Di Lenardo Wine Dinner and Live Chat
Fixed price, four course Friulano menu with wine pairings by Di Lenardo (see menu below).
TBA: Virtual conversation with owner and winemaker Max Di Lenardo via Instagram live. Follow us @girasoleva to participate.
Menu available from Friday, March 19th – Friday, April 2nd.
$100 per person, exclusive of tax and gratuity. Call to reserve, 540-253-5501.
Welcome to our Italian Vintner Dinner series and Live Chats! Join us via Instagram Live for a conversation with Max Di Lenardo, winemaker and owner of the family estate. Max’s philosophy is to ‘place emphasis on the pure fruitiness and acidity of the grape by eliminating the masking effect caused by final maturation in oak barrels.’
Menu
Insalata con Prosciutto DOP
Frisèe tossed with a house vinaigrette, sliced prosciutto di San Daniele
Toh! Fiurlano DOC
Ravioli di Patate
Potato ravioli with Italian black truffle
Father’s Eyes Chardonnay OR Refosco IGT
Capesante Gratinate
Diver scallops baked with an herb gratinate
Sauvignon IGT
Tiramisù
Pass the Cookies!
The Inspiration…
For a couple weeks during months of February, March, and April we will be offering a series of fixed price menus focused on regional dishes, with wine pairings and virtual chats with some of Italy’s top wine producers. This idea came about as a way to honor and celebrate the friendships Lou and Lydia have built over the decades with Italian winemakers, thanks mostly in part to their dear friend and colleague, David Bryant. David was a wine salesman who had independently built his wine portfolio from family run, organic wineries throughout Italy.
Today the relationships go well beyond David, as Lou and Lydia have built their own relationships with many of the winemakers and their families, many of whom are now Italy’s top wine producers, including GD Vajra, Isole e Olena, La Gerla, Wilhelm Walch, Avignonesi, Andrea Fossi, and Giacomo Conterno (to name a few).
Because good food and drink are meant to be shared with others, Lou and Lydia felt this was an appropriate time to share a decades long friendship with one man that has brought so many more friendships and good times with all of you.