Archive for 'Varano’s Wine dinners'

2009 A Great Year for Drinking Wine

It’s hard to believe our seven week winter break has come and gone. The holidays were wonderful, my wife and I spent two weeks in the British West Indies, got a tan and still managed to enjoy some great Italian Wine. I couldn’t believe the nice selection of Italian Wine available in the Turks and [...]

Sassicaia Vertical Tasting

We recently hosted a ten vintage vertical tasting and dinner with Piero Incisa Della Rochetta of Sassicaia. This was a culmination of ten years of planning and a passion for one of my favorite wines. I’ve been a lover, collector and consumer of Sassicaia for over twenty years, this was a once in a lifetime [...]

Dinner with Leonardo LoCascio

Last night we hosted Leonardo LoCasio, the Founder and CEO of Winebow at Varano’s. We feature two wine dinners a year at Varano’s, these are the only times I cook personally in the restaurant. I write a special menu for the evening and spend three days preparing the menu with our Chef. It’s alot of [...]

Varano’s Wine Tasting

At Varano’s Italian Restaurant, we love to reward our customers, in May we ran a promotion for our rewards members, the prize being a private wine tasting for a customer and up to eleven friends. Elizabeth Seavey of Kennebunkport was the winner and she brought her husband and six of their friends for an evening [...]