Vino Vino, Austin, TX

Image via Fed Man Walking, a blog authored by former Austin American Statesman columnist Mike Sutter. Click here for Fed Man’s review of Stiles Switch.

Saturday June 1 following Pink Fest (which runs 2-4 p.m.), we’re going to head over to Stiles Switch BBQ with our good friend, Italian winemaker Filiberto Massone of the Incisa della Rocchetta winery (Piedmont, Italy).

Filiberto will be selecting the wines that we’re going to pair with the bbq at Stiles Switch, recently named one of the top 50 bbq destinations in Texas by Texas Monthly magazine.

$35 per person includes EVERYTHING: bbq, wine, tax, and gratuity.

PINK FEST AFTER PARTY
with Italian winemaker Filiberto Massone
Saturday, June 1, 7 p.m.
Stiles Switch BBQ
6610 N Lamar Blvd @ Brentwood
click here for map

To reserve via credit card, please call (512) 465-9282.
Deadline for credit card reservations is Friday, May 31.
Cash accepted at the door.

Click here for Pink Fest details.

Please note that Vino Vino will be closed
on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27.

We will resume normal hours
on Tuesday, May 28.

One of the wines we’re most geeked about for this year’s Pink Fest is the 2012 rosé by Domaine du Pegau (center), one of the most famous producers of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It’s the winery’s first rosé ever.

Let’s face it. Rosé in the U.S. gets a bad rap.

Thanks to the way that rosé wines were marketed to U.S. consumers in the 1970s and 1980s, Americans generally view rosé wine as cheap quaffing wine only to be opened during the blistering months of summer when fine wines will be muted by the extreme temperatures.

But when you travel to Europe (as Vino Vino owner and Pink Fest creator Jeff Courington does two or three times a year), you quickly realize that there is so much more to rosé wine than just “White Zin[fandel].”

In fact, Europeans drink rosé wines all year round: when done right, the gentle tannin of rosé wine, its freshness, and its bright acidity make it the ideal food wine.

And THIS is just one of the reasons that Jeff launched Vino Vino’s annual Pink Fest: to turn Austin on to the many wonders of pink wine, its versatility, food friendliness, and its overall deliciousness.

To borrow Jeff’s phrase, we’ll be pouring a BUTTLOAD of rosé wine on Saturday, June 1 at the tasting: 60+ wines and 7 distributors who will all be on hand to chat about the wines.

And Jeff is adamant that all of the wines poured at the festival will be 2012, the current vintage for most rosé wine.

Click here for event details.

EVVIVA il PINK!

Click here for Pink Fest 2013 details!

This Sunday, 7 p.m. sharp, tell mom you love her with a plate of steaming paella…

Taste a BUTTLOAD of rosé and otherwise pink wines
at this year’s PINK FEST.

PINK FEST
Saturday, June 1, 2013
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
@ Vino Vino (inside this year)
$20 at the door

Stay tuned for more details…

Paella is one of those dishes that needs to be served as soon as it’s ready.

That’s why we plate it at 7 p.m. sharp every Sunday…