Archive for May, 2009

Calabria

My Dad’s father grew up in a tiny village named Centrache, which is in the province of Catanzaro in the region of Calabria. Several years ago, My wife and I took my parents to visit Calabria and to visit the town of Centrache. We rented an apartment about forty miles away in the coastal town [...]

New 2009 Wine List

We’ve updated our wine list for the 2009 season. It’s becoming very challenging to keep our list current. Vendors are consolidating constantly and wines change importers regularly. Our goal is, keep wines on our list that we consider to be great values, unique wines or hard to find gems. We constantly search for new wines [...]

Springing forward in May

May is a wonderful month, we start out with Mother’s Day and end with Memorial Day Weekend. For me it’s more, May seems to be the unofficial start to our season. This May we’ve taken our charge to new heights, Varano’s has hired a new chef, and with this addition, we now have the ability [...]