOSCANA CABREO LA PIETRA 2011 IGT TOSCANA CHIANTI...

Read More

Menu for Wine, Shine & Dine 5/15/14 featuring Tolaini at Osteria del Teatro!

Menu for Wine, Shine & Dine 5/15/14 featuring Tolaini at Osteria del Teatro!

This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, May  will feature Chianti winery Tolaini. Reservations for the dinner are required, these fill up quickly, contact me to reserve your space! These are the wines they will be pouring at the free tasting from 4 -8 p.m. in front of Molesini Wine Shop in Piazza Repubblica. AL PASSO 2010 IGT TOSCANA   CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA 2010 DOCG   VALDISANTI 2009 IGT TOSCANA   PICCONERO 2009 IGT...

Read More