Vinitaly - Ricci Curbastro Lounge

25 Marzo 2012 - Verona

25-28 Marzo, Vi aspettiamo per un calice di Franciacorta nella Lounge Ricci Curbastro.

Prowein - Ricci Curbastro Lounge

04 Marzo 2012 - Dusseldorf

4-6 Marzo, Vi aspettiamo per un calice di Franciacorta nella Lounge Ricci Curbastro.

Franciacorta Extra Brut 2007 Ricci Curbastro awarded Tre Bicchieri

21 Febbraio 2012 - Chicago

Franciacorta Extra Brut 2007 Ricci Curbastro is first time arriving to the USA for the tasting of wines awarded Tre Bicchieri in the Vini d’Italia Gambero Rosso 2012 guide.
Ricci Curbastro Extra Brut “...its superlative: exquisitely long on aroma and flavour; layered and nuanced from masterful blending (of pinot noir and chardonnay), four years aging on its spent yeast ...unlike a lot of even fine Champagne, it tastes of wine, not cookies. It costs  $45 a bottle - a fifth of the Bollinger price and close to the same wow...” ( Bill St.John, Chicago Tribune,  December, 14, 2011).
Come and check, we will meet you at Chicago 21st February tasting.

 

Franciacorta Extra Brut 2007 Ricci Curbastro awarded Tre Bicchieri

17 Febbraio 2012 - New York

Franciacorta Extra Brut 2007 Ricci Curbastro is first time arriving to the USA for the tasting of wines awarded Tre Bicchieri in the Vini d’Italia Gambero Rosso 2012 guide.
Ricci Curbastro Extra Brut “...its superlative: exquisitely long on aroma and flavour; layered and nuanced from masterful blending (of pinot noir and chardonnay), four years aging on its spent yeast ...unlike a lot of even fine Champagne, it tastes of wine, not cookies. It costs  $45 a bottle - a fifth of the Bollinger price and close to the same wow...” ( Bill St.John, Chicago Tribune,  December, 14, 2011).
Come and check, we will meet you at the New York 17th February.

Simply Italian Americas Tour 2012

31 Gennaio 2012 - Mexico City

Ricci Curbastro and his Franciacorta will be among the protagonist of the next Simply Italian Americas Tour 2012.  First appointment at The President Intercontinental Hotel in Mexico City on 31st January 2012, from 2.30 pm to 7.0 p.m..  We will then meet all the Franciacorta fans on the 2nd February 2012 at The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables FL, from 1.00 pm to 6.00 pm.

Italy gives more bubbles for your buck

14 Dicembre 2011

Spumantes, frizzantes offer great range and even better prices
By Bill St. John, Special to Tribune Newspapers

 

In the past year, the sparkling wine that took my breath away was a Champagne, the 2002 Bollinger La Grande Annee Rosé. It's an ethereal wine, utterly mind-blowing. It also costs $200-$225 a bottle. The last time that I paid $10 an ounce for something, it was in the dark.

The second-best sparkling wine that I tasted in that time was the 2003 Ricci Curbastro Extra Brut from Franciacorta, in Lombardy, northern Italy.
It's superlative: exquisitely long on aroma and flavor; layered and nuanced from masterful blending (of pinot noir and chardonnay), four years' aging on its spent yeast and several more in bottle; zestily dry and tangy and, unlike a lot of even fine Champagne, it tastes of wine, not cookies.

It costs $45 a bottle - a fifth of the Bollinger price and close to the same wow. For celebrations at the end of this year and for the beginning of the next, we shall go to Italy for our fizz.