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It's Time for White
REMRIDG Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley 2009 $27
MALDONADO Chardonnay "Parr" Sonoma 2007 $26
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Greetings!
Memorial Day is behind us (or 362 days in front of us), which means it's unofficialy summertime. Unofficial summertime means OFFICIAL yummy white wine drinking time.
Today I present two white wines: a brand new, first release Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc and a Sonoma County Chardonnay with perhaps a familiar name to you. As I always suggest you mix up the types of wines you drink, today's featured whites are very different from each other. They're equally good for different reasons. This is one of the gifts that fine wine brings to our tables.
A heapin' helpin' of June Tasting Events coming up.
SUPER SPECIAL EVENT
Tomorrow (Friday) night, June 4, from 5 to 8 P.M.
"100 Perfect Pairings" book signing and tasting with
author Jill Silverman Hough.
Need some simple rules for matching food & wine?
Jill offers plenty of easy, practical tips on how to put the right wine with the food. Or, the right food with the wine. It's easy to follow and understand and offers a fresh perspective for both the beginner and experienced in food and wine.
The 100 recipes are very good and practical. Jill (with the help of her husband Doug) will present 3 of the 100 recipes as Back Room Wines pours the perfect wine to pair.
Check out the book and buy it if you'd like...it's $16.95. Jill's here to sign.
We're expecting a big happy crowd for this one. Hope you can make it.
The tasting is $10. Here are the Perfect Pairings we'll present this Friday.
It's a BACK ROOM BLOW OUT month.
It's Blow Out XXXVII on Friday, July 18, 5 to 8 PM.
Five guest this time: Green & Red Winery, Cloud View Vineyard, Bedrock Wine Co, Spotted Owl Winery and European wine importer WINEWISE will be pouring. Nine wines to enjoy.
It's just $10, and as always at a Blow Out, we credit $5 of your tasting for each bottle of BLOW OUT wine you purchase. Blow Out XXXVII Info is here.
SAVE THE DATE:
Hot Dogs & Wine, Saturday July 3, Noon to 5
More than a lunch, more than a tasting. It's an event.
Details here.
Worth making a special trip to Napa.
Dear Mister Fantasy, pour us some wine. Something to make us all happy.
Dan
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Money Wines
June 3, 2010
Money Wine: a wine that anyone who loves good, rich, utterly delicious wine will enjoy A LOT, and is an EXCEPTIONAL VALUE.
TODAY
Memorial Day has passed us by. That means we think more about white wines for the summer. I got two delicious, tiny production wines for you today. A Napa Sauv Blanc and a Sonoma Chard. And both under $30!
REMRIDGRemridge trademarked the
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Sauvignon Blanc
Napa Valley 2009
$27/bottle
Remridg Owner & Winemaker Jeff Roberts and I first met when we were on the opening crew of Rutherford Grill in 1994. Neither of us lasted long there as we both pursued our wine careers after a few memorable months there. Jeff got into vineyard work and was Duckhorn's vineyard manager for a long time. He and his wife now have their own vineyard management company, and started their own label: REMRIDG.
REMRIDGE (short for REMington RIDGe) Sauvignon Blanc 2009 comes from vineyards up and down the Valley floor that Jeff manages.
Back Room Wines is the Customer #1 for Remridg not because Jeff and I are friends, but because it's delicious, undiscovered and you will enjoy drinking it.
The rich, aromatic Remridge Sauvignon Blanc smells of honeysuckle and orange blossoms, pineapple and
grapefruit, just-made applesauce and ripe, juicy pears. The flavors continue on like the smells. Creamy
texture, full mouthfeel and good acidity to give it the perfect Sauvignon Blanc tang.
Can't help but think back to our old Rutherford Grill days for food suggestions. Artichoke Dip, and keep the tortilla chips coming. Rotisserie Chicken, redolent of herbs and garlic. About 500
cases made.
Buy Remridg Sauvignon Blanc here.
MALDONADO Chardonnay
"Parr Vineyard" Sonoma County 2007 $26/bottle
Like Jeff of Remridg, Lupe Maldonado also owns a vineyard management company in Napa Valley. His home vineyard, "Los Olivos," is at the edge of the Carneros AVA and producers a bold, serious Chardonnay that we have sold for many years at $48/bottle.
Today's Money Wine is Chardonnay from Sonoma's "Parr Vineyard."
It is a classic, rich, buttery, yummy Chardonnay. Crazy-good value, too. Smell spicy poached pears, brown butter and grilled figs. Taste is more
of the same: rich, toasty and unctuous. Drink with buttery shrimp,
crab and lobster. Anything with garlic mashed potatoes would certainly fit the bill here, especially pork roast or roast chicken (chicken two times today-how boring of me).
Buy Maldonado Chardonnay "Parr" here.
Money White Wine Case
6 bottles each of Remridg and Maldonado "Parr"
$286 (includes 10% case discount)
Money White Half Case
3 bottles of each
$150 (5% discount)
3 ways to order:
1. Order On-Line Here
2. Reply to this email with your order,
3. Call us, toll-free, at 877-322-2576
Thank you!
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Bring A Blind Bottle
Night
Tonight: Thursday
June 3
6 to 8 P.M.
(Note the start time)
Bring a wine that's a classic
example of the grape (and tastes good too).
Bag it so we can't see what
it is.
Guess the grape of all the other wines and share yours.
It's a fun and educational way to taste & learn!
$5/person
(Cheese & crackers served.)
Click here for more information
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"100 Perfect Pairings"
Book Signing and Tasting
This Friday,
June 4,
5 to 8 P.M.
Meet the author:
Jill Silverman Hough
Enjoy three of Jill's food & wine pairings.
Her book (and the wines) will be for sale during the event.
$10/tasting
More information
Tasting notes
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Midwest Breakfast Showdown
| Did you see this story in the Wall Street Journal yesterday?
Pancake Man and Waffleman, Nebraska's breakfast catering kings!
What do you prefer, a good pancake or a waffle?
I know it depends on many factors (thick or thin, syrup or fruit, buttermilk...), but flat out, what do you prefer?
I'll get the ball rolling. Would take away a bit of my soul, but I would choose.
Waffle.
Drink more chocolate milk. Dan
Daniel Dawson
Owner, 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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