Greetings from all of us in New London, The list of wines for the Friday tasting is just below these words of interest. ** New London In The News** *** If you missed it - the Boston Globe mentioned us in their recent story about New London. There are additional photos of our stores in the photo gallery that goes with the story. Check It Out HERE: Boston Globe The Big City papers are discovering what we have known all along - New London is the place to be. |
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 Movies In The Park - The Hygienic Art Park - Across From Our Store This Wednesday night - July 16 @ 8 p.m. - NO CHARGE Wednesday night - July 16 @ 8 p.m - 1962 The Manchurian Candidate - Starring Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Lawrence Harvey.  Have dinner at Brie & Bleu or order up a beautiful picnic basket, and then stroll across the street to the park and watch the movie. Or just grab your favorite blanket and a bottle of wine from our cellar for a great summer night. NEW MOVIE EVERY WEDNESDAY. Order your basket now. 860.437.2474 ··· |
 Dave's Fave The Monday Tasting Click on the photo to order it now The movie on Wednesday 8pm Hygienic Art Park is "The Manchurian Candidate" 1962 with Frank Sinatra. The perfect movie companion: Berkshire Brewing 22oz Bombers $4 Sailfest is over, the streets are strewn with the ash of a quarter-million dollars of fireworks, the flotsam of one million fried-doughs, and the skewers of one billion kabobs - Whooey! Let's get back to basics and kick it with some great local product - I've poured Berkshire Brewing beers before, and the stuff has just caught on here in New London. Chris and Gary's fresh, unfiltered, unpasteurized brews from Deerfield, Massachusetts now occupy a whole quadrant of our 1957 Peerless fridge. So I'm very proud to announce that Berkshire Brewing is now the number one selling beer brand in our store!! To celebrate I'm pouring a Berkshire spectrum on Monday: original Berkshire Ale, Steel Rail Pale Ale, summery Heffeweizen, Shabadoo Black & Tan, and Coffeehouse Porter. Please stop in after work. |
Wine Tasting Please Join Us Friday July 18 - 6-9 p.m. - No Charge  This Just In - Valdicava Brunello 1999 $145, Very hard to come by and only a few bottles in stock. This is what Robert Parker's wine Advocate had to say on the subject  "The 1999 Brunello di Montalcino is the best regular bottling the house has yet released, a full, blackish ruby-garnet with a lovely tarry, mineral, plummy nose endowed with intriguing notes of leather, solid, dense, and long on the palate with complex flavors of plums, tobacco, and underbrush on its sweet, voluptuous finish. Drink: 2005-2016. Score: 93 1 - Esperance Vin de pays des Landes 2007 $12  This little number from Gascony is 100% Colombard, which is fairly unusual, but true to wines of this region it is fresh and light, with floral notes and low alcohol, making it another perfect summer wine for a picnic at Harkness or Lobster rolls at Captain Scott's. The wine received a Gold Medal at the Concours General Agricole in Paris this year. As I was reminded by Importer Fred Seggerman , "Not everyone gets a Gold Medal in Paris, You Know! " 2 - Belle Pente Cuvee Contraire rose 2006 $23.  Belle Pente (bell-pont) means beautiful slope, describing the hillside vineyards in Willamette Valley Oregon where this wine is produced.The Cuvee Contraire is a proprietary blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay Noir that are fermented separately and blended just prior to bottling. Only 109 cases produced, that's like 5 barrels. 3 -Barahonda HC Heradad Candela Monastrell 2006 $26  Barahonda vineyards are composed of limestone and chalk topsoil with clay and gravel subsoil, containing only 1/2% of organic matter. They are deep and well drained and the beneficial water retaining clay subsoil is essential for the health of vine in such an arid climate.Due to poor fertility, yields are naturally low - 4lbs. (2 kg) per vine, producing smaller berries with higher skin to juice ratio. Both limestone and chalk have a high pH content, decreasing acidity mitigated by these older vine root systems that penetrate deeply into the lower pH subsoil hence the wines have a balanced acidity. These are some of the oldest Monastrell vines in all of Spain. The winery produced only 1500 cases of this wine in 2006, all with estate fruit, making this a great example of artisanal old vine Monastrell at a very reasonable price. 4 - Trapiche Vina Fausto Orellana Malbec 2005 $50  From the great Trapiche Single Vineyard Malbec Project. Each year Trapiche makes dozens of single vineyard wines, each representing a specific vineyard and expressing a specific terroir. After what must be round after round of brutal tasting and hairsplitting, they choose and release the three finest Malbecs in the world.The goal of Trapiche and Daniel Pi the wine maker, is to take Malbec to it's logical extreme of quality and varietal expression. The wine more closely resembles Classified Bordeaux (after all Malbec is a Bordeaux Grape), than it does your average Malbec. All the grapes for this wine were harvested from a single vineyard, tended by, you guessed it Fausto Orellano. His vineyard sit at 990 meters in the flats just below the Andes. Constant sun, tempered by cool mountain winds have created a wine of opaque color, massive fruit, and firm tannins. Please Call Us Anytime With Questions - 8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 9 4 6 3 |
| Thanks so much for all of your support and the regular stream of comments and suggestions - We could not do it with out you. Please Join us in New London. It's fun, informal, and a great way to start your weekend. AAA. |
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