Wine Bar Takeover with Mike Guinard from Village Imports

42 Resurgam Place,Portland ME 04102

02 December, 2021

Description

Join us for a Wine Bar Takeover with Mike Guinard from Village Imports as he guides us through a vertical of Valpolicella. Choose the flight offering, which will include three vintages: 2013, 2014, and 2015, or select glass pours of your favorites. Amarone by the glass will also be available for guests to enjoy. Most wine drinkers know Valpolicella as a light-bodied red from the Veneto in Italy. But there’s much more going on for Valpolicella Ripasso: to add more substance and depth to the wine, winemakers utilize a traditional winemaking method called ripasso or “re-pass”. This process involves pouring the freshly-made Valpolicella over the grape must from Amarone, the region’s most structured and dense red wine. From here, a second fermentation is initiated and the light Valpolicella absorbs some of the Amarone’s character. Our newest location, Rosemont Market & Wine Bar at Thompson’s Point, is a meeting place for people to come together and enjoy a glass of wine, some local snacks, and to share the stories of the wine producers that make Rosemont’s wine program so special. While we always love to chat about wine, sometimes we do so in a more formal way with our local importers and incredible winemakers from around the globe. If you are interested in hearing the stories behind the wines at our bar and on our market shelves, or finding your next favorite bottle, join us for an upcoming public wine tasting.