Tastes in wine run hot and cold and so do the climates that produce them. Nearly every commercial vine on earth is grown between 30° – 50° latitude (both north and south), but that range offers an almost endless array…
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  Posted on 2021.07.02 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Provence  |  Read more...
“Glowing wine on his palate lingered swallowed. Crushing in the winepress grapes of Burgundy. Sun’s heat it is. Seems to a secret touch telling me memory. Touched his sense moistened remembered. Hidden under wild ferns on Howth below us bay…
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  Posted on 2021.06.21 in France, Burgundy  |  Read more...
Champagne André Clouet ‘Dream Vintage 2008’ Grand Crus Ambonnay/Bouzy Price for members of The Champagne Society: $83 (Regular $97) “Bouzy and Ambonnay are the epicenter of Pinot Noir in Champagne, and the Clouet family is the privileged custodian of eight…
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  Posted on 2021.06.10 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  |  Read more...
The Loire Valley, the fabled stable for thoroughbred whites from Sancerre, Savennières and Vouvray, has often (and unfairly) been dismissed for its reds. In fact, cooler vintages of the past have sometimes resulted in erratic ripening, leading to thin, somewhat…
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  Posted on 2021.05.20 in France, Loire  |  Read more...
The languid Loire is the longest river in France, and its winemaking locus, occasionally interspersed with cereal crops, covers almost 200,000 acres. Originating in the south—virtually in the Rhône appellation—the river scrambles up through Orléans and hooks toward Tours in…
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  Posted on 2021.05.08 in France, Loire  |  Read more...
Champagne Francis Boulard & Fille “Rosé de Saignée” (2013, Rosé Extra Brut) Price for The Champagne Society members: $76, SOLD OUT Francis Boulard‘s career as a vigneron dates back to the early 70’s. He worked…
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  Posted on 2021.01.18 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  |  Read more...
There is a little bit of magic in a good sparkling wine. Just one sip can transport you to another time and place. Enhance your New Year’s experience with a bottle or three from our large and impressive selection of…
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  Posted on 2020.12.27 in France, Spain DO, Penedes, Champagne  |  Read more...
We love to help people give the gift of wine. Let us know how many bottles you want, your price, and what you know of the giftee’s taste preferences, and we will put together the perfect package for you. We’ll…
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  Posted on 2020.12.21 in France, Bordeaux, Spain DO, Burgundy, Languedoc-Roussillon, Rioja DOC, Provence, Southern Rhone, Corsica, Navarra, Costers del Segre  |  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...