DETAILS: Make your reservations for a magnificent night of incredible Italian food, delicious wines, and wonderful people. Tess Drumheller of PortoVino, Dyane Lacerda of Wicked, and Paige Buehrer, Wine Director at Leeward, are pouring wines redefining classic Italian wine regions, available by the glass or half glass. Enjoy 2024 James Beard Award-Nominated, Best Chef Northeast, Jake Steven's incredible cuisine along side these wines hand-selected to elevate your dining experience (who knew it could get even better!)
WINE:
2019 i Custodi 'Imbris' Etna Bianco Superiore, Contrada Caselle, Sicily, Italy, Carricante
2022 Società Agricola il Sasso Valpolicella Classico DOC, Veneto, Italy, Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella
2021 Bakkanali Toscana Rosso IGT, Tuscany, Italy, Sangiovese
and/or other surprises
PRICE: price varies per half glasses, glasses, and bottles
LINK: Leeward
PHONE: 207-808-8623
Portland Wine Week is Presented by Wine Wise with Partner Sponsors Bangor Savings and Buoy Local.
Sommelier Paige Buehrer | Paige is the extremely talented wine director and general manager at Leeward! Thanks to Paige, Leeward will be pouring some truly exciting wines during their Portland Wine Week event, you don’t want to miss it!
Dyane Lacerda, Wicked Wines | Wicked Wines is a mid-coast based distributor of responsibly farmed wines from independent producers. Dyane has been working for this company as a sales representative for five years. Being in the wine business has inspired her to learn about geography, geology, agriculture, history, and cuisine. She loves the experience of the perfect wine and food pairing and sharing that knowledge for others to enjoy.
Chef/Owner Jake Stevens is nominated for the 2024 Best Chef Northeast by the James Beard foundation. In 2022 Leeward restaurant snagged their nomination for Best New Restaurant, and the again that year as one of America’s Best new restaurants by the New York Times. And many many more very deserved accolades. Make your reservations today!
Tess Drumheller, PortoVino | A New Yorker with New England roots, started working with wine importers 14 years ago, focusing on traditional, farming-forward, low-intervention wine curation. Tess became PortoVino's Northeast territory manager in 2020 after several years dedicated to growing their distribution and market share in NYC.
For nearly 2 decades, PortoVino [@portovino_imports] has been traveling Italy's backroads to create a portfolio of compelling wines that both excite and express unique areas and growers. In 2020, with the same care and attention to detail, a small German and Austrian portfolio was added; in 2023 came the launch of a French portfolio. PortoVino represents iconic traditional growers and the edgy outliers. All are family wineries that don't use synthetic chemicals in the vineyards and follow a minimal intervention approach in the cellar.
