Wine Works Wonders!

Greetings From New London,
The wine list for Friday is just below these items of interest. Joining us in the cellar will be Bob Neville from World Wide Wines. Mr. Neville will be pouring and answering all of your questions from 6-9 p.m.

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The Fifth annual New London ChessFest
was canceled last week due to rain. Look for it again this weekend. Click here for details.


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Thanks for all of the mail regarding our own Dave Anderson and the big wedding last weekend at the Eugene O'Neill Center. We have the photos, and the stories - but we thought it better to wait until his return to show them - so he can defend himself. It was an absolutely great day.



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Friday August 27th
6-9 p.m.
No Charge

Two Great Sicilian Wines In The Line Up

Planeta La Segreta Bianco $15


This crisp white is produced from Grecanico grapes (grown in Sicily for more than two thousand years).

Versatile, tart and lovely with seafood, salads and pan-sauteed garden squash and zuchinni.

"A perfect approach to Sicilian wine with its excellent relationship between price and quality, guaranteed by the Planeta family's patient input from the vine to the wine."










Planeta La Segreta Rosso $15

Alessio, Francesca and Santi Planeta's family have been rooted in Sicilian agriculture for generations.

Here is their gorgeous Nero d'Avila blend: "La Segreta takes its name from the wood that surrounds our vineyard at Ulmo.

This young fresh wine produced mainly from Nero d'Avola grapes, flagship of Sicilian wine, earns personality and style with the addition of international variety grapes.

All the grapes are carefully cultivated in Planeta owned vineyards."

Steele Writer's Block Cabernet Franc $18

This Cabernet Franc blend comes from Jed Steele's vineyards in Kelseyville California (made with doses of Merlot Syrah and Zin).

The small amount of Zinfandel is sourced from the fairly young (under 25 years old) Duncan Vineyard located near Mount Konocti, the dormant volcano that dominates the landscape.

Spicy and interesting with a ripe, loamy, uniquely West Coast character.

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

Think of us as Wine - "With Benefits."

En Passant

Meet The Anderson's

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The Wedding Edition

Wedding Bells Are Ringing!
Greetings From New London,
The wine list for Friday is just below these items of interest.

It is a special week here in New London. Our own Dave Anderson ties the knot with the lovely Jill Mauritz - two of the nicest kids you ever what to meet - we will have all of the
Star Studded - Red Carpet coverage that you can imagine including the behind the scenes video next week.

While Dave is away we have a couple of special guests that will join us in the cellar - This week please join us and welcome Mr. Stefan Wich from the mighty House of Hartley & Parker. Stefan is pouring to sold out crowds wherever he appears - and this week he will be pulling the corks for us. All of the fun starts at 6:00 p.m.


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Friday August 20th
6-9 p.m. - No Charge

Monsieur Gerarde Bertrand

Gerard Bertrand Rose of Syrah $12

Gerard Bertrand is a very interesting character, an ex-rugby star who's developed a large operation of vineyards in Southern France. He's created a series of quality wines at all price points, still unmistakably French and Terroir-driven. First up, a fruity and lush Syrah rose from France's southern Languedoc region. A traditional summer style - dry and crisp with good body and weight. Perfect with salads, prosciutto and melon.

Gerard Bertrand Tautavel Red $18

A flagship red from Monsieur Bertrand - this lovely Rhone-style blend come from further south in Roussillon. Syrah, Grenache and Carignan hand harvested and barrel aged for six months. Elegant with notions of rosemary, clove and black currant. A perfect compliment to grilled lamb skewers or a quality hamburger!

Sauvignon Blanc $10

These carefully crafted values come from Argentina's high-altitude Mendoza region. This Sauvignon falls evenly between "California" and "New Zealand" styles - light tropical fruit and citrus, white flowers and a nice grassiness. Crisp and clean with good acidity - a perfect lemony compliment to clam strips or a bucket of steamed mussels!


Arido Malbec $10

Another outstanding bargain from Arido - delicate violet and currant aromas give way to robust cherry Malbec pepper and spice. The Arido vineyards are 3500 feet above sea level with hot sunny days and cool nights, perfect for long, even seasons of ripening for the grapes. This malbec weighs in at a relatively modest 13.5% alcohol - not overdone. We love it!


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

Think of us as Wine - "With Benefits."

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The Wine You Should Be Drinking Now

Greetings From New London,

First we want to thank all of the people that came out to greet Frankie Williams and to welcome her home to New London. We sipped wine, listened to stories, and demonstrated what an amazing group our customers and friends are. It was a special night.


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A scheduling note for Thames River Greenery.
The Greenery Will Be Closed This Saturday
August 7th.
It is time to grab a long weekend - don't you agree.

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In 1860, Gaspare Campari, master drink maker at the Bass Bar in Turin, Italy, developed the formula for a new liqueur featuring more than 60 ingredients including fruit peels, spices, herbs, and barks. Campari, the cherry-red apéritif he created, celebrates its 150th birthday this year.

