MATTEO, FEDERICA AND GIANNI PUCCI, OUR

TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCED EXECUTIVE CHEF FROM

FLORENCE, WELCOME YOU AT AMARONE

Matteo and Federica, the owners, are from Verona and they wanted to name the restaurant after the famous wine Amarone from the Valpolicella region. The Amarone della Valpolicella is awarded the Denominazione di Origine Controllata status and it is exclusively produced near Verona.

The legend recites that a producer wanting to make Recioto wine with Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara dried grapes, forgot the wine in the barrique. The product continued to ferment, all its sugars were transformed to alcohol and the wine lost its sweetness. Contrarily to what it should have been, it was named Amarone (big bitter).

The first documented sale was recorded in 1938, but official trade started only in 1953, year in which Amarone was first sold by choice and not by chance. It gained immediate success, however, to a small public of passionate lovers.

Amarone is a very peculiar wine and not easy to produce. The final result is a very ripe, raisiny, big-bodied wine with very little acid.

680 main st

pleasanton, ca 94566

ph. 925-425-0099

fax 925-271-6101

info@amaronepleasanton.com

open every day:

lunch: 11:30 am to 2:30 pm

dinner: 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm

sunday (dinner menu only):

12:30 pm to 2:30 pm and

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm