Inspiring Thirst An inside look at wines of Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant.

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The July newsletter is now available. Dowload the pdf here.
Highlights from this month’s newsletter…
SUMMER SAMPLER
by Mark Congero
Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.—Henry James
It doesn’t matter what the activity, I am much happier when the sun is shining and that little red [...]

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Thursday evening marked the first staff tasting since Kermit’s departure to France. The tasting covered whites, reds, and rosés from the Loire, the southern Rhône, Provence, and Corsica. As good students of the Lynchianesque tasting philosophy, we started in the north with the Loire and finished in the south with Corsica. Today I’ll focus on [...]

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The April newsletter is now available. Download the pdf here.

Highlights from this month’s newsletter…
SPRING SAMPLER
by Mark Congero
Spring is a season of blossoming abundance. What a pleasure it is, strolling through the farmers’ markets from mid-March through May. Bright green asparagus and sweet peas are at their peak while juicy, red strawberries and fragrant cherries begin [...]

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So far this month we have received twenty new arrivals from nine different Italian producers. Like our French selections, our Italian wines offer excellent quality, incredibly low prices, and they display a character indicative of their native soils. We import wines from Piedmont, Tuscany, Veneto, Fruili, and as of this past summer, Liguria.
A few years [...]

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Long ago I learned to appreciate subtlety and finesse in a wine.  Maybe that’s why I work here, right?  But I use those descriptors often when I speak about wine – especially a wine that draws you in seductively instead of punching you in the nose, and on the palate leaves a perfumed aftertaste instead [...]