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Darryl Joannides

About Darryl Joannides

Darryl is the owner of cork • a bottle shop at 2901 NE Alberta Street, where he sells wine, beer, chocolate and olive oil and shares his passion for small, sustainable producers. Prior to starting cork in 2006, Darryl was the Chef/Owner of Assaggio, an Italian trattoria in the Sellwood neighborhood that was Willamette Week’s Restaurant of the Year in 1996 and received many accolades from local and national press during the 10 year period he and his wife ran the restaurant. As a chef, Darryl twice appeared on the Food Network and had a multi-page spread in Food & Wine Magazine all without ever winning a Quick Fire challenge! You can follow his regular musings on wine and food on Facebook or Twitter.

Wine Musings: Meeting Royalty

April 22, 2013 by Darryl Joannides

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Penne all’Arrabbiata This great wine piece by Darryl Joannides includes a recipe for Penne all'Arrabbiata. It was late January 1997 and a particularly dark, wet, and dreary winter’s day. We were on the back end of a 3-week trip driving all over the Italian peninsula and beginning to get that type of weary that sets in when you’ve been away a long time and constantly on the … [Read more...] about Wine Musings: Meeting Royalty

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