Grenache (Garnacha, Garnatxa, Alicante, Cannonau, etc…) is one of the most widely planted red wine grape varieties in the world. It most likely originated in the region of Aragon in northern Spain and quickly spread into southern France where it…
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Posted on 2020.12.09 in France, Spain DO, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon, Catalunya, Southern Rhone, Navarra  | Read more...
Burgundy is much more than Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from France, it’s a winemaking region with more classified geological complexity and nuance than any other in the world. And Elie Wine Company is not an average wine shop, because we…
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Posted on 2020.11.24 in France, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
G.K. Chesterton wrote, “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” Despite (or perhaps because of) the tumult of 2020, we can probably all find something to be thankful…
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Posted on 2020.11.18 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Beaujolais, Piedmont, Spain DO, Penedes, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages, Italy, Rioja DOC, Alsace  | Read more...
At long last, we invite you to join us for the return of Saturday Sips! Of course we will be applying in-store tasting protocols to ensure everyone stays safe. We will limit the number of people tasting at any given…
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Posted on 2020.09.23 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Wine-Aid Packages, Southern Rhone, Northern Rhone  | Read more...
Easily one of the most exciting producers in Rioja right now, we never tire of the wines from brothers Arturo and Kike de Miguel Blanco, third generation viticulturalists that produce wine for Artuke Bodegas y Viñedos. Each new vintage illustrates…
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Posted on 2020.09.16 in Spain DO, Wine-Aid Packages, Rioja DOC  | Read more...
Stone rarely looms as large in French life as it does along the Loire River Valley. The generous and celebrated local supplies of malleable limestone (tuffeau) are responsible for both grand old castles and Cabernet Franc-based wines that are lively and…
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Posted on 2020.09.09 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire  | Read more...
Feast your end-of-summer senses on our latest Wine-Aid box that features a selection of wines that represent a marriage of grapes and ground that the French regard as mystical. It’s in the sandy clay soils over granite of Beaujolais that…
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Posted on 2020.09.02 in France, Beaujolais, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
Our latest Wine-Aid box features a selection of wines that represent the value that can be found from Rhône Valley’s top producers when you dig deep into their portfolios. While these “Country Wines” are generally everyday drinkers, they all rise…
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Posted on 2020.08.26 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Southern Rhone, Northern Rhone  | Read more...
Our latest Wine-Aid box features new vintage wines from biodynamic pioneer, Didier Barral. Didier’s vines grow beneath the scrub-covered ridges and windswept stone outcrops of Faugères. The appellation is known for its dry and crunchy metamorphic schist that…
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Posted on 2020.08.20 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
Our latest Wine Aid box celebrates both the wild and remote subzone of Fitou and two happy-loving couples that produce wine there. One of the very first granted appellation in the southern French region of Languedoc, Fitou consists of two…
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Posted on 2020.08.12 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...