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The list for Friday night is just below a few items of interest, and it includes an amazing $6 find - take a look.
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Mind Body & Soul
André Danford has been our Director of Entertainment for almost 30 years. He has recorded and toured with with some of the biggest names in the business and this Friday night you can see him Live In New London. Start your evening with us at the weekly tasting, have a bite to eat at Brie & Bleu and then make your way to Stash's by the Pfizer rotary for an evening of music and dancing.Bonus - Present the coupon below for a free copy of his latest CD "Tall Cotton" - while they last.
Dave's Fave
The Monday Tasting 10.20.08
Sella and Mosca Cannonau di Sardegna
Riserva 2005 $15
One of our regular customers just stared at me when I told her the wine she had just bought and enjoyed was now gone.The Monday Tasting 10.20.08
Sella and Mosca Cannonau di Sardegna
Riserva 2005 $15
I explained that our running-dog lackey sales people don't really care and would rather we bought omnipresent corpo-swill wines just to make it easier on everybody.
I shook my fist at the ceiling, "Arghhh! Forsake not the meager shopkeeps who seek the great wines of the world!" With a great wail, I collapsed. Picking myself up off the floor, still she stared, arms folded. I checked the computer, "Oh wait, hey we just got another case today."
I relate this tale to make the simple point: it ain't easy. A wine we adore is dropped, forgotten, or maliciously heaved by somebody in the supply chain every day. Then there are the happy surprises - the light, lyrical red Cannonau di Sardegna was one of our favorites for years. We sold the last bottle of the 2002 vintage in March and it was gone. Surprise, it's back! Straight to the 2005 vintage for no apparent reason. Daunted? Nay, not I! Let's crack one open Monday. DA.
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The Friday Tasting - Please Join Us
Friday October 24 - 6 - 9 p.m. - No Charge
Friday October 24 - 6 - 9 p.m. - No Charge
1 - Astica Torrontes 2007 $6 (!)
After a day of horseback riding in the Andes, I was sitting in a big lounge chair that had placed on the lawn of the Estancia.Looking north, I stared out into the vast, beautiful nothingness that is the Pampas of Argentina. Jose was in a field digging up potatoes for lunch, while a Gaucho cooked Empanadas on a hot rock and wood fire.
Wild horses ran up and down the foot hills chasing one another, while big furry cows meandered through the tall grass and thistle drinking from a small stream of glacier run-off from the mountains.
A dark haired woman in riding boots offered me a glass of white wine, "Quieres, Senor Guapo?" It was a perfect moment in my life. Torrontes, perfect for a sunny day on the Pampas with friends.
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2 - Hesketh The Protagonist Shiraz 2005 $18
Fruit for this wine is sourced from mature low yielding vineyards located on the northern (Kalimna & Ebenezer) and western (Seppeltsfield) sub regions of the Barossa Valley.Fruit is picked at optimum ripeness, with individual parcels matched to a selection of American oak where it matures for two years prior to bottling.
This wine is so named for a number of reasons.
Firstly, Shiraz and Barossa Valley Shiraz in particular, has been the principal leader of the Australian wine industry internationally. Secondly, the name is an apt description for the role Jonathon Hesketh's father Robert played in the industry in the 70's, 80' and early 90's.
Thirdly, it's a good strong name for a good strong wine. Finally - it matches Hamish Macdonalds artwork which has a strong central character.
3 - Kynsi Pinot Noir 2005 $38
Kynsi is a small family winery located in the temperate Edna Valley Appellation of San Luis Obispo on the Central Coast of California.
Don and Gwen Othman, the winemaker/proprietors, focus on producing vineyard designated wines, sourcing their grapes from select coastal vineyards.
Their passion for quality from the vineyard to the bottle is manifested in lush, generously complex, elegantly balanced wines that reflect distinctive terrior and varietal character.
Tasting Notes, " A heady fragrance of red roses, blackberry, pomegranate and star anise that repeat on the palate with rich blood orange, plum and vanilla." Only 480 cases produced.
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4 - Vitanza Brunello Di Maontacino 2001 $70 2001
This wine has been resting comfortably in our cellar for a year now and is drinking quite well. In these uncertain times, when there have been so many irregularities (fraud) in Brunello production, isn't it nice to be able to buy a well made wine from a trusted producer that has been throughly vetted by your own friendly neighborhood wine shop?
93 Points Wine Spectator "Beautiful aromas of blackberry and dried flowers with just a hint of toasted oak. Full-bodied, with fine tannins and a mineral, vanilla and berry aftertaste. Excellent as always. Best after 2010. 1,300 cases made."-JS
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We look forward to hearing from you.
Please join us. It's fun, informal, and a great way to start your weekend.
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