The 'Pair Your Tomatoes' 6-pack
It’s the end of a hot summer, and garden tomatoes are getting extra juicy, crave-able, and delicious, but they’re among the trickiest ingredients to pair with wine. Tomato acids and fruity flavors often clash with certain grapes. How do you know which wines will sing, and which to avoid?
An awesome shortcut is to choose a bottle from a place that revels in eating great tomatoes. Many parts of Spain can totally work, but there’s no better answer than looking to Tuscany and Italy’s deep south.
This 6-pack features three absolutely delicious Italian wines that are built from the ground up to pair perfectly with tomatoes, all from very cool producers we’re fascinated with. You’ll get two bottles of each wine and a great little lesson so you can learn while you drink (tomatoes not included):
Fiano di Avellino, Rocca del Principe, Campania, Italy, 2020
Fiano is the noblest of Campania’s delicious coastal white wines. Not far from Naples and Vesuvius, we are in one of Italy’s oldest winemaking areas and an utter culinary hot spot. Rocca del Principe is a Fiano specialist showcasing some of the finest versions of this layered, spicy grape. Drink it with slices of vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes and good olive oil or with a Caprese salad.
Salice Salentino Riserva, Cosimo Taurino, Puglia, Italy, 2012
You read that right! A 10 year-old wine in the pack this week! Salice Salentino is based mainly on Negroamaro, a juicy red grape with tobacco and leather overtones that is grown in the Puglia region to match their hearty tomato sauce dishes. I can’t believe how gracefully this one is aging. One sniff and you’ll hear Dean Martin singing in the background.
Chianti Classico, Rocca di Montegrossi, Tuscany, Italy, 2020
A beautiful, polished style of mostly Sangiovese from the Ricasoli family. Their ancestor, the Baron Bettino Ricasoli, wrote the official recipe for the famed Chianti wine in the 1800’s. This is quite elegant and has enough substance to match with a T-bone and roasted tomatoes or pappardelle alla bolognese.
These 6-packs will be available for pickup at partner stores on Friday, Sept 1st.
It’s the end of a hot summer, and garden tomatoes are getting extra juicy, crave-able, and delicious, but they’re among the trickiest ingredients to pair with wine. Tomato acids and fruity flavors often clash with certain grapes. How do you know which wines will sing, and which to avoid?
An awesome shortcut is to choose a bottle from a place that revels in eating great tomatoes. Many parts of Spain can totally work, but there’s no better answer than looking to Tuscany and Italy’s deep south.
This 6-pack features three absolutely delicious Italian wines that are built from the ground up to pair perfectly with tomatoes, all from very cool producers we’re fascinated with. You’ll get two bottles of each wine and a great little lesson so you can learn while you drink (tomatoes not included):
Fiano di Avellino, Rocca del Principe, Campania, Italy, 2020
Fiano is the noblest of Campania’s delicious coastal white wines. Not far from Naples and Vesuvius, we are in one of Italy’s oldest winemaking areas and an utter culinary hot spot. Rocca del Principe is a Fiano specialist showcasing some of the finest versions of this layered, spicy grape. Drink it with slices of vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes and good olive oil or with a Caprese salad.
Salice Salentino Riserva, Cosimo Taurino, Puglia, Italy, 2012
You read that right! A 10 year-old wine in the pack this week! Salice Salentino is based mainly on Negroamaro, a juicy red grape with tobacco and leather overtones that is grown in the Puglia region to match their hearty tomato sauce dishes. I can’t believe how gracefully this one is aging. One sniff and you’ll hear Dean Martin singing in the background.
Chianti Classico, Rocca di Montegrossi, Tuscany, Italy, 2020
A beautiful, polished style of mostly Sangiovese from the Ricasoli family. Their ancestor, the Baron Bettino Ricasoli, wrote the official recipe for the famed Chianti wine in the 1800’s. This is quite elegant and has enough substance to match with a T-bone and roasted tomatoes or pappardelle alla bolognese.
These 6-packs will be available for pickup at partner stores on Friday, Sept 1st.
It’s the end of a hot summer, and garden tomatoes are getting extra juicy, crave-able, and delicious, but they’re among the trickiest ingredients to pair with wine. Tomato acids and fruity flavors often clash with certain grapes. How do you know which wines will sing, and which to avoid?
An awesome shortcut is to choose a bottle from a place that revels in eating great tomatoes. Many parts of Spain can totally work, but there’s no better answer than looking to Tuscany and Italy’s deep south.
This 6-pack features three absolutely delicious Italian wines that are built from the ground up to pair perfectly with tomatoes, all from very cool producers we’re fascinated with. You’ll get two bottles of each wine and a great little lesson so you can learn while you drink (tomatoes not included):
Fiano di Avellino, Rocca del Principe, Campania, Italy, 2020
Fiano is the noblest of Campania’s delicious coastal white wines. Not far from Naples and Vesuvius, we are in one of Italy’s oldest winemaking areas and an utter culinary hot spot. Rocca del Principe is a Fiano specialist showcasing some of the finest versions of this layered, spicy grape. Drink it with slices of vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes and good olive oil or with a Caprese salad.
Salice Salentino Riserva, Cosimo Taurino, Puglia, Italy, 2012
You read that right! A 10 year-old wine in the pack this week! Salice Salentino is based mainly on Negroamaro, a juicy red grape with tobacco and leather overtones that is grown in the Puglia region to match their hearty tomato sauce dishes. I can’t believe how gracefully this one is aging. One sniff and you’ll hear Dean Martin singing in the background.
Chianti Classico, Rocca di Montegrossi, Tuscany, Italy, 2020
A beautiful, polished style of mostly Sangiovese from the Ricasoli family. Their ancestor, the Baron Bettino Ricasoli, wrote the official recipe for the famed Chianti wine in the 1800’s. This is quite elegant and has enough substance to match with a T-bone and roasted tomatoes or pappardelle alla bolognese.