2017 Domaine Notre Dame de Pallières ‘L’Olivet’ Sablet Cotes du Rhone Villages, FR Regular price: $17.99 Back in the ‘80s, I ran a little restaurant in DC. I thought that I knew a bit about wine, (it was true, I knew a very little bit), so I set out to re-write and update the wine-list.[…]
2017 Château la Tour de Beraud Blanc Costieres de Nimes, FR Regular Price $13.99 Sale price $10.99 This is a lush and friendly blend of Grenache blanc, Roussanne, Vermentino and Viognier that delivers richness and depth of flavor without burying the fruit with oak. Despite its weight, and it’s a big white, the wine is[…]
2013 Domaine de Terrebrune Bandol, FR Regular price $39.99 Sale Price $31.99 It’s going to get seriously cold this week, so you’ll want a wine with density, depth and structure to keep you warm. Sounds like the description of a Bandol to me. Which is a bit counter-intuitive, if you think about it. Bandol is[…]
2017 Vincent Paris Selections Syrah VdP des Collines Rhodaniennes Regular price: $17.99 It’s winter. Ergo, it’s often cold. And wet. A fireplace and a dog seem to be necessary. And a bottle of Syrah. Why Syrah, you ask? Because a good Northern Rhone Syrah is heart warming and food friendly. And when its cold and[…]
NAs you are perhaps aware, we’re offering a Riesling tasting on Saturday (January 26, 2019) here at the store and I’m guessing that a few of you will skip it on the premise that ‘Rieslings are too sweet’ or ‘I just don’t like Riesling’ or even, ‘I don’t like white wines’ (bigot). Well, nearly everything[…]
2014 Domaine Pfister Riesling Tradition Alsace, France Regular Price $27.99 Sale price $19.99 This is a classic Alsatian Riesling; dry, crisp, full and rich. It’s also, arguably, a better wine now than upon its release (2016) as the bottle age has benefitted the wine. Peach, floral notes and petrol dominate in this long and crisp[…]
2016 Von Winning Estate Riesling Trocken Pfalz, Germany Regular price $24.99 Sale Price $19.99 Here’s the thing that people don’t really understand…Riesling is very rare in that it makes beautiful wines at every point along the continuum of dry to sweet. I’ll argue that no other grape is as versatile, and continually delicious, as Riesling.[…]
Bigotry is the child of ignorance and fear. Always was, always will be. So, it’s time to talk candidly about wine bigotry. Ready? Pigmentation is not a factor in the flavor of your wine. Nor is it a factor in sweetness level, alcohol level or viscosity. Pigmentation does not influence aging nor does pigmentation affect[…]
2015 Cavallotto Dolcetto d’Alba ‘Vigna Scot” Piedmont, Italy $19.99 Dolcetto is the middle child of Piedmont; the grapes is neither has simple as Barbera nor as regal as Nebbiolo. And there’s the problem of its name, which translates as ‘little sweet one’. The grape is indeed the sweet one, at least when compared to nebbiolo[…]
2017 Bruno Lorenzon ‘Clos Alfred’, Bourgogne Blanc Mercurey, France Regular Price $34.99 Sale price $27.99 The Cote Chalonnaise has a history as long as the more renowned Cote de Beaune, but has only in the last few generations has it garnered a similar level of respect. Bruno Lorenzon makes beautiful wines from his small holdings[…]