To kick off Golden Glass Week, Emporio Rulli Gran Caffe & Ristorante has two very special dinner menus featured on Tuesday, June 16 and Saturday, June 20. Take the opportunity to meet owners of two great wineries, one from Asti region and one from Chianti region. Both wineries have tales to share on how their respective families got into winemaking and how the next generation is taking their enterprise outside of Italy in this new century
Sant'Agata: Tuesday, June 16, 6:30 pm
Sant'Agata (located in the Asti region) came from what Claudio and Franco Cavallero's father Giuseppe started in the 1960s as a result of some quirks of fate. It was named after a small votive marker opposite the winery erected by a wealthy local family in gratitude for divine favor. The Cavalleros were part of the movement that replaced some of their vineyards with Ruche, a very distinctive new variety, which can only be produced in a very limited area - thus beginning a whole new era...
Special Prix Fixe Dinner Menu
5-Course Dinner paired with Sant'Agata Wines
$80.00 (Does not include tax & 18% gratuity)
Cennatoio: Saturday, June 20, 6:30pm
Cennatoio commands a stupendous view of the Chianti countryside with its hills blanketed by vineyards and olive orchards and soil ideal for varieties like Sangiovese, Trebbiano, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot. Four years ago, the estate adopted organic farming techniques, using only natural fertilizers and avoids herbicides to prevent losses to the bee population. The estate, former home to famed Italian Poet (and Dante's close friend) Guido Cavalcanti (c.1255-1300), is now a wine estate that Leandro and Gabriella Alessi have managed since 1971.
Special Prix Fixe Dinner Menu
5-Course Dinner paired with Cennatoio Wines
$80.00 (Does not include tax & 18% gratuity)