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New in Florence from September 16th: Wine-Aperitif and appetizers in the cellar Tornabuoni, every wednesday

Andrea Gori — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:03:44 +0000

We promised you some good news for September and here they are! Every wednesday from September the 16th we wait for you in our cellar with a wide selection from our wine list to let you know more about Tuscan wines, styles and grape varieties. Every wednesday you get a FREE wine-aperitif and appetizers and also a 10% discount for the bottles you taste for buying them when you go away in our wine store.

Every wednesday a different theme and different wines, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. “AperitiVino in Cantina“:

16 Settembre: White and Blush wines , Vernaccia vs Vermentino, Classic Tuscany versus new styles
23 Settembre: Artisanal Tuscan Beer (Brùton, Olmaia, Conte di Campiglia, Petrognola)
30 Settembre: the “Rosso” in Montalcino
7 Ottobre: Il Syrah in Tuscany
14 Ottobre: Chianti Rufina, the highest of the Chianti
21 Ottobre: Chianti Classico’s Terroirs (Radda vs Gaiole vs Castellina vs Berardenga vs San Casciano)
28 Ottobre: French in Tuscany (100% Merlot or Cabernet )
4 Novembre: Tuscany’s Forgotten Grapes (Pugnitello, Canaiolo, Ciliegiolo…)
11 Novembre: Bolgheri and the Golden Coast
18 Novembre: Nobile di Montepulciano

Wine by the glass in Osteria, June 2009: up to 14 possibilities!

Andrea Gori — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:37:04 +0000

We promised that our wine by the glass list will grow every month and so we’re proud in introducing you to our june WBTG list. From traditional style Chianti Classico like Monterotondo ( 4€) to the strong and spicy body of Pietradonice di Casanova di Neri (16€), we got them all, including Lohsa-Poliziano (5€) Morellino di Scansano, the “Bolghereaux” Le Macchiole (€ 6,00) and the crispy whites from Maremma like La Pagliatura Fattoria di Magliano, 5€) and the classic Sauvignon from Avignonesi da Cortona. From Montalcino area, here it is the Brunello 2004 Canalicchio di Sopra (10€).

Here you can download the list in pdf format.

Carta vini bicchieri Osteria Giugno 2009
BOLLICINE Toscana

Montellori N.V. 5,00

VINI BIANCHI

Vino Bianco della Tradizione Toscana

Pitigliano Tenuta Roccaccia 2008 4,00

Vino Bianco Moderno

Sauvignon Avignonesi 2008 5,00
Vermentino attoria di Magliano “La Pagliatura” 5,00

VINI ROSATI
Castello di Ama 2008 5,00

VINI ROSSI
Territori Classici Toscani

Chianti Classico Tradizionale Monterontondo 2007 5,00

Grandi Rossi del Chianti Classico

La Massa IGT 2007 6,00
Nero di Nubi Pinot Nero Castello Farnetella 2005 7,00

Rosso di Montalcino

Gorelli le Potazzine 2007 6,00

Brunello di Montalcino Tradizionale

Canalicchio di Sopra 2004 10,00

Sant’Antimo

Casanova di Neri “Pietradonice” 2005 16,00

Nuovi Territori
Bolgheri

Le Macchiole 2007 6,00

Maremma

Lohsa Morellino Scansano 5,00

Music at last! Introducing Petra Sound Machine in Osteria

Andrea Gori — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:00:02 +0000

Everyone was asking for it (including our staff) and finally we managed how to make our Osteria play some music. We took a case of Petra 2004 (it was not too difficulut to have one empty…) and we installed inside a Bose dock for iPod/iPhone and we placed it under out service table, totally camouflaged amongst the other cases.Yesterday premiere of Osteria music with Stefano Bollani and his famous album Smat Smat. Good for having dinner but we waited the last guests to leave for testing the equipmente at full power, obviously with The Prodigy and thei latest and amazing CD…(still we need something like 3000 watt to match the sound machine of our neighbours of Obika but we can still grow…)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMVTKOoy1uk

Mozzarella rulez! And some other (boring) technical features. And yes, more cases…

Andrea Gori — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:55:57 +0000

Another two days of training for the staff of Osteria Tornabuoni and Obika…A fantastic morning with everything you should know about Mozzarella and how is made and all the course you will find in our menu and an afternoon about our software for ordering at the table. So much to learn and to test but when everithing will be “up and running” we will have a lot of information about our ingredients, about our overall performances and what we need to buy every day for the kitche.

But it would be too easy if this was the only duty in these days…Our “tuscan-only” wine list cointains about 300 labels and that means minimum a total of 360 cases to be received and stored “somewhere” . And we are talking only about Osteria’s wine, since Obika has its own wine…coming from all Italy from Alto Adige to Sicilty.

Staty tuned for discovering the wines on the list, you’ll be surprised, even from Obika’s list…not so easy to find elsewhere so many value wines available every day!

Obika Training Day # 1

Andrea Gori — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:49:02 +0000

Imagine 30 italians in one room quiet and silent for three hours of explanaition of philosopy, marketing, dress code and something like that. You’re not thinking about silence…but today the OT and Obika teams were together for the training about Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP, together with the research of recipes and artisanal products typical of the Italian tradition and characterized by very high quality.

Obika and Osteria share not only the location but a lot of the phylosophy, with a lto of focus on the customer and his satisfaction..First day about Mozzarella di Bufala and its originis, its laws and market. Obika it’s all about this wonderful cheese so we got to start studying how it’s made and how we manage to have everyday fresh mozzarella with a high and costant quality during the seasons.

Okay, it’s not really what you’ll find in Osteria, since the focus is Tuscnay and its wines, but the mission is the same and the way how we’ll try to make it real it’s the same in both…and you’ll discover that we are closer than you may think, even if the Obika entrance is in via Tornabuoni and Osteria Tornabuoni, obviously, NOT!