Chef Esteban’s uses natural sunlight to brine his smoking-hot housemade pickled okra.
Romancing the Rhône Weds Sept 8 5:30 pm
Posted in Featured Wine, events on September 7, 2010 by Do Bianchi
Wine Tasting Party
ROMANCING THE RHÔNE
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Wednesday, September 8, 5:30 p.m.
$20 per person (including tax and gratuity)
Taste 6 wines from the Rhône Valley of France
with pairings created especially by Chef Esteban.
Stay for dinner and receive a 20% discount.
Receive a 20% discount for all retail sales.
Jazz guitar great Jake Langley Monday Sept 6 FREE SHOW
Posted in music with tags Jake Langley on September 6, 2010 by Do Bianchi
Vino Vino is proud to welcome recording artist Jake Langley as the featured guest tonight for Mike Flanigin’s Blue Monday at 9 pm (FREE SHOW).
Oh, and yes, by the way, we are open tonight! Doors at 5…
Happy Labor Day!
Best of Austin Chronicle 2010: Best Wine Selection
Posted in accolades with tags Austin Chronicle, 2010, best of Austin on September 3, 2010 by Do Bianchi
Congrats to the other winners and thanks to the readers and the editorial staff 0f the Austin Chronicle for calling our wine list the “Best Wine Selection” in Austin for three years in a row.
Best Wine Selection: Vino Vino
Best of Austin 2010
Austin Chronicle
September 3, 2010
Everywhere you look, Vino Vino is nudging you to take it home, like a sultry late-night encounter. But this won’t end in a walk of shame; the staff know their grapes, and their grapes are good. So good, in fact, by the taste, glass, or bottle, you’ll be shouting this name twice. Vino! Vino!
We dig pork
Posted in people with tags pork tattoo on September 2, 2010 by Do Bianchi
From Chef Esteban’s days working as a butcher in the East Bay…
Pinot Porn
Posted in events, music with tags Pinot Noir on August 30, 2010 by Do BianchiPinot Noir (below) is grown all over the world, from the Santa Barbara hills of California to the hallowed cloistered vineyards of Burgundy. Every wondered what makes this grape one of the sexiest of all times? Come find out at Vino Vino tonight…
Wednesday Wine Tasting Party
Pinot Noir: Six Degrees of Separation
Wednesday, September 1
5:30 p.m.
$20 per person (including tax and gratuity)
Taste 6 expressions of Pinot Noir with pairings created especially by Chef Esteban.
Stay for dinner and receive a 20% discount.
Receive a 20% discount for all retail sales.
Watermelon and tomato salad
Posted in Featured Dish on August 26, 2010 by Do Bianchi
Summer watermelon, heirloom tomatoes, fresh Manchego cheese, sweet basil, and extra-virgin olive oil.
From the folks at the happiest wine bar on earth… We hope to see you soon!
Special Edition Spanish Wine Tasting Weds Aug 25
Posted in events on August 24, 2010 by Do Bianchi
Spanish Wine month continues at Vino Vino…
SPANISH WINE TASTING PARTY
SPECIAL EDITION
Weds., August 25, 5:30 p.m.
$25 per person
Taste six wines and a tasting menu prepared especially by Chef Esteban. That’s his fresh Manchego, above, dressed with fresh basil, sautéed peppers, and extra-virgin olive oil.
We can’t reveal the names of the wines because they will be made available exclusively at Vino Vino for this truly unique tasting.
If you like Spanish wine,
YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THIS TASTING.
Scenes from Txak Blok (Txakolina festival)
Posted in events, pintxos with tags Andre Tamers, Txakoli, Txakolina, Basque Country, Spain on August 22, 2010 by Do BianchiThanks to everyone who came out yesterday to experience these truly unique wines and ciders from the Basque Country and Spain. And a special thanks to the inimitable Señor André Tamers who made the trip especially for this fantastic event…
André selflessly demonstrated how to use a porron.
Peppers stuffed with olive and wrapped in marinated anchovies.
Whole figs wrapped in jamón serrano.
Chef Esteban Escobar (foreground) with his lovely wife Sarah, one of the managers at Vino Vino.
The whole world is talking about Txakolina.
Here in Austin, we’re drinking it!
From left: Jeff Courington (owner, Vino Vino), André Tamers, John Mintz (Ambiente Distribution), and Kelly Bell Jr. (owner, Vino Vino).
Basque wine and cider Saturday Aug 21 at vino vino!: taste with wine rockstar André Tamers
Posted in events with tags Andre Tamers, Txakolina, Basque Country on August 16, 2010 by Do Bianchi
Above: The Ameztoi 2009 Txakolina Rubentis Rosé, discovered and imported by André Tamers, was the featured wine in Eric Asimov’s piece on Txakolina in the New York Times. The whole world is talking about Txakolina right now and Vino Vino is bringing it to your doorstep on August 21!
second annual
TXAK BLOK
Saturday, August 21, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
$20 per person (including tax and gratuity)
Drink from a porron with André Tamers (below), the man who put this amazing wine from the Basque Country in the world spotlight.
Participants will enjoy:
6 Txakolinas
3 Basque ciders
Complimentary Official Cider Tumbler
Complimentary Commemorative Cap
Chef Esteban has created 10 unique pintxos (priced from $2.00
to $4.00 each) especially for the event.
