2014/2015 Events
THE ART OF EATING WELL WINE TASTING DINNER
Guided by Susanna Wriston, Italian Wine Specialist®
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 6:00 pm
Sarasota Yacht Club - 1100 John Ringling Blvd
Cost $75 Members/$85 Guests
Join us to celebrate SICE's first event of the season!
Look out over the crystal clear waters of Sarasota Bay and enjoy a Wine Tasting Dinner featuring the culinary delights skillfully prepared by award winning chef, Anthony Puccio, based on Pellegrino Artusi’s La Scienza in cucina e L’arte del mangiare bene (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating well). All dishes will be paired with selected wines made from 100% indigenous Italian grape varietals! A culinary and wine experience you will not find anywhere else.
Guided by Susanna Wriston, Italian Wine Specialist®
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 6:00 pm
Sarasota Yacht Club - 1100 John Ringling Blvd
Cost $75 Members/$85 Guests
Join us to celebrate SICE's first event of the season!
Look out over the crystal clear waters of Sarasota Bay and enjoy a Wine Tasting Dinner featuring the culinary delights skillfully prepared by award winning chef, Anthony Puccio, based on Pellegrino Artusi’s La Scienza in cucina e L’arte del mangiare bene (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating well). All dishes will be paired with selected wines made from 100% indigenous Italian grape varietals! A culinary and wine experience you will not find anywhere else.
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TASTE OF LOMBARDY & NORTHERN ITALIAN WINES TASTING DINNER
4 Course Tasting Dinner and 5 Great Wines SICE Members & their Guests Guided by Susanna Wriston, Italian Wine Specialist® Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 6:30 pm Sarasota Yacht Club - 1100 John Ringling Blvd Cost $75 Members/$85 Guests Look out over the crystal clear waters of Sarasota Bay and enjoy a Wine Tasting Dinner featuring the culinary delights of Lombardy prepared by award winning Chef Anthony of the Sarasota Yacht Club elegantly paired with great wines of Northern Italy. We have selected a menu dedicated to the region of Lombardy, as it will host EXPO 2015! Susanna Wriston, Italian Wine Specialist® certified by the North American Sommelier Association and Associazione Italiana Sommelier, will guide us through the beauty and complexity of the selected wine regions and entice us with the culture and traditions of each pairing. |
Wine Dinner Tasting Menu
Welcome Aperitivo Franciacorta DOCG
Antipasto
INVOLTINI DI BRESAOLA WITH GORGONZOLA & ARUGULA
Paired with Arneis Piemonte
Piatto Principale
OSSO BUCO CON RISOTTO ALLA MILANESE
Paired with Valpolicella Classico
Formaggi
CLASSIC LOMBARDY CHEESES SERVED WITH SMOKED ALMONDS AND FIG JAM
Paired with Nebbiolo Piemonte
Dolce
PANETTONE DELIGHT WITH CREMA DI MASCARPONE & AMARETTI DI SARONNO
Paired with Moscato D’Asti
Welcome Aperitivo Franciacorta DOCG
Antipasto
INVOLTINI DI BRESAOLA WITH GORGONZOLA & ARUGULA
Paired with Arneis Piemonte
Piatto Principale
OSSO BUCO CON RISOTTO ALLA MILANESE
Paired with Valpolicella Classico
Formaggi
CLASSIC LOMBARDY CHEESES SERVED WITH SMOKED ALMONDS AND FIG JAM
Paired with Nebbiolo Piemonte
Dolce
PANETTONE DELIGHT WITH CREMA DI MASCARPONE & AMARETTI DI SARONNO
Paired with Moscato D’Asti
EXPERIENCE THE SARASOTA OPERA - FEW SEATS LEFT
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 11:00 am
Sarasota Opera House
Cost $20 Members / $25 Guests- seats are limited
Maestro Marcello Cormio will delight us in a presentation of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro opening on Valentine's Day and the Sarasota Youth Opera will preform excerpts from one of Mozart’s most charming creations. A what a treat! Stage director Martha Collins will present "Tosca" while the Studio Artists will preform selected pieces of Puccini's melodrama. And expect a surprise or two!
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 11:00 am
Sarasota Opera House
Cost $20 Members / $25 Guests- seats are limited
Maestro Marcello Cormio will delight us in a presentation of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro opening on Valentine's Day and the Sarasota Youth Opera will preform excerpts from one of Mozart’s most charming creations. A what a treat! Stage director Martha Collins will present "Tosca" while the Studio Artists will preform selected pieces of Puccini's melodrama. And expect a surprise or two!
