EVENTS & EXPERIENCES AT LA LOCANDA
La Locanda attract food and drink enthusiasts with a busy calendar of events and experiences not available anywhere else locally.
Available to book now: Serata Siciliana, Baglio di Pianetto Wine Tasting & Dinner, Tuesday 27th October 2026
Baglio di Pianetto Wine Tasting & Dinner
Tuesday 27th October 2026, 6.00pm
Price: £75 per person
Limited to 30 places
Serata Siciliana
An evening in Sicily, here in the Ribble Valley
On Tuesday 27th October we are honoured to welcome Grégoire Desforges, the new president of Baglio di Pianetto, to La Locanda for an evening of Sicilian wine, food and stories.
Baglio di Pianetto began with a curiosity. As a young boy travelling in Sicily, Count Paolo Marzotto persuaded his mother to buy him a bottle of wine, on the condition that he waited until he was seventeen to open it. When the day finally came, much of the wine had evaporated. He never got to taste it, but the question of how wine was made stayed with him, and in time it became the estate he founded.
The vineyards lie exclusively around Santa Cristina Gela and Piana degli Albanesi, in the hills above Palermo, reaching up to 900 metres above sea level. That altitude gives the wines an elegance and freshness you might not expect from Sicily. The estate has been certified organic since 2011, balancing tradition and innovation with deep respect for the land and the community that lives there.
The evening
We begin at the table with buke, the traditional semolina bread of Piana degli Albanesi, served with sea salt from Trapani and the estate’s own extra virgin olive oil. Piana degli Albanesi has been home to an Albanian-speaking Arbëreshë community since the 15th century, and their traditions run through the menu alongside the Sicilian classics.
- Aperitivo: Sfincione collinare
Soft focaccia with white onions, caciocavallo, tomato, anchovies and oregano, with an orange and fennel salad
Grillo Sicilia DOC 2025: wildflowers, crisp citrus and orange blossom - Primo: Spaghettoni al pesto siciliano
Thick durum wheat spaghetti with a Sicilian pesto of almonds, baby tomatoes, garlic and basil
Insolia Sicilia DOC 2025: clean, dry and crisp, with a vein of minerality - Secondo: Japrak
Beef rolls filled with caciocavallo, breadcrumbs, prosciutto cotto, pine kernels and sultanas, wrapped in cavolo nero, with lemon and oregano roasted potatoes
Nero d’Avola Sicilia DOC 2023: redcurrant, wild strawberry and pomegranate - Formaggi
Fresh sheep’s ricotta, cacioricotta and caciocavallo with honey, fresh fruit and Mafalda bread
Viafrancia Rosso Sicilia DOC 2022: organic Cabernet and Merlot, sour cherry, spice and elegant tannins - Fine pasto: Cannoli e caffè
Traditional Sicilian cannoli, served with coffee
Each of the four wines can be ordered to take home on the night.
To Book
Numbers are strictly limited to 30 places. To reserve your place, please call us on 01200 445303.
Tenuta Nozzole Wine Tasting & Dinner
Thursday 14th May 2026, 6.00pm – approx. 9.30 / 10.00pm
Price: £65 per person
Full payment required at time of booking
Una Serata in Toscana
An evening in Tuscany, here in the Ribble Valley
On Thursday 14th May we are honoured to welcome Antonio Cabibi from the Folonari Family Estate to La Locanda for an evening of discovery, passion and nature.
The Folonari family began producing wine in the late eighteenth century. Over more than two hundred years, they have invested in the land and its diversity, focusing on quality wines that are elegant, full of character and deeply connected to their terroir. In 1971 they acquired Tenuta Nozzole in Greve in Chianti, an estate dating back to 1300 set on a hillside rising from 150 to 300 metres, with soils rich in clay and marls. Across 90 hectares of vineyard, Sangiovese reigns as the absolute protagonist, alongside Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Antonio will guide us through four wines from the estate, each thoughtfully paired with a course Maurizio has created to bring out the character of the wine and the spirit of Tuscany.
The evening
We begin at the table with Pane di Montignoso, a traditional Tuscan loaf, served with sea salt and the estate’s own extra virgin olive oil — a quiet, grounding opening that speaks to the land before the wine does.
From there, the journey moves through four courses drawn from the heart of Tuscan home cooking. A pappa al pomodoro, the rustic bread-and-tomato soup that defines Tuscan thrift and flavour in equal measure, paired with the estate’s Le Bruniche Chardonnay — fresh, mineral, with notes of orchard fruit and melon. A pasta alla buttera, rigatoni in a rich sausage and pancetta ragù, alongside the Nozzole Chianti Classico, sweet and spicy from its time in small toasted oak. A stracotto alla fiorentina, beef slow-cooked in Chianti Classico itself with tomato and guanciale, served with mashed potato and matched with the La Forra Riserva — a wine of morello cherry, ripe red fruit and delicate notes of cocoa and incense. And to close, ricciarelli di Siena, the diamond-shaped almond biscuits of Tuscany, dusted with vanilla icing sugar and served with the estate’s Vin Santo — raisin, honey, dried fruit and chamomile, with that refined balance between acidity and sweetness that only patient ageing can give.
Vegetarian and gluten-free options are available throughout — please let us know at the time of booking.
To Book
Numbers are strictly limited. To reserve your place, please call us on 01200 445303 or email info@lalocanda.co.uk. Full payment will be taken at the time of booking.
