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Friday, April 19, 2013

Wine Education - the best way to learn - TASTE!!!

Wine Tasting at all FOUR locations
Taste the Pierre Boniface Roussette de Savoie at all four of our locations this Saturday, April 20 from 11am-4pm. (each store will also have other wines out to taste)


A little more education: We are going to try to feature either a grape or a wine region each week at our stores. We will give you some background information on the grape or region and feature a wine that highlights what we are featuring. We will taste that wine on Saturday at all four of our locations. We will post it here in our blog and send it out in our emails - click here to sign up for our emails
I have started a new label "Education" that you can hit to read all the education articles (see the right column under the heading "labels".



Grape: Altesse


Altesse: Grown primarily in the Roussette de Savoie region of France, bordering Switzerland and Italy, the Altesse grape produces wines of incredible character and purity. Highly aromatic and possesing wonderful acidity Altesse is a perfect foil for full flavored chesses and spicy dishes. Due to small yields and a fickle nature Altesse is relatively unknown in the American market place, but it sure to please if stumbled upon.


This wine is made from 100% Altesse
2011 Pierre Boniface Roussette de Savoie....$19.99
The excellent 2011 Les Rocailles Roussette de Savoie comes from an indigenous grape varietal called Altesse. It offers up notes of fresh wheat thins, honeyed citrus and spring flowers that are followed by a well-textured, lush, succulent, dry white that is bigger and richer than the Apremont. Drink it over the next 1-2 years.   



Rated 89/100 Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate

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