29/08/2025: The establishment is run by friendly and helpful people. The bathrooms are very clean and the prices are reasonable. I recommend it.
14/08/2025: We search for a chalet for a seafood dinner, strolling aimlessly along the San Benedetto seafront.
The sun has already sunk below the horizon, but the sky still retains that hand-painted orange-pink hue.
We walk, drawn by the smell of the sea and the sound of cutlery clinking on the tables.
We stop in front of "Le Tre Caravelle."
We ask if there's room, and with a natural smile, they welcome us immediately.
They set us up at a table right on the sand, in a space that hosts umbrellas during the day.
The feeling is that of a "seaside" dinner in the most literal sense of the word.
It's not a traditional restaurant, but a tasting room, a refined snack bar, with a wide selection of wines.
And here he comes in.
The waiter, barefoot like his colleagues, arrives with a light step.
We ask for the wine list.
He smiles and says:
— I'm the wine list! We change it so often it's impossible to keep it up to date. Tell me what you think, and I'll bring you some suggestions.
He disappears for a moment, then returns with three bottles in his hands.
He presents them with passion, describing their aromas, provenance, and history, as if he were reading a poem.
His enthusiasm is so contagious that I can't help but ask:
— How did your PASSION for wine come about?
And there, a whole new world opens up.
He studied architecture, but felt it wasn't his true calling.
A Roman and a die-hard Roma supporter, he followed Roma away to every city in Italy.
One day, on the fans' bus, he ended up traveling next to a group of young people... all food entrepreneurs, accustomed to reserved tables and premium bottles.
— They always opened good bottles... and that piqued my curiosity!
He dropped out of university and enrolled in a sommelier course at a renowned Roman school.
He worked in Michelin-starred restaurants, becoming a restaurant manager.
Then, as in every beautiful story, love struck: he met a girl from San Benedetto and decided to move there.
Together, they opened the "Progetto di Cantina sul Mare": an original idea, an immediate success.
The restaurant became a meeting place for those seeking special wines and stories to sip.
Local friends often recommended he try the I Maltagliati restaurant in Torano.
When he finally went there, he discovered by chance that the owners had been his classmates in Rome.
Wow, what a surprise!
From there, a collaboration was born: the refined dishes of the Maltagliatis met his wines.
They organized events and tastings, and business boomed.
So much so that, shortly thereafter, he and his partner took over the management of a historic restaurant in the Paese Alto area.
His name is Edoardo.
We, however, will always call it "the barefoot wine list."
Because sometimes, behind a glass, you find not only the right wine... but the right story.
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