Bring Chianti Home For The Holidays

HEALDSBURG, Calif., Dec. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuscan tradition calls for gathering around the table with friends and family, especially during the holidays, and no Tuscan table is complete without a bottle of Chianti to accompany the meal. This season, the Chianti experts at DaVinci® Wine are sharing recipes and pairings to help bring Chianti home to tables here in the U.S.

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From Southern-Style Pulled Pork with Chianti Barbecue Sauce to Chocolate Chianti Jubilee Cake, the well-balanced DaVinci Chianti pairs beautifully with a range of menus, bringing a taste of Tuscan tradition to American tables this holiday season.

As a complement to its annual Storyteller Experience – a program designed to give creative types a once-in-a-lifetime look at the people and place behind DaVinci's distinguished wines in the beautiful Tuscan town of Vinci – a handful of talented Storyteller alumni brought DaVinci Chianti to their holiday table, creating these inspired recipes:

• Southern-Style Pulled Pork with Chianti Barbecue Sauce, Apple Fennel Slaw and Homemade Baked Beans by 2013 DaVinci Storyteller Karista Bennett of Karista's Kitchen
• Roasted Butternut Squash Risotto with Chianti Soaked Grapes by 2012 DaVinci Storyteller Cathi Iannone of The Brooklyn Ragazza
• Chianti Poached Apples by 2013 DaVinci Storyteller Leela Cyd of Tea Cup Tea
• Chocolate Chianti Jubilee Cake by 2012 DaVinci Storyteller Mark Leslie of Beyond the Pasta

With a deep crimson color and jammy flavors of ripe plums, cherries and red fruit, DaVinci Chianti has round tannins that linger in a long peppery finish.  Suggested pairings also include appetizers, pastas and meat dishes.

Over the past four years, the Storyteller Experience has sent 16 creative individuals – from food bloggers to artists and photographers – to Vinci, Italy, to experience the home of Chianti and the people and the place behind the cooperative of more than 200 growers who work together to produce DaVinci wines. 

To find DaVinci Chianti in your area this holiday season, visit their online Store Locator. For more Chianti recipes and pairing ideas, follow DaVinci Wine on Facebook. 

About DaVinci Wine: Nestled near the Tuscan hillside town of Vinci—historic home of Leonardo da Vinci—Cantine Leonardo da Vinci brings together 200 passionate local winegrowers, who contribute their finest grapes to an extraordinary collection of authentic Italian wines. Rooted in centuries of winemaking tradition, DaVinci wines embody the rolling hills and majestic vineyards of Tuscany. Learn more at www.davinciwine.com and at www.facebook.com/davinciwine.

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