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Press Release: Illy partners with Via Umbria

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What’s hot, Italian and waiting for you at the bar?

That’s right—illy coffee at the all new Via Umbria opening this November! Paired with a fresh made croissant, and sipped at the bar—Via Umbria provides the traditional Italian coffee bar experience right in Georgetown.

“You can grab a cup of coffee anywhere; we wanted to offer people a real Italian coffee experience. Stop in on your way to work, order a small, delicious cup of illy and talk politics with your neighbor—just like in Italy. We will open at 7am for coffee and breakfast,” said Suzy Menard, one of the owners of Via Umbria.

Via Umbria’s coffee bar is perfect for those who crave the classic social European coffee experience instead of a cafe overrun with people on headphones and laptops.

Later this week, Via Umbria will announce its website’s new press page for up-to-date news, events and announcements.

CONTACT: Jenny Buck, Via Umbria 
(612)801-6056 
jennybuck1@gmail.com

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Noteworthy Notizie – October 2

Via Umbria Georgetown Cooking

Well, this rain is bleak. We hope you all are staying warm and snuggly. Bill and Suzy are avoiding this mess by heading off to Italy for two food and wine tours. You should be able to keep up with them here, on the blog!

 

The New York Times interviews a Monk from Norcia about his daily life.  His activities are pretty interesting.  If he even feels the stress of email, is anyone safe?

 

We’ll just leave this here… where to find the best pizza in DC. You’re welcome.

 

7 things you might be doing wrong with pasta! This list is essential, please take a look before you cook your next pot of pasta.

 

The wild boars of Italy are going on birth control.

 

Now that we are officially in October, we can start the slow move towards Halloween…so here are the 10 Best Dario Argento films to keep you transfixed and freaked out all month.

 

Stay dry, friends!

 

–Via Umbria

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Vickie Reh Joins the Via Umbria Team as Chef/Wine Director

Vickie Reh

 

What happens when passions collide?  In this case, amazing flavor as Via Umbria opens its doors in a few short weeks. One of its many new offerings will be Italian cooking demonstrations paired with the perfect wine—and who better to bring these two together than DC Chef and Sommelier, Vickie Reh.

Vickie Reh

“Joining Via Umbria is the perfect opportunity for me—it combines my passion for cooking, wine and tourism.  Via Umbria’s owners, Bill and Suzy Menard bring quality to everything they do and I am looking forward to being part of their new Italian Marketplace in Georgetown.”

Bill and Suzy Menard with Vickie
Bill and Suzy Menard with Vickie

Many DC Foodies will remember Reh in her position as Chef at Buck’s Fishing & Camping. Reh is a Certified Sommelier and a recipient of the Level Three Award from the Wine Spirits and Education Trust, passing with Distinction.  Since leaving Buck’s she has been a wine consultant and personal chef and is currently working on a book about food and wine. “I’ve been waiting for the next right opportunity and this is it.  I met the Menards when I was Chef at Buck’s years ago, and we became friends.  I’ve travelled with them to Italy and cooked with them in their home.  I am really excited to join this enticing endeavor.  More than a restaurant or market, Via Umbria is an authentic Italian experience and I get to help make that happen.”

Vickie Reh Via Umbria

Via Umbria will operate café style during the day with guests enjoying freshly prepared fare from the onsite kitchen.  Cooking and wine classes in the exhibition kitchen will be offered.

 

“Introducing our customers to the complete experience of Umbrian food and wine is going to be great fun! Via Umbria will have everything needed for those looking to learn about cooking specialty Italian fare at home–fabulous authentic ingredients and an enthusiastic staff ready to advise every step of the way!”

Bill Menard makes Rabbit

Via Umbria will open in early November, with a tentative date of November 7th  In the meantime, you can read about the adventures of Chef Reh and the Menards as they lead an upcoming Food and Wine Tour at their Italian farmhouse, right here on the blog. To read more about Vickie Reh’s ideas about food and wine and her culinary odyssey with Bill & Suzy, check our her blog http://www.vickieswinetable.com/blog.

 

Ci Vediamo!

 

–Via Umbria

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Photodiary – Arte Modus Wine Tasting

Redesigning our store would have been difficult without the help of premium architects and designers. One of these influencers is Ezio Mattice, the man behind Artemodus Design Studio, who helped us create our wine display for the new Via Umbria.

Arte Modus

On Thursday, we hosed a wine tasting in his studio in Georgetown, where guests got a taste of what the new Via Umbria will be offering in the way of food and wine.

