Welcome to The Capital Region's Hottest Wine Bar!Questions? Concerns? Comments? Please contact us at:
(518) 786-TAPA (8272) or info@vinsantowinebar.com
Hours of Operation:
Mon - Thurs 4:00pm to 11:00pm
Serving Food until 10pm
Friday 3:00pm to 1:00am
Serving Food until 11pm
Saturday 12:00noon to 1:00am
Serving Food until 11pm
Closed Sundays
(Ask about private parties and events)
Location:
Latham Farms
Exit 6 off I-87
579 Troy-Schenectady Rd.
Latham, NY 12110
Vin Santo wishes to thank all our loyal customers for their years of patronage! Vin Santo is looking forward to new management and an awesome menu with fantastic dishes! Our final dinner service before the switch will be May 8th, new management's projected debut for May 22nd.
Got Vin Santo gift certificates and can't make it in before May 8th? No worries, Vin Santo gift certificates will be redeemable at All Star Wine and Spirits. Sphere: Related Content
Matching food and wine is something of an art. However, even the novice can follow a few guidelines that will definitely improve their ability to appropriately pair a wine with a meal.
One guideline to live by in pairing food and wine: Light foods go with light wines. Heavy foods go with heavy wines. Delicate meals need a light wine. Heavier meals need a bigger wine.
Example: Filet of Sole goes nicely with a Sauvignon Blanc, not a Zinfandel. The Zin in most cases would overpower the fish.
Example: A pesto pizza with prosciutto and cheese goes nicely with a Zinfandel, not a Sauvignon Blanc. The pizza would overpower the Sauvignon Blanc.
Here is a list to get you started:
Sauvignon Blanc – white or light fish, mild cheese, fruit
Chardonnay– grilled chicken, salmon, shellfish, and grilled fish,anything with a cream sauce.
Merlot – pasta, red meat, duck, smoked or grilled foods
Cabernet Sauvignon– red meats, especially a juicy barbequed steak, grilled and smoked foods.
Syrah– red meats, spicy pizzas, herbed sauces on red meat, turkey
Dry Rosé- salads, pasta salads, bbq chicken or fish, light spicy foods
Zinfandel – tomato pasta dishes, pizza, pesto, red meats, chicken with heavy sauces
Things to keep in mind:
The rules for wine pairing have relaxed a bit, but the fact remains that certain flavors of food and wine mix better together than others.
While it isn't unheard of to have a white wine with meat or a red wine with fish or seafood, you don't want to serve a very strong tasting wine with a delicate entree, or the other way around.
The wine and the food should complement each other, not battle against each other. One way to decide is to remember what some experts recommend, "Simple wines with complex foods...complex wines with simple foods."
Here is a Fun Video on wine tastes and wine pairing:
Believe it or not, the taste of a wine changes when you drink the wine out of different types of glasses.
Three aspects of a glass are important: its size, its shape, and the thickness of the glass.
Wine glasses must be plain and transparent, so that you can appreciate the wine’s color, and made of glass or crystal.
Let's keep things simple with three glass options: glasses for red wine, for white wine and for sparkling wine
Red wine
Red wine glasses are wider, with a very large bowl, since red wine needs to be swirled around to come in contact with the oxygen, and benefit from a larger area of contact with the air.
Glasses for red wines should hold a minimum of 12 ounces; many of the best glasses have capacities ranging from 16 to 24 ounces, or more.
Fun Fact! **As oxygen from the air chemically interacts with the wine, flavor and aroma are subtly altered. This process of oxidization is generally more compatible with red wines, whose complex flavors are smoothed out after being exposed to air.
White Wine
White wine glasses are tulip shaped. They are smaller than red wine glasses and have a smaller mouth. The reduced surface area of contact with the wine prevents the white wine of warming up too fast and in reduces the rate of oxidization for a crisp, clean flavor.
White wines glasses should hold 10 to 12 ounces.
Fun Fact! **White wines which are best served slightly oxidized are generally full flavored wines, such as oaked chardonnay. For lighter, fresher styles of white wine, oxidization is less desirable as it is seen to mask the delicate nuances of the wine.
Sparkling Wine
Sparkling wine glasses are small and flute shaped (tall and thin). The reduced surface area of contact keeps the wine colder and the flute shape allows for the proper development of bubbles.
Glasses for sparkling wines should hold 8 to 12 ounce capacity.
Fun Fact! **The glass is designed to be held by the stem to help prevent the heat from the hand from warming the champagne.
Stop in and see us tonight for a pie and a glass of your favorite wine! We offer several pizza selections and you are sure to fine one you will fall in love with! See you soon!
Margherita House made mozzarella, marinated tomatoes and fresh basil
Vin Santo offers a nice selection of large plates for your dining pleasure. Free Range Grilled Chicken Breast and Day Boat Scallops to name a few. Have you been to Vin Santo lately? Stop in and see what we have to offer today!
Day Boat Scallops A sherried mushroom ragu over a lemon tart Free Range Grilled Chicken Breast Served with garlic smashed potatoes, market vegetables and a Dijon white wine sauce