SOUTHERN ITALY: ANCIENT GRECO ROMAN SITES
Event Exclusively for SICE Members & their Guests Lecture presented by Dr. Rosanne Martorella followed by bountiful Sicilian Style Aperitivo Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 5:30 pm Herald Tribune Headquarters -1741 Main St - Sarasota Cost: $30 Members / $40 Guests – Limited seating Dr Rosanne Martorella is current Sarasota resident and once a full time Sociology professor at William Paterson University. Her major field of research and publication has been on arts patronage, culture and society, but her real passion is for ancient archeology. Dr Martorella will take us on a journey through the best preserved ancient temples and archeological sites found in Sicily. From Segesta to Agrigento, Selinunte, Syracuse, and Taormina, discover the culture and ancient life though the architecture, pottery, stone carvings and more. Go inside the spectacular 4th C. AD Roman Palace Villa del Casale of Piazza Armerina to see how splendid mosaics and murals depict the lavish lifestyle of the time. This event is exclusive to SICE Members and their guests. A bountiful Sicilian Style Aperitivo will follow the lecture. |
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AMERICANS’ LOVE OF ITALY SERIES: HEMINGWAY UNKNOWN – THE ITALIAN YEARS
Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 11:30 am Venetian River & Golf Club (Laurel Road/N. Venice) Cost: $35 Members / $45 Guests (presentation and luncheon) It was the spring of 1918, during the First World War, when as an ambulance-driver volunteering for the American Red Cross he had the chance to discover Veneto and his love began. While supplying troops with chocolate, coffee and cigarettes, he managed to reach the front on the Piave River. Here Hemingway was seriously wounded and the experience ignited his imagination, and perhaps the most famous novel on World War I in Italy, A Farewell to Arms (1929). When he returned in 1948 he discovered the beauty of Venice: he made friends with Giuseppe Cipriani, the founder of the historical “Harry’s Bar”. Hemingway loved the glamour of the Gritti Hotel but also the enchanting simplicity of the Locanda Cipriani on the island of Torcello, where he could write and go duck hunting in the lagoon: the late novel, Across the River and into the Trees (1950). Ernest Hemingway writes in a letter to Bernard Berenson in 1948, expressing all his affection for Veneto: “I am a boy of the lower Piave …I’m an old Veneto’s fanatic and I will leave my heart here”. The photographic presentation will take us through Hemingway’s journeys in Italy from World War I to the 1950s to discover the traveler Ernest Hemingway and his love story with Venice and the Veneto region from Fossalta, to Caorle, Venice, Torcello and Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Dolomites. The photographs were part of an exhibit promoted by Venice International University on display at Palazzo Loredan in Venice, Casa Italia Zerilli-Marimo’ at NYU, and Societa’ Dante Alighieri in Miami. Enjoy a luncheon inspired by the Veneto foods Hemingway loved. Cash bar will be available. |
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VILLAS & GARDENS OF ITALY
Lecture presented by Dr. Joseph Polizzi
An event in collaboration with the Ausonia Society of Sarasota
Wednesday, April 22, 2014 - 11:30 am
Lakewood Ranch Country Club
Cost: $35 Members / $45 Guests (lecture and luncheon)
Dr. Joseph Polizzi, well-know author and lecturer will be our guest speaker at the last event of our season at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club. Dr. Polizzi has authored many articles and books on Italian subjects including works about Southern Italian Society, Women in 19th Century Italian Art, and a biography of Palladio, the Architect of the Veneto. Also added to his list of credits is a recent novel, entitled “The Golden Orrery: A Story of Love and Remembrance in Sicily”.
For us, Dr. Polizzi will give a special preview of his latest work “In Praise of the Italian Pleasure Garden”- its' history, origins, and the personalities of the original designers as well as the cast of characters behind the scenes, such the Medici. Dr. Polizzi's passion for his subject is clearly felt as he describes the gardens and their “capacity to enchant” in fascinating detail.
We will learn how the influence of Italian garden design traveled far beyond the confines of Italy. We will see the grandest of gardens in Rome and how these designs were later adopted by France, England and America. You'll be surprised to find out where the best examples are in the U.S - New York, Massachusetts, California and, of all places, Wisconsin.
Join us for a delightful lunch at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club and learn about “il giardino del piacere.”
Lecture presented by Dr. Joseph Polizzi
An event in collaboration with the Ausonia Society of Sarasota
Wednesday, April 22, 2014 - 11:30 am
Lakewood Ranch Country Club
Cost: $35 Members / $45 Guests (lecture and luncheon)
Dr. Joseph Polizzi, well-know author and lecturer will be our guest speaker at the last event of our season at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club. Dr. Polizzi has authored many articles and books on Italian subjects including works about Southern Italian Society, Women in 19th Century Italian Art, and a biography of Palladio, the Architect of the Veneto. Also added to his list of credits is a recent novel, entitled “The Golden Orrery: A Story of Love and Remembrance in Sicily”.
For us, Dr. Polizzi will give a special preview of his latest work “In Praise of the Italian Pleasure Garden”- its' history, origins, and the personalities of the original designers as well as the cast of characters behind the scenes, such the Medici. Dr. Polizzi's passion for his subject is clearly felt as he describes the gardens and their “capacity to enchant” in fascinating detail.
We will learn how the influence of Italian garden design traveled far beyond the confines of Italy. We will see the grandest of gardens in Rome and how these designs were later adopted by France, England and America. You'll be surprised to find out where the best examples are in the U.S - New York, Massachusetts, California and, of all places, Wisconsin.
Join us for a delightful lunch at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club and learn about “il giardino del piacere.”
Event Reservations
We encourage you to use the Reservation Form.
All reservations will receive confirmation of payment received.
For single events: please be sure to write the name of the event on the check
All checks must be sent to:
SICE Inc
c/o Anne Salamone
4515 Samoset Drive
Sarasota 34241
Download Reservation Form
All reservations will receive confirmation of payment received.
For single events: please be sure to write the name of the event on the check
All checks must be sent to:
SICE Inc
c/o Anne Salamone
4515 Samoset Drive
Sarasota 34241
Download Reservation Form
