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Friday, April 20, 2007
A celebration of fantastic wines to accompany fantastic weather
Good gosh, this weekend’s wine tastings list looks like a wine hall of fame. Consider these gems: Caymus (twice), Araujo, BV (twice), Mondavi, Antinori, Joseph Phelps, Kenwood — Great Googly Moogly, we are not worthy! And all available for the click of a mouse on the “continue reading” link and a silent but heartfelt thanks to the listserv that compiles the information and sends it along to Uncorked … Enjoy the weekend and cheers!
Mark Fisher
“For the Love of Wine” Camp Emanual Fundraiser featuring food and wine and a great silent wine auction. Sunday, March 22, 2007 1 to 4 pm, Jay’s Seafood Restaurant Tickets are $55 per person, $100 per couple Call George Punter (937) 436-3424 or Nan Crawford (937) 312-1012 for more information and tickets.
Jays Kitchen Door Friday, April 20, 2007 4-8 pm 2004 Billaud Simon Petite Chablis 2001 Domaine Arlaud Morey St Denis “Les Ruchots” 1998 Banfi Poggio alle Mura 2003 Domaine des Baumard Quartes de Chaume
Saturday, April 21, 2007 1-6 pm 2005 Whitehall Lane Sauvignon Blanc 1998 BV George de Latour 1998 Caymus SS Cabernet 1998 Araujo Eisele Cabernet
Arrow - Kettering Saturday, April 21, 2007 11-5 pm 2005 domaine perraud macon-villages, vieilles vignes (white burgundy) 2003 estancia meritage 2004 gallo sonoma reserve cabernet sauvignon 2005 chateau sainte-marie (red bordeaux) 2005 kuleto estate zinfandel, napa valley 2002 marc tempe gewurztraminer, rodelsberg vineyard, unfined/unfiltered
Dorothy Lane Market (DLM)
DLM Oakwood Friday, April 20, 2007 5-8pm Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2006 Chateau Belair-Moustel Bordeaux Blanc 2005 Domaine Besson Givry 1er Cru 2005 Raymond Reserve Merlot 2002 Batasiolo Barolo 2001 Brown Bag
Saturday, April 21, 2007 1-6 pm Domaine La Cahapelle Coteaux du Loie 2005 Boudin Chablis 2004 Brewer-Clifton Ashley’s Pinot Noir 2005 Chateau Davril Bordeaux 2005 Robert Hall Rhone de Robles 2005 Imagine Cabernet 2004 Bonus Bottles
Beers: Old Slug Porter, Dogfish Head Black & Blue
DLM Washington Square Thursday, April 19, 2007 5-8 pm No tasting due to the Pastry Show.
Saturday, April 21, 2007 12-5 pm “Fifi’s Got Pinots in Her Pocket” 2004 Ceja Chardonnay 2004 Anne Gros Bourgogne (Burgundy) 2002 Tandem Pinot Noir (Sonoma Mountain) 2005 Drew “Ashley’s Vineyard” Pinot Noir (Santa Rita Hills) 2004 Domaine Serene “Evenstad” Pinot Noir (Williamette Valley) 2003 Walter Hansel “South Slope Vineyard” Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley) Mystery Wine!
Dorothy Lane Springboro Friday, April 20, 2007 3-7pm 05 Domaine Menard Colombard Sauvignon 05 Bessen Le Haut Colombier 05 Besson Le Petit Pretan 03 Chateau Castegens Bordeaux
Saturday, April 21, 2007 12-5 pm 06 Simi Roseto Rose 01 Jayson Chardonnay 04 Frog Leap Merlot 02 BV Tapestry
Cuvee Wine Bar and Cellar, 4457 State Route 725 Bellbrook Tuesday - Thursday 11:30 - 7 pm Friday and Saturday 11:30 - 8 pm www.cuveewinebar.net Wine Tasting Menu Friday, April 20-Thursday, April 26, 2007 Argiolas Costamolino Vermentino Saintsbury 2006 Vincent Vin Gris Rose of Pinot Noir Eric Louis 2005 Sancerre Sineann 2006 Celilio Vineyard Gewurztraminer Batasiolo 2003 Nebbiolo Michael Pozzan 2004 