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Christmas Eve Social
This Thursday, Christmas Eve, anytime from 2 to 5
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And the decade winds down. Where were you December 31, 1999? I lived in Yountville, worked in the wine department at Dean & Deluca, and was curious where I would be in ten more years.
Happy Holidays to you. Hope your season is how you want it to be. Mine's pretty good. Good business, good friends and good wine to drink. Good music, too, as I'm enjoying Pandora's holiday music (right now, it's a Willie Nelson Holiday station. Took me a while to jump in, but now that I have, I can say that PANDORA has changed my life. For the better.
This email is going to readers in Northern California only. It's about our Christmas Eve event. The tag line was "Good Wine Will Be Drunk, No Charge" until a nice young man from a certain government agency called to remind me that giving away free alcohol is not legal. The complying tag line now is "Good Wine Will Be Drunk, Modest Charge." Not a grabber, but keeps our hands clean.
With the eyes of my local customers shining on this email, I put the spotlight on three new, exceptional import wines. They're just a couple of mouse-scrolls down.
Merry/Happy fill-in-the-blank. Whatever your blank is, make it a good one!
Dan
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Whatcha doin' Christmas Eve afternoon?
Wanna taste some good wine this Thursday afternoon? Back Room Wines is the place! For a modest fee (and credit back with any purchase), imbibe in some mighty fine wines at
BACK ROOM WINES' 
CHRISTMAS EVE
AFTERNOON SOCIAL. Wines to be poured at our Christmas Eve social will include: - FAR NIENTE
Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - NICKEL & NICKEL
Cabernet Sauvignon
"Tench Vineyard" 2006 - SWITCHBACK RIDGE Merlot 2007
- RYAN Pinot Noir "Van der Kamp" 2007
- GRUET Sparkling Wine & NAPA SMITH Beer
We have more "in the back," but depends how many imbibers come by. The more the merrier, don't you know.
If you're feeling "in the spirit" and would like to bring a savory snack to share, you may (but not at all required).
YOU'RE INVITED!
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Three outstanding imports
Come in, buy & try. You won't be sorry!
GINI Soave  Classico 2008 $19
In a wine culture that focuses upon statement wines, it's a pleasure to suggest the pleasing yet rather unassuming Gini Soave Classico from the Veneto, Northeast Italy. It's a scrumptious white wine for anytime...cold weather, warm weather, with food or without. There's "just OK" Soave, then there's Soave CLASSICO,
a couple cuts above. The Gini is loaded with nectarine, peach and green apple flavors.
Very aromatic, a soft mouthfeel and just a joy to drink.
The grape, by the way, is Garganega - 100%.
Buy Gino Soave Classico here.
LES HERITIERS DU COMTE LAFON
Mâcon-Chardonnay
"Clos de la Crochette" 2008 $38 Net
Comte Lafon, producers of rare and  expensive Montrachet & Meursault, has grown (byodynamically) & made wines from the Macon for a few years now. We're lucky to get a little, and suggest you try some of the ONE CASE of this wine we got last week. The "Clos de la Crochette" and its surrounding vineyards date back to the 10th century...perhaps the
world's oldest site for growing Chardonnay. Seriously, this wine makes a case for Chardonnay maintaining its perch as the King of White Grapes. Richness,
intensity and delicacy are all rolled into one in this very fairly priced wine. Apples, citrus, spice, chalky
soil, sweet butter, long finish. Good now & best in 2011. If this was, I don't know, April, I might limit purchases on this. In the spirit of year-end inventory reduction, however, it's first-come-first served.
Buy Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon Macon
"Clos de la Crochette" here.
DOMAINE CHARVIN Côtes-du-Rhône
"Le Poutet" 2007 $23
One great white wine producer deserves a partner in red, don't you think? Domaine Charvin, one of Chateauneuf-du-Pape's finest, makes a super-delicious Cotes-du-Rhone and it's here in the store, albeit briefly. The 2007 Chateaueneuf came & went in a New York minute, and I'm guessing "Le Poutet" won't last much longer. Mostly Grenache, with a smidge of Syrah and all tank-aged, this wine is lip-smackin' good. It's ripe and spicy, but not TOO ripe & spicy. Smell & taste
cinnamon, clove, licorice and cracked black pepper along with ripe
berries on the vine in August.
Full bodied, supple tannins and in Robert Parker-vernacular, hedonistic. America
meets France in this "showy" Rhone.
Buy Charvin "Le Poutet" 2007 here.
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See you next decade!
| Whenever I freak out (just a little) about how the years tick by, I just remember that everyone is on the same carnival ride. Time waits for no one. Hey, what do you say we take down another decade? I'll be in touch next year.
Drink more Reposado
Dan
Daniel Dawson
Back Room Wines
Corner of First & Main Streets (First Street Entrance)
Downtown Napa, California 94559
Phone: (707) 226-1378 Toll Free # is 877-322-2576
email: daniel@backroomwines.com
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8th Annual
SPARKLING WINE TASTING
Friday, January 8
Anytime from 5 to 8
The tasting that launches the year for us. Six sparkling wines from around the world.
$15/tasting. Includes the best food match with bubbles: POTATO CHIPS.
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