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Friday, December 23, 2005
Yanking the Welcome Mat from Wine Tasters
Okay, I understand the reasoning behind the decision by some local wine shops and grocery stores to cancel their regular wine tastings this time of year. If I’m operating the business and have only a limited number of parking spots to accommodate the holiday rush, perhaps I would do the same thing. Who wants to lose business because a potential customer can’t find a place to park?
But a little tiny voice inside of me wants to ask: If we are your valued customers for 50 or 51 weeks out of the year, why do we get the welcome mat pulled out from under us for one or two weeks out of the year? Just because our cars spend more than 10 minutes in your parking lot? We buy wine too. Just not as efficiently.
So I’m thinking that when those stores that have chosen to yank the welcome mat resume their regular tastings, they should — at the very least — offer up some pretty good wines to woo us back. A couple of special food offerings would help stroke our bruised feelings, too.
Just a thought.
Now, on to this week’s scheduled wine tastings and other upcoming wine dinners and events, courtesy of a local wine listserv. Worhty of note are the three first-growth Bordeaux being offered up in possibly limited quantities at Jay’s Kitchen Door tonight (12-22-05). Read on:
Jay’s Kitchen Door
Friday, December 22, 2005 4-8 pm
Taittinger La Francaise
2001 Chateau Canon La Gaffeliere
2001 Chateau Lafite
Limited bottles of: 1988 Chateau Mouton, 1990 Margaux.
Saturday, December 23, 2005 1-6 pm (Closing promptly at 6!):
White Star
1999 Silver Oak Alexander Valley
2000 Silver Oak Alexander Valley
2001 Silver Oak Alexander Valley
Jay’s is offering lunch 11:30 am – 2 pm through December 23. Wines by the glass will include 1999 Alexander Valley Silver Oak Cabernet and Rombauer Chardonnay. Fresh Salmon Burger, Jambalaya, Pumkin Seed Mahi Mahi, Crusted Cod with Crab Imperial Spoonbread and Mustard Sauce will be lunch features.
Italian Luncheon with Ardie Bonnano, Saturday, January 14 12:30 PM RSVP 222-2892 $60
Diver Sea Scallops with Stewed Escarole and Cannelini Beans, Mixed Greens in a Spinach Frittata Socle with White Balsamic Vinaigrette, Seafood Lasagna, Petite Grilled Veal Chop with Chianti Reduction and Roasted Baby Vegetables, Pine and Almond Shortbread with Spumoni and Espresso Chocolate Sauce
Jay’s 30th Anniversary Luncheon!!! Saturday, February 18 12:30 PM RSVP 222-2892 $75
Celebrating Jay’s thirty years of great seafood and wine will be five wine representatives with their own wines and stories to tell about working with Jay. Amuse Buche – Caviar-Smoked Salmon Flutes, Saffron-Buckwheat Crepe with a Ragout of Lobster and Chantrelle Mushrooms in a White Wine Cream Sauce, Three Crab Smoked Tomato Bisque with Basil Oil and Boursin Cheese Crouton, Phyllo Shredded Shrimp with Mixed Greens, Spiced Almonds and Fried Brie with a Sweet and Sour Vinaigrette, Duo or Seared Filet and Chilean Sea Bass in a Crawfish-Morel Mushroom Sauce with Truffle Oil, Anniversary Surprise Dessert
Arrow – Oakwood
Saturday, December 23, 2005 11-4 pm NO TASTINGS until January!
Dorothy Lane Market (DLM)
DLM Oakwood Friday, December 22, 2005 5-8 pm Raventos Cava Robert Mondavi Napa Chardonnay 2003 Cuvaison Pinot Noir 2003 Hare Chase 2004 Red Blend A nice Barolo Brown Bag!
Saturday, December 23, 2005 11-2 pm Aubry Champagne Nickle and Nickle Truchard Vineyard 2003 Northstar Merlot 2001 Estancia Meritage 2002
Beers: Clipper City Heavy Seas Below Decks Barley Wine Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock
Don’t forget - Wednesday, December 28 5:30 – 8:30 pm DLM Oakwood will be tasting champagnes, champagnes from the Holiday Show and others!
DLM Washington Square Thursday, December 15, 2005 5-8 pm Prosecco colli Trevigiani 2003 Talley’s Rosemary’s Vineyard Chardonnay 2004 Mauro Molino Barbera d’Alba 2000 Coppola Edizione Pennino Zinfandel 2002 Paolletti Bella Novello Cabernet Mystery Wine!
Saturday, December 23, 2005 12-5 pm
No Saturday tastings December 24 or December 31!
Dorothy Lane Springboro
No tastings Friday and Saturday this week!
Cuvee Wine Bar and Cellar, 4457 State Route 725 Bellbrook, OH
Tuesday – Thursday 11:30 – 7 pm, Friday and Saturday 11:30 – 8 pm. Wines beginning Friday, December 22, 2005:
Robert Sinsky Abraxas 2004 White Table Wine
Menetou-Salon 2004 White Sancerre
Kaesler 2003 GSM
Sterling 2004 Pinot Noir
Wellington2002 Chardonnay
Las Rocas 2003 Garnacha
I Tres Figli Silver Vineyards (Red Table Wine)
Beer: Barrelhouse Belgian Winter Ale
www.cuveewinebar.net
B. R. Scotese
Fairfield Wine tasters! Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:30 pm will find many of the Fairfield Wine group at B. R. Scotese! The restaurant is no smoking on Wednesdays!
SIPS - 1035 S. Main Street, Centerville (close to Kroger and Elder Beerman) Wine tasting every Saturday, by the glass tasting 7:30 am – 3 pm.
Market Wine Imports 2nd Street Public Market Saturday 10-1 PM Rosa di Rosa Sparkling Italian Red Brut Dargent Chardonnay, Blanc de Blancs Henry Varnay Vin Mousseux Blanc de Blancs Nicolas “Peche Imperiale”
DiSalvo’s Deli and Italian Store The Deli’s Wine of the Month: Citra Montepulciano from the Abruzzo region of Italy.
Winds Café – Yellow Springs, Ohio WINE 101 - a class for the new wine drinker, or as a refresher course. Two consecutive Saturdays, January 21st and 28th. Call the Wine Cellar for more information. 937-767-9441.
Little Sonoma, 6078 West Chester Road, West Chester, OH 45069. 513-942-9463. Located two blocks north of Union Centre Blvd. at the corner of Muhlhauser and West Chester Roads
Friday, December 23 - Tramonte’s Top Four, Saturday, December 24th – Christmas Eve – open until 4 pm
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