Grilled Escarole with Pine Nuts

Escarole with Pine Nuts

We recommend pairing Frescobaldi Benefizio Pomino Bianco DOC with this Grilled Escarole with Pine Nuts recipe. Serves 8 Ingredients: 2 large heads fresh escarole 1 lemon 1 clove garlic, minced 4 tbsp olive oil 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 cup pine nuts Directions: Quarter each escarole head through the center stem. Leaves should … Read more

Potato tortelli with Tuscan ragu meat sauce

Potato tortelli with Tuscan ragu meat sauce

We recommend pairing Frescobaldi Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva DOCG wine with this Potato tortelli with Tuscan ragu meat sauce recipe. Serves 4 Ingredients: For the ragu: 10.5 ounces lean meat 1 celery stick 2 carrots 1 onion 1/2 glass red wine 1/2 glass olive oil Directions: Mince an onion, a carrot and … Read more

Pizza and Wine

Pizza with glass of red wine

Whether you grow up in a small town or in the big city, the desire to have fantastic pizza from an authentic Italian bakery and the best wines right near your home is always present in you. This solid connection between pizza and wine seems natural to everyone. This is the reason … Read more

Gorgonzola Cheese

Gorgonzola is famous cheese first made in Italy (some say in the 13th century) and is it dreamy with Sangiovese. The big dark fruit of this grape creates excitement in your mouth and prepares your palate for the cheese. Nipozzano Chianti R?fina Riserva DOCG magically matches with the truly explosive flavors of … Read more

Remole Toscana IGT

Remole is a delightful wine that features a blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon wine grapes that came from the Toscana IGT wine appellation. The Remole is produced from fruits found throughout the Frescobaldi estates and other Tuscan areas, although it has originated in Villa di Remole, a small area located at … Read more

Ribollita

Ribollita

Recommended wine pairing: Remole Toscana IGT Serves 4 Ingredients: 7 ounces cannellini beans 2 celery sticks 1 garlic 3 carrots 3 zucchini 1 cluster of black cabbage 1/8 cabbage 5 slices hardened bread olive oil salt and pepper thyme 1/2 jar tomato paste 3 medium sized potatoes Cook the onions with garlic, … Read more

Cheese & Wine Pairings

Assortment or various type of cheese, wine glasses and bottles on the table in restaurant

People have been pairing wine and cheese for hundreds of years for various reasons. From this practice, diners and wine lovers made a unique culinary art that has been passed down from generation to generation. The pairings of wine and cheese have a historical context, and this practice remains to be cherished … Read more

Pasta e Fagioli Soup

Recommended wine pairing: Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva DOCG Serves 4-6 Chef: Donatella Zampoli Ingredients: 1 lb of borlotti beans 2 oz slab bacon, in 1 piece 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 3 cloves garlic peeled 1/2 stalk celery, coarsely chopped 1 carrot, coarsely chopped 2 onion, fine chopped 2 soup spoon … Read more