2010 Château Haut-Bages-Libéral Bordeaux — Rich and Heady Pauillac

Price: $79 per bottle SOLD OUT Late autumn in Michigan can be brutal or charming. Last night was an example of the latter. As I found myself lingering outside, enjoying a tender wind and the radiant moon, I was…

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Posted on 2013.11.15 in France, Bordeaux, Saturday Sips Wines  |  Read more...

 

Jacquesson Cuvée 736 – A Champagne of Textural Elegance and Class

Price: $69 per bottle – SOLD OUT Although technically a Champagne “House”, brothers Laurent and Jean-Herve Chiquet operate Jacquesson much like a “Grower” operation. Besides their own organic and sustainably farmed 77 acres of vineyard (severely pruned for low…

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Posted on 2013.10.24 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Champagne  |  Read more...

 

Impromptu Wine Tasting at Toast Birmingham — Tuesday 6:30 to 8 pm

Please join us today in the Blue Room at Toast, 203 Pierce Street in Birmingham, from 6:30 to 8 pm. We’ll be hosting an informal, walk-around tasting through a broad selection of French wines. Sample Grand Cru Champagne from respected grower-producers like Edmond…

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Posted on 2013.10.22 in France, News & Events  |  Read more...

 

2011 Domaine Raymond Usseglio Cuvée Impériale “Vignes Centenaires” — Traditional Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Price: $53 per bottle or Special 6-Pack Discount $300 SOLD OUT On the edge of the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, on the road to Courthézon, is where you’ll find La Crau — one of the most renowned lieux-dits in the…

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Posted on 2013.10.04 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Southern Rhone  |  Read more...

 

Domaine L’Oustal Blanc Naïck 7 — Aromatherapy in a Glass of Languedoc-Roussillon

Price: $20 per bottle or Special 6-Pack Discount $115 SOLD OUT Just the other day Yorick was extolling the virtues of the season. Gazing out upon the leaf-strewn sidewalk, he declared, “Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to…

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Posted on 2013.10.01 in France, Languedoc-Roussillon  |  Read more...

 

Château de La Font du Loup – Elegance in Châteauneuf-du-Pape

La Font du Loup (the fountain of the wolf) is both a famous lieu-dit situated in the heart of Châteauneuf-du-Pape within the commune of Courthézon, and the name of the natural spring in the center of the estate. Legend has…

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Posted on 2013.09.20 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Southern Rhone  |  Read more...

 

Saturday Sips: 2003 Premier Cru White Burgundy at its Peak

This Saturday we’ll be pouring from a few bottles of 2003 Louis Jadot White Burgundy, all originating from Premiers Crus in the Côte de Beaune, and all Domaine grown, raised and bottled. With ten years of age, these wines should…

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Posted on 2013.08.22 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

A Fairly Priced, Quality Red Burgundy from Marsannay

Price: $49/bottle – SOLD OUT In a superbly written essay about the spirituality of wine, Michigan-born novelist, poet, and wine enthusiast Jim Harrison discovered a secret French bible that declares: to drink red wine after dark is to fight…

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Posted on 2013.06.28 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

Commemorate Bloomsday with a Sample of 2011 David Moreau Santenay Cuvée ‘S’ (and a Gorgonzola Sandwich)

Price: $39/bottle SOLD OUT “Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods’ roes.” – James Joyce, Ulysses Leopold Bloom…

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Posted on 2013.06.14 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

2007 Pascal Jolivet Pouilly Fumé – Quality Loire Sauvignon Blanc for a Song

Price: $99/6 ($17/bottle) SOLD OUT Our good friend Yorick tends toward the melodramatic. Just the other day, while hanging out here at the store, he bellowed, “Why, then the world’s mine oyster, which I with sword will open!” The…

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Posted on 2013.06.04 in France, Loire  |  Read more...

 

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