Fondo Antico

Dinner for the new Menù of Lievita Restaurant – CUCINA TERRA MARE

with Fondo Antico’s Wines

Thursday 11 July – Via Vazzana 2, Cefalù (PA)

For those who prefer the lake than the beach during summertime, see you for a tasting dinner at Osteria Rustico in Switzerland for a super Sicilian menu with Fondo Antico wines.

Save the date: Friday 12 July

Osteria Rustico – Via Puntell 6, 6814 Lamone, Svizzera

Aprile Doc Sicilia 2018 – 91 PUNTI

Intensives, leuchtendes Pink.
In der Nase nach Kirschen und Himbeeren mit einem Hint
Pfirsich. Am Gaumen fruchtbetont und klar, spannt sich schön
auf, einnehmen mit leichtem Schmelz, gute Länge mit
leichtfüßigem Abgang.

Intenso, rosa brillante. Al naso, ciliegie e
lamponi con un pizzico di pesca. Fruttato e
delicato al palato, si apre magnificamente, con
un finale leggero e con una buona persistenza.

Intense, bright pink. On the nose, cherries and  raspberries with a hint of peach. Fruity and  delicate on the palate, opens beautifully, with  a light finish with good persistence.

Memorie I.G.T Terre Siciliane 2016 – 92 PUNTI

Intensives Rosa mit orangenem Stich. In der Nase zunächst nach
Erdbeeren und Marillen, dann leichtes Bienenwachs und Vanille,
im Nachhall reife Ananas,spannungsvoll, nach Fichtenhonig.
Am Gaumen leichter Bananenton unterlegt von fruchtigem
Körper, saftig und klar, schlägt quer, leichtfüßige
Schlankheit, gut!

Rosa intenso. Prima al naso
fragole e albicocche, poi troviamo cera d’api e vaniglia,
ananas maturo per concludere con il miele di abete rosso.
Al palato troviamo banana con sentori fruttati
un’ottima struttura, buono!

Intense pink. First to the nose  strawberries and apricots, then we find beeswax and vanilla,  ripe pineapple to finish with spruce honey. On the palate we find banana with fruity scents  great structure, good!

In Castelbuono there is a Bib Gourmand alley

Friday July 5, chef Sandro Cicero of Ristorante Palazzaccio with chef Francesca Carollo of NANGALARRUNI U.V.A CLUB, are waiting for you for a dinner to be held in the VICOLO that connects the two restaurants.

With the sweet ricotta with Liccia cherry jelly with tartarre of peach snuffers marinated in moscato there will be our Passito Baccadoro.

We certainly could not miss on Monday July 8th the TEN event to be held at the Sea Club of Terrasini (PA), with our winemaker Lorenza Scianna. This 2019 edition is dedicated to all women that work in restaurants and wineries.

Giuseppe Costa, Chef of Il Bavaglino Restaurant, has involved 10 chefs, protagonists of the Italian Michelin restaurants. In fact, they joined him enthusiastically: Martina Caruso (ristorante Hotel Signum a Salina – ME, 1 stella Michelin), Maria Cicorella (ristorante Pashà Ristorante a Conversano – BA, 1 stella Michelin), Iside De Cesare (ristorante Ristorante La Parolina – Trevinano ad Acquapendente – VT, 1 stella Michelin), Patrizia Di Benedetto (ristorante Ristorante Bye Bye Blues – Mondello a Mondello – PA, 1 stella Michelin), Giuliana Germiniasi (ristorante Ristorante Capriccio a Manerba del Garda – BS, 1 stella Michelin), Rosanna Marziale (ristorante Le Colonne Restaurant a Caserta, 1 stella Michelin), Maria Probst (ristorante Ristorante La Tenda Rossa a Cerbaia – FI, 1 stella Michelin), Antonella Ricci (ristorante Al Fornello da Ricci a Ceglie Messapica – BR, 1 stella Michelin) e la pastry chef Edvige Simoncelli (ristorante idylio by Apreda a Roma). Insieme a loro, lo chef resident del Sea Club Terrasini, Flavio Mannoia.

The gala dinner will be attended by ten women protagonists of the Sicilian vitiviniculture with the wines of their own companies.

The proceeds from the event will go to charity to the Associazione Amici Onlus.

Thanks to Gambero Rosso’s Tre Bicchieri magazine for telling about our American experience at Vini di Italia Anteprime, which took place between Atlanta and San Diego.

From Sicily to the beaches of Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) for WineAround – vino e d’intorni in Friuli Venezia Giulia.

From the 21th of June until Sunday, the 23th of June, don’t miss the chance of a fresh winetasting with our Grillo Parlante at Enoteca Italia stand with Vinibuoni d’Italia.

JosephVargetto‘s Massi will host two evenings of intense competition on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th of June with their Polentoni vs Terroni dinners!

Guests get to savour dishes from the north and south of Italy matched with accompanying wines from Astoria Wines, Cantine Bertani and Viviani from the north and Spadafora dei Principi and Fondo Antico representing the south – and vote for their favourites! Looking forward to it.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday 28 June at 6.30 pm at Scillirazzo Enoteca Sicula (via Belgio 57 – Palermo) to taste together the Grillo Parlante of Fondo Antico, one of the greatest expressions of this extraordinary grape variety in Sicily.

The tasting will be free and the Cunzato company will delight us with its pests and pates.