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 Kermit [...]
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Highlights from this month’s newsletter…
Pre-Arrival Red Burgundy
by Dixon Brooke
I think the time is ripe to revisit the annals of KLWM wine lore for our own version of the vintage chart. The truth is that Kermit did publish one, but it was only a blank [...]
I’ve just come down the hill from the lost hamlet of Blagny, up in the hills above Puligny-Montrachet in the Côte d’Or in Burgundy. You may have heard the name “Blagny” before, attached to a bottle of premier cru Meursault-Blagny, or perhaps even a bottle of the increasingly rare Blagny Rouge. The tiny, ancient hamlet [...]
Our white Burgundy sale is currently on in full force. 20% off by the bottle, 30% off by the case. For a list of the wines, click here. Here are the notes from our second round of tasting…
2006 Puligny-Montrachet “La Truffière” 1er Cru • Bruno Colin
Normally $115.00, 20% off per bottle $92.00
Tasting with Bruno Colin [...]
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In this month’s newsletter…
PRE-ARRIVAL OFFER
2007 GIGONDAS • DOMAINE LES PALLIÈRES
So, two Pallières this year. One wears the designation “Les Racines,” or The Roots. It comes from what were the original vines planted around the ancient winery. I go for the name because, you know [...]
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