We hope you will join us tomorrow night from 5:30-7:30 for a free tasting of French and Spanish wines imported by European Cellars (a.k.a. Eric Solomon Selections). There will be two whites, a rose, and three reds. Specifically they are: Domaine Lafage Cote d’Est Blanc 2016- Roussillon, France. Grenache Blanc, Chardonnay, Marsanne. “Côté d’Est, as the name suggests,…
This Week’s Tasting Tasting: Thursday, March 31, 5:30-7:30 Dear Tasters and Friends of Spirits, I’m sure that many of you are aware that I am pregnant with our first child- baby is due in just a few weeks. We do not yet know if it’s a boy or girl (“Cabernet” or “Chardonnay”), but we will…
This week’s tasting features six fantastic wines for 25% off or more! Altes Herencia Garnatxa Blanca 2014 Terra Alta, Spain. 100% Garnatxa Blanca (white Grenache). “A short maceration on skins is followed by pressing and fermentation. The wines spend 2 months on fine lees to gain texture and complexity.Very aromatic with notes of melon…
Spanish Wines Imported by Jorge Ordonez Bodegas Breca– “Jorge Ordonez and his associates founded Bodegas Breca in 2005. The winery is located in the town of Mundobriga, which was the ancient Celt-Iberian city that gave birth to the modern village of Munebrega in Aragon. The winery is located on the outskirts of the village…
Scarpetta and Casa Rojo Scarpetta- “Our Story…You would be hard pressed to find two people more Friuli-obsessed than Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Patterson. Even within Friuli their true passion for the region elicits some curious head scratching and warm Italian chuckles from the humble wine-makers and restaurateurs. Tuscany, sure. Rome, of course. But to be…
Summertime Wines from France, Spain and Italy Charles Smith/Secco Italian Bubbles– “Grower-driven, vintage-dated, pure and fresh, Secco Italian Bubbles truly defines “the dolce vita.” Growing up in Rome, Italy, Ginevra and Olivia Casa always had an infatuation for Prosecco. In 2010, after the change in laws pertaining to Prosecco production, Charles Smith and Casa…
France and Spain Imported by Weygandt Selections and European Cellars Clement et Florian Berthier– “In 1983, Jean-Marie Berthier moved to his wife’s village, Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerre, where they built up their own domaine from scratch. In 1998, he took over the Montbenoit vineyards in the Coteaux du Giennois, plots that his father-in-law had worked for many…
France and Spain Imported by European Cellars Herencia Altes– “Herencia Altés is a project a long time in the making. For generations my family has been one of grape growers, with vineyards dispersed around the village of Batea. Now, I have decided to give these grapes their own personality in the form of these…
Portugal and Spain Esporao– “The Alentejo’s landscape lazily unfolds among the gentle slopes that host the vineyards, corn fields, olive groves and holm and cork oaks interspersed with hill-top farms and whitewashed villages. Successively inhabited by local peoples, Romans, Visigoths and Muslims since pre-history, Reguengos de Monsaraz has been Portuguese since the reconquista in…
Bodegas Riojanas of Rioja, Spain Welcoming Winemaker Pablo Orio “Bodegas Riojanas treasures more than a century of winemaking tradition in its Cenicero winery. Its corners are steeped in history and talk of the passion for ageing wines that has always permeated it. This tradition and passion have been transmitted to the team that runs Bodegas Riojanas today….