Exploring the world of wine with Old Vines Supper Club in Naples
Exploring the world of wine with Old Vines Supper Club in Naples
ACCURATE FORECAST FROM ABC, 7. >> WELL, IT'S EVERYWHERE. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. DOESN'T YET. YOU'RE UNIT, BUT IT'S IT TO AND WE WANT TO IMPRESS OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER. >> WITH A NICEATE. OF COURSE. IF YOU DRINK AND I STATE WOULD LIKELY MAYBE INCLUDE WINE. >> A VISA GET ALL GET IT AGAIN. WE JUST WE JUST DID DRY JANUARY WITH YOU'RE NOT LONG AGO. THIS THOSE ACRONYM IS BACK WITH US. HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF WINE AT OLD VINES SUPPER CLUB. AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT SOME OF HIS FAVORITE SON. >> HOW WE CAN EXPLORE SOMEONE WITH OLD VINES THIS MONTH. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THAN YOU, JEN. GREG, JASON. >> WELCOME. BY THE WAY, IT'S VERY EXCITED TO DO THIS TODAY, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT JUST THE WORLD OF OF INTERACTING WITH LINE IN RESTAURANTS IN GENERAL, SIR. YOU KNOW, VALENTINE'S DAY IS ONE DAY OUT OF THE YEAR, BUT THERE'S MULTIPLE OTHER SPECIAL DAYS WHETHER TO BE ROMANTIC OR CELEBRATORY ANNIVERSARIES DATES. THERE'S ALWAYS A REON TO LOOK FOR A NICE GLASS OF WINE OR A NICE BOTTLE OF WINE. SO THIS REALLY OPENS UP THA CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT MORE PLAN IT. WELL, THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A VARIETY THAT ARE OPEN THAT I THINK WILL. WE'LL SPEAK TO WHAT VIEWERS ARE LOOKING FOR. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, PAINT A BIGGER PICTURE ABOUT HOW TO INTERACT WITH YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT WINE LIST IN GENERAL IT CAN BE INTIMIDATING. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A WIRELESS, WE'RE. >> WHERE DO YOU START? IF YOU PERHAPS DON'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND THAT THAT MANY OF OF YOUR CUSTOMERS DO OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT WELL, AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THERE CAN BE A PRESSURE TO IT, BUT ERSHOULDN'T BE. AND I BLAME RESTAURANTS. I BLAME THE WIND INDUSTRY FOR THAT. I'M GONNA PUT US ALL ON BLAST FOR THAT COLLECTIVELY. THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENCY. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S IN THE COST OF WHAT'S PRODUCING THESE WINDS MORE OR THE ACTUAL GRAPES THAT GO INTO THEM. AND THEN THE MARKUPS, THE PRICES FOR THE YEAR. WHEN YOU COME TO OLD VINES, I REALLY DO CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO FIND LINES THAT DRINK ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT CLASS OR DRINK OUTSIDE OF THAT PRICE POINT WINDS THAT WHETHER IT BE SOMETHING BY THE GLASS OR BUY A BOTTLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A BETTER VALUE, FEEL LIKE THEY'RE MORE EXPENSIVE. >> BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN EXPERIENCED SWIMMER DRINKING LINES AS WELL AS WITH A CKTAIL OR BEER, RIGHT. OR EVEN AS WE DISCUSSED LAST MONTH, YOU KNOW, MORE OF A NON-ALCOHOLIC OR ALCOHOL TURN, ATIVAN. BUT THERE IS THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT. AND I CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO DO THAT INTERNALLY. AND I REALLY THINK THAT THE MORE WE VE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HERE, THE BETTER THEY CAN FEEL CONFIDENT, COMFORTABLE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BREAK THE BANK. YOU DO NOT WELL. REALLY STARTS WITH KNOWING WHAT YOU LIKE. YES, NO. AND AND HAVING A CONVERSATI WITH YOURSELF FIRST AND FOREMOST AND THAT HAVINGA CONVERSATION WITH YOUR YOUR TRUSTED WINE BUYER, WHETHER IT'S AT A LOCAL BOTTLE SHOP AT A RESTAURANT. THIS FIRST ONE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT BECAUSE SCIENCE AIR AS A SONG, A BLOCFROM FROM FRANCE HAS BEEN SO POPULAR IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THIS IS NOT