Winery honors its founders with a dinner based on a harvest-time tradition.
Casa Larga Vineyards will host a wine dinner on Sunday, October 23 from 4:30 until 7:30 p.m. The 3Rs Italian Wine Dinner is based on a longstanding tradition at the winery, and this year honors the winery founders by expanding on that tradition.
The three Rs stand for Riesling, Ravioli and Radicchio. Every year for over a decade, Ann Colaruotolo would prepare a feast of Radicchio salads and Ravioli with red sauce, all homemade, and bring them to the winery for customers to enjoy. She would serve complimentary portions of the dishes to customers for 6 hours straight, often helped by her grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
"Early in the morning, the door buzzer would ring and she (Mrs. C) would be at the door, all bundled up with both arms wrapped around a large pot of sauce," reminisces Cathy Fabretti, B2B wine sales and sponsorships. "We would go out to her car and there would be more steaming pots of her homemade sauce in the trunk to bring in."
"After losing my mother last year at harvest-time, I knew I wanted to carry on her tradition of the 3Rs," says Andrea Colaruotolo-O'Neill, director of marketing at Casa Larga Vineyards. "It was her harvest-time tradition and sharing our heritage and traditions with our customers was very important to her. She and my father would have loved to come to this dinner."
The 3Rs Italian Wine Dinner, set for October 23, is a celebration of the founders as well as a carrying-on of tradition. Guests will receive a welcome glass of wine before dinner while listening to live music by pianist Karl LaPorta. A glass of wine is included with dinner and a tasting of a brand new wine: Barrel Ferment Riesling. Guests are also invited to take a Vineyard Origins tour of the winery, seeing it as it was and as it is now.
Menu:
- Antipasto
- Sautéed Rapini with sausage
- Cheese Ravioli in marinara sauce
- Radicchio salad with oil and vinegar
- Italian bread and butter
- Tiramisu
- Coffee
Barrel Ferment Riesling, $19.99
This is an aggressively dry Riesling with flavors of citrus, lime and green apple.
3Rs Italian Wine Dinner takes place on October 23 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $45 per person and can be purchased in the wine shop at 2287 Turk Hill Road or online at www.casalarga.com.
