BY THE GLASS Flashcards

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Redentore Prosecco

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  • Type: Sparkling - White
  • Region: Veneto, Italy
  • Vintage: 2016
  • Description:
  • Color: Straw Yellow
  • Nose/Palate: apple and pear aroma, with candied citrus fruit and jasmine hints
  • Pairing Options: Excellent for an aperitif, ideal with appetizers, pasta, fresh cheeses, ham and salami. -
  • LOCAL OYSTERS
  • SALUMI
  • CAPUTO PIE
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Nicolas Feuillatte Rose Champagne

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  • Type: Sparkling - Rose Champagne
  • Region: Champagne, France
  • Vintage: NV
  • Description:
  • Color: Silver-tinged salmon-pink, with a steady ribbon of fine bubbles.
  • Nose/Palate: Red fruit aromas. Intense, developing notes of blueberry, black currant and raspberry. Fruity finish.
  • Pairing Options:
  • SEAFOOD PLATEAU
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Van Duzer Pinot Gris

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  • Type: White - Pinot Gris
  • Region: Willamette Valley, Oregon
  • Vintage: 2016
  • Description:
  • Color: Medium Gold
  • Nose/Palate: Aromas of white peach, Asian pear, guava, mango, pineapple, and lemon zest. Creamy but bright with structured citrus flavors, stone fruit, and a lingering minerality
  • Pairing Options:
  • Trattoria Salad
  • Beef Carpaccio
  • Lobster Cocktail
  • Linguini Vongole
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Scarpetta Pinot Grigio

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  • Type: White - Pinot Grigio
  • Region: Friuli, Italy
  • Vintage: 2015
  • Description:
  • Color: Light Straw with a hint of Salmon
  • Nose/Palate: Apricots, peach, white flowers and stone. Crisp on the palate with flavors of lavender, white flowers, stone fruits, honey and strong minerality
  • Pairing Options:
  • Antipasti Platter
  • Tuna Crudo
  • Bucatini Carbonara
  • Chicken Milanese
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Terre di Talamo Vermentino

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  • Type: White - Vermentino
  • Region: Tuscany, Italy
  • Vintage: 2016
  • Description:
  • Color: Golden Straw Yellow
  • Nose/Palate: Melon, green apple, and salinity. Medium bodied, crisp and elegant
  • Pairing Options:
  • Crispy Arancini
  • Pesto Campanelle
  • Whole Roasted Branzino
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Abbazia di Novacella Gruner Veltliner

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  • Type: White - Gruner Veltliner
  • Region: Trentino - Alto Adige, Italy
  • Vintage: 2015
  • Description:
  • Color: Greenish-Yellow
  • Nose/Palate: Aromas of green apple, lemon and grapefruit zest, and white flowers. Orchard and citrus fruits on the palate with notes of pea shoots, gravelly minerality, and white pepper finish.

*Pairing Options: White meat, Bibb Lettuce Salad, Spring Pea Tortellini, Ricotta Ravioli, Vegetable Sides

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Elio Grasso Chardonnay

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  • Type: White - Chardonnay
  • Region: Piedmont, Italy
  • Vintage: 2016
  • Description:
  • Color: Golden Yellow
  • Nose/Palate: Balanced with ripe apple, honey and toasted nut aromas. On the palate, bright orchard fruit with a round mouthfeel. Clean finish with hints of minerality.

*Pairing Options: Seafood Plateau, Chicken Milanese, Porchetta, Pasta with Seafood

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Alois Lageder Pinot Noir

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  • Type: Red - Pinot Noir
  • Region: Trentino - Alto Adige, Italy
  • Vintage: 2014
  • Description:
  • Color: Medium Ruby with a Garnet shimmer
  • Nose/Palate: Notes of red fruit, cherries and some spice. Medium bodied with a mild fruity flavor