An early cocktail featuring the spirit was the Americano, made with Campari and sweet vermouth, stirred and served over crushed ice with twists of both lemon and orange peels. Perhaps the most iconic Campari concoction is the Negroni, which was invented in 1919 at Italy's Casoni bar when Count Camillo Negroni ordered his Americano with one part gin as well as equal parts Campari and vermouth.

If you would like to raise the bar a little at your next get together - try adding Campari - and offer truly classic cocktails. We have it in stock.
Watch Campari Here



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W have a couple of special guests coming in August To pour featured wines in the cellar - we will announce them here - starting next week.


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Friday August 6th
6-9 p.m.
No Charge

Baguala Torrontes $8

Here's a new find from Argentina for our fans of super-affordable Torrontes.

This has more body, acidity and depth than the one you've grown to know and love, still with the unmistakable wildflower nose only found in Argentina's signature white grape.


We love Astica too, but hope to provide another quaffable, summery white in addition. Variety is the spice of life!





Domaine de Fenouillet Cotes de Ventoux $14

This old French friend has just reappeared in the gorgeous 2008 vintage. This is one of the best Ventoux we've ever carried and still quite affordable (you may remember it with its forgettable olive drab label).

If we had to pick one word, it would be Balance. Composed of Grenache, Syrah, old-vine Mourvedre and Cinsault. A lovely, harmonious Rhone with a bit of prickly tannin which is a perfect complement to robust salads or picnics with grilled chicken and summer squash.







Costozza Cabernet $16


Another of our staff favorites, a wine that blinks into fashion then slinks back into obscurity on the shelf (we're still getting the 2004 vintage, Italian wine fans).

An odd duck - Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc from the northern Veneto region (best known for Pinot Grigio and Prosecco).

Earthy, unmistakably Italian, but with five years in bottle, mellow and sublime. This wine activates your taste buds for things like grilled red meats - say, a nice wood-charred hangar steak sliced and served with arugula, shaved Parmesan and toasted pine nuts.

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Local Calendar
and Links

New London always has a reason to
visit downtown.
Please take a look.

J A Y & S A R A
Live At Jazz Underground

Sunday, August 08, 2010

Jazz Underground

New London

Jazz Underground at 33 Golden street in New London
has reintroduced the best in live jazz to New London.

The Custom House Maritime Museum/New London Maritime SocietyCalendar Of Events

Summer Flickers Schedule

Movies at

The Hygeniec Art Park.
Every Wednesday Night.
It does not get any better. And we have great "grab & go" wine, beer, & snack items to satisfy any movie lovers needs.

Garde Arts Center Schedule

The Garde Theater
has an amazing variety of performances to choose from. Start your evening downtown with a little wine and a bite to eat - and then take a stroll to see the show.

Summer Nights In The District Concert Series.

There is a full schedule of live music to be enfffjoyed all Summer long. Follow the link above to read the recent story and full calendar.

Fine Cigars
Start With
Fine Tobacco

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Save The Date
CIGAR DINNER
Friday August 27 6:30pm.
To Benefit The Montville Youth Football Team.
Steak,Whiskey,Cigars, Door Prizes.

For Complete Information

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Tatuaje Brown Label In Stock.

C I T Y N E W S PRESENTS The newly discovered collection of 1969 interviews, conducted in Paris, reveals a very complex man - possibly the most telling to date. Available now.

Special Events Special Guests 8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 6 8 1 7 70 State Street New London

Special Event - Toad Hollow

It Is Always Cool In New London
Greetings From New London,

This week we are very happy to welcome home New London native Francine "Frankie" Williams.

Frankie is the owner of Toad Hollow Vineyards and you may have seen the story in The Day paper about her.
If you missed Rick Koster's story CLICK HERE TO READ IT NOW

Meet Toad Hollow Owner Frankie Williams this Friday in our cellar from 6-9 p.m. Frankie will be with us pouring wine, telling stories, shaking hands, and kissing babies!

This is a woman that personifies the pioneering principles of the California wine industry.

"Toad Hollow Vineyards began operation in 1994, with 3000 cases of 1993 Russian River Valley Chardonnay.

Our Chardonnay is 100% Stainless Steel fermented, using no oak at all. Since then we have added additional wines, a Russian River Merlot (Richard McDowell Vineyard), a Russian River Pinot Noir (Goldies Vines) a Zinfandel from Paso Robles and a Rose of Pinot Noir from Carneros.

In 1995 we started to import wines made by our French friends at Sieur D'Arques and now have two sparklings and three still wines in our portfolio.
Our mission is to produce quality wines that are interesting at a reasonable price.

Our labels are whimsical, supporting another element of our philosophy - we believe drinking wine should be FUN!" - Frankie Wiliiams

Please mark your calendars for a great night.

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Friday July 30th - 6-9 p.m.
No Charge

Chardonnay "Francines Selection" $15

Nine months in all STAINLESS STEEL TANKS.
NO WOOD!

100% malolactic treatment and was left on the "lees" for (8)eight months. This was done to maintain the acidity and to give the wine the middle mouth complexity desired.

