Friday Night In The Big City
Greetings from New London,
Like most of New London we had to close early because of the storm on Friday - it was the right thing to do. So this Friday will be extra special.
Many thanks for all of the support and enthusiasm over this holiday season - we appreciate it. The Day After Christmas Wine Tasting is all set and it includes a "first timer" - check out the list just below a few items of interest.
Saturday night at Brie & Bleu was a cozy winter affair - and an impromtu gathering of fans and friends led to an intimate dinner. The wine was flowing, the flurries were falling and a topic came up that we should mention. Some of our readers work for banks, pharmaceutical companies, and other large organizations that "FILTER" your email. Many of them remove all of the graphics and photos that we include each week. The images are replaced with an "X" or other symbol that indicates where the image would be. We want to remind you that all of our emails can be seen in their Full Uncut Directors Version - HERE
And they are fully searchable - so if you are trying to remember what that hard to find gem from three tastings ago was - you can look for it in our archives.
This Just In:
Trapiche Single Vineyard Gift Packs $150
Free Decanter with every purchase.
Limited Quantities.
First come, First Served - 8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 9 4 6 3
Friends & Neighbors:
The State Street Studios will host a reception at their sweet new digs on Sunday December 28, from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00p.m. Located just next door to Thames River Greenery & City News, and ALVA Gallery at 60 State Street all five studios will showcase their work.
INFORMATION: 8 6 0 - 9 6 1 - 4 0 0 1
Make Someone Happy
We have seriously fine cigars in stock at City News, including many famous brands like Partagas, H. Upman, Avo, Padron, and Punch to name just a few.
We select our cigars in the same manner that we stock our famous wine cellar. We seek out the experts & artisans of the industry, choose carefully, and stock items that are hard to find & represent real quality. Handmade with tradition and pride - not on a machine that can make thousands in an hour - but by people that might make 30 or 40 on a good day.
Combine cigars with fine wine & spirits in a gift basket and you've got a gift that will bring hours of enjoyment to the connoisseur in your life. Of course we will gift wrap your choices at no extra charge.
We Rely On The Experts & Artisans
Full Boxes, Singles & Gift Box Samplers Ready To Go.
8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 6 8 1 7
City News
70 State Street New London
Gruet Brut Blanc de Noirs $17
Let's pop some bubbly on Monday afternoon!
Champagne winemaker Gilbert Gruet planted plots of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in the hills near Albequerque, New Mexico in the early 1980's.
Sparkling wines with the quality of Champagne from the sunny American Southwest?
The secret lies in the limestone soils and the high altitude - the limestone mimics the terroir of Champagne, and at 4,300 feet, Gruet's vineyards are some of the highest in North America, giving the fruit cool nights and long maturation.
This Blanc de Noirs is 100% Pinot Noir with at least two years maturation - the wine has tons of berry fruit plus brioche toastiness that harkens to vintage Champagne. Priced under 20 bucks!! Order Now
1 - Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2008 $30
The Marlborough region is blessed with a unique terroir where a cool, maritime South Pacific climate produces wines of great fruit intensity.
Widely regarded as the quintessential expression of the acclaimed Marlborough wine region, Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc is an international benchmark wine noted for its vibrant aromatics, layers of pure fruit flavours, and fine structure.
Meticulous viticulture combined with modern technology and traditional vinification methods, consistently produces a style that has become the reference for this remote southern wine region.
We are offering this wine at our wine tasting for the first time in our history. Order Now
2 - Pares Balta Mas Elena 2005 $15
Parés Baltà is situated South of Barcelona, in the Penedès region of Catalunya. The winery was founded in the 1930's in an area that has been producing wine since the 1700's. Parès Balta is owned by the Cusiné family and produces red, white, as well as Cava wines.
Parés Baltà prides itself in using ecologically friendly farming techniques, such as using sheep to fertilize the vineyards, thus eliminating any need for artificial fertilizers and bees to facilitate pollination. In 2004 the winery was certified "organic.
The Mas Elena is made up of Cabernet Sauvignon 31%, Merlot Pujols 25%, Merlot Miret 36 % and Cabernet Franc 8%. The four varieties were macerated and fermented separately. Maceration lasted for 18 to 23 days. Malolactic fermentation was induced using indigenous bacteria.
