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| MIlan's dramatic Castello Sforzesco by night. |
Dear vinous friends, this is the kind of moment that makes
wine blogging so exciting. It’s a pleasure to share the news: a new wine bar
star is born! Let me introduce you to the astonishingly beautiful, relaxed,
friendly, and first and foremost, highly professional wine bar in Milan:
Bicerin.
Bicerin has been open for only three months now, which I
find hard to believe since this place has such a feeling of history, of being
an establishment. Full of wine and food enjoying customers, Bicerin is bursting
with vinous life even on a Sunday evening. Everything I see here is so very
beautiful: the design furniture with retroish swag, the enormous, space
creating windows, the wine bottle filled walls in two storeys that decorate the
room with what is essential: wine.
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| Bicerin is about small producer wines with soul. |
Maybe this place has so much soul due to the fact that, as a
project, it has a long history based on passion for wine. Bicerin’s owners
Alberto (a publisher and a sommelier), Lorenzo (an architect) and Silvia (a
real estate agent) were busy with their careers and didn’t really need any extra
activity, but nevertheless, as devoted wine lovers, they dreamed of an idea of
a wine bar/shop . Then, around five years ago a turning point was reached.
Alberto and Lorenzo got bored with collecting wine just for the sake of
investment. They wanted to start finding wines that would be special for their
high quality, but affordable and intended for drinking, not only for glancing
at in the cellar. Since then they have searched for small, artisanal producers
around Italy, as well as elsewhere (e.g. Georgia, Croatia), and collected wines
for their wine shop and bar to come. Furthermore, Alberto became a sommelier.
And one day, approximately three months ago, Bicerin opened its doors for us,
fortunate wine lovers.
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| Bicerin's sommelier Alberto tells you the story of the wine. |
Alberto’s heartfelt way of sharing the stories behind these
wine bottles makes me realise how very living Bicerin’s wines are. They are
true pearls of the wine world: most are rare, small volume, high quality
products that reflect the utmost care their producers have taken throughout the
process of production. And still, the
wines can be bought at an affordable price. Most of these wines never end up
being exported due to their rarity (nobody knows them) or small production
volumes. But you can find them at Bicerin, because this wine shop has done its
research. I’m delighted to have found it already now, three months into its
existence!
Our night at Bicerin is such a pleasure. Hosting here is
impeccable, personal and warm, the food so tasty, modern and unmistakably
Italian, and the wines - simply divine. We finish our vinous night with
minimalistic and sinfully delicious ”dark chocolate caviar” accompanied with
the outstanding 1981 Il Colle Brunello di Montalcino. This wine will be
reviewed later on Divine Wine, I promise. For now, suffice it to say these
kinds of experiences make a wine lover’s visit to Milan definitely worthwhile.
You can find them at Bicerin.
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Coordinates
Bicerin
Via Panfilo Castaldi 27, Milano
M: Porta Venezia
02 84258410
info@bicerinmilano.it
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