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Joe Bastianich is auctioning 30 thousand bottles of wine – Italian Cuisine

One of the most important Italian wine collections in the world, created and supervised by Joe Bastianich, soon at auction. Part of the proceeds will be donated to one or more charities for projects dedicated to children in the United States, to be determined at the end of the auction.

If you are a wine lover, write these dates now: July 24 and 25, 2020. These are the key days to have the opportunity to bring home an (or more!) Excellent bottle of wine from the extraordinary collection of the famous Restaurant Man and wine expert Joe Bastianich, made up of bottles arriving directly from the production cellars and often bottled specifically for his Del Posto restaurant in New York City.

We talk about over 30 thousand bottles of fine and rare wines including encyclopaedic offers of Italian treasures such as Gaja, Conterno, Rinaldi, Bartolo Mascarello, Ornellaia, Sassicaia and others – there is really plenty of choice! Let's go into more detail. Between rarities and encyclopedic harvests of the most important producers who have made the history of Italian wine, the auction will boast more than 3 thousand lots for an impressive offer that includes, among others, selections of Barolo and Barbaresco by Bruno Giacosa, Angelo Gaja, Bartolo Mascarello, Giacomo Conterno and Giuseppe Rinaldi; Super Tuscans of the Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, Sassicaia and Tignanello as well as a very rare selection of Burgundy with Domaine de la Romanée-Conti for a total estimated excess in a worth between 3.1 and 4.5 million dollars.

For collectors, the vertical of Monfortino Riserva, Giacomo Conterno, with bottles that tell the story of the winery from 1941 to 2013 (also through some rare large formats), or Barolo Giuseppe Rinaldi 1964 or Recioto della Valpolicella Classico Gran Riserva by Giuseppe Quintarelli 1983 or Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido 1985, Masseto Tenuta dell'Ornellaia 2005 Magnum or Marsala Riserva Superiore by Marco De Bartoli from 1860. The complete catalog of the sale is available on the Hart Davis Hart website.

"It is with a mixture of sadness and pride that we have decided to put a part of this impressive collection on the market," he says Joe Bastianich. «They are bottles that speak of me, of my story, of my soul dedicated to wine. But the time has come, I am happy to be able to share these wines, and especially these vintages, with the world. I hope they will find interested palates who know how to fully enjoy them .

The auction will be held on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 July at the famous auction house and dealer of internationally renowned wines Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. Tenderers will be able to use the HDH platform available via their mobile app or online, to place their offers remotely and live.

Important detail: part of the proceeds will be donated to one or more charities for projects dedicated to children in the United States, to be determined at the end of the auction.

McDonlads enhances Made in Italy with a new line of sandwiches designed by Joe Bastianich – Italian Cuisine

It's a McDonalds who speaks fluent Italian what we met at the presentation of My Selection 2020 in via Tortona in Milan.

181438 "And it's not just Dante's Italian, because the three new sandwiches have various local accents "he jokes Mario Federico, CEO of McDonald’s Italia. The manager refers to the origins of the ingredients of this premium line, which boasts the presence of Dop and PGI from North to South Italy, such as Asiago Dop, Pecorino Toscano Dop, Tropea Calabria onion PGI and Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PGI.

In fact, the collaboration between the multinational, the producers and the Italian consortia is not new: it started a dozen years ago, thanks also to the participation of the Foundation Qualivita is Origin Italy, born in turn by the Italian Association of Geographical Indication Consortia. Since then McDonalds Italia has used it 2 and a half tons of branded products Dop is Ipg for about 40 different products. And not only that: Mario Federico himself led a path that gradually led McDonald's to turn to 84% Italian suppliers, buying 94 thousand tons of raw materials from them every year, for an investment of 200 million euros.

At the moment, the excellences of almost half Italy, including meat, pass through the restaurants of the chain. "But the goal – explains the manager – is to expand the list of suppliers more and more, in order to one day have all the Italian regions represented".

181447 The idea is to bring the Made in Italy informally also abroad. And in fact in Europe the green, white and red flag already flies in some recipes of the chain.

"If Italian products can only be enjoyed in a starred restaurant, where a course costs at least 40 euros, they will never have an interesting distribution" he observes sharply Joe Bastianich. “So initiatives like this are welcome. Here the target is mainly young people and the prices are those of the McDonalds tradition. Accessible for everyone ". He is the godfather of the three My Selection sandwiches.

Just hear him speak for a few minutes to understand who better than him. Musician, excellent cook, of Italian blood, but by birth and decidedly American culture and idol that transversely likes mothers, kids and even his grandmother. In practice, in a single testimonial there is everything that McDonalds wants to make appreciated with its premium 2020 collection.

181444 How much is loved by young people was also seen during the contest My Selection Chef. In this friendly competition that took place during the presentation of the new collection, the protagonists were the students of hotel establishments Italian. The boys challenged each other with both theoretical and practical knowledge of our PDO and PGI excellence, under the watchful eye of Joe Bastianich and Raffaele Bellini, the chef who studies and tests McDonalds Italia's sandwich recipes.

How is a sandwich born? “I like to choose good products and listen to what people like. I study combinations of flavors and textures, I try and try again, I taste, I compare myself with colleagues and I propose recipes that are replicable with the same quality also in our restaurants "explains Raffaele Bellini. And for a moment he makes us imagine his work “It is a great team game, a machine with complex gears, where everyone's contribution is precious. And don't think that the kitchens where I work are so different from anyone's … they are the same, only the available technology changes ".

of Barbara Roncarolo
January 2020

Joe Bastianich new judge at X Factor 2019? – Italian Cuisine

The eighth season of Master Chef Italy, but Joe Bastianich could be back on TV much sooner than we could imagine.

According to the weekly Who, Joe could be one of the judges of the new edition of X Factor, scheduled for September 2019. After the goodbyes of Fedez, Manuel Agnelli and Mara Maionchi, the rapper should enter Achille Lauro is exactly Joe Bastianich.

If that were really the case, it would not be surprising. In addition to being an entrepreneur in the restaurant business, Bastianich also has a great passion for music and is the frontman of the The Ramps, a band with which it performs around Italy, but not only.

Guitarist and passionate about music country, folk is American rock, Joe has already had a little experience in the field: he was in fact a member of the Sanremo 2019 jury, performing also with the song Purple Rain during the After Festival.

As we have seen since 2011, the role of judge fits him perfectly: that the time has come to change air for Joe and leave the world of cooking?