| 06.02.2004 Grappa festival |
The 2004 festival season at osteria Pantagruel will start with an authentic winter theme – Grappa. In recent past being an ordinary and rough drink of peasants, today grappa is an honorary neighbor of cognac and whisky on the shelves of restaurants and bars. Nowadays it is a refined digestive, but those who consider grappa to be an easy-to-understand drink would be mistaken. For a true gourmet though grappa will unveil the very essence of grape, its secret nature. And it will do so in a very dramatic and straightforward way.
During the two weeks of the festival everyone will have the opportunity to taste 10 sorts of grappa. Namely: an elegant muscatel grappa; grappa aged in wild-cherry barrels; grappa made from the pomace of great wines (Tignanelo, Brunello, Barolo); 10-year-old grappa (aged in barriques); herbal grappa and grappa from the rarest grape Picolit. The list of producers will leave only a few people indifferent: Antinori, Castello Banfi, Fattoria di Felsina, Gaja and, at last, the true king of grappa – Nonino.
The portions could be as little as sparing 25 grams, making it possible to make the whole flight, tasting all the 10 samples!
P.S. Moreover, grappa-based cocktails, mysterious Caffe Corretto, and, of course, special menu from Constantino are waiting for you! |
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| 24.11.2003 Festival of Sardinian wines from Antonio Argiolas |
The inevitable has occurred! Neither dull weather nor predilection of the government for new excise stamps will hinder the oncoming (Nov.28 - Dec.5) wine festival of famous Antonio Argiolas from Sardinia that will be held at osteria Pantagruel! Special menu prepared by our Chef Costantino Passalcqua will include new kinds of pasta (riccioline and bavette), Mediterranean fish (grouper and red mullet), lamb saddle and apple torte alla Nonna. The festival will feature 5 wines, including fashionable white (Vermentino), huge red (Turriga) and unique dessert wine (Angialis). As a matter of fact, the great enologist Giacomo Tachis (the Godfather of Tignanello and Solaia) was at the origins of Turriga!
For more details on Sardinia and Antonio Argiolas. |
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| 01.10.2003 Festival of Brunello di Montalcino |
The grandest wine of Italy and a true Tuscan aristocrat, the famous Brunello will be served by the glass!
More than 20 wines supported by specials from osteria?s Chef Costantino Passalacqua!! A short quote for cucina italiana?s connoisseurs: papprdelle with rabbit, gnocchi with gorgonzola, risotto with quails, ossobuco with porcini mushrooms, lamb chops alla milanese.
For more details read here. |
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| 20.08.2003 Sicilian Festival |
If this summer you did not manage to stay in Sicily during your vacation, don’t grieve for it: Sicilian Wines and Cuisine Festival may become a pleasant consolation for you. Striking, ripe, full of aromas of spices and fruits, wines of the famous PLANETA will become a real revelation for you! And what about rare kinds of pasta? Have you ever tasted casarecce or orecchiette? Are you ready for a lemon salad?..
Come over and discover Sicily yourself! For more details on Planeta – Read more about Sicilian Wine Festival. |
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| 22.07.2003 The festival of Super Tuscan wines |
There is no specific definition (or standard) for Super Tuscan wines. It is nigh impossible to classify the surprising combination of many years of experience and absolute freedom of the Tuscan oenologists. Grape varieties, soil, yield, peculiarities of fermentation and maturation etc etc... all these factors are just a small part of the unknown and complicated equation which result in these brilliant wines.
Details? Read more about The festival of Super Tuscan wines. |
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| 20.06.2003 Piedmont Wine Festival |
From June 27th to July 4th a Festival of Fontanafredda Winemaking House of Piedmont represented by Dolmart Ukraine will take place in osteria Pantagruel.
Read more about Piedmont Wine Festival at Wine club web-site. |
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| 21.05.2003 Allegrini Family Wine Festival |
From May 26 to June 1 the osteria PANTAGRUEL together with the company DOLMART UKRAINE will be holding an Allegrini Family Wine Festival – one of the most noted wine producing dynasties in Italy. Allegrini are the founders of wine producing traditions in the Valpolicella Classico area (north-east of Italy).
About Allegrini Family Wine Festival read here. |
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| 20.05.2003 New Season of Wine Festivals |
May 26 is the day of the new Wine Festival Season opening
held together by osteria PANTAGRUEL and DOLMART UKRAINE. During the
days of the Festival one can taste the Great Wines of Italy “by the
glass”, listen to the opinions and recommendations of the specialists
and also compliment the wine tasting with dishes of special menu from
the osteria chef Constantino Passalaqua. Taking into account the large
demand for the Festivals last year and their success with the
participants (Gaja, Antinori etc.) the organizers have made a program
for several months.
26.5 -
1.6
Allegrini (Veneto) wines
27.6 – 4.7
Fontanafredda (Piedmont) wines
28.7 – 3.8
Super Tuscan wines
5.9 – 12.9
Planeta wines (Sicily)
10.10 – 17.10
Brunello di Montalcino (Tuscany)
28.11 - 05.12
Antonio Argiolas wines (Sardinia)
If in 2002 the participants of the Festivals, after tasting a
glass of Tignanello or Barbaresco ordered a glass of Solaia or Sperss,
this year in May beginning with Soave or Valpolicella one will be able
to turn to the famous Amarone and finish the tasting with rare sweet
Recioto della Valpolicella.
So, on with the “tasty Italian classes”! |
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| 20.06.2002 A Week of Antinori wines and Tuscan cuisine |
| The Successful May festival of Piedmont wines has inspired the duet "Dolmart-Pantagruel" to undertake a new wine-gastronomic event: A Week of Tuscany. Starting with 28th of June and until 7th of July sybarites with Italian flavor will have an opportunity to try great wines from the famous Florentine winemaker Antinori accompanied by classical Tuscan dishes prepared by Pantagruel's Chef Costantino Passalacqua.
Discover more about Antinori wines and Tuscan cuisine festival! |
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| 20.05.2002 You have a chance to try Gaja's wines |
Only from the 20th until the 30th of May you have a chance to try Gaja's wines by the glass. Pantagruel's Chef Costantino Passalacqua will prepare authentic dishes of Piemontese cuisine to match the wines. Note, that every evening from 7 p.m. the wine guru will answer your questions and will help you to choose the one.
For details of Gaja's wines festival click here. |
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| 20.11.2001 New Chef |
 Pantagruel introduces new Chef — Costa Passalacqua whose biography
looks quite promising for Kiev"s gourmets: within last 5 years Costa
showed his culinary talents in San Francisco, London and Tokyo.
Preceding international experience there were 20 years of learning how
to cook and cooking in his native town Lerici on Ligurian coast of
Italian Riviera. From ancient times Liguria has been famous for its
recipes of pesto sauce, torta pasqualina, lots of dishes with "frutti
di mare". However, our new Chef is not willing to focus on Ligurian
recipes only, but rather on Mediterranean cuisine in general. You can
already try some of his specials: hot carpaccio, gnocchi with smoked
salmon sauce, scampi in white wine, steak with asparagus sauce — just
to name a few. The main menu is expected to be totally revised by
mid-January. |
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