Alicia Lini on Leonard Lopate, WNYC

If you weren’t able to get a seat at tonight’s Alicia Lini dinner at Centovini,
don’t despair: our favorite Lambrusco producer will appear tomorrow on the Leonard Lopate show tomorrow at 1 p.m. (93.9 FM and 820 AM) For the webcast, please click here.

So please tune in and hear what Alicia Lini has to say about her wines and her trip to New York.

This Week’s Free Tasting at Vino: Lini Lambruscos

This Thursday and Friday (5:30-7:30 p.m.) the Vino staff will be pouring all four of Alicia’s wines. These wines will be 15% off in-store and 20% off online.

You can browse all of our current web offers by clicking here.

Weekly tastings at Vino are FREE.

To register for the free tastings, please send an email to events@vinosite.com.

The Vino staff will be pouring the following wines.*

• Labrusca Bianco 2006 Lini
  was $15, now $12 (20% off web only)
• Lambrusco Rosé 2006 Lini
  was $17, now $13.60 (20% off web only)
• Labrusca Rosso 2006 Lini
  was $15, now $12 (20% off web only)
• Corrigia Brut 2003 Lini
  was $29, now $23.20 (20% off web only)

*Wines subject to change depending on availability.

Dinner with Alicia, Rosato Tasting

Wednesday, August 29, 2007
7:30 p.m.
10 persons only (only a few spots left)!
$150 per person (including tax and gratuity)

If you’ve been enjoying the Lini Lambrusco — like we have — this summer, don’t miss this chance to dine with the lovely Alicia Lini at an intimate dinner (10 guests only) at Centovini. There are just a few places left, so please don’t wait to reserve. Click here to read more about Alicia and her wines.

This is the first installment of our 2007 “Meet Your Winemaker” dinner series and it’s the first one to be held at Centovini.

To register send an email to events@vinosite.com or call 212-213-8772.

This Week’s Free Tasting at Vino: Rosato

This Thursday and Friday (5:30-7:30 p.m.) the Vino staff will be pouring four rosato wines. These wines will be 15% off in-store and 20% off online.

You can browse all of our current web offers by clicking here.

Weekly tastings at Vino are FREE.

To register for the free tastings, please send an email to events@vinosite.com.

The Vino staff will be pouring the following wines.*

• Cantalupi Rosato 2006 Conti Zecca
  was $13, now $10.40 (20% off web only)
• Sibiola Rosato 2006 Dolianova
  was $15, now $12 (20% off web only)
• Cerasuolo Rosato 2006 Castello delle Regine
  was $16, now $12.80 (20% off web only)
• Lambrusco Rosé 2006 Lini
  was $17, now $13.60 (20% off web only)

*Wines subject to change depending on availability.

Summer Clearance Tasting

This Thursday and Friday (5:30-7:30 p.m.) the Vino staff will be pouring four wines from our Summer Clearance Sale. These wines will be 15% off in-store and
20% off online.

You can browse all of our current web offers by clicking here.

Weekly tastings at Vino are FREE.

To register for the free tastings, please send an email to events@vinosite.com.

The Vino staff will be pouring the following wines.*

• Clic Bianco 2006 Ronco dei Tassi
  was $12, now $9.60 (20% off web only)
• Clic Rosso 2006 Ronco dei Tassi
  was $12, now $9.60 (20% off web only)
• Rosso del Frusinate 2005 Casale della Ioria
  was $22, now $17.60 (20% off web only)
• Macchiona 2001 La Stoppa
  was $32, now $25.60 (20% off web only)

*Wines subject to change depending on availability.

I Trulli in the New York Times

Last Chance for Sparkling Summer

The Sparkling Summer series has been one of our most popular: what could be better than 5 sparkling summer wines and Chef Patrick Nuti’s antipasti in the garden at I Trulli? If you haven’t had a chance to attend one of these truly delightful events, please don’t miss our final date. And don’t forget: guests receive 10% off their bill at I Trulli and 10% off any purchase at Vino (valid only on the day of the event).

So please join us and enjoy some Italian sparkling wine with friends — old and new — in the Garden at I Trulli.

To register send an email to events@vinosite.com or call 212-213-8772.
Sparkling Summer in the Garden at I Trulli
Five wines and Chef Patrick Nuti’s Antipasti Selection

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
5:30-7:30 p.m.
The Garden at I Trulli
122 E. 27th St. (between Park and Lex.)
$45.00 per person (plus tax and gratuity)

I Trulli in The New York Times

I Trulli received two stars from The New York Times in yesterday’s City section in an article about “good eating” in the “the east twenties” entitled “Where East Is Also West.” “This is the best New York restaurant dedicated to the cooking of Apulia,” wrote reviewer Kris Ensiminger. “It serves unusual food — like grilled baby octopus with fennel and orange salad — in an understated room and a dreamy Mediterranean garden. The stars of the menu are the five pastas made by hand.”

