A friend, a guest, a fond memory...

The guest of January Valentino Lonardi, owner of Costadoro Winery in Bardolino (Lake Garda - Italy) Valentino Lonardi, my friend and owner of the Costadoro Winery, for many years celebrated his birthday here at Costadoro. With Valentino there is a very good collaboration, we often propose his wines that produces with genuine passion and tradition, carrying on the business founded decades ago by his ancestors, and grown by his father Giovanni. Valentino is an expert producer of Bardolino red wines, Bardolino Superiore DOCG and DOC wines, white wines Cortese Garganega and Garda, and exceptional sparkling wines. A special note I want to tell you about the sparkling wines: he produces both Martinotti-Charmat method and Classic-Champenoise method wines, which takes its name from the French region of Champagne. In particular, we are offering her sparkling Bardolino Rosé DOC, which is becoming an undisputed fashion both as an aperitif and with all meals. Here in the surroundings of the restaurant Valentino cultivates many Olive trees from which it produces a very good extra virgin olive oil DOP Garda.

The guest of February Dino da Sandrà (Dino from Sandrà), social phenomenon of Verona The friend Nicola Brusco, together with the cultural phenomenon of 'Dino da Sandrà', has chosen to come here on Friday 'Gnocolar', with his friends here at Restaurant Costadoro. But who is the Dino? The 'Dino da Sandrà is not a politician, not a writer, not a journalist nor a professor. The Dino is a guy who occasionally likes to get a good meal together with friends, pulling the plug with the rest of the world and with those who would disturb his quiet life. The Dino is a guy who wants to enjoy the beauties of the world where we happened to live. The Dino are you, and everyone there's a bit of Dino. The Association of Dino's Friends also produces a series of cartoons on the cultural language, history and traditions of the Veneto culture.

The guest of March Francesco Todesco, said 'Il Toppe', owner of Corte Casara Residence in Lazise (Lake Garda - Italy) Francesco, for his friends "Il Toppe", is a longtime friend with whom I spend happy hours of leisure. He's quiet, reliable and sincere. At the residence Corte Casara in Lazise he offers an apartments rental service which has been able to give her style and personality for holidays of relaxation and tranquility. To see the pages on its web site: www.cortecasara.com/ Often comes here to see me, and traditionally I welcome him with a 'glass of water', but the content of the glass does not always reflects the name.

The guest of November Giovanni (John), the restaurant's maitre at Costadoro in Bardolino (Lake Garda - Italy) Giovanni, for all Gianni, is our professional and expert Maitre of the restaurant, who believe in Costadoro starting from beginnig, helping us in the little works before opening.

The guest of December Stefano Rivaroli, executive chef at Restaurant San Martino in Bardolino (Lake Garda - Italy) Stefano Rivaroli, executive chef of Restaurant San Martino di Bardolino, come here to meet me often. When he wants a quiet place and reserved, to rest between a service and the other, is here with me and choose Costadoro. It's a great and imaginative chef, who in his restaurant in Bardolino knows how to combine elegant harmony and lively tradition. If you go to find him, you will not find him around the rooms of his restaurant, but carefully follows the kitchen with meticulous precision, to give you the ultimate in flavor that is refined in its culinary creations.