Archive for the ‘Bordeaux’ Category

December Newsletter: Holiday Gift Shop, Ten New Arrivals, Vintage Bordeaux

The December Newsletter is now available. Click here to download the pdf. Highlights from this month’s newsletter… HOLIDAY GIFT SHOP > Something good for any wine drinker in your life (including you)! Cozy Sampler > by Jennifer Oakes I am an Olympic-level lounger. When I work, I work hard and fast, taking only the breaks […]

Tribute to Madame Lacaussade

by Dustin Soiseth It was our colleague Mark Congero’s last day at the retail shop—he decamped to Maui, so don’t feel bad—and after work we toasted with a gift from one of his clients, a bottle of 1983 Chateau de l’Hospital. This wonderful red, a blend of Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Cabernet Sauvignon, offered a glimpse of […]

Tasting Recap 8/27/09: Languedoc, Burgundy, & the Southwest

Thursday’s staff tasting featured a wide range of regions and styles. Because of this diversity we didn’t hold to our usual north to south tasting order but instead jumped around. We started in the Languedoc with some new arrivals from Saint Martin de la Garrigue. Here’s a brief history of Saint Martin as told by […]