Wine by the Vines: Sardinia – an Asheville Wine Dinner Series

Book your ticket to Italy! Wine by the Vines, an Asheville wine dinner series at Gemelli, takes place the third Wednesday of the month. Each dinner transports you to a different region. Explore Italy’s various regional cuisines and wine through this 5-course dinner and wine pairing. $65 per person. Gluten-free and vegetarian diets can be accommodated with advance notice.

The September 18th dinner focuses on the beautiful Italian island of Sardinia, where high-quality products like pecorino and goat’s curd cheeses, artichoke, and saffron flavor pastas like fregola (akin to Middle Eastern couscous) and culurgiones (stuffed pasta). Meat dishes lean into seafood—think char-grilled eels, crustaceans, sea bass, and tuna. Almonds and honey flavor many desserts. And for wine, Cannonau (aka Grenache), Vermentino, and Carignan are the island’s most famous.