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February 20, 2020
We have a fabulous weekend planned for you!
New Wines and Beers
fantastic Cheeses and Soups
Great new Vintage Glassware that Kate found in South Carolina and Florida!
Friday: Our own Steve Mosteiro - Steve is a certified sommelier and has a wonderful time when he can be pouring his favorite wines on the tasting table!
It means all he has to do is focus on the wine and YOU!!
(click here for the list of wines and beers)
Saturday: Fabio Marrone, Bravo Imports - Fabio has brought some of our very favorite Italian selections into the shop over the past few years!
He has a couple of new ones to show you that we think will have you forget all about the winter whether out there.
(click here for the list of wines and beers)
And it all starts with...
Today"s OPEN BOTTLE!!
Charles Thomas
2015
60% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre, 10% Cinsault
Meursault, Rhone Vallay, France
This pet project from Fran Kysela (2013 Importer of the Year) did not get rated as it‘s too small a production.
It does however come from an outstanding vintage and promises to be beautiful in the years to come or if you as inpatient as me decanted for an hour or two!
The wine of Chateauneuf-du-Pape takes its name from the relocation of the papal court to Avignon.
The lore says that after moving in 1309, Pope Clément V (after whom Chateau Pape-Clément in Pessac-Léognan is named) ordered that vines were planted.
But it was actually his successor, John XXII, who established the vineyards.
The name however, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, translated as "the pope"s new castle," didn’t really stick until the 19th century.
 The 2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vintage received
97 Points The Wine Spectator
“Ideal spring conditions were followed by warm, dry weather through July and then heavy rains in August.
Earlier-ripening Viognier and Syrah struggled a bit, while later-ripening Grenache and Mourvèdre excelled; reds are rich, ripe and full of powerful fruit.
In the style of 2009 and 2007, with better definition”
Elsewhere at $48.00
Our Regular price $44.99
Special Sale Price
$26.00 a bottle
$132.00 for six ($22.00)
Over 50% OFF!
Call us at 703-668-WINE (9463)
Our Thoughts on this wine.....
A classic Châteauneuf-Du-Pape, medium-plus-bodied with meaty, wild herbs, earthy mushroom and pepper-spice flavours on the palate. Easy to love, yet still youthful and could easily spend more years in cellar. To drink now decant for an hour or open the bottle 2 hours before serving. A perfect wine for all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, grilled dishes, sausage and cassoulet. Chateauneuf du Pape Rouge wines are also good with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.
A bit about Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The AOC for Chateauneuf-du-Pape is in the Rhone Valley stretching from Orange to Avignon. Domaine Vieux Telegraphe was founded in 1895, and takes it name Vieux Telegraphe (Old Telegraph) from a rocky plateau of the Domaine where in 1792 Me. Chappe, the inventor of the optical telegraph, installed a relay tower. Famous for its full-bodied, seductive and spicy reds with flavor and aroma characteristics reminiscent of black cherry, baked raspberry, garrigue, olive tapenade, lavender and baking spice, Chateauneuf-du-Pape is the leading sub-appellation of the southern Rhône River Valley. Large pebbles resembling river rocks, called "galets" in French, dominate most of the terrain. The stones hold heat and reflect it back up to the low-lying gobelet-trained vines. Though the galets are typical, they are not prominent in every vineyard.
Chateau Rayas is the most obvious deviation with very sandy soil.
According to law, eighteen grape varieties are allowed in Chateauneuf-du-Pape and most wines are blends of some mix of these. For reds, Grenache is the star player with Mourvedre and Syrah coming typically second. Others used include Cinsault, Counoise and occasionally Muscardin, Vaccarèse, Picquepoul Noir and Terret Noir.
Only about 6-7% of wine from Chateauneuf-du-Pape is white. Blends and single-varietal bottlings are typically based on the soft and floral Grenache Blanc but Clairette, Bourboulenc and Roussanne are grown with some significance.
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The Wine Club Schedule
The Wine Club March 17, 7 pm
My hometown: the Wines of Puglia
with Fabio Marrone of Bravo Imports
The heel of the boot is a diverse landscape surrounded by the Adriatic Sea that produces some of Italy’s most interesting and diverse wines.
$25/40
The Wine Club April 21, 7 pm
Move over Napa: Washington State Wines Shine
with Jim Futrell of Republic National
With over 300 days of sunshine and the angle of the sun being similar to the great wine regions of Northern Europe the wines show both elegance and power.
$30/$50
Special Sunday May 17, 1- 4 pm
 Meet Winemaker Leo Hillinger
Welcome back Leo!!!!
Come meet the man who put Austrian wines to the forefront of the European and US wine scene.
Come learn and taste the different wine regions of Austria at this large three table tasting event.
Special discounts that day only, free of charge.
The Wine Club May 19, 7 pm
Wines of the Iberian Peninsula: The Underrated Stars of Portugal and Spain – with Karen Hayes of Mundo Vino
These wines have an intriguing combination of wildness and sophistication that is reflected in its geographies.
For the wine drinker, it has great diversity and often offers great value.
$30/$50
Always Drink Responsibly.
Kate, Natalie, Heidi, Kathy, Mari, Susie, Beth
Bill, Steve, Rande and Mike
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