August 28 - A Special Wine Dinner with Jeff Gaffner of Saxon Brown

Great news!   Owner/Winemaker Jeff Gaffner of Saxon Brown will be at Solare to lead a 4-course Solare Dinner designed by Executive Chef Filippo Piccini where each course is paired with carefully selected wines from the Saxon Brown vineyards in Sonoma. Chef Filippo does a fabulous job of creating dishes with ingredients that absolutely complement the wines. 

Saxon Brown wines are crafted, literally from the ground up. Jeff spends at least as much time in the vineyard as the cellar. This commitment to a wine’s roots is a grounding principle of Saxon Brown. As a third generation Sonoma farmer, Jeff has spent his entire career as both a grower and winemaker and as such, believes that only great vineyards can make truly great wine.  Learn about Field Blends!   http://saxonbrown.com  $88/person includes the Saxon Brown wines and the 4-course dinner by Exec Chef Filippo Piccini.   6:45pm Dinner and 6:15pm Reception with Jeff. Reserve today via email or call 619-270-9670

August 27 - Italian Winery, Buglioni – Happy Hour and Dinner

An Evening (and/or Afternoon) with Buglioni Winery … an amazing winery just north of Verona Italy.

We have Nicole Lalagüe here to give us an opportunity to enjoy the amazing wines from the Buglioni Winery in Veneto Italy. Two things to consider: Join us for a Happy Hour with Nicole … and/or join us for a special boutique private dinner.

Dinner: 6:30pm ~ A boutique dinner around one happy table limited to 16 persons max in our private room Nicole Lalagüe ~ this will be epic.
$82 for the 4-course dinner by Exec Chef Filippo Piccini and the select Buglioni wines – Click here to RSVP or call 619-270-9670 today.

Happy Hour: 4:30pm to 6:30pm ~ Enjoy 4 Buglioni wines with Nicole and learn all about the Veneto Italy region for $15 – open house style

You will not want to miss this! -Randy

August 01 - November 30 - Cooking Classes at Solare ~ Hands-on!

Ciao!! We will be announcing our Cooking Classes for January to March 2020 very soon. Contact us with any questions. We love doing Cooking Classes here at Solare.

Here is the Solare Cooking Class Schedule for August, September, October, and November:

Aug 31 – Tuscan Meats including La Fiorentina (sold out)
Sep 14 – Seafood + Fish Market (sold out)
Sep 28 – Pizza from Scratch (sold out)
Oct 12 – Gnocchi (sold out)
Oct 26 – Pasta from Scratch (sold out)
Nov 9 – Tuscan Meats including La Fiorentina (sold out)
Nov 17 – Making Pizza from Scratch (last class for 2019) (sold out)

Our Cooking Classes offer a truly hands-on experience in a commercial kitchen allowing each student to create Italian cuisine themselves to make at home. Our classes are not a “demonstration”.

The classes are held pretty much every other Saturday, and the fun typically starts at 10:30am at Solare (10am for some classes) with an Italian-style coffee of your choice and a pastry. Italian wine is served for students interested in “cooking with wine”.

The Classes do sell out fast due to the limited size. Please call 619-270-9670 or email us to make a reservation for a Class: info@solarelounge.com

-Randy

July 25 - Just Announced – Chateau Montelena Winery Dinner – Napa Valley

A Napa Valley Legend – One of the most historic wineries in all of Napa Valley. Chateau Montelena is also famous for winning the white wine section of the historic “Judgment of Paris” wine competition in 1976. Chateau Montelena’s Chardonnay was in competition with nine other wines from France and California under blind tasting. All 11 judges awarded their top scores to either the Chardonnays from Chateau Montelena or Chalone Winery, another California wine producer.  This competition really showed that Napa Wines can be as good (or better!) than French wines.  A fictionalized version of Chateau Montelena’s historic victory was featured in the 2008 film Bottle Shock.

This wine dinner is led by my good friend and very wine knowledgeable, Jock Busser, of Chateau Montelena.  We have selected 5 amazing Chateau Montelena wines and they are paired with a 4-course tasting menu by Executive Chef Filippo Piccini.  $96/person. Jock will be here for a Reception that starts at 6:15pm and the dinner starts at 6:45pm.    Join this epic Chateau Montelena Wine Dinner today via email or call 619-270-9670.  It will sell out.

You do not want to miss this dinner!   Trust me.   -Randy

July 24 - Italian Wine Dinner, Piemonte! – An Evening with Michele Chiarlo

Would you like to learn more about the amazing wines of Piemonte? Do you already love and appreciate Barolos and Barbarescos? If the answer is “yes” to either question, then you will want to join this dinner! By calling in a few favors, I was able to get world-renown Italian winery, Michele Chiarlo, to be at Solare for an evening of Piemonte wines.

The evening begins at 6:15pm with a Reception with Adam Verona, and then Adam will lead the wine portion of the Dinner which starts at 6:45pm. Chef Filippo Piccini is designing a custom 4-course dinner to perfectly match the Michele Chiarlo wines. The price for the 4-course dinner and 5 Michele Chiarlo wines is $96.  In our Private Room – Limit 16 guests around one community table.    Reserve today via email or call 619-270-9670.   

July 04 - Solare is closed all day on July 4th

To allow our Team to be able to spend the 4th of July with family and friends, Solare will be closed all day on Thursday, July 4th. We will be open again at 11:30am on Friday, July 5.     Grazie!