The wine department at Babbo shares one essential goal with the kitchen: to offer flavor sensations our guests can’t find anywhere else. In the kitchen, that means combining regional food products, Italian and American, in new and inventive ways. With wine, it’s all about finding the bottles that not only complement Mario Batali’s food but stand on their own as examples of Italy’s incredible gastronomic diversity.
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It is no exaggeration to say that the Collio, a band of pre-Alpine hills bisected by Italy's border with Slovenia, is the most prestigious white-wine appellation in Italy. The unique positioning of these hills midway between the Alps and the Adriatic makes for idea white wine-growing conditions, with cool Alpine air blowing through the vineyards each evening to refresh the vines and lengthen the growing season -- resulting in complex, balanced, yet powerful white wines with very precise varietal character.
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