The wine was fermented for eight months in 2nd and 3rd fill French Oak barrels from Allier. A full bodied Bordeaux blend in the French style. Order Now
3 - Green & Red Chiles Canyon Zinfandel 2006 $28
FromGreen & Red Vineyard, named for its red iron soils veined with green serpentine, is located in the steep hills on the east side of Napa Valley.
The planting was started in 1972 on ground originally in vineyards in the 1890's. The vineyards are a small percentage of the 200-acre property, which ranges in elevation from 900 to 2,000 feet.
Vines on our red hillsides produce a vigorous, spicy black pepper and berried wine. Dryed rose petals over anise and black cherry. Tastes of dark red berries dashed with Christmas spices. Goes well with rare roasted wild duck. Order Now
4 - Domaine de la Pertuisane "Le Nain Violet" 2005 $24
Order Now
Thanks very much for your support over the holiday season - we appreciate it.
The new year is just around the corner - and so are some of the exciting things we have been working on - Dinners, Special Events and Guests - all based on your input. We welcome all comments and suggestions, we need your help to stay on the leading edge and to get better at what we do. We love to hear from you.
Please join us. It's fun, informal and a great way to start your weekend.
AAA.
Like most of New London we had to close early because of the storm on Friday - it was the right thing to do. So this Friday will be extra special.
Many thanks for all of the support and enthusiasm over this holiday season - we appreciate it. The Day After Christmas Wine Tasting is all set and it includes a "first timer" - check out the list just below a few items of interest.
Saturday night at Brie & Bleu was a cozy winter affair - and an impromtu gathering of fans and friends led to an intimate dinner. The wine was flowing, the flurries were falling and a topic came up that we should mention. Some of our readers work for banks, pharmaceutical companies, and other large organizations that "FILTER" your email. Many of them remove all of the graphics and photos that we include each week. The images are replaced with an "X" or other symbol that indicates where the image would be. We want to remind you that all of our emails can be seen in their Full Uncut Directors Version - HERE
And they are fully searchable - so if you are trying to remember what that hard to find gem from three tastings ago was - you can look for it in our archives.
This Just In:
Trapiche Single Vineyard Gift Packs $150
Free Decanter with every purchase.
Limited Quantities.
First come, First Served - 8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 9 4 6 3
Each year, Trapiche´s chief oenologist and winemaker Daniel Pi and his team, will select Mendoza's three best Malbec grape growers to communicate Trapiche´s foundations: the richness of diversity.
"It's been only recently, after 20 years in the industry", said Pi, "that I realize just how blessed I have been to work in Argentina, a country with the most diverse wine growing areas and unique climatic conditions."
Three outstanding wines, three remarkable grape growers, one variety: Malbec. The essence of Trapiche's Single Vineyard Malbecs lies in the combination of these factors.
Reserve Yours Now - 8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 9 4 6 3
Order Now
"It's been only recently, after 20 years in the industry", said Pi, "that I realize just how blessed I have been to work in Argentina, a country with the most diverse wine growing areas and unique climatic conditions."
Three outstanding wines, three remarkable grape growers, one variety: Malbec. The essence of Trapiche's Single Vineyard Malbecs lies in the combination of these factors.
Reserve Yours Now - 8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 9 4 6 3
Order Now
The State Street Studios will host a reception at their sweet new digs on Sunday December 28, from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00p.m. Located just next door to Thames River Greenery & City News, and ALVA Gallery at 60 State Street all five studios will showcase their work.
INFORMATION: 8 6 0 - 9 6 1 - 4 0 0 1
Make Someone Happy
We have seriously fine cigars in stock at City News, including many famous brands like Partagas, H. Upman, Avo, Padron, and Punch to name just a few.
We select our cigars in the same manner that we stock our famous wine cellar. We seek out the experts & artisans of the industry, choose carefully, and stock items that are hard to find & represent real quality. Handmade with tradition and pride - not on a machine that can make thousands in an hour - but by people that might make 30 or 40 on a good day.
