All Posts Tagged With: "France"
Wine Dinner – The French Trifecta
In a rare coup, Dedalus Wine Shop and the Bluebird Tavern happily bring you a dinner featuring three winemakers from three legendary French estates. Spend an extraordinary evening dining with winemakers Serge Férigoule, Sylvain Fadat, and Thierry Delaille. Wines from each artisan estate will be paired with five courses prepared by chef Aaron Josinsky.
We’ll be [...]
Jean-Paul Thévenet’s Primordial Cru
Jean-Paul Thévenet Morgon 2007 “Vieilles Vignes.” Imagine the great slope of eastern French wines running from Burgundy down along the river systems of the Saône and the Rhône into the steep, dry hills of the south. From north to south, the style and flavor change from the highly mannered, clarion fruit of the pinot noir, [...]
11Aug2009 | Tim | 0 comments | Continued
Terre d’Ardoise Vieilles Vignes – Don’t ignore the Carignan!
Terre d’Ardoise Carignan Vieilles Vignes 2007. Pity the humble carignan grape. Frequently blended, jugged, boxed, and overlooked. As recently as 1998, it was the most widely planted variety in France and valued for the immense productivity of each hectare. In the late 1990’s carignan was blamed for the over production of vin ordinaire — the [...]
28Jul2009 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
Club 25 – August 2009
Bodegas Laxas Albarino, Rias Biaxas, 2008 – Spain
Despite a rather dismal start to summer, you can almost always guarantee that August will bring the heat! And on those blistering days when you feel like cranking up the air conditioner or better yet sitting back in the shade, you need a wine that will leave you [...]
Club 25 – July 2009
Domain des Corbillieres, Touraine Sauvignon, 2008 – France
As the mercury rises, so does our interest in juicy, thirst-quenching white wines. I’m a big proponent of equal-opportunity consumption throughout the year, but I must admit that my zeal for crisp, high-acid whites leads me around by my nose for most of July and August. For the [...]
Club 25 – June 2009
d’Arenberg Chardonnay, Adelaid, “The Olive Grove”, 2006 – Australia
d’Arenberg has a penchant for funny names. Their flagship bottling, for example, is the Dead Arm Shiraz. The Olive Grove Chardonnay takes its name from the olive trees that pop up between rows of vines in d’Arry’s original Chardonnay vineyard. Chester Osborne is the winemaker at the [...]
Rosé Adoration Part I – Chateau St. Martin de la Garrigue “Tradition” 2008
We’ve been pushing Rosé on our customers for the last few weeks. The response we’re getting is awesome and, predictably, one of happy surprise. Initially, many of you think that these wines are going to be sweet. No doubt that this is a hold-over conception from the peak of White Zin’s popularity. C’mon, you know [...]
8Jul2009 | Jason | 1 comment | Continued
Chateau Fonguillon – Killer Bordeaux for under 20 bucks!
2005 Château Fonguillon L’Enclos. Here is a straight-from-the-shoulder Bordeaux at a reasonable price. It is a merlot-based wine, frank and unadorned. It is made in AOC Montagne St-Emilion which is the largest satellite of the august St. Emilion region.
L’Enclos smells of leather and brass. The taste is dark and not sweet with a tannic undertow. [...]
The Brunier Brothers’ Well Kept Secret: Les Pallières Rosé – One sip and you’ll be hooked!
2008 Les Pallières au petit bonheur rosé. This is a very beautiful rosé from the Gigondas region in the southern Rhone valley. I do not say it lightly. I never turn down a glass of rosé, especially at lunch, but it is not a wine I would seek out. Usually bright, acidic, very pink, very [...]
23Jun2009 | Jason | 1 comment | Continued
From Race Cars to Rocket Ships – Artisan Sauvignon Blanc Should Be On Your List
Once you start drinking crisp, juicy, super-focused wines from the Loire or powerful, intensely flavored wines from New Zealand, I bet you’ll forget about Chardonnay for a few weeks. I’m also pretty confident that your going to become a missionary for these wines. Before you know it, you’ll be converting friends with every marvelous bottle [...]
5May2009 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
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