Rinascimento Wine Company

Monday, June 2, 2008

Do you see George Bush as Barabus?

So this is a little part of a restored painting at the Diocesean Museum of Cortona, Italy. It depicts Barabus (the thief) carrying the cross for Jesus up the hill before he gets crucified (painted I think by Beato (Fra) Angelico. Looks like someone took some editorial license with that restoration, eh?

Rome Coliseo and the Vaticano

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

More Italy Pictures

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Sasso Marconi

So when I was in Italy for my year abroad, I also played a little semi-pro baseball for a little team that was coached by the father of one of my Italian friends. They even paid me . . . just enough to defray the the costs of the train to practice and to the games. When I was in Italy this time we passed by Sasso Marconi on the way from Milan to Tuscany and on the way back to Milan I decided to stop and see where I used to play etc. And here we are . . . it looks different, but the same.

Italian Wine Importer

Every time I open a bottle, I want to be taken on an adventure of the mind. I want to be transported to another place and another time . . . another world.

Every bottle is different. Every bottle is an experience.

I find the producers who make these kinds of wines and I become their partner in bringing this experience to you.

This is no manifesto. This is not marketing jargon in the hopes of selling more wine. Twenty years in the wine business has taught me that it all falls by the wayside after awhile.

I want you to taste what I taste. I want you to experience what I experience and find the joy that is in every bottle.

justin at rinascimentowineco.com
(310) 270-3747

Many of the wines I work with are farmed either organically or biodynamically and are naturally fermented using only native yeasts, but that doesn't mean they are automatically good; the wines are good because of the blood, sweat and tears that are shed by the producers working with nature to make something great.