Combine cigars with fine wine & spirits in a gift basket and you've got a gift that will bring hours of enjoyment to the connoisseur in your life. Of course we will gift wrap your choices at no extra charge.
We Rely On The Experts & Artisans
Full Boxes, Singles & Gift Box Samplers Ready To Go.
8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 6 8 1 7
City News
70 State Street New London
The Monday Tasting 12.22.08
Gruet Brut Blanc de Noirs $17Let's pop some bubbly on Monday afternoon!
Champagne winemaker Gilbert Gruet planted plots of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in the hills near Albequerque, New Mexico in the early 1980's.
Sparkling wines with the quality of Champagne from the sunny American Southwest?
The secret lies in the limestone soils and the high altitude - the limestone mimics the terroir of Champagne, and at 4,300 feet, Gruet's vineyards are some of the highest in North America, giving the fruit cool nights and long maturation.
This Blanc de Noirs is 100% Pinot Noir with at least two years maturation - the wine has tons of berry fruit plus brioche toastiness that harkens to vintage Champagne. Priced under 20 bucks!! Order Now
Holiday Edition 2008
The Friday Tasting - Please Join Us
Friday December 12 -26 - 9 p.m. - No Charge
The Friday Tasting - Please Join Us
Friday December 12 -26 - 9 p.m. - No Charge
1 - Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2008 $30
The Marlborough region is blessed with a unique terroir where a cool, maritime South Pacific climate produces wines of great fruit intensity.
Widely regarded as the quintessential expression of the acclaimed Marlborough wine region, Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc is an international benchmark wine noted for its vibrant aromatics, layers of pure fruit flavours, and fine structure.
Meticulous viticulture combined with modern technology and traditional vinification methods, consistently produces a style that has become the reference for this remote southern wine region.
We are offering this wine at our wine tasting for the first time in our history. Order Now
2 - Pares Balta Mas Elena 2005 $15
Parés Baltà is situated South of Barcelona, in the Penedès region of Catalunya. The winery was founded in the 1930's in an area that has been producing wine since the 1700's. Parès Balta is owned by the Cusiné family and produces red, white, as well as Cava wines.
Parés Baltà prides itself in using ecologically friendly farming techniques, such as using sheep to fertilize the vineyards, thus eliminating any need for artificial fertilizers and bees to facilitate pollination. In 2004 the winery was certified "organic.
The Mas Elena is made up of Cabernet Sauvignon 31%, Merlot Pujols 25%, Merlot Miret 36 % and Cabernet Franc 8%. The four varieties were macerated and fermented separately. Maceration lasted for 18 to 23 days. Malolactic fermentation was induced using indigenous bacteria.
The wine was fermented for eight months in 2nd and 3rd fill French Oak barrels from Allier. A full bodied Bordeaux blend in the French style. Order Now
3 - Green & Red Chiles Canyon Zinfandel 2006 $28
FromGreen & Red Vineyard, named for its red iron soils veined with green serpentine, is located in the steep hills on the east side of Napa Valley.
The planting was started in 1972 on ground originally in vineyards in the 1890's. The vineyards are a small percentage of the 200-acre property, which ranges in elevation from 900 to 2,000 feet.
Vines on our red hillsides produce a vigorous, spicy black pepper and berried wine. Dryed rose petals over anise and black cherry. Tastes of dark red berries dashed with Christmas spices. Goes well with rare roasted wild duck. Order Now
4 - Domaine de la Pertuisane "Le Nain Violet" 2005 $24
Made from grapes from extremely low yielding 50 year old Grenache and Carignan Vines. Harvested from steep schistous slopes surrounding the village of Maury in Roussillon. Le Nain Violet is wild yeast fermented and after 18 months in French oak, bottled unfiltered and unfined for the truest expression terroir. Big and succulent and very French.
Thanks very much for your support over the holiday season - we appreciate it.
The new year is just around the corner - and so are some of the exciting things we have been working on - Dinners, Special Events and Guests - all based on your input. We welcome all comments and suggestions, we need your help to stay on the leading edge and to get better at what we do. We love to hear from you.
Please join us. It's fun, informal and a great way to start your weekend.
AAA.
