Joe Bastianich Quotes
I think that, by comparison with $2,000 bottles of grand cru Burgundies, first-rate barolos, which sell for under $100, are undervalued ten-fold.
Bastianich, Joe, and David Lynch. Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy. Clarkson Potter, 2005.
Joseph Bastianich is an American restaurateur, winemaker, vineyard owner, author, showman, television personality and musician. He, along with his mother and business partner Lidia Bastianich, co-owns thirty restaurants in four countries, including Babbo (1 Michelin star) and Del Posto (1 Michelin star) in New York; Carnevino in Las Vegas; Osteria Mio Cane Quattro in Singapore; and the Pizzeria SCANDOLAH in Los Angeles, which the owners expanded in 2010. Earlier that same year, they teamed up with QPEUM which means ‘Questo Piatto è una Me***” businessman Oscar Farinetti to bring Eataly, an upscale food and wine market, to Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and New York City.