Bordeaux – Graves and The Left Bank

2010 Le Petit Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan Price: $59/bottle – SOLD OUT Second label Bordeaux have always offered incredible value, but as the selection process for the “Grand Vin,” or first wine, has gotten stricter, today the best “seconds” offer…

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Posted on 2014.10.09 in France, Bordeaux  |  Read more...

 

Superlative Saint-Chinian

Oct 6-12, 2014 Had you been a civil engineer in 2nd century BC working on The Via Domitia (the first Roman road through Gaul linking Italy and Hispania) you might have quenched your thirst by drinking wine grown in and…

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Posted on 2014.10.01 in France, Languedoc-Roussillon  |  Read more...

 

Luscious Aged Loire Chenin Blanc

September 29 – October 5, 2014 1999 Château de la Roulerie Coteaux du Layon-Chaume Les Aunis Price: $69/bottle The River Layon, a tributary of the Loire, meanders its way through a variety of soils and rocks. But its in a…

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Posted on 2014.09.28 in France, Loire  |  Read more...

 

Quality Kosher Bordeaux

September 22-28, 2014 2011 Château Moulin Riche Saint-Julien Price: $59/bottle – SOLD OUT It’s far too often that price does not reflect quality when it comes to kosher wine. At Elie Wine Company we’re not going to bring in…

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Posted on 2014.09.21 in France, Bordeaux  |  Read more...

 

Saturday Sips: Domaine William Fèvre – Soul of Chablis

The secret to Chablis’ authenticity is geology. The vineyards of Chablis lie on the outcrop of a great submerged basin of limestone. It is Burgundy’s most northern region and the cool climate, along with the Kimmeridgian soil of limestone, clay,…

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Posted on 2014.09.18 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

Old Vines for the Cellar or the Table – Madiran

September 7-14, 2014 2010 Domaine Berthoumieu Vitis MCM Madiran Price: $42/bottle SOLD OUT The lush and gently rolling valley slopes on the left bank of the River Adour in the South West of France make up the small, single…

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Posted on 2014.09.07 in France, South West  |  Read more...

 

Six Wine Vertical Tasting of Château Montus La Tyre – The Premier Wine from Madiran

Please join us in the store on Monday, September 8, 5:30-7:30pm, for a vertical tasting of Château Montus La Tyre. We’ll be sampling the 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 vintages of this leading wine of the Madiran AOC….

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Posted on in France, News & Events, South West  |  Read more...

 

Sleek Mineral White Burgundy

September 1-7, 2014 2011 Domaine Jean Pascal Puligny-Montrachet “Les Enseigneres” $50.15/bottle – 15% off regular price of $59 SOLD OUT Joseph Pascal Morvan arrived in the village of Puligny-Montrachet in 1920 to make wine. In 1950, after a stint…

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Posted on 2014.08.31 in France, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

Wines of Sun and Stone – Corbières

August 4-10, 2014 Maxime Magnon – La Vallée du Paradis “La Démarrante” $26.10/bottle – 10% off regular price of $29 SOLD OUT The Hautes Corbières – a massive, wind-swept limestone block only good, agriculturally speaking, for growing vines, raising…

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Posted on 2014.08.03 in France, Languedoc-Roussillon  |  Read more...

 

Pinot Noir Purity in Northern Côte de Nuits

July 21-27, 2014 2011 Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Les Longeroies Price: $49/Bottle – SOLD OUT We’ve already written a fairly extensive piece about Sylvain Pataille’s Marsannay Les Longeroies. It’s over a year later and we’ve found the wine…

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Posted on 2014.07.20 in France, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

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