Join with Sommelier, Erica Archer and Solo Italiano / Solo Cucina for a Virtual Wine Dinner from the comforts of home and technology. And we’re delivering it all to your door. 1-2 hours before our event you’ll receive your dinner-for-two box containing your wine and food with easy instructions to reheat for our 7pm start.
For the menu, Paolo is eager, as are we, to help Maine small businesses, farmers, and lobster industry in this challenging time, so the food we’ll enjoy “together” aims to be not only delicious but also made using only the freshest local ingredients from these Maine purveyors.
We are excited to have you join us for this incredible wine dinner with Solo as we gather online from the comforts of home to discuss the featured wines and food pairings, create community and support small businesses and local purveyors.
Cost is $165 all-inclusive of dinner-for-two food, wine, tax, service, download materials, event experience, and delivery. Deliveries are limited to the Greater Portland area. You can rest assured that we are exceeding all requirements for your safety and the safety of our teams in preparing and delivering.
Your Chef Paolo Laboa’s journey started in his mother's kitchen, where he learned the secrets of real Genovese cooking, the pinnacle of Northern Italian cuisine. Every ingredient chef Paolo touches is fresh from the farm and sea to his kitchen to your table. Some of his favorite farms are Stonecipher Farm, Dandelion Springs Farm, Valley Farm, Olivia’s Garden for greens, vegetables, basil and herbs, and Northspore for foraged mushrooms. Fresh fish is brought in each day through Upstream, Harbor Fish Market or Browne Trading Co. Also sourcing other proteins like wild rabbit from Sumner Valley Farm and lamb and pork from Two Cove Farm, while dairy comes from a variety these local farmers. “Cooking is what I love and I want each ingredient to sing. Simplicity is my goal. If there are five ingredients, I want you to taste all five of them.” Breads and pastas are all made in-house from scratch using traditional Genovese recipes. “It is very important–the food that you eat,” says Laboa.
Your Sommelier Archer is a true oenophile, having obtained high levels of certification in her field. In 2010, she was awarded the Wine Spirit and Education Trust Level Three Advanced Certification in Wines and Spirits (with merit), became a Sommelier in the American Court of Master Sommeliers, and received her Certified Wine Professional award from the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, California. Erica is the principal of Wine Wise, a wine education and events service and is skilled at creating truly creative and memorable wine experiences that take guests beyond a typical tasting with her intimate understanding of what makes each wine unique. And she’ll do it with her trademark down to earth style and sense of humor.
