A WORLD OF CHOICE.
To say that we know wine is something of an understatement. We’ve sniffed, glugged, gulped, and guzzled our way around the world, then gone back for seconds only to discover there was something else we hadn’t tried. With one of the largest and most extensive wine selections in South Florida, our restaurant alone offers more than two thousand different wines from the world’s most respected regions and producers. No vineyard is safe from our love for the grape.
Focusing on small, family-run producers from Argentina, Italy, Spain and France, we’re as fussy about our wine as we are about food. If you don’t believe us, come see for yourself.
Just give yourself plenty of time.
WINES OF THE MONTH
WINES FROM THE VOLCANIC SOIL, BLESSED BY THE SUN AND A SALTY SEA BREEZE.
The Aeolian Islands, or Isole Aioli, as they are known in Italian, are comprised of a string of rather small islands located in the volcanic archipelago off the northeastern coast of Sicily: Alicudi, Filicudi, Salina (home to some flagship wineries and famed for its caper production and recipes), Panarea, the microscopic Basiluzzo islet, Stromboli (immortalized in the Ingrid Bergman film by Roberto Rossellini), Lipari, the largest and most populated of the Aeolian Islands and Vulcano, the closest one to the coast of Sicily.
The Aeolian Islands are Unesco- protected and one of the most important locations in the world for volcano scientists. And more importantly to us, for as small as these islands are, their food and wine tradition is hugely influential!
Intense Island flavors with Italian passion and tradition go hand in hand here and in these full-bodied Sicilian-style wines.
Cantine Colosi, a family-run and traditional winery on the island of Salina, was taken over by Pietro Colosi in 1987. Following his father’s footsteps, he has worked hard for over 30 years to spread the word about these tremendous white and red wines, growing on characteristic terraces and influenced by the volcanic soil and the southern Mediterranean seas.
GRILLO
This white wine, predominantly found in Sicily, is one to meet! Crisp and savory with intense fruit and flavor-forward aromas of ripe white peach, yellow apricots, passion fruit, citrus blossom, lemon custard cream cake with Limoncello, vanilla pudding on the mid-palate, and at the end, a great touch of sun-dried hay, Acacia wood, Thyme, and salty caper-berries. All those aromas wrapped in a saline island breeze, fresh yet smooth and fragrant, very satisfying. The Cantine Colosi Grillo Sicilia 2021 hadan extra four months of wood treatment, rounding it up nicely while beautifully maintaining the acidic backbone to make it a great wine-pairing with dishes like white fish with olive and caper sauce, Swordfish recipes, grilled prawns with aioli, rich salads and cold cuts, Pasta dishes with vegetables, or just vegetables from the grill.
NERO D’AVOLA
A favorite from southern Italy, it is warm, robust, and fruity but always with depth and a great acidity from the Sicilian volcanic soils.
These are full-bodied red wines, and so is the Colosi Nero D’Avola 2021; delicious black fruit aromas of sour cherry, prune, and blackberry on the nose, fresh and ripe fig, black pepper, tobacco and inky black olives round the flavor profile off in a balanced way. Pairing this red with meat and sausages from the grill or a hearty beef stew with beans and rosemary would work wonders.
