Vini

sparkling

Prosecco, Tullia, Treviso
glass 7 | bottle 32
Prosecco is the local grape of the area

Moscato d’Asti, Vittorio Bera e Figli
glass 8 | bottle 35

whites

Chardonnay, Jean-Paul Brun, Chardonnay 2011
glass 7 | bottle 24
Chardonnay is from southern Burgundy

Pinot Grigio, d’Orsaria, Venezie Giulia 2010
glass 7.5 | bottle 24
Marco Cecchini makes this wine from his father’s vines

Riesling, Gunther Steinmetz, Mosel 2011
glass 8 | bottle 28
From one of the historic sites on the Mosel river, this riesling is in the classic off-dry style.

Sauvignon, Clos Roche Blanche, Touraine 2011
glass 8 | bottle 28
Catherine Russell’s family has grown grapes in this magical place in the Loire Valley for generations…this wine is from old vines of sauvignon

Manzoni Bianco, Fontanasanta, Elisabetta Foradori, Dolomites in the Veneto 2010
glass 10.5 | bottle 39
Manzoni bianco is a grape indigenous to northern italy, rarely seen anymore and certainly not of this quality…Elisabetta makes a stunning wine from the tiny vineyard of fontanasanta..less than 10 cases of this wine came to nc, and we’re likely to consume it all here !

rosé

Rosato di Fonterenza, Francesca Padovani, Montalcino 2011
glass 7.5 | bottle 26
These twin sisters produce world class rosso and brunello…this rose is harvested from the same vineyards…they may be crazy to produce a brunello rose…but lucky for us they do

reds

Dolcetto d’Alba, Luca Roagna, Alba 2011 bottle 33
100% dolcetto from the top of their barolo vineyard La Pira

Nero d’Avola, Ala Nero, Tami’, Sicila 2011
glass 7 | bottle 25
Nero d’Avola is an old grape indigenous to Sicily

Barbera d’Alba, Gianfranco Alessandria, Monforte 2011
glass 8.5 | bottle 32
In the old tradition, Gianfranco’s barbera comes from his barolo vineyard in Monforte

Chianti Classico, Silvio Messana, Montesecondo, Tuscany 2010
glass 9 | bottle 35
Our hero! …here sangiovese and canaiolo are made to the quality standards of riserva and true to its terroir

Teroldego, Elisabetta Foradori, Dolomites in the Veneto 2009
glass 8 | bottle 29
Elisabetta is one of the most respected growers in Italy and is a leader of natural wine making…this wine, from her home in the Dolomite mountains, is from the local teroldego grape

Rosso del Rospo, Silvio Messana, Montesecondo, Tuscany 2010
glass 8.5 | bottle 32
Petit verdot and cabernet

Barbaresco, Pajè, Luca Roagna 2005
bottle 59
The Roagna family has farmed in this area since the 1100s… Pajè is an old cru in Barbaresco and one of our favorite examples of nebbiolo

Rosso di Montalcino, Fonterenza, Francesca Padovani 2009
glass 11 | bottle 40
Francesca and her sister are among the few producers in Montalcino who farm organically and work naturally with only sangiovese grosso…this is their ‘baby brunello’ fermented in the same big botti as the brunello