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Hello from the Caviste:
The amount of blooms we see bursting everywhere in town is about the amount of new wines and events we have in the shop. We look forward to seeing you sometime, whether it is for bar snacks (every evening we're open at 5:30 unless there is a special event), whether it is for a new discovery in our retail shop, or for one of our tastings.
To highlight - we have special people we'd love for you to meet: Joseph Frederick, previously a sommelier and now a rep from one of our favorite importers, Rosenthal Wine Merchants; and Arianna Gelpke of Corzano e Paterno, Tuscany, Italy. Scroll down for more details.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
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Upcoming Tuesday Tasting
Tuesday March 26, 4:30-6:30pm
*$5 fee, waived with bottle purchase
Wine Tasting with Joseph from Rosenthal Wine Merchant
We are excited to welcome Joseph Frederick from one of our favorite importers, Rosenthal Wine Merchant. If you shop with us long enough, you know that we have longstanding relationships with people with similar missions: finding terroir-driven wines not by marketing but by tasting and meeting people. Joseph will be on-site with us to give us a tour of some of the classic French wines. See below for what he'll be pouring.
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Maurice Schoech Cotes d’Ammerschwihr | Pinot Blanc
Cheveau | Saint Veran "Chantevigne" | Chardonnay
Thevenet & Fils | 'Les Clos' Bourgogne Rouge | Pinot Noir
Mas des Capitelles | Faugeres | 50% Mourvedre 25% Carignan 25% Syrah
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Upcoming Saturday Tasting
Saturday April 6, 4:30-6:30pm
*$5 fee, waived with bottle purchase
Winemaker visit with Arianna Gelpke from Corzano e Paterno
and Anna from Piedmont Wine Imports
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La Fattoria Corzano e Paterno, founded by the Swiss architect Wendel Gelpke, is now owned and operated by his heirs, the Gelpke and Goldschmidt families. The farm extends over two hundred hectares (five hundred acres) of verdant and stony hills enabling the production of our extensive range of wines, sheep cheeses and high quality olive oil. In 2005 Gelpke’s daughter, Arianna, following her studies in enology and viticulture and experience in other cellars, came back full time to the farm.
Arianna will be on-site with us on Saturday, April 6, to pour her wines and meet you. We can't wait!
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- Feature wines -
Female Wine Producers
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We're ending Women's History Month with a spotlight on some of our favorite wines, which happen to be made by female producers. Many of these producers continued family tradition and then took it to the next level, or pushed boundaries and ended up either being benchmarks or revolutionary in their own right. The wines are delicious, beguiling, and multi-faceted. We love exploring and sharing these wines and their stories with you. Enjoy!
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Vallana
Campi Raudii (Latin for 'Red Fields')
Location: Piemonte, Italy
Winemaker: Giuseppina Vallana
Grapes: 90% Nebbiolo blended with Uva Rara and Vespolina
Farming/Winemaking: Practicing organic, fermented and aged in cement
Tasting notes: Wet dried cherry, crushed leaves, tobacco, mint and cedar
$21
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Chateau de Plaisance
L'Anjou Blanc
Location: Anjou, Loire, France
Winemaker: Vanessa Cherruau
Grapes: 100% Chenin Blanc
Farming/Winemaking: Certified biodynamic, fermented with indigenous yeast, partial malolactic fermentation, stainless
Tasting notes: Crisp green apples are balanced by a creaminess from malo and the natural richness of Chenin, pears, hint of smoke, and prickly acidity
$39
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Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet
Fixin
Location: Fixin, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy
Winemaker: Amélie Berthaut,
Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir
Farming/Winemaking:
Sustainable, organic methods, ambient yeast fermentation. Aged in concrete tanks or barrels. No fining, some filtration, minimal SO2
Tasting notes: aromatically ultra-fresh with its more deeply pitched array of plum, dark currant and forest floor scents
$52
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Dr. Bürklin-Wolf
Estate Rouge
Location: Pfalz, Germany
Winemaker: Bettina Bürklin-Von Guradze
Grapes: Dornfelder, Pinot Noir, Acolon
Farming/Winemaking: Certified organic and biodynamic, aged one year in old oak barrels
Tasting notes: Notes of juicy blackberry fruit with just a touch of meatiness, integrated tannins
$24
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Heidi Schröck & Söhne Gelber
Muskateller
Location: Burgenland, Austria
Winemaker: Heidi Schrock
Grapes: 100% Muskateller
Farming/Winemaking: Organic/biodynamic, fermented via metodo ancestrale
Tasting notes: Green apple, papaya, pineapple, white flowers, peppermint and flint dominate this rich, extracted and exotic delight
$24
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Upcoming Events
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Tastings and Events
Wine Tasting with Joseph from Rosenthal Wine Merchant
French Classics
Tuesday March 26, 4:30-6:30pm
Wine Tasting with Tracy from Rise Over Run
Fun and Funky Wines
Tuesday April 2, 4:30-6:30pm
Winemaker Tasting with Arianna from Corzano e Paterno
Tuscan Classics
Saturday April 6, 4:30-6:30pm
Symphony By-The-Glass
Live music from the symphony musicians
Thursday April 11, 5 - 6:30 pm
DJ Fleet night (aka Ben Sayers)
Saturday Apr 13 6-9pm more details will follow
Wine Tasting with Sam from Kellogg
Tuesday, April 16 4:30-6:30pm
*Unless otherwise noted, all tastings have a $5 fee that is waived with the purchase of wines poured at the tasting.
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Upcoming Wine Dinners*RSVP Only*
Kermit Lynch Wine Dinner with Nick Demos
Island Wines focus
Wednesday, April 10, RSVP only, $130++
Seating: 6:00
Middle Eastern / Georgian Dinner
Buffet Style Paired with Wine
Thursday April 25, RSVP only, $90++
Seating: 6:00
Kermit Lynch Wine Dinner with Nick Demos
Wednesday, May 8, RSVP only, $130++
Seating: 6:00
~ Call or Email us to RSVP ~
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We look forward to helping you find some delicious wines for your next meal or event.
Have a great weekend!
Cheers,
The Caviste Team |
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