This Friday, May 24th we have a very special wine tasting with Italian winemaker Antonio Sanguineti from 6-8pm. 

Antonio Sanguineti was born in Milan in 1965 where he lived until he moved to the family winery in Tuscany when he was 15. Beginning at the age of 16, he trained professionally in the family business. In 1989, he also began to produce grapes and wines of his own, which he still does with pride today in different areas of Tuscany. 

In 2001, he founded the import company Small Vineyards (today a division of August Imports) together with his American partners in Seattle. For over two decades, Small Vineyards has brought unique, artisanal wines from family-operated farms producing single estate, dry-farmed, low-yield, hand-harvested, natural, earth-friendly wines to America. By telling the stories of each artisan, their family, and their estate, a personal connection is forged between the people who make the wines with the people who enjoy them. Quality over quantity in all things is why Small Vineyards began seeking out small estates over 20 years ago, and why this remains the ethos at the core of the company today. 

Antonio’s goal remains to produce great grapes from the vineyards, and many times he has said, “It is very difficult to produce bad wine from good grapes.” 

His greatest passions are his two sons Mattia and Andrea, and his boat on the Tuscan coast, which is also his home when he does not travel to promote his wines and those of his winemaker friends. 

Along with this unique opportunity to meet the winemaker and sample his wines and those of his friends, we have Ben Starner playing piano and it’s Friday so pizza is on the menu (along with our other menu offerings as well). We hope you can join us!