Wine Twist Import showcased select wines and spirits from Italy with a trade tasting at Materia Ristorante in Bantam on April 2. Carmine Valle, President, Wine Twist Import, was on-site with Frank Rosa, Connecticut Sales Manager, to pour selections and educate guests. Among selections were wines from Italy’s Antica Hirpinia winery, located in the Campania region of Southern Italy. Antica Hirpinia began as a wine cooperative in Taurasi in 1959 and, in 2016, was taken over by a group of friends, including Owners Bianco Ciriaco and Rosario Guarino. They use sustainable winemaking practices to continue to produce its famed wines from its 31 hectares of vineyards, which include Fiano, Greco, Falanghina, Coda di Volpe and Aglianico varietals.
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- Wine Twist Import showcased select wines and spirits from Italy with a trade tasting at Materia Ristorante in Bantam on April 2.
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- Carmine Valle, President, Wine Twist Import pouring Antica Hirpinia Greco di Tufo white wine.
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- Frank Rosa, Connecticut Sales Manager and Carmine Valle, President, Wine Twist Import.
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- Frank Rosa, Connecticut Sales Manager, Wine Twist Import pouring for a guest.
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- Antica Hirpinia wines.
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- Antica Hirpinia Greco di Tufo, Coda di Volpe Irpinia, Falanghina Irpinia and Fiano di Avellino.
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- Verere Lemoncella.
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- Cantina Strappelli Colline Teramane Montepulciano d’Abruzzo and Genziana Liqueur.
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- My Spritz Ready to Drink Aperitivo.
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- Baglio al Sole Primitivo Salento and Terre di Borgano Chianti.
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- Verere Lemoncella, Caesar Sambuca and Italcoral Rossini Amaretto.
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- San Vito Amarone della Valpolicella.
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- A pour of red wine.
Photos by Andrew Dominick.
