Bordeaux: Another look at recent high quality vintages – 2008, 2009, and 2010 Thursday, March 15, 2012– 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Asheville Wine Market Cellar
From the Médoc to Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux produces magical red and white wines that many consider to be the best in the world. Not all are priced through the stratosphere as this is a large region and for the astute wine hunter great values abound. We have a great lineup for this tasting leaning more to…
Read More2010 Bodegas Terra Sigilata Garnacha “Filon”; Calatayud, Spain
The Calatayud region in Northern Spain resembles parts of Utah or Arizona with tall red buttes and dry arroyos in a high plains atmosphere. In the village of Villarroya de la Sierra the arid landscape is punctuated by old vine Garnacha grape vineyards as well as cherry and almond orchards tended by the local farmers.…
Read MoreBest Buys from Spain – Free Saturday Tasting – Saturday, March 10th., 2012; 1 to 4 pm
Please join us for this exciting tasting of four Best Buys from Spain. From family run cooperatives, these wines offer outstanding value as well as an exciting range of fruit flavors that are bright, clean and sufficiently complex to invite another glass. Sourced from low-yielding, hand-harvested vineyards, these wines are yet another example of what…
Read MoreLa Martina Extra Virgin Olive Oil Tasting – Saturday, March 10, 2012 – 1 to 4 pm
Join Luis Hernandez, from Pure Chilean, for a tasting of these new olive oils from Chile as well as a beautiful Aceto Balsamico from Modena, Italy. This Saturday from 1 to 4pm La Martina “Premium Selection” Extra Virgin Olive Oil; Chile La Martina Premium Selection is an exquisite mixture of fine olive varieties, with a…
Read More2010 Marcel Giraudon Aligoté; Chitry, France
The Giraudon family has been farming and making wine in Chitry for centuries, and the current proprietor, Marcel Giraudon, follows very traditional methods in his work. Their vineyards are on hillsides of Kimmeridgian chalky marl as one finds in Grand Cru Chablis. Yields in the vineyard are kept modest and harvesting is done by hand.…
Read More2006 Alberto Marsetti “Grumello” – Valtellina Superiore– Approachable, delicious Nebbiolo
Alberto Marsetti is afflicted by an uncommon passion and love for grape growing. Just like six generations of his predecessors, Alberto spends 365 days a year caring for and nurturing his vines in the climatically challenging mountainous Valtellina region in the extreme North of Lombardy. The vineyards are terraced, the hillsides are steep and the…
Read More2011 Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc “Private Bin”: Marlborough, New Zealand
Founded in 1961 by its current owner and Managing Director Sir George Fistonich, Villa Maria Estate is now seen as an icon in the New Zealand wine industry. An unrelenting commitment to producing quality wine has allowed Villa Maria to cement its place as New Zealand’s most awarded winery for over thirty years. Their passion…
Read MoreBest Buys from Argentina – Free Saturday Tasting – Saturday, March 3rd., 2012; 1 to 4 pm
Please join Bill O’Friel for this exciting tasting of four new high altitude wines from Tupungato, Argentina. All estate grown, these wines represent outstanding value as well as offering an exciting range of fruit flavors that are bright, clean and sufficiently complex to invite another glass. From the celebrated Finca Sophenia, these wines are yet…
Read More2009 Domaine de la Guilloterie “Affinité”; Saumur, France
Patrice and Philippe Duveau, now the sixth generation to own and run the Domaine de la Guilloterie, oversee vineyards spread over 50 hectares in Saint-Cyr en Bourg, to the south of the Loire river, along its confluent called le Thouet. Its specific climatic conditions, the protection offered by the Loire and this tributary, as well…
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