Tuesday May 1st

Third-generation winemaker Aldo Rainoldi travels from his vineyards in the Valtelina, in the heart of the Alps, for a brief visit to the United States where he will be our guest in Cambridge. Please join us at Bondir for a dinner that will pair five of Aldo's wines from the Rainoldi estate with a special menu prepared by Chef Jason Bond.

Casa Vinicola Aldo Rainoldi Lombardia, Italy

"Wine as a culture" is the slogan of this company, which was founded in 1925 by the current proprietor's grandfather, who was already well known at the time as a trader-exporter of wines and agricultural products to nearby Switzerland. At the beginning of the seventies, following the definitive hand-over of the winery to the son Giuseppe, Casa Vinicola Aldo Rainoldi enjoyed a period of outstanding success characterised by the development of foreign markets thanks to wines that were result of both a careful selection in the vineyard and refined wine-making expertise. At the moment, the company's headquarters are in Chiuro, the true wine-producing heart of the Valtellina, and it continues the long-standing commitment of the Rainoldi family, including now the nephew Aldo, the young oenologist trained in Piedmont. Besides producing grapes in its own vineyards, the wine estate also buys grapes from small local wine-growers, who are constantly monitored by a highly trusted company technician, thus allowing the wine farm to produce 200.000 bottles per year.