Taste of Brookline: Sorriso Market
From Nick Lisotto, Sorriso Market
Sorriso is the Italian word for smile. My father was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in my youth, and I have his ashes tattooed on my wrist with the word SMILE. It was through that humbling experience I decided to leave finance and travel the world working for famous Chefs and restaurants. Becoming both a Chef and Sommelier along the way, this store is combination of my life’s passions and I look forward to sharing them with everyone.
Bringing a Michelin Restaurant Experience to a Retail Shop
Sorriso Market is at its heart a highly curated Wine Shop. Every single bottle in the shop has been tasted and hand selected by myself personally. I taste over 100 wines a week with only a small fraction of them making the cut. We have one of the deepest wine cellars in the United States with vintages of reds and whites going back to the 1960s, sparkling wine from the 1970s and porto going back to 1800s. We also have over 200 wines under $30 dollars, that ABSOLUTELY over deliver at their respective price points. We have a huge amaro section because I have a tendency to overeat; along with some of the best armagnac and tequila in the world. A small, but feisty craft beer section to fill out the category learning towards Belgians and Sours. So while are a wine shop, we have all of your needs covered on the beverage side!
I wanted to bring Michelin Restaurant Experience to a Retail Shop. Part of that was through the art showcased in the store. We also have the largest private collection of Thomas Arvid Paintings, not surprisingly my favorite painter. When you see his work you will understand why, as he is world renown Painter of Wine. The details in the paintings have you tasting the wine evoking visions of sharing a glass with an old friend after getting through COVID.
We also have hand blown wine glasses, Illy espresso and espresso machines for sale, a library of wine books, wine tasting tables for our weekly Tuesday Night wine tasting and book the shop for a private wine tasting. We also do Zoom wine classes and for a once in a life-time meal, I will also come to your home and cook a full tasting menu with wine pairings. On a more frequent basis, I have been working with Cobble in the Arcade (Chef Emily) to do their wine pairings and partner on some dinners as well!
Read the article first published on the Brookline TAB
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