Sale e Pepe, a gourmet Italian restaurant overlooking the Gulf of Mexico at the Marco Beach Ocean Resort, recently earned its 11th consecutive Best of Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator magazine.
Sale e Pepe is the only restaurant on Marco Island to receive the award for its wine list and is among an elite group of less than 1,100 recipients worldwide.
Honorees must offer a wine list of typically 350 or more selections; consistently provide a superior presentation; and display either vintage depth – with several vertical offerings of top wines – or excellent breadth across several wine regions. Wine Spectator's Annual Dining Guide includes a complete list of Best of Award of Excellence recipients, showcasing winners from all over the globe as top destinations for wine lovers.
Wine Spectator has honored the world's best wine lists since 1981, recognizing restaurants whose vintage offerings include interesting selections, are appropriate to the cuisine, and appeal to wide range of wine connoisseurs.
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Sale e Pepe at Marco Beach Ocean
Resort features Italian cuisine and
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Sale e Pepe's listing on the Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards website Restaurants.WineSpectator.com notes the Gulf-front restaurant offers 475 selections and a 4,500-bottle inventory.
Sale e Pepe has been recognized as a AAA Four Diamond award-winning restaurant each year since 2006 and was recently ranked No. 2 among Marco Island's top restaurants on USA Today's 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards. Reservations are preferred at Sale e Pepe and can be made by calling 239-393-1600 or visiting sale-e-pepe.com.
Overlooking the sparkling blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Marco Beach Ocean Resort is a designated AAA Four Diamond resort and was ranked No. 16 on the Travel + Leisure 2013 World's Best Awards List of Top Resorts in the continental U.S.
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