Easter @ Ricco Wines

Easter's here and with it the sun, the perfect opportunity to spend time with family, friends or that special person.

Take advantage of Ricco's specially discounted wines, perfect for the Easter weekend. 

Frizzante Prosecco - perfect as an aperitif - a great match with canapés and antipasti. Was: £8.95 Now: £8.25

Castel del Monte Bianco - a top quality dry white wine from Puglia - perfect with all antipasti, fish and shellfish and white meats. Was: £8.75 Now: £7.99

Etna Bianco - a characterful dry white from Sicily - enjoy with all antipasti, grilled vegetables, fish and shellfish and white meats. Was: £10.95 Now: £9.90

Castel del Monte Petrigama Rose' - a very versatile and flavoursome Rose' from 100% Bombino Nero - perfect for most vegetarian, fish and white meat dishes. Was: £9.95 Now: £9.25

Having Lamb, Beef or Pork? Try one of these Puglian wines from local grape varieties;

Darione - 100% Primitivo - from Angelo Paradiso, a very classic, very good example of Primitivo at a very good price. Was: £9.95 Now £9.25

Aglianico - 100% Aglianico from Az. Ag. Tarantini, a highly drinkable and rounded style of Aglianico. Was: £10.95 Now: £9.99

Nero di Troia - 100% Nero di Troia from Az. Ag. Tarantini - Soft tannins, rounded fruit, an excellent wine from a great producer. Was: £11.95 Now: £10.99

Something to drink with your Easter Eggs or chocolate desserts? You have to try our 'Visciola' - a Cherry wine from Le Marche, another one of Piergiovanni Giusti's gems! Its also wonderful just sipped on its own at the end of a meal. Sometimes found as a Liqueur or fortified wine, this is the real thing; a straight table wine (13.5%) rarely found in the UK, for a short period only we are offering this at the discounted price of just £19.95, take advantage whilst the offer lasts!  

We are happy to deliver free in the local area, for more information please give us a call on 01730 894751 or visit our shop; we are open normal hours throughout Easter (Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10am - 8pm).

Happy cooking and drinking! 

Salute!

New wines, Trevor learns to Skype and Farnham Wine Festival

As we begin to finalise our list for 2012, we can already announce a number of new wines, from a number of new cantinas, that will be available from Ricco in the very near future.

Within the next few weeks we will be receiving our first delivery of Barolo and Nebbiolo d'Alba from our friends at Cantina Bruna Grimaldi (see their sparkling new website here). We tasted their wines when they visited us in the summer and not only is the quality excellent but the price will be too!

We will also be stocking some wines from a cantina called Spinelli, their Sangiovese and Pecorino are both highly drinkable (and affordable!) - but retain the provenance and quality that Ricco demand.

In its never-ending search for excellent wines at great prices, Ricco Wines now has another weapon in its armoury - video conferencing! Throughout this week we have unleashed the devastating force of Trevor 'Adonis' Ford via webcam, securing yet more excellent new wines from new cantinas.

From the Puglian cantina of Paradiso we will be importing a number of very regional styles of red and white wines including Bombino Bianco, Fiano, Negroamaro and Primitivo. The winemakers from this estate were here with us last week and we rounded off their visit with a very successful and enjoyable business lunch at the Queens at Selborne.

Also confirmed this week was a new collaboration with a cantina (also in Puglia) called Azienda Agricola Tarantini; including a rose' from the Bombino Nero grape and two reds -  a Nero di Troia and an Aglianico. We first met Nadia of Tarantini at a tasting in London last year, her wines are very impressive - another little gem in Puglia!


Nadia Tarantini will be joining us for Ricco's table at the Farnham Wine Festival on Saturday the 10th of March 2012. Tickets are just £15 which includes tasting food, live music and a chance to sample up to 80 wines! See www.farnhamwinefestival.co.uk for more information.