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FALL TASTING SCHEDULE
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Stay tuned for more emails with specific dates, but here's what's in store:
ALPINE MONTH
From mid-October through mid-November, we'll be featuring wines from our favorite Alpine regions. The Jura, Savoie, Val d'Aoste, Switzerland, Alto Aldige - a whole gondola of wines you never knew you needed. But trust me, you need them. You just don't know it yet. | |
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MUSAR LIBRARY VINTAGE TASTING
No secret here, but I'm a Chateau Musar groupie. I adore the reds and whites from this fabled Lebanese winery and have steadily been stocking the store with various back vintages. Sometime in October, I'll be hosting a tasting of my current stash. You can see what the fuss is about...and of course, order some of your favorites. | |
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FANCY PANTS OPEN BOTTLE SESSION
Every Friday at 4pm, we'll be popping open a bottle of something we deem to be a Fancy Pants wine. For our purposes, this will generally mean $30 or higher. We're always looking for a reason to show off our top shelf bottles, so we just decided to create a weekly excuse. You get to benefit. | |
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Autumn leaves are falling...into a bottle of Lopez de Heredia. | Fall is definitely here. But there are still probably a few more summery days ahead before we can completely pack away the flip flops. (Some people never pack away their flip flops, but that's a subject for a different newsletter.) And (hopefully) we're still at least a month away from mitten weather.
So...what to do? More importantly...what to drink?
Never fear - Frankly Wines has the answer. This is the season for transitional wines. Lighter reds, whites with a bit of body, roses with a little more oomph. Whether the weather calls for flip flops or sweaters, these wines will fit right in.
Best - Christy |
TRANSITIONAL WINE 3-PACKS
Two new 3-Packs, each featuring a white, red, and rose to get you through whatever weather comes this way.
 THE BUGEY-MAN COMETH 3-PACK:
For whatever reason, a lot of our favorite transitional wines come from regions that 90% of the wine-drinking population has never heard of. This pack will introduce you to three wines from Bugey....which is (kind of) a sub-region of the Savoie....which if you're still stumped, is in France, near the border of Switzerland.
Peillot Bugey Pinot Noir 2009
Peillot Roussette du Bugey Altesse de Montagnieu 2008
Lingot Martin Cerdon-Bugey NV
 SUMMERTIME EXTENDER 3-PACK:
Can't stand the thought of packing away your flip flops? Want summer to last just a little bit longer? Pick up this pack of three Italian wines and ease yourself into sweater weather.
Bibi Graetz Cicala del Giglio 2009
Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosato 2009
Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso 2009
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A TALE OF TWO TRANSITIONAL REDS
When fall weather hits, even the staunchest "crisp white wine" person may start to crave something red in the glass. But, like Goldilocks, you want something not too big, not too light...but just right. These two wines, both from stand-out vignerons, are just right.
 CATHERINE ET PIERRE BRETON TRINCH! 2009 1.5 Liter (Bourgueil, Loire, France): A double bottle of red wine happiness. The Bretons are tip top producers in the Bourgueil sub-region of the Loire Valley. This region is where Cabernet Franc stands on its own, unblended with its usual partner, Cabernet Sauvignon. While the Bretons make some complex, age-worthy versions from single vineyards, their Trinch! is meant to be drunk young, fresh, and in quantity. It's an ideal introduction to Loire Valley Cabernet Franc, with red berry fruits and the underlying aromatic earthiness that sets the grape apart from Cabernet Sauvignon - but not so much as to scare off a Cab Franc beginner. And the name? Trinch! It's the sound that glasses make when clinked together. Which should be done frequently. Price: $42.99 (equivalent to $21.50/bottle) Buy it here.
 MARCEL LAPIERRE RAISINS GAULOIS VIN DE FRANCE IX (Beaujolais, France): Beaujolais has a bad reputation. Much of it tastes like bubblegum and bananans. While this might sound like an excellent new lollipop flavor, it's not what most people want in their wine. But this is not one of those Beaujolais. This from Marcel Lapierre, one of the masters of Beaujolais that tastes like real wine. We carry his Morgon from time to time and at under $25, it's one of the great bargains in the wine world, capable of graceful aging, if you can keep your hands off it when it's young. This one, which translates to "French Raisins," is meant to be drunk now, like this afternoon.
Price: $11.99 Buy it here. |
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We've recently stocked up on older vintages of Lopez de Heredia. I've waxed on about the joys of Lopez often enough, so if you want the full story, read it here. But the quick and dirty is that if you want an introduction to the world of old-school, aged Rioja, Lopez is a good place to start. Click here to see what's in stock.
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