EVENT DETAILS
Date: 9 September 2025
Location: Zingari [ 501 Post St ]
Aperitivo Reception: 6:00 to 6:30 PM
Dinner: 6:30 to 9:00 PM
Producer: Massimo Piccin [ Podere Sapaio ]
Wine Maker: Carlo Ferrini [ Podere Sapaio ]
Importer: Robb Tufts, Cristian Valbruzzoli [ Lyra Wine ] 

DINNER PARTY BEVERAGE SELECTION
Negroni, Winestillery Gin, Vermouth, Red Bitter
Paradiso dei Conigli "Le Secche, Giglio 2022
Podere Sapaio "Sapaio", Toscana 2019
Podere Sapaio "Sapaio", Toscana 2018
Podere Sapaio "Sapaio", Toscana 2016
​Brachetto d’Acqui, Braida
​$300 Inclusive of Tax and Gratuity  [ featuring tasting menu, one cocktail, and six wines ] 

PODERE SAPAIO At Zingari

Join us Tuesday, 9 September as we get back to [ Wine ] School with a dinner party tasting from one of our favorite wine producers in Italy.  This Super Tuscan dinner party with Podere Sapaio will not disappoint.  Owner Massimo Piccin will lead us through this vertical tasting of each style over Venetian Tapas and Florentine Steak.  Podere Sapaio has been producing wine in Italy's Bolgheri DOC since 1999 and takes a sustainable approach to farming the land.  Winemaker Carlo Ferrini focuses on two wines, the Volpolo and the Sapaio Superiore.  Aging and wine making techniques differ slightly for each.  Its 25 hectars are spread between the Councils of Castagneto Carducci and Bibbona. Grape varieties of Bordeaux origin - Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot.  From Italy with Love. All Welcome.

RESERVE EXPERIENCE

Brochure: Poodere Sapaio

Menu: Podere Sapaio Dinner Party

CICCHETTI [ venetian for tapas ]
Cocktail: Negroni with Winestillery Gin
Wine: Paradiso dei Conigli "Le Secche" Giglio 2022g
BRUSCHETTA ai FUNGHI.  burrata toast, truffle, mushroom, walnut, honey   (VG, N)
CARPACCIO di POLPO.  thinly sliced octopus, evo, lemon, tomato, red onion   (GF, VGO)
​SGAGLIOZZE.  crispy polenta cake, scallop, lemon butter, caper   (GF, SF, VGO)
CARPACCIO di MANZO.   thinly sliced raw beef tenderloin, tonnato sauce, evo, pinenuts, avocado, micro greens  (GF, VGO)
​Vegetarian Option:
All dietary substitutions can easily be accommodated, substituted, and verbalized during service.

PRINCIPALE [ main-course ]
Wine: Podere Sapaio "Sapaio", Toscana 2019
Wine: Podere Sapaio "Sapaio", Toscana 2018
Wine: Podere Sapaio "Sapaio", Toscana 2016 
BISTECCA alla FIORTINA. florentine t-bone steak, various complementary sauces  (GF)
GNOCCHI. al pesto, al gorgonzola, alla marinara
Vegetarian Option:
FETTUCCINE al FUNGHETTO.  fettuccine, wild mushrooms, evo, black truffle  (V, GFO)

DOLCE [ dessert ] 
Wine: Brachetto d’Acqui, Braida
MOUSSE al CIOCCOLATO. chocolate mousse cake

TAKEAWAY GIFT
It's a surprise.

​$300 Inclusive of Tax and Gratuity
​
(VG) vegetarian   (VGO) vegetarian option   (V) vegan   (VO) vegan option   (GF) gluten-free   (GFO) gluten-free option   (N) nuts   (P) pork   (H) halal   (SF) shellfish

Inspiration Behind ​Podere Sapaio

Podere Sapaio has an experimental and innovational philosophy: it aims at searching new expressions of Bordeaux grape varieties in the Bolgheri area, with the final goal of producing wines which put together power, elegance and longevity.  The estate Podere Sapaio was founded in 1999. Its 40 hectars are spread between the Councils of Castagneto Carducci and Bibbona. Grape varieties of Bordeaux origin - Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot-, which in the last fifty years have imposed themselves in the area, are grown in lands of quaternary deposits. Other grape varieties are present in small quantities. There are also some hectares of land, which are part of the estate, where Frantoio, Moraiolo and Leccino cultivars of olive trees are grown.

WINE: Podere Sapaio Dinner Party

The two wines of the estate, Volpolo and Sapaio, are produced under the precious consultancy of Carlo Ferrini, enologist of international fame. Both such wines are a blend of mainly Cabernet Sauvignon and other grape varieties but, resulting from different selections of grapes, which are ripen in different vine- yard, they interpret the characteristics of the year in two different ways. Sapaio, a Bolgheri DOC Superiore, before entering the market, requires 18 months of aging in barrique and 8-10 months of refining in the bottle. Volpolo mellows for 14 months in barrique and then, for the following 6 months, in the bottle. Volpolo first came out as IGT Toscana in 2003, and then, since the harvest 2004, it has been classed as Bolgheri Rosso DOC. The olive oil is produced according to the traditional methods of the area.  The names Sapaio e Volpolo derive from the names of two ancient Tuscan grape varieties. They have been chosen to emphasise, starting with their appellatives, the local features of the products. The crown, which is the logo of Podere Sapaio, pays homage to the nobility of the wine and the territory, a nobilty fully respected by the job carried out both in the vineyard and the cellar.

WINE: Podere Sapaio Dinner Party

​"Paradiso dei Conigli 'Le Secche' 2022 Sapaio" is a Toscana IGT white wine produced by Podere Sapaio , from the island of Giglio. It is made from Ansonaco grapes , a local variety, vinified purely using natural methods, including spontaneous fermentation and maceration in stoneware amphorae. The wine is described as dry, minerally, savory, and with good progression on the palate.

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