Thursday Tasting — Ferragosto | August 13

Twelve wines. One peninsula. The day Italy closes shop and heads to the beach.

Ferragosto is August 15, the day the whole of Italy stops working and heads for the coast. Offices close, cities empty, and lunch runs until it turns into dinner. We are getting there two days early, and since there is no single Ferragosto wine, because there is no single Italy, we poured twelve and pointed them down the map.

Bubbles from Emilia and the Prosecco hills to start, whites from the Veneto down to Calabria's Ionian coast and back up to Piedmont, a Sicilian rosé of Nerello Mascalese, then the reds: a pale mountain Schiava from Alto Adige, Verduno's peppery Pelaverga, Tuscany twice, Nebbiolo from Monforte d'Alba, and the last glass an Aglianico out of the volcanic hills east of Vesuvius. Chilled, unhurried, and meant to be drunk in company. No reservation needed. Just show up.

The Lineup

• Cantina di Carpi Notte Bianca Brut — $18
• Zardetto Prosecco Brut — $18
• 2025 Scaia Bianco — $15
• 2024 Librandi Critone — $19
• 2024 Damilano Langhe Arneis — $25
• 2025 Feudo Montoni Rosé di Adele — $29
• 2021 Abbazia di Novacella Schiava — $22
• 2025 Ascheri Verduno Pelaverga — $30
• 2024 Altesino Rosso Toscana — $22
• 2021 Castello di Meleto Chianti Classico Riserva — $29
• 2024 Elio Grasso Gavarini Langhe Nebbiolo — $36
• 2021 Feudi di San Gregorio Rubrato — $25

Thursday, August 13 · 5:00–8:30pm · $25 · No reservation needed

What's Pouring Next

• August 20 — Sparkling
• August 27 — White Burgundy

Same corner, same time, every Thursday.