A16 and Italian Cuisine w/ Shelley Lindgren

Published: Jan. 5, 2022, 2 p.m.

Shelley Lindgren is a Bay Area-based wine sommelier and a restaurateur. She co-founded restaurant and wine spot A16 in 2004, focusing on the food and wine of Southern Italy. Shelley trained under two of San Francisco\u2019s most well known Chefs and Restaurateurs Hubert Keller and Maurice Rouas, owners of the top SF French restaurant Fleur de Lys. This training inspired her passion for wine and fine dining, and after receiving her professional wine Sommelier degree, Shelley opened A16 in hopes of introducing unknown Italian wines to the Western United States. The specificity of the food and wine she serves coupled with impeccable culinary skill has since awarded her restaurant numerous honors, including the San Francisco Bay Area Rising Star Restaurateur Award. She\u2019s even recently partnered with Kitty Oestilen to create Tansy, an Italian-inspired wine made here in California.\n\nShelley is humble and kind, She loves to do whatever she can to make one\u2019s dining experience memorable. To her, nothing could be better than enjoying a delicious meal with a glass of fine wine in your hand.\n\nFor more information on Shelley Lindgren and A16, please visit: https://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/feature-story/restaurant-poll-interviews/rp20-shelley-lindgren-a16\n\nMeet Shelley Lindgren!