{"product_id":"meet-the-winemaker-dario-sorrentino","title":"PAST EVENT Meet the Winemaker: Dario Serrentino","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesert by the Sea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSunday March 22, 11-1pm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eon Rockridge, Oakland CA (precise location will be emailed to ticket holders).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e we will be outside! space is limited\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eat a Glance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ein person meet and greet with winemaker Dario Serrentino\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eminimal intervention (well made natural) wines from southeastern Sicily\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e4 wines: two whites and two reds made from native eastern Sicilian grapes grown in limestone rich soils\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003epizza!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Cittavino \u0026amp; Co. and Paul Marcus Wines Wine Club members receive a free ticket! and a discounted +1 ticket \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"metafield-rich_text_field\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMortellito is in Val di Noto, in the corner of Sicily that lies at the same latitudes as North Africa’s arid desert climate. The vineyards are a few kilometers from the coast, with grooves of ancient olive and almonds trees breaking the wind off the sea. Abandoned and still working fishing ports dot the landscape. Owner Dario Serrentino has always enjoyed the contrasts of this coastal growing area, which he calls ‘\u003cem\u003ea desert next to the beach.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDario has learned to coax extremely elegant wines from this receding coast of limestone, which, he says, is ‘\u003cem\u003ethe magic to produce wines with tension, freshness, and complex salinity\u003c\/em\u003e.’  In his  best vintages, his rosso and bianco wines have a tapering, svelte finish, that’s cool and salt-dusted.  Drinking them is akin to a dive into the nearby Ionian sea on a hot summer day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDario has always worked on the family farm in one form or another (his heirloom almonds were actually his first love). He changed careers from  social worker and part-time farmer to full-time \u003ci\u003evignaiolo\u003c\/i\u003e with his first bottling in 2014. He works only with native grapes. His whites are acid-driven and aspirin-chalky in texture. \u003cstrong\u003eThere’s never been any chemical interventions in the vineyards, and there’s an intentional hands-off approach in the cellar, with a minimum of sulphur added at bottling\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Dario is part of a very small contingent of producers in Sicily producing fine and natural wines, or as Dario poetically likes to say: \u003ci\u003emare\u003c\/i\u003e e \u003ci\u003eterra in vino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cittavino_co","offers":[{"title":"I'm a Wineclub Member!","offer_id":44723500974125,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Wine Club Member +1","offer_id":44723501006893,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"General admission","offer_id":44723501039661,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/5417\/1181\/files\/Artboard5_a7a46ebc-dd2f-442e-905f-50c55f1fb56f.jpg?v=1773893388","url":"https:\/\/cittavino-co.myshopify.com\/products\/meet-the-winemaker-dario-sorrentino","provider":"Cittavino_co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}