Fine Art, Fine Wine, Fine Day!

A huge thanks to everyone who joined Ricco at Sophie Bartlett's private art viewing last Friday; an excellent exhibition of art with wonderful Italian wines, accompanied by a perfect English summers' day! A very pleasant evening for all our guests and really nice to see so many faces - old and new. 

A great collaboration between Ricco and Sophie, as part of the Hampshire Open Studio's project. 

Guests in the Ricco tent enjoyed a complimentary selection of our fine wines, including Serenissima Prosecco, San Tiziano Bianco, Caruso Rosso and other red and white wines. Of particular note, Le Fossette Falanghina, Cacc 'e' Mmitte, Capoposto, Le Morine Riserva, Terraferma and Albana Passito.

These were tasted alongside canapés and bites provided by Anne Moore of Plan B Catering, an excellent company based in Alton.

Amongst our most distinguished guests was Mr Peter Terry Esq, his brother Stephen (of the Hardwick) was unable to attend, but thankfully his better looking twin could!

Again, thanks to everyone who made it such a special event, especially; Anna, Emily, Abbey and Nicola for their splendid service of food and wine and a big thank you to Sophie for her hospitality and collaboration with Ricco - the beginning of a series of events to be held at Ricco combining fine art and fine wine. 

Fine Art and Fine Wine

As part of the Hampshire Open Studios project, Ricco would love for you to join us at a private viewing of paintings, prints and drawings by artist Sophie Bartlett at her home on Friday August 17th, 5.00pm - 8.30pm.

Alongside Sophie's fine art (all of which is for sale) Ricco will be providing visitors with a selection of Italian Wines and nibbles to enjoy during the viewing. 

For more information email info@riccowines.com or visit us in the shop.


Hope you can join us!

Ricco Review - Nerodise Extra Dry 2011 and Terraferma Rosso Puglia 2010

Trevor introduces two seriously good Puglian wines - both from Mr Angelo Paradiso of Cantine Paradiso. Brand new to the list of Ricco.

Tenuta di Sesta wins Gold!

Great news just in, one of our wineries "Tenuta di Sesta" has won a Decanter World Wine Awards 2012 Gold Medal - one of only three awarded this year - for their Brunello Di Montalcino DOCG 2007. 

At present we stock Tenuta di Sesta's 'Camponovo' Rosso Toscana IGT, an excellent Sangiovese based Red with immediate appeal on the nose and palate.

Congratulations Giovanni and all the family at Tenuta di Sesta! 

Ricco Tasting July 2012.

Ricco are holding an open tasting this Saturday 14th July, 10am-6pm at our shop in West Liss.

See below for our latest video - a sneak preview of some of the excellent discounts available this Saturday!

Hope to see you here!

DIT 2012

This week Ricco were at Lords Cricket ground; has Trevor (finally!) been discovered as the worlds greatest Cricketer? No...although he did once have a beard to rival that of W.G. Grace.

Daniele and Trevor

Instead, we were at the Definitive Italian Winetasting 2012 to showcase a selection of our fine Italian Wines to an audience of Restaurateurs, hoteliers, wine merchants and journalists. Joining Trevor and Owain was Daniele Manfrini of Cantine Podere Belmantello - an excellent producer from Northern Puglia.

An immediate impact was made by a new wine to our list, Podere Belmantello's 'Nerodise' - a sparkling Rose' from 100% Nero di Troia grape. Steven Spurrier of Decanter Magazine described it as "a very well-made wine" which was "clean, refreshing and uplifting". We would go even further and say that this is the finest sparkling wine we have tasted for a good while; a great aperitivo and very versatile with food.

Overall this was a very good day for Ricco and the other wines that caught the attention of the professionals included; Salapia, Pignoletto, Secondopasso, Cacc'e' Mmitte and the Albana Passito.

We were very happy to have been visited by a number of our clients; Jonathan from Shardana, Andres and Marie-Lou from the Purefoy Arms, Preston Candover along with Stephen Terry and Ben Bedell of the Hardwick, Abergavenny.


Later, we enjoyed an excellent supper with Stephen and Ben at the Galvin "Bistrot de Luxe" in Baker Street. The whole experience here was truly refreshing; the food, ambiance and service were excellent. A real pleasure (and an affordable pleasure!) well done "Bistrot de Luxe", Ricco will definitely be back.

Ricco Review - L'Intruso 2009