 

Ezio Mattice

Via Umbria Arte Modus

 

A tiny guest makes an appearance
A tiny guest makes an appearance

 

Via Umbria owner Suzy Menard and guests
Via Umbria owner Suzy Menard and guests

 

Panzanella Salad
Panzanella Salad

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Via Umbira's Dick Parke pours Fontecolle Sololoro wine
Via Umbira’s Dick Parke pours Fontecolle Sololoro wine
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Via Umbria owner Bill Menard talks with Ezio and guests

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Two of the featured red wines of the evening.
Two of the featured red wines of the evening.

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Farro Salad with aged parmesan
Farro Salad with aged parmesan

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Noteworthy Notizie – September 25th

Arte Modus Canal

We’ve had an interesting week in DC, with all of the commotion from the Pope.  We love the power of an image from the Washington Post – DC starts to look a lot like the Vatican, right down to the obelisk.

 

If you’r reading this on Friday, it’s probably time you poured your self a Spritz. Here are five bitter drinks we wish were a bigger deal in the USA, from Food 52. Italy has been drinking bitter for a very long time—and we should be following suit.
Here are just a few reasons why having a kitchen garden on vacation is amazing.

 

Were the bones of the Real Mona Lisa just unearthed? We’ll let you decide.

 

Milan Fashion week just began! Here is the recap from the Wall Street Journal.

 

We kicked off our weekend a little early with a wine tasting with Arte Modus Design Studio last night. Cheers to everyone who came out! We hope your weekend is filled with little luxuries and relaxation.

 

–Ci Vediamo!

Via Umbria

 

 

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Announcing: An End of Summer Wine Tasting with Arte Modus

Via Umbria Arte Modus Wine tasting

Via Umbria and Arte Modus modern design studio invite you to an end of summer Umbrian Wine Tasting.

Enjoy the flavors of our Umbrian wine and light bites in the beautiful Art Modus studio.

Arte Modus, located by the canal in Georgetown, is a modern design studio featuring high end furniture and fixtures from some of Italy’s top studios. Art Modus helped create the vision for the new Via Umbria store, market, gallery and kitchen to open this Fall 2015.  We hope you will join us!

6-8 PM on Thursday, September 24th.

 

ARTE MODUS

1054  31st Street, NW

Suite  #009

WASHINGTON, DC 20007

 

RSVP to info@viaumbria.com or call 202.333.3904

 

You can also find our event on Facebook.

 

Ci Vediamo!

–Via Umbria

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Pardi Private Wine Dinner

Albertino Pardi hosted a special dinner at Casa Menard last weekend, for friends of the Pardi brand. After spritz o’clock cocktails, our guest sat down to a delightful Umbrian feast. Friends old and new socialized with Albertino as the sun set on a beautiful night.

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Ci Vediamo!

–Via Umbria

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Noteworthy Notizie – August 28th

Aperol Spritz Via Umbria

Welcome to Friday Dolce Vita readers! We just got a container from Italy to restock on some much loved goodies…and we have some fabulous new products for you too! Stay tuned!

Construction continues at the store as we get closer to our goal of opening in the fall. And we are also hard at work improving bugs in our website, and developing a platform to buy our wines online!

But enough about us, here is what has been going on in the Italian world this week.

 

– CNN tallies the growing death toll of the European migrant crisis, many of which pass through Italy.

– However, on a small positive note, 3,000 migrants were rescued by Italians in the Mediterranean this week.

 

– Now for some less grim news. The New York times writes about Italian neighbors who built a real-life social network through an online social network. A delightful story of cooperation in a neighborhood that makes us feel all warm and fuzzy about Italian life.

 

– In the gossip column, Jozef Wesolowski, a papal ambassador and the highest-ranking Catholic official to be put on trial for child abuse and child pornography charges, died in his room early Friday. He was scheduled to be on trial last month, but it was delayed when he fell ill. We guess retribution will come in heaven.

 

– Via Umbria is interviewed for the travel blog Oliver’s Travels!

 

– There’s a great deal of public awareness in Italy about celiac disease. All Italian children are tested for it by the age of 6! Italian restaurants are becoming more celiac friendly, NPR reports, because they truly feel pity for those who cannot participate in the most important aspect of Italian culture: eating together. Did you know we carry gluten-free pastas made it Italy right here in the us at Emporio?

 

– Italy is cracking down on Mafia corruption in Rome. A trial of 59 defendants caught up in the Mafia Capital scandal is due to start on Nov. 5.

 

Cheers to the week-end!

Ci Vediamo

Via Umbria

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Photo Diary: Pardi Wine Dinner with Albertino

120 people luxuriated in the finest foods and wines from Umbria on Sunday with Casa Luca and Albertino Pardi. Albertino walked from table to table, making sure each guest had individual attention, as each course and wine pairing came out in a delicious stream. Thank you to everyone who attended!

 

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— Via Umbria

 

 

 

 

 

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