FROM SUNSET. THIS IS FROM LATE A VALLEY CHILE JUST OFF PACIFIC COAST AND SOUTH AMERICA. BUT TO ME, IT REPLACES THAT'S ON. SARAH MOMENT HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT PRICE HERE. A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO FIND. WE'RE NOT GETTING AS REGULAR SHIPMENTS OF IT. SO IT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE UNTENABLE. AND THE RESTAURANT SCENE, THIS HAS THAT SAME MINERALITY THAT PLUS CITRUS. THAT'S OFF TROPICAL FRUIT KNOWS IT'S NOT. NOT SUPER OVERLY RIGHT ON THE NOSE AND THE GLASS, BUT A DRINK VERY, VERY SMOOTHLY. SO IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO LIKES A CRISPLY, REFRESHING WHITE WINES, IF YOU LIKE THERE ON THIS, DO BEING A IS THE NAME OF THE GOLD RING ON THE AIR? YEAH. LITTLE TASTE. HAVE TO TELL THEM THAT I GUESS FOR THE SECOND YEAH. I GOT MY MEETING WITH HR >> NO THIS AS A VERY CHRIS, IT'S VERY AND WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? WE HAVA LOVELY ROSE AND THIS COMES FROM CALIFORNIA, ELDORADO, SOME APPALACHIAN OF THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS JUST OUTSIDE SACRAMENTO. >> AND THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL WINE BECSE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH ANDREW TAO, THE OWNER AND WINEMAKER JUST ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO ALLOWS RIGHT DOWN AT THE SUPPER AND HE. HE TOLD ME AND I THINK THIS IS VERY EVIDENT. THE WINE HE WANTED TO CREATE A WIND THAT WAS DOMESTICALLY MADE RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S. THAT WAS HOMAGE AND A CELEBRATION OF HIS FAVORITE OLD WORLD IN FRANCE, SPECIFICALLY FRIEND STYLES OF RESIDENT WHO LIVES THIS IS THAT FLORIDA SEEN FRESH IN HIS WORDS, VERY BEND, ALL STYLE. AND I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. THE SURROUND THEM WITH THAT DROUGHT AND THE KREWE DE LA ARE OFF. PRICE POINTS OF THESE. ARE THEY YOU'RE ALL GOING TO ALL OVER A FULL REPORT SOMETHING ALONG AND THE ROSE BY THE GLASS AT MERCADO. REST ROCHA. WE POUR THE LOVE, BLOCKING A NORWICH WILL GETOU NEXT. AND THE OTHER MOVING THERE BY THE GLASS DOWN AT THE SUPPER CLUB. THANKFUL TO HAVE A LOCATIONS, 2 DIFFERENT OPTIONS. SURE. ALL BY THE GLASS ELIGIBLE, THOUGH, THAT I THAT'S THAT'S FANTASTIC. CAN TRY IT. AND ENJOYED ALL BREAKING THE BANK. AND YOU ALSO BROUGHT SOME RIGHTS IS WHAT I DID. GET IN THE WATER COMING FROM CENTRAL TAKING ON NEW ZEALAND. LOOK BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THE THE FLASHY REGIONS AND SOME OF THE BLOCKBUSTER LABELING SUBPOENAED OR NEW ZEALANHAS BEEN VERY MUCH UP AND MING IN THIS SEGMENT. I LOVE THAT WAS BY A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM ERIKA AND KIM CRAWFORD. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY BECAUSE NORMALLY WHEN YOU THINK SOMETHING, DON'T THINK EITHER CAN PROFIT OR NEW ZEALAND AREA SHORT, THAT'S THE SELLING A THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT IN. CHILE SAID YES. AND CHILE IS ONE OF THOSECOOLER CLIMATE AREAS THAT'S BECOMING VERY POPULAR FOR VARIETALS FROM BLANC. PINOT NOIR TO SPARKLING MINE TO COVER 7 JAN. IS THE LAND AS A SOUTH PACIFIC. TROPICAL CLIMATE, YOUR LITTLE RESTRICTED IN SOME OF THE GREAT RIVALS YOU CAN PINOT NOIR IS EXQUISITE AND LATIN. AFTER KIM CRAWFORD AFTER HE GREW THAT BRAND FOR CLOSE TO A DECADE, HE AND HIS WIFE SOLD THE BRAND. YEAH. NOW THEY HAVE DONE LOVE BLOCK, WHICH THIS IS FROM THEIR VINEYARD CALLED SOMEONE'S DARLING OF THE ONES WE SAMPLED WHATEVER MY WIFE AND I GET ON THE MAY HAVE IT WAS IT WAS CARRIED OFF WITH A B STAR TALK. YOU GO. SECOND LIKE THIS. A LOT. >> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT. I WANT TO GET SHOULD WE GET GET TO LAST ONE THAT YOU BROUGHT AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BIG EVENTS YOU GUYS HAVE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS KEEPING ME HONEST CAIRO, OUR PRODUCER TALKING TO ME IN A. >> SO THE MOVIE IS THE SICILIAN DERIVATIVE OF THE ITALIAN THE MORNING, WHICH IS, BUT I LOVE AND THIS IS FROM THE TASK OF FAMILY WHO PURCHASED THE ESTATE TO NEWT ALI. ALI, BACK IN 18, 30. SO THEY'RE GOING ON 9 GENERATIONS NOW OF CUSTODIANS OF THIS PROPERTY IN SICILY, NEW AT AS AN INDIGENOUS, GREAT TO THE ISLAND. THIS COMES FROM THE VERY CENTER OF THE ISLAND. SO IT DOES HAVE HIGHER ELEVATION. COME THERE BUT IF YOU ARE A A VIEWER THIS MORNING, IF YOU HAD THEIR DOG ON THE PAST, FORGET EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MUCH MORE ELEGANT REFINED, STILL VERY BOLDEN STRUCTURED STYLE OF RED. BUT IT'S EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY SILKY-SMOOTH. DEFINITELY BOWL. JEN, AND THIS JT, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SUGGESTION FOR VALENTINE'S DAY, THIS IS THE MOVIE OF THEM I LOVE IT. IT ABSOLUTELY WHAT I DID THERE. YOU GUYS SOME REALLY GREAT EVENTS. COMING UP, GREG HAD MENTIONED THAT HE AND JULIE WENT TO 0, GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUY GREAT FOOD AND LEARN A LOT. >> WHAT'S COMING UP FOR VALENTINE'S DAY AND SOME OF YOUR EVENTS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS. ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAVE VALENTINE'S DAY CELEBRATIONS, OF COURSE, AT BOTH PROPERTIES, PREFIX MENUS AT THE MERCADO RESTAURANT. >> AS WELL AS A PREFIX MENU DOWN TO SUPPER CLUB. A VERSION OF ARE CURRENTLY WINTER TASTING MENU. A MULTI-COURSE AFFAIR WITH AN OPTIONAL WINE PAIRING WILL HAVE TO DO THE WINE PAIRINGS BUT DOES OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DIVE MORE INTO THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECT. WE DO ALSO HAVE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH WILL HAVE A TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY BIRTHDAY. WHEN IT COMES TO RESTAURANTS, IT'S KIND OF A SUPPER CLUB. TURNS 2 ON VALENTINE'S DAY BY LOCAL DOING OTHER THINGS ON VALENTINE'S SO THAT MONDAY PRIOR WE'RE GOING TO DO VERY SPECIAL THAT WE'RE ALL POLL DOZEN OR SO LINES OF MY FAVORITES FROM THE PAST YEAR. JUST TO SHARE WITH OUR GUES. I LOVE THANK YOU SO MUCH. BECAUSE ALSO ALWAYS HAVING ME OBVIOUSLY THIS IS FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SHOW SOMEONE YOU LOVE HOW MUCH YOU CARE GET PUT INFORMATION ABOUT THESE EVENTS COMING UP AND THESE WINDS TO WANT TO CHECK THEM OUT ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS ABC DAS
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Exploring the world of wine with Old Vines Supper Club in Naples
It's the season of love and romance, and Valentine's Day is right around the corner. So, what will you be doing to impress your date this year? Local wine expert Zach Bingham from the Old Vines Supper Club in Naples joined up with ABC7 to help you pick out the perfect wine to compliment your special evening. We explored the vast and somewhat intimidating world of wine, from the common dos and don'ts to what you want to look for when it comes to quality, price, and taste. He brought several different bottles that are currently being offered at Old Vines.Old Vines is also holding some other events in the next few weeks. To find out more, watch the full segment above!
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. —
It's the season of love and romance, and Valentine's Day is right around the corner. So, what will you be doing to impress your date this year? Local wine expert Zach Bingham from the Old Vines Supper Club in Naples joined up with ABC7 to help you pick out the perfect wine to compliment your special evening.
We explored the vast and somewhat intimidating world of wine, from the common dos and don'ts to what you want to look for when it comes to quality, price, and taste. He brought several different bottles that are currently being offered at Old Vines.
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Old Vines is also holding some other events in the next few weeks. To find out more, watch the full segment above!