When Marchese Peiro Antinori—on a trip to Carmel three years ago from his vineyards in Tuscany to attend the Maters of Food and Wine at Highlands Inn—expressed a desire to dine with his best California Customer, his wine distributor told him, “Then you’ll want to have dinner with Richard Pèpe [...]

What higher compliment can Italy’s greatest vintner pay to the sun and soil of California’s vineyards than to purchaser and plant 600 acres to Cabernet Sauvignon high above the Napa Valley and to vinify the grapes for his Atlas peak label under the name of “Consenso”?
The Italian winemaster, Marquese Piero [...]

Dining Review

“Can you believe this used to be a sand mine?” My dining companion’s initial comment as we sat squarely in the middle of the opulent Tuscan villa-like surroundings that is Péppoli. From sand mine to the Bay Club at the Inn at Spanish Bay to what is [...]

 
Once again, another year has gone by and our local restaurants have created much for which many of us are thankful.
Each year at this time, I list the dozen or so restaurants, reviewed in the past year, which stand out for me as being above the rest of the pack.
This [...]

New Péppoli Restaurant Extends a Warm Welcome

Italy’s rich tradition, culture and cuisine join in a welcoming embrace at Péppoli at Pebble Beach, the newest restaurant at The Inn at Spanish Bay. Authentic Tuscan-style dishes pair with a wine-centered, casual atmosphere to create memorable dining.
Opened in January,  Péppoli is named [...]

Fresh-pressed premium olive oil, flown in from Tuscany, inspires a special menu at Péppoli.
Following the December olive harvest, the first cold pressing of hand picked, destined and skinned ripe fruit from each estate yields the finest-flavored and most expensive oil. Afiorata, made from the cream that rises to the top [...]

It may come as a shock, but the Monterey County map is littered with fine dining establishments.
It won’t build muscle tone or slim your waistline, but here’s a fun exercise for anyone who lovesto eat, and eat well: try counting the number of restaurants that you would go eagerly visit [...]

Winemaker Dinner featuring Sicily’s Planeta Winery

Please join us in welcoming Alessio Planeta of the famed legendary Planeta Winery of Sicily. Pèppoli Chef Arturo Moscoso will create a seven-course tasting menu to compliment the fantastic offering of Planeta wines.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Pèppoli was introduced in 1988, with the first vintage being 1985, and represents a wine that is both complex and well-structured yet has a fruity character which is full of aromas. This style of wine is possible thanks to a very unique microclimate in the region [...]

There is something timeless about the vineyard named Pèppoli — the slow passing of the seasons, the whisper of the breezes blowing through the olive groves, the quiet sounds of the farmers tending the vines.  Pèppoli, located about 15 miles south of Florence, was originally built as a monastery and [...]

10^th Anniversary Celebration of the Pèppoli at Pebble Beach

Ciao Amici (hello friends),

We are excited to announce the arrival of Marchese Piero Antinori, our partner at Pèppoli at Pebble Beach. Piero, legendary ambassador of Italian wines will be here visiting from his home in Florence, Italy and will be here to help celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Pèppoli Restaurant. While this is certainly just a fraction of the over 600-year history of the Antinori family wine empire, we are all very proud of this accomplishment. Piero will be joined by renowned chef Tiberio Sabatini, from the Antinori estate of Castello della Sala in Umbria.

Three wonderful events are planned and we hope you can join us to savor the cuisine and wines of Tuscany, meet Piero Antinori, one of the most influential figures of Italian winemaking, and enjoy the Tuscan-inspired ambience at Pèppoli (see details below).

Ciao Amici (hello friends),
We are excited to announce the arrival of Marchese Piero Antinori, our partner at Pèppoli at Pebble Beach. Piero, legendary ambassador of Italian wines will be here visiting from his home in Florence, Italy and will be here to help celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Pèppoli [...]

Inviting accommodations and genuine hospitality create an indulgent retreat after a day experiencing the incomparable Pebble Beach Resorts. Why not come a day early and stay for a game of golf? Most rooms feature a private patio or balcony with magnificent views of forest, fairways or ocean, along with a cozy fireplace too..

At Pèppoli, chef Angela Tamura is passionate about the use of the highest quality ingredients available.  She shops as locally as possible, and often uses organically grown ingredients.  Also, the finest Italian imported products are used to create our own one of the finest representations of Italian food in America.
To [...]

Under the Tuscan Moon – 2009
With Antinori Visiting Chef Cinzia Ninci
“We savored the cuisine and wines of Tuscany as chefs Cinzia Ninci and Arturo Moscoso each prepared two original dishes in the four-course prix-fixe dinner. Our wine servers were on hand to help in selecting the perfect Antinori wine to compliment each course. The chefs were in the dining room during the evening sharing their passion for Italian food and wine.”

With guest chef Richard Pèpe of Little Napoli Restaurant
and
Chef Arturo D. Moscoso of Pèppoli
 
 
Ciao Amici (hello friends),
Our Under the Tuscan Moon dinner series continues at Pèppoli at Pebble Beach this summer on July 24th. For this event I will act as visiting [...]

Served with a sauté of fresh morel mushrooms, black cherries, spring fava beans and sun dried cherry merlot infusion
Vineyard worker can result in the owner ship of a winery twenty years later. But unless our parents provide us with a very particular upbringing, we grow up thinking that wine isn’t [...]

If consumers say they want more healthful menu options but don’t often order those better-for-you foods, what’s a foodservice operator to do?
No question is likely to be more pressing yet more difficult to easily answer this year, and will continue to be so until consumers’ expressed desires wine isn’t wine [...]