Italian Wine Dinner at Good News Cafe May 16 With a Very Special Guest

Good News Café is excited to present a special wine dinner May 16, featuring Martin Foradori Hofstätter of the J. Hofstätter estate in the magical Alto Adige region of northern Italy, bordering Austria and Switzerland.

Producing world-class, estate grown wines, Hofstätter is credited by Food & Wine magazine with making “the first great Italian Pinot Noir” and “the only great Italian Gewürztraminer.” Join us for a magical night.

“The Hofstätter wines express a sense of place,” the estate’s website explains. “They taste of the vineyards in which the grapes were grown and reflect their soils and climatic conditions. The Gewürztraminer from Kolbenhof and the Pinot Noir Vigna S. Urbano from Barthenau are among the first single vineyard wines to be produced in Alto Adige.”

The food-and-wine pairings for the dinner are: Weissbergunder (Pinot Bianco) with “tantalizing” passed hors d’oeuvres; Pinot Grigio with Fresh Maryland lump crabmeat & pasta, fiddlehead ferns, shallots & lemon confit; Gewurtztraminer vigna Kolbenhof with banana leaf wrapped sea bass oysters & ginger, papaya banana celery & grape salsa; Pinot Nero (Pinot Noir) with Braised pork cheeks, fresh pea purée endive & sorrel pesto; and Lagrein with Stone Silo & Cricket Creek Farms cheese selection.

The cost is $85 per person, not including tax and tip, and the dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. Call 203-266-4663 for reservations.