Contini presents its wines to the British press in London

Contini and OLIVO Restaurants hosted British critics, wine professionals and specialist media at Joe’s Bar above Oliveto in Belgravia. Andrea Balleri devised a seven-wine sequence with dishes prepared by Sardinian chef Andrea Orrù, moving from Valle del Tirso and Terre di Ossidiana wines to Vermentino di Gallura and flor-aged Vernaccia.

Karmis 30th Anniversary occupied the centre of the tasting and was presented as a Vernaccia-and-Vermentino white made without wood, using bâtonnage. The sequence also demonstrated the breadth of the cellar’s methods, including brief rosé maceration, partial barrique maturation and four years of biological oxidative ageing for Vernaccia Flor in ullaged oak and chestnut casks.