Save the
date: Thursday August 13
Girolamo
Russo at Olio e Limone
Please
join us in welcoming Giuseppe Russo from
Girolamo Russo on Mt. Etna in
Sicily
in
Olio e Limone's Private Cucina Room
Reception
5:45PM
Dinner
starts at 6PM
Giuseppe
Russo had been studying to be a pianist
when his father Girolamo passed away
unexpectedly in 2005. He then came back
home to Mount Etna to take over the family
vineyards. Since that time, he has been
organically farming old vines, some of
them more than 100 years old, and has
restored the old cellar under his house.
He has 15 hectares of vines on the North
side of Etna, around the town of
Passopisciaro, including pieces of some
famous ‘contrade’, as the historic
localities are known here.
Russo
makes a range of Etna red wines, all made
almost entirely of Nerello
Mascalese. Russo also makes an
Etna Rosato from Nerello Mascalese, and
two Etna Bianco bottlings made mostly of
Carricante, with other local white
varieties. For Pinot Noir and
Nebbiolo lovers, Nerello Mascalese is an
exciting discovery. It can produce reds of
impressive subtlety and structure,
drinkable when young and even better with
a few years of age.
Menu and
Wines to be Announced.
Price will
be somewhere in the $200+ range per
person.
Call or
email Renegade Wines directly to make your
reservation.