*Pairing Options: Veal, white and red meats, poultry, cheeses

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Cantine Valpane Ruche

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  • Type: Red - Ruche (pronounced roo-kay)
  • Region: Piedmont, Italy
  • Vintage: 2016
  • Description:
  • Color: Ruby Red
  • Nose/Palate: Medium bodied with notes of pepper and wild berries and floral aromas

*Pairing Options: Caputo Pie, Spaghetti Pomodoro, and Eggplant Parmesan

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La Querce Seconda Chianti Classico

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  • Type: Red - Chianti Classico
  • Region: Tuscany, Italy
  • Vintage: 2014
  • Description:
  • Color: Brilliant ruby red color.
  • Nose/Palate: Aromas of violets and cherries and a hint of earthy spice. Dry but, fruity

*Pairing Options: Pasta Bolognese, Lamb, Filet Mignon with cippolini onions

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Seghesio Sangiovese

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  • Type: Red - Sangiovese
  • Region: Alexander Valley (Sonoma County), California
  • Vintage: 2011
  • Description:
  • Color: Deep ruby
  • Nose/Palate: medium-bodied red with savory flavors of tart cherry, plum, tomato, fresh tobacco, anise, thyme, oregano, and dried earth

*Pairing Options: Beef, Veal, Poultry, Tomato, Eggplant Parm

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Franco Amoroso Nebbiolo

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  • Type: Red - Nebbiolo
  • Region: Piedmont
  • Vintage: 2013
  • Description:
  • Color: Ruby Red with Orange reflections
  • Nose/Palate: elegant and textured, with notes of minty herbs, soft berries, hints of anise all around a tannic core and balanced by ripe acidity

*Pairing Options: Meatballs in Sunday Gravy, great with meat & game (veal-venison), pasta and aged cheeses,

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Renieri Syrah

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  • Type: Red - Syrah
  • Region: Tuscany, Italy
  • Vintage: 2012
  • Description:
  • Color: opaque purple-black center to magenta at the edge
  • Nose/Palate: aromas and flavors of purple fruits, fragrant violets, baking spices, white pepper, smoke, and even bacon fat

*Pairing Options: Salumi Platter, spiced dishes, where the spice is more about flavor than heat

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Prelius Cabernet Sauvignon

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  • Type: Red - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Region: Tuscany, Italy
  • Vintage: 2016
  • Description:
  • Color: bright, with an intense, gem-like quality paired with dark violet highlights
  • Nose/Palate: aromas of blackberry, blueberry and a hint of cinnamon rounding out with seductive oak notes - full-bodied exhibiting dark red fruit and a lingering finish

*Pairing Options: Pesto Campanelle, Beef Carpaccio, Red Meat, Dry Aged Steak Specials

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Antinori Toscana Tignanello

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  • Type: Red Blend - Sangiovese, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Region: Tuscany, Italy
  • Vintage: 2014
  • Description:
  • Color: Ruby red with purple highlights
  • Nose/Palate: intense nose of red fruit with hints of leather and sweet spice - o the palate, a black currant thread winds through this dense red, with cherry, leather, earth, iron and mineral flavors

*Pairing Options: Lamb Ragu Pappardelle, red meat, tomato-based sauces, garlic, mushrooms

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Vajra Riesling - WILL CHANGE

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  • Type: White - Riesling
  • Region: Piedmont, Italy
  • Vintage: 2014
  • Description:
  • Color: Pale, lemon yellow in color
  • Nose/Palate: Subtle and mineral-driven aroma – On the palate: Dry with flavors of white citrus, fresh green vegetables, petrol, and stone with a taste of saltiness resonating in the finish

*Pairing Options: Fresh Cheese; White Meat Stew; Grilled Fish; Risotto with Seafood; Pasta with Fish no Tomato; Fish Soup without Tomato; Warm Fish Appetizers

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Marenco Moscato D’Asti

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Golden yellow, sweet aromatic wine with fine, elegant perlage. Intense and persistent nose with strong hints of citrus, honey, lime and then again peach, sage, and orange blossom. Flavor is fresh, sweet, aromatic, persistent and elegant like the grapes it comes from.