Bar Bèrto
A Pop-up Martini and Aperitivi Bar
by Allyson Noman
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2–7 P.M.
Presented by Prizefighter and The Salty Pearl
You may know our line of Bèrto vermouths, but we also import their liqueurs and dry gin! Join us, along with Bèrto Export Director, Luca Marchairo, in the café next to our Berkeley shop for the first spotlight on these Piemontese selections. Cocktails! Wine! Oysters! Cin cin!
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Table of Contents
- Cabernet Franc in Three Styles by Jane Augustine
- Back in Stock by Anthony Lynch
- Values of the Month by Tom Wolf
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Vignai da Duline
Friuli’s Finest by Anthony Lynch - Southern French Whites by Dustin Soiseth
- Reds from Patrimonio by Jane Augustine
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Domaine Chevillon
One of Burgundy’s Best by Tom Wolf