You know that at Farm & Table, we are passionate about local food, local farmers, and local community. What you might not know is how passionate we also are about wine.
Anyone who has really looked at our wine list can see the thought and care with which it was crafted. Our dedicated wine curator, Amy Haas, works hard every week to make sure our wine selection is adventurous and provocative. You won’t find your old standby on our menu; our wine list encourages our guests to step out of their comfort zone and try new experiences.
This week, we will be holding a dinner that truly highlights the exciting and unusual wines we take such pride in serving at Farm & Table. On Tuesday, October 21st, we will host a dinner featuring wines from six family-owned, small-batch estates in Italy. Each wine has been carefully selected by Amy and will be perfectly paired with Italian-inspired courses from Chef Sean and his team. The dinner has been crafted with the utmost care, and promises to be our most elegant, exquisite affair yet.
These small, family-owned wineries that we have selected are brought together by a cooperative called August Wine Group that believes that small-production, environmentally sustainable wineries produce the best wine. Each winery hand-harvests every grape using traditional, earth-friendly practices. The wines they produce, says August Wine Group, “protect unique grape varietals, local winemaking styles, and preserve a special way of life.”
Take a look at what they have to say about one of the estates we are featuring:
Guiseppe Lonardi
In a little village not far from Verona, tucked into the romantic hills of Valpolicella, you will find the estate of one of the best Amarone producers in Italia–Giuseppe Lonardi. “Bepi,” as his wife likes to call him, is a fourth generation winemaker, and leads a beautiful, simple life. On average, he hand-crafts a scant 100-200 cases per year of each of his finest wines. Meanwhile, daughter Silvia (an aspiring winemaker herself) runs the family inn “Corte Lonardi,” and wife, Marilena, runs a tiny bistro near the cellars, where she has perfected one of the most sumptuous dishes we have ever tasted: a slow-cooked, Amarone-infused risotto. One family friend guarantees that the three most important things in Giuseppe’s life are food, wine and his Wife. “But,” he chuckles, “not necessarily in that order.” Marilena smiles fondly when you ask her about her husband: “He’s a workaholic. He basically sleeps with the wine.
We will be featuring Guiseppe Lonardi’s Valpolicella, an aromatic red wine with lush cranberry and chocolate notes, as well as hints of dried fruit that come from the re-passing of Valpolicella Classico through the pressed, raisined skins.
A wine representative will be on-site at the dinner, to dine with us and share knowledge about the tasting notes of the wine, as well each individual winery’s history, philosophy, and methods. We hope you’ll join us for this unique wine experience.
Italian Winemakers Dinner
October 21 | 6:00pm | $150
Email reserve@farmandtablenm.com to reserve.