May 15th - Wine and Perfume Seminar
May 15 2012I'm collaborating with SideTour to explore terroir in wine and perfume. That's right, both a great glass and a good spritz have the power to transport you somewhere else. I'll teach you to identify scent notes and get your nose in gear.
This edition takes place at Atelier Cologne, a jewel of a perfume shop on the Lower East Side that takes inspiration from the quintessential citrus-scented splash to tell all kinds of scent stories.
Check out the reservations page here.
Spots are limited so book soon!
Wine and Perfume Seminar
March 13 2012I'm collaborating with SideTour to explore terroir in wine and perfume. That's right, both a great glass and a good spritz have the power to transport you somewhere else. I'll teach you to identify scent notes and get your nose in gear.
Check out the reservations page here.
Spots are limited so book soon!
Full Immersion Italian Wine Seminar
November 12 2011DiVino heads to Chicago for the weekend!
Sentieri Italiani hosts a three-hour-long course in the basics of wine tasting, wine regions of Italy, and how to pair wine and food.
Click on the photo below for more details:
Old World & New World at The Crooked Knife
March 12 2011Join DiVino for a wine tasting at the cozy and inviting Crooked Knife Bar & Restaurant!
Start your Saturday night out with a tasting of four wines from the Crooked Knife list and an assortment of tasty tidbits from the appetizer menu.
Test your palate and taste the difference between Old World and New World Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir. From the classical stylings of France and Spain to warm and juicy California and New Zealand, this tasting represents explores the impact place and tradition have on the same grape.
When: Saturday March 12th, 6 - 9 pm
Where: The Crooked Knife - 29 East 30th St. (Manhattan)
Cost: $20
RSVP: Annie@divinonyc.com
We look forward to seeing you there!
February 20th: North-Central Italian wines at Cellar 58
February 20 2011DiVino sommelier Annie, guides you on a tasting of four distinctive wines from the northern-central Italian regions of Tuscany, Umbria, and Marche.
More details coming soon!
Where: Cellar 58 Restaurant and Wine Bar - 58 Second Avenue
When: Sunday, February 20th, 6-8pm
Cost: $25 Includes a sampling of FOUR wines and cheese in the Cellar 58's gorgeous tasting room.
February 8th: From France and Beyond at CK14 Gastropub
February 08 2011CK14 celebrates a revisited wine list for 2011 with a tasting of French varietals and some of their most interesting interpretations from around the world.
Try four wines and a selection of cheeses from the CK14 house cheese plate.
When: Tuesday, February 8th 6-8pm
Where: 232 W. 14th St. (between 7th and 8th)
Cost: $20 (Tasting of 4 wines + accompanying cheeses)
Stay on and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine with any entrée.
RSVP is appreciated. annie@divinonyc.com
December 16th: Art, Music, and Mulled Wine!
December 16 2010DiVino and CNYC are wrapping up the 2010 installments of wine and art series at Roothill Cafe. To celebrate the season we're throwing an extra special event combining the latest art opening, Darchive, live music, and steaming, spiced wine...to really heat things up.
I'll be serving a dark and spicy Vin Brule' (mulled wine) to accompany the dark, yet playful images by Tracey Atkinson, and the musical styling off of Matthew Brookshire and The Quintet for World Peace.
This is one you won't want to miss so mark your calendars, and bring your eyes, ears, nose, and mouth for a full on multi-sensory experience.
Where: 262 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215 (at Carroll St.)
When: December 16th, 6:30pm, music starts at 8:30pm.
Art and Wine Tasting December 2nd
December 02 2010This Thursday DiVino and ContaminateNYC bring you the second part of their wine and art series at Roothill Cafe.
To accompany John Tebeau’s exhibit It’s More Fun This Way, sommelier and DiVino founder, Annie Shapero, will be serving a selection of three bold, beautiful, and personality-packed red wines in theme with Tebeau's brightly colored cartoonish take on life and cheerful pop art imagery.
Where: Trash Pony Bar/ Root Hill Cafe - 262 4th Avenue (at Carroll St.) Brooklyn, NY. MAP
When: Thursday, December 2nd, 7-10pm
Wine flight: $9
Read about our last wine and art event in the Gotham Palate.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Art Opening November 11th
November 11 2010DiVino and CNYC unite again for the second installment of OutBreak Gowanus.
John Tebeau's pop art imagery and cartoonish visions of daily life are a cheerful escape from the current cold front.
Join us Thursday November 11th at Root Hill Cafe/ Trash Pony Bar 262 4th Avenue (at Carroll St.) from 7–10 pm.
The good folks at Root Hill will be serving up one of their house specialties, Sloppy Joes, made with love and meant to be washed down with Pork Slap Ale (of that wacky, artisanal label).
Like last time, we'll be hosting a follow-up wine tasting (December 2nd), pairing bold and beautiful red wines to Tebeau's big bold canvases. Stay tuned.
Looking forward to seeing you!
Awake and Taste: Abstract Art and Wine at Dacia Gallery
October 28 2010To accompany the ongoing group exhibition of abstract painting and photography at DACIA Gallery, DiVino has selected two wines that that transcend your conception of red versus white.
Enjoy a unique evening of wine and art with artists and DiVino sommelier, Annie Shapero present to talk with you.
