Vino Italian Tapas and Wine Bar for Dining in Honolulu on Restaurant Row.

Vino Italian Tapas and Wine Bar
on Restaurant Row
500 Ala Moana Blvd
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Phone: 808.524.8466
Fax: 808.536.0667

The wine list is carefully chosen at Vino Italian Tapas and Wine Bar in Honolulu.

 

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A trio of Mediterranean white wines at Vino Italian Tapas and Wine Bar in Honolulu.
Hours:
Dinner only:
Weds, Thurs: 5:30 - 9:30 pm
Fri, Sat: 5:30 - 10:30 pm
Payment:
VISA, MasterCard, AmEx, Discover, JCB
Full Bar:
Traditional and tropical cocktails, beer.
Wine List:
Extensive list chosen carefully by Master Sommelier Chuck Furuya with wine flights and about 20 wines by the glass.
Group Dining & Parties:
Parties up to 60 guests.
Take Out Available
Valet or validated parking available.
 
Prosecco, Ruggeri "Gold Label" 6.95
off-dry, effortlessly light & completely refreshing Italian bubbly
 
Great Values   2 oz   5 oz
Chardonnay, Esser 2002   $2.50   $5.50
A tasty, round, wonderfully delicious Californian Chardonnay.        
Riesling Kabinett, Gysler 2003 "Weinheimer Holle"   $2.50   $2.50
ever so slightly sweet, wonderfully pure German Riesling        
Falanghina, Terredora 2003   $2.75   $5.95
an ancient grape grown on the volcanic soiled slopes of Mt. Vesuvius        

A TRIO from the MEDITERRANEAN ... $9.95

Here is a golden opportunity to sample a TRIO of truly fabulous, unique white wines from around the Mediterranean basin. The fun really begins, however, when you try the trio with our various seafood dishes.

--2 oz Verdicchio di Catselli dei Jesi, Bucci 2000 (Italy)
  one of Italy's remarkable & most revered white wine producers
--2 oz Albarino, Fefinanes 2002 (Spain)
  The VERY best white wine from Spain - tasty, alive & incredibly food friendly
--2 oz (Grenache Blanc / Gris) Domaine Lafage "Cotes du Roussillon" 2003 (France)
  a very unique, minerally, oak laden white wine from France, right on the Mediterranean
Contemporary ITALIAN WHITE WINE at its Best.        
(Pinot Nero) Cavalloto "Laughe Bianco" (Italy)   $3.75   $8.95
A very finesseful, world-class white, produced from Pinot Noir, uniquely grown on one of Barolo's most revered hillsides        
An Opportunity to try TWO of THE VERY BEST        
Chardonnay, Costa de Oro "Reserva Dorada" 2001   $4.75   $10.95
If I could make a Chardonnay, it would be along these lines...tasty, subtlely complex, wonderfully layered & balanced without any sense of heaviness        
Chardonnay, Kongsgaard 2000   $6.25   $15.00
One of Napa's GREATS - HUGE, mega-concentrated, unfiltered & unfined... 95 points. A must to try, while we have it.        
 
Great Values   2 oz   5 oz
Shiraz, Wishing Tree 2004   $2.50   $5.50
Delicious, ripe supple, well textured, fun-lovin', Australian red        
Pinot Noir, CF Wines 2003   $3.25   $6.95
a very elegant, wonderfully perfumed feminine styled Pinot Noir        
Merlot, Luna 2001   $3.75   $8.95
One of California's finest Merlots - intense, complex & wonderfully layered        

WILD, RUSTIC Mediterranean "COUNTRY" WINES ... $9.95

Here is a golden opportunity to sample a trio of red wines from around the Mediterranean basin, produced from indigenous grapes and done with a sense of culture. The fun really begins, however, when you try the trio with our various foods.

--2 oz Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Domaine Valori 2002 (Italy)
  a lively, rustic, exotically spiced red from the hillsides of Italy's Eastern coast
--2 oz Petalos de Bierzo, Jose Palacios 2003 (Spain)
  a very captivating, juicy, rustic, totally contemporary Spanish red
--2 oz Cahors, Clos la Coutale 2002 (France)
a wildly rustic, lusty, soulful, black Malbec from Southwest France
As GOOD as ITALY GETS   2 oz   5 oz
Chianti Classico, Querciabella 2000   $3.50   $7.95
Masculine, soulful Chianti grown on a hilltop high above the town of Greve        
Barbera d'Alba, Scavino "Affinato in Carati" 1999   $3.75   $8.95
A profound, deliciously rustic, wonderfully layered red from a new age superstar        
Barolo, Damilano 2000   $4.75   $10.95
A very elegant, highly refined, surprisingly feminine style of Barolo        
DEEP, RICH PROVOCATIVE REDS   2 oz   5 oz
Grenache, Betts & Scholl 2002   $4.25   $9.95
An absolutely gorgeous, elegant, Old Vine Grenache from Master Sommelier Richard Betts        
(Cabernet Blend), Mantra "Revelations" 2001   $5.50   $12.50
A very superb, suave, seamless, "mountain" grown Cabernet blend        
 
Wine selections and prices subject to change without notice.
 
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