The vineyards used are 90% Mendocino County and 10% Sonoma County.
The residual sugar is less than 0.2% (DRY).

Alcohol is 13.76%....but due to the balance of Fruit VS. Acid, you don't taste the "heat"
42,000 cases produced in the same fashion as the '93 vintage (our first) of which we produced 3000 cases.

And we feel that the wine is every bit as good as our best vintage to date ('94).


Dry Rose of Pinot Noir "Eye of the Toad" $12

At a time when most American Rosé wines have either an overabundance of residual sugar or are "flabby" and lacking in acidity, we here at Toad Hollow continue to produce true French-Style, bone dry, and elegant Rosé wine produced from the noble Pinot Noir grape.

This is our ELEVENTH vintage of Pinot Noir Rosé and, by far, our best to date. The wine has incredible body and weight for a Rosé of Pinot Noir. The color is a beautiful pink with a hint of "Beaujolais blue".

This wine has a nose of rose petals and violets. Whether in sun or shade, this is a truly dry, uncomplicated statement of Pinot Noir at its lightest and most delicate which we proudly call our ROSÉ

Spice and pepper bring out the wonderful wild strawberry flavors. A wine that is great with sushi and wasabi or spicy Thai food. We know that you'll love it.


"Erik's The Red" Blend $14


Named for the famous Norseman-sailor-conqueror and, obviously, a man with a great palate-Erik the Red. This is a wonderful blend of EIGHTEEN - yes, count em'-different varietals of grapes from the beautiful Paso Robles area of the Central Coast of California.

Toad Hollow - like Erik - is not afraid to hop into the fray and make a wine that is not only big and chewy, but still has a modicum of understated elegance. WOW! What a wine.

This is our third bottling of a red wine under the Erik's the Red label and, as you will see, with each bottling the wine becomes more interesting and complex.

Similar to the temperament of the commanding Scandinavian explorer, this wine is not for the "faint of heart" as it is big, robust and powerful. But when you come across a mighty meal that is up to the challenge, such as prime rib or a rack of lamb, Erik's the Red is sure to slay any other wine in its path!


Merlot Russian River Valley Reserve $16

In 1995 we pulled out 16 acres of Golden Delicious apples and planted the soil to Merlot. Although the Russian River Valley that we call home is known for its ability to grow stellar Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, we decided that we would plant the grape that gave the mighty Petrús its center-this grape is Merlot!

We knew that Merlot, unlike Cabernet Sauvignon, was supposed to be a supple, sexy and elegant red wine and not a big, tannic bomb. Thanks to Richard McDowell, our vineyard manager, and for whom the vineyard is named, we have nurtured this vineyard and the grapes that it produces into the consummate benchmark of the Merlot style.

This Merlot Reserve was planted, grown and bottled by Toad Hollow Vineyards. This is the fifth vintage of our first reserve wine. As we have explained in the past, Merlot does best in sandy, claylike soils as proven in the Province of Pomerol in France where the mighty Petrús is produced-the pinnacle of all Merlots! We had the soil, we had the cuttings, and we had the perfect medium temperature range preferred by the Merlot grape to do its best!

This is a gentle but sinuous noble red wine that welcomes most company with a warm generosity of taste as well as the versatility of filling many sensory needs on many levels.

This is a wine that will cellar and age beautifully for ten to fifteen years, but also sports the spontaneity of a young thoroughbred raring to run now or to carry easily into the next decade.

We hope that you enjoy drinking this beautiful wine as much as we did making it!

- Frankie Williams

Dazzling Desserts Smith Island Cake

Party Perfect Desserts Delivery Is Available. You Take The Cake 8 6 0 - 7 0 1 - 0 0 7 4 Everything Baked From Scratch

Local Calendar
and Links

New London always has a reason to
visit downtown.
Please take a look.

Nine times All-Ireland Fiddle Champion
EILEEN IVERS Packed New London's New Parade Plaza last Thursday night.
There is always a great reason to visit downtown.

Free Concert On
The Parade



The Custom House Maritime Museum/New London Maritime SocietyCalendar Of Events

Summer Flickers Schedule

Movies at

The Hygeniec Art Park.
Every Wednesday Night.
It does not get any better. And we have great "grab & go" wine, beer, & snack items to satisfy any movie lovers needs.

Garde Arts Center Schedule

The Garde Theater
has an amazing variety of performances to choose from. Start your evening downtown with a little wine and a bite to eat - and then take a stroll to see the show.

Summer Nights In The District Concert Series.

Fine Cigars
Start With
Fine Tobacco

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We offer a carefully selected variety of Seriously Fine cigars.
Made by experts that have spent a lifetime learning their craft.

Please stop in to have a look.

Visit Our
1900's Cigar Lounge.

Open Until 8 p.m.
Every Wednesday

70 State Street
New London

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There is a full schedule of live music to be enjoyed all Summer long. Foll
Please Join Us - it's fun, informal, and a great way to start your weekend.

Think of us as Wine - "With Benefits."