Cost: $20
Where: 58 Stanton Street (Eldridge and Forsyth)
When: Thursday October 28th, 7-9 PM
Kindly RSVP
info@daciagallery.com
or
annie@anniedivino.com
Little Shiny Things Wine Tasting
October 21 2010To accompany the ongoing exhibition "Little Shiny Things" in collaboration with ContaminateNYC, DiVino will guide you through a tasting of three white wines revealing their hidden character and complexity.
Flight of three wines - $9
Where: Roothill Cafe, 262 4th Avenue (at Carroll St. Brooklyn)
When: 7-9 PM
Pneumonia's Last Syrah
September 20 2010Next Monday (September 20th) I'll be pouring wines for California producer Terre Rouge, as part of a great initiative to raise money to buy Pneumonia vaccines for kids in need. Rhone Rangers is teaming up with GAVI to help save children's lives while promoting Rhone varietals grown on American soil, two causes I can definitely support, and hopefully you can too.
Come taste wines by a number of producers. For every 12 bottles they sell (you can buy on the spot or order online) $10 dollars buys a vaccine. There will also be a great photography exhibit juried by Nick Kristoff (NY Times) and Ann Curry (NBC News).
I'm proud to be a part of this, and I hope to see some of you there.
WHEN: September 20, 2010 | 6–8 pm
WHERE: New York Times Building 242 West 41st Street (between 7th and 8th) New York, New York
RSVP: rsvp@worldpneumoniaday.org or call 443-287-2364
Italian Wine Weekend in Chicago!
August 13 2010DiVino is hitting the windy city for a weekend of wine tasting at Casa Italiana cultural center.
13-14 August I’ll be conducting wine tasting seminars as a fun and informative way to get a real “taste” of Italian culture.
Here’s a run down of the schedule:
Friday 13
July, 6-8pm: Welcome Aperitivo – a sampling of Italy’s sparkling wines
Saturday 14 July
2–3:30pm: The fundamentals of Wine Tasting, Italian Sommelier Association method
4-6 pm: The Wines of Italy, a tasting of principal wine regions of Italy
7pm: Wine Dinner at Via Veneto Restaurant: A flavor of Puglia
Sign-up for all-inclusive tasting+dinner packages or the the entire weekend.
RSVP is obligatory (before August 8th)
Contact: enrico@sentieri.com
Tel: 773- 275-5325
Scents of Place
July 20 2010LAFCO and DiVino bring you the premiere Scents&Sensations event, this time with perfume and wine.
WHERE: LAFCO – 285 Lafayette Street (between Prince and Houston)
WHEN: Tuesday July 20th, 6-8pm
The quintessential wine experience engages nearly all of the senses. Wine reveals its story—terroir—in a narrative that opens with careful observation. Color, clarity, effervescence, and viscosity introduce characters and hint at setting. The aromas bring depth and intrigue to the players: grape variety, place, time and technique. Denouement begins on the palate—the tang of youth, harmony of maturity, and sweetness of a late, languid harvest. The resolution ends on a salty note, the memory of a nearby sea.
Fragrances by Italian perfume house Eau d’Italie tell a similar story. Each scent is inspired not only by a place and time, but also by a feeling that reveals itself in olfactory layers. Unapologetically bold and complex as they are specific, Eau d’Italie perfumes are built organically. They begin with the truest scents of place and incorporate an aromatic mélange designed to transport and inspire.
We invite you to discover the places that inspired three Eau d’Italie scents with a tasting of three Italian wines, each carefully selected not only for its place of origin, but also for the sensory tales it tells.
The entire line of Eau d’Italie fragrances will be available to sample and purchase as well.
RSVP: Monikab@lafco.com (LAFCO) or Anniedivino@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you!
Botta di Vino Grand Opening
May 08 2010Come rain or shine, Botta Di Vino is ready to celebrate the grand opening of their Italian wine boutique with the first edition of "Swirl & Spit Saturdays."
Drop by tomorrow afternoon during the first or second installment to sample their inventory accompanied by great food from neighboring restaurants.
WHEN: Saturday May 8th, 1-4pm OR 6-8pm
WHERE: Botta di Vino - 357 Van Brunt St. See Botta di Vino for map and directions.
RSVP: To me or Triciann ( triciann@bottadivino.net)
DiVino Official Launch Party
February 21 2010It’s time to celebrate and I’m bottled up and bursting like a Ca’ Del Bosco Cuvée Prestige Rosé, which the winery describes as a “soul in suspense,” neither red nor white, a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in a state of transition. Lively, buoyant, and undeniably gregarious.
When: Sunday February 21st, 6–9 PM
Where: Ballaro‘ Wine Bar – 77 2nd Avenue (between 4th and 5th)
What: A sumptuous buffet of Italian antipasti on the house with the purchase of wine by the glass or bottle
Plus: a raffle to win great bottles of wine paired with jewelry, music, books, photography, and more.
RSVP (ASAP): anniedivino@gmail.com – 646-662-3367 (include plus 1,2, etc.)
RONI Nolita Grand Opening Party
December 17 2009Please help us celebrate the season and the grand opening of our Prince Street boutique with a sampling of Italian wines expressly selected to represent you…the RONI woman.
WHERE: 44 Prince Street (Between Mulberry & Mott)
WHEN: Thursday December 17th. 6–9 PM
RSVP: Alex (arodriguez@roninyc.com)
20% discount storewide + live performances