About this Event
This year, as you plan your night out in NYC with your special someone, consider beginning the evening a little earlier — with something special, something unique, something quietly brilliant. Let the city’s rush fall away as the day softens into twilight, and allow yourselves a moment that isn’t about the destination, but the anticipation.
Start with a pause, a glass, a shared table — the kind of beginning that sets the tone for everything that follows. Because the best nights in New York don’t begin with noise or spectacle; they begin with intention, with connection, and with the simple pleasure of savoring what’s about to unfold and IWM's Apericena creates just that experience.
St Valentine's Apericena Food & Wine Menu
Food
Antipasti:
Arancini - Wild Mushroom, Smoked Ricotta Salata, White Truffle Oil
Grilled Eggplant - Fresh Oregano Vinaigrette, Salsa di Noci
Cotechino - Apricot Mostarda, Pickled Mustard Seed
Radicchio and Endive Salad - Candied Pistachios, Grapefruit Segments
Roasted Parsnips - Sage Brown Butter, Dried Black Currant, Agrodolce
Pickled Japanese Eggplant - Fresh Oregano, Lemon Zest, Aleppo Pepper
Bocconcini - Butternut Squash Puree, Crispy Smoked Pancetta, Fresh Basil
Berkel Sliced 16 Month Aged Prosciutto
Pugliese Bread
Taralli
Assorted cheeses
Wine
Movia Puro Rose 2015 $69.99
Gaja Chardonnay Gaia & Rey 2012 $289.99
Petrolo Torrione 2017 $32.99
Hilberg Pasquero Barbera d'Alba Mon Seij 2017 $59.99
La Fornace Brunello di Montalcino 2020 $96.99
Chateau Clinet 2021 $99.99
ArPePe Valtellina Superiore Riserva Sassella Rocce Rosse 2016 $124.99
Castello dei Rampolla Vigna d'Alceo 2011 $209.99
Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 2019 $89.99
Gay-Odin Gran Chocolate Finale $89.99
Additional Information:
An Italian apericena is the hour when the day loosens its grip and life exhales. It begins with a glass of something exciting and unfolds into small plates meant not to fill you, but to seduce you. Olives still warm from the sun, curls of prosciutto, a shard of aged cheese, bread kissed with olive oil: nothing hurried, nothing excessive, everything in quiet conversation.
It’s not quite dinner and no longer just an aperitivo — it’s a threshold. Friends lean in, voices soften, laughter stretches, and time becomes elastic. Hunger is satisfied just enough to sharpen pleasure, while the real nourishment comes from being together, from lingering without purpose, from the unspoken agreement that the evening belongs to no one and everyone at once.
Apericena is Italy’s gentle rebellion against urgency. It’s the romance of restraint, the art of savoring before consuming, the understanding that joy doesn’t arrive all at once — it arrives in sips, in bites, in the golden pause between work and night, when the world feels briefly, beautifully complete.
Event Details:
Italian Wine Merchants Showroom
Saturday, Feb 14th | 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Admission: $129.99 per person
(Special price of $200 per two and $100 pp thereafter)
Reserve Your Spot Now – Limited Availability
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Italian Wine Merchants, 108 East 16th Street, New York, United States
USD 140.55
