The Wine Diaries - Drink Away The Pain

City News Presents
Troubadour Nights - A Series of Live Performances
Starting This Friday From 5:00 - 7:00 p. m.
No Charge
Stop by on your way to or from our weekly Wine Tasting or your
Dinner at Brie & Bleu.
Greetings from New London,

Thanks to everyone for the tremendous support that you have been showing to us at Brie & Bleu.
Remember Kitchen is now open until 10 p.m. - Please Reserve Early.

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This Friday night is the inaugural session of
"Trabadour Nights" at City News. In an effort to rekindle the "Bohemian Experience", our friends at Little Red Tree Publishing are organizing the same kind of entertainment that you might find if you were sneaking around the West Village after midnight.

Join us for a little wine, a little cheese, and some great performance. No Charge - and the early start time makes it a perfect stop on your way to dinner or our weekly wine tasting. Please join us - 5-7 p.m.

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Remember:
The Connecticut Cajun himself - Chef Phil Hubbard - will be cooking authentic Cajun Cuisine
at The Beanery on the
5th, 12th, and 19th of November.

If you have been waiting for a reason to visit the authentic 1900's seating area at City News this is it.

This is a great opportunity to make plans and meet your friends downtown for something special.
We have lots of seating and the mood will be festive - we hope you can join us. Questions:
8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 6 8 1 7 - Option # 2 for The Beanery

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LAST CALL - City News in Conjunction with the Thames Club will be hosting an Ashton Cigar "Taste Of Excellence" Dinner.

Saturday November 14th - 6:00 p.m.

Call the Thames Club - 8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 5 5 0 4
Ask for Club Manager Paula Guido - Explain that you are a guest of City News and would like to make a reservation. It is just that simple.

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Other Highlights for the coming season include:
Wine dinners, beer dinners, guest chefs, authors and holiday surprises.

New food & wine series coming to Brie & Bleu.

New wine dinners & special events coming to City
News, Brie & Bleu, and our one of a kind cellar.

Please join us.

Wine Tasting
Please Join Us
Friday November 6 - 6-9 p.m. - No Charge

A Great Way To Start Your Weekend.

1 - Martinsancho Verdejo $18

La Seca in the heart of D.O. Rueda. Now widely renowned for its fresh white wines made from Verdejo, in the 1970s, the Verdejo grape was practically wiped out by more prolific varieties such as Viura and Palomino.

Visionary Angel Rodríguez realized the treasure in his 17th-century Martinsancho Verdejo vineyard and refused to uproot it.
For his untiring efforts in reestablishing Verdejo's prominence in its region of origin he was officially honored by King Juan Carlos.

Like an old friend stopping in from out of town, one of our favorite Spanish whites has returned again - Martinsancho! Light, bright and ethereal with a briny finish. A classic varietal from coastal Spain, perfect for salads, shellfish and cheese courses.


2 - La Vieille Ferme Cotes du Ventoux $9

The color is a medium deep crimson, as usual, with good brilliance. Aromas and flavors are bursting with raspberry-tinged garrigue, ripe and inviting.

Big, full bodied presence - all fruit and a yard wide. Spice and peppercorns are showing already but only as a backdrop to the fruit. Loads of garrigue; this is what garrigue is all about.

The more I drink, the more I want. "The Old Farm," also known as "The Chicken Red," this bargain-priced French beauty is a Granache-based light, fine Rhone - an everyday favorite around here and we also have it in jumbo mags at $18.





3 - Costozza Cabernet Sauvignon $16

No that's not a typo - this wine used to go for $26 on the shelf, but our guy Mark in Northern Italy has put it on deep sale as we move towards the next vintage.

Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc from the Veneto region (better known for the world's finest Pinot Grigio), this is a big, dark earthy Cab.

The Costozza "fire sale" has been an in-store secret, but now the secret's out - we're pouring it on Friday, available as long as the 2003 vintage lasts!

4 - Syzygy Cabernet Sauvignon $40

People come into the store and ask for this wine by name! No, but seriously - we think it's pronounced "Shedjee."

What we really have here is an incredibly voluptuous Cabernet from Washington State's Columbia Valley.

The high-altitude and endless winds of the region produce some of the best wines of our West Coast.

As a cult favorite, Syzygy stands out as a big red blockbuster, but still resonably priced.

Please drop in and sample it!

Cider "Cocktail" Anyone?

Classic Combinations
Great Wine & Beer
Affordable Indulgence.

Rediscover A
Great Night Out.
Brie & Bleu
New London's
Waterfront Bistro

Please Reserve Early
8 6 0 - 4 3 7 - 2 4 7 4

Thank you all for the many comments and emails about the changes and additions we have been making.
We love your feedback - good and bad - it is important to us.
And as always - thanks for your support we appreciate it.

Please Join Us.
It's fun, informal and a great way to start your weekend.


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