From Dylan at Little Thing Wine:
I think we’ve sort of lost the plot around food and wine as a partnership because the idea of wine pairing has become damn pretentious. Anyplace where universal rights and wrongs exist—only do this, don’t do that—can feel stuffy and uninviting. Because it feels so exclusionary, I think most people forget that wine culture is deeply intertwined with food culture. Wine is central to our dining experiences, whether that’s a bag of chips on the beach or fine dining.
While there are specific pairings that will blow your mind, there are also convivial, quick-to-love wines that are meant to pair with everything. That is Bardolino. That is this bottle of chillable, easy-drinking red from Italy. Matilde Poggi’s Le Fraghe winery is outside of the town of Affi. Her Bardolino contains more Corvina than normal, 80%, the remaining 20% being Rondinella (both varieties are indigenous). The grapes are estate-grown, organically, and the two varieties are picked and fermented separately.
Le Fraghe Bardolino is a joy: ripe cherries and roadside blueberries, olives and herbs, hints of orange peel, cinnamon and black pepper. It’s utterly drinkable. I love this type of easy, gluggable stunner, as ready for the dinner table as it is a long afternoon in the late-summer sun.
- Wednesdays we try to deliver north of the ship canal and Magnolia. Thursdays south of it. If either day is sold out don’t be shy about ordering for the other day, we’d love to bring you pizza!
- Saturday is for pickups at our Sodo Production Kitchen (3810 Airport Way S, 98108) from 12pm-4pm.
- Tuesdays we deliver to West Seattle/Burien/White Center/Seatac and Bellevue/Kirkland/Redmond/Mercer Island.
If you are ordering alcohol you’ll need to be available to for us to check your ID during delivery.