When I Trulli opened in 1994, we were the only restaurant of our kind in neighborhood. Today, we are proud to be part of vibrant restaurant scene that has blossomed over the last few years.

I Trulli
122 E. 27th St.
New York, NY 10016
212-481-7372
www.ITrulli.com

To reserve, please click here.

And don’t forget: Restaurant Week has been extended through Labor Day. For more information, please visit our website: www.ITrulli.com.

Dine with Lambrusco producer Alicia Lini at Centovini (I Trulli’s sister restaurant)

Wednesday, August 29, 2007
7:30 p.m.
10 persons only!
$150 per person (including tax and gratuity)

If you’ve been enjoying the Lini Lambrusco this summer, don’t miss this chance to dine with the lovely Alicia Lini at an intimate dinner (ten guests only) at Centovini. The event is filling up fast so please don’t wait to reserve. Alicia will be in town for a special press appearance (to be announced). Click here to read more about Alicia and her wines.

This is the first installment of our 2007 “Meet Your Winemaker” dinner series and it’s the first one to be held at Centovini.

To register send an email to events@vinosite.com or call 212-213-8772.

Centovini
25 West Houston (between Mercer and Greene)
Open 7 days a week for lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch.
212-219-2113

www.CentoviniNYC.com

Summer Clearance Reds

This Thursday and Friday (5:30-7:30 p.m.) the Vino staff will be pouring four reds from our Summer Clearance Sale. These wines will be 15% off in-store and

20% off online.

You can browse all of our current web offers by clicking here.

Weekly tastings at Vino are FREE.

To register for the free tastings, please send an email to events@vinosite.com.

The Vino staff will be pouring the following wines.*

• Barbera d’Asti 2005 Cascina Castlèt
  was $15, now $12 (20% off web only)
• Montepulciano Le Coste 2002 Barone Cornacchia
  was $18, now $14.40 (20% off web only)
• Canavese Acini Sparsi 2004 Orsolani
  was $17, now $13.60 (20% off web only)
• Pian del Carro 2004 Tenuta del Portale
  was $42, now $33.60 (20% off web only)

*Wines subject to change depending on availability.

Alicia Lini in NYC!

Vino and I Trulli in Food & Wine

The staff at Vino and I Trulli was thrilled to see we were mentioned in superstar wine writer Lettie Teague’s column on Barolo in the September issue of Food & Wine. She had contacted us a few months back to let us know that she planned on attending Jim Hutchinson’s class on Barolo at Vinoteca last spring (the new class schedule will be out shortly, so stay tuned). A few weeks later she asked Chef Patrick Nuti to create a Piemontese menu for a vintage Barolo tasting dinner she held with friends at I Trulli (find out how you can plan your own event with us by writing to events@vinosite.com).

To read Lettie’s excellent article on Traditionalist vs. Modern Barolo, please click here.

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Sparkling Summer in the Garden at I Trulli
Five wines and Chef Patrick Nuti’s Antipasti Selection
(Marketing Director Jeremy Parzen will be pouring)
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
5:30-7:30 p.m.
(registration also open for August 22)

The Garden at I Trulli
122 E. 27th St. (between Park and Lex.)
$45.00 per person (plus tax and gratuity)

To register for either of these dates, please send an email to events@vinosite.com or call 212-213-8772.

“The garden at I Trulli is a Mediterranean dream, a gracious shaded patio with terracotta tiles and walls daubed with abstract landscapes in soothing colors.”—The New York Times

I Trulli
122 E. 27th St.
New York, NY 10016
212-481-7372
www.ITrulli.com

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Dine with Lambrusco producer Alicia Lini at Centovini
Tuesday, August 29, 2007
7:30 p.m.
10 persons max!
$150 per person (including tax and gratuity)
To register, please email events@vinosite.com or call 212-213-8772.

This event will fill up fast.

Lambrusco producer Alicia Lini of Vini Lini (Correggio, Emilia-Romagna) will be hosting a dinner on Tuesday, August 29, at Centovini where she will pour and talk about her wines over a dinner created especially for the occasion by Chef Patti Jackson. If you like the Lini Lambruscos, don’t miss this opportunity to meet Alicia and taste her wines with her, including her Corrigia Brut, a vintage dated metodo classico (Champagne-method) Lambrusco — called “the best Lambrusco in the world” by Daniele Cernilli, editor of the Gambero Rosso Guide to Italian Wines — paired with the Lini Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Reggio Emili (the real deal, the aged and truly sticky stuff! Not to be missed.).