Dinner with Alain Brumont of Château Montus — One of France’s Most Influential Winemakers

Alain Brumont has built the largest domaine in Madiran with over ten percent of appellation holdings in superb vineyard sites. With the guidance of the legendary winemaker himself, we’ll delve deep into the roster of wines, white and red,…

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Posted on 2016.02.26 in France, News & Events, South West  |  Read more...

 

Tuscan Wine Tasting with I Collazzi Winemaker

Thursday, February 25th, 5:30-7, Elie Wine Co. will be pouring the wines of I Collazzi with Cellarmaster Alberto Torelli. We will be tasting the Chianti Classico “I Bastioni”, Merlot-based “Libertà”, a Bordeaux-blend Super-Tuscan “Collazzi”, and the white wine “Otto…

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Posted on 2016.02.12 in News & Events, Italy, Tuscany  |  Read more...

 

2012 “Second Wines” from Top Bordeaux Châteaux

Our Bordeaux MasterClass was a hit. With over 100 people in attendance we filled the Birmingham Community House Ballroom with a lively crowd. There was plenty of insight to be had tasting through three vintages of wines from four different…

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Posted on 2016.02.09 in France, Bordeaux, Saturday Sips Wines  |  Read more...

 

Pure, Crystalline Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc from the Middle Loire Valley

Mix-and-Match any six or more Thierry Germain Saumur and Saumur-Champigny wines and receive 10% off. Thierry Germain conjures heady and uncompromising wines from his 69 acre estate, Domaine des Roches Neuves, just south of the city of Saumur. This is…

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Posted on 2016.01.06 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Loire  |  Read more...

 

Red Bordeaux for the Holidays

2010 in Bordeaux was the driest year in six full decades. The vines were parched for most of the summer, with almost no rainfall the entire month of August. Days were long and warm, nights were cool. The result was…

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Posted on 2015.12.07 in France, Bordeaux  |  Read more...

 

Keeping Summer Alive with Rothschild Rosé

Barons de Rothschild “Les Lauriers” Rosé (2014, Bordeaux from Montagne-Saint-Émilion)  ~$18/bottle We’re not ready to give up on summer yet. There are still plenty of outside gatherings with friends ahead of us. Plenty of barbecues and trips up north to…

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Posted on 2015.08.01 in France, Bordeaux, Saturday Sips Wines  |  Read more...

 

Revisiting 2010 Bordeaux

Join us this Saturday to revisit the 2010 Bordeaux vintage. We’ll be sampling several wines, from inexpensive, over-performing regional wines to renowned estates with top terroir. A few years have elapsed since the release of this vintage and we believe the wines are…

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Posted on 2015.03.05 in France, Bordeaux, Saturday Sips Wines  |  Read more...

 

Right Bank Bordeaux for the Holidays

Just in time for the holidays we snagged a few cases of Bordeaux wine at a price that makes it easy to keep everyone’s glass filled. 2008 Château Tour du Moulin Fronsac Price: $100/6 Pack SOLD OUT The Fronsac AOC…

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Posted on 2014.12.09 in France, Bordeaux  |  Read more...

 

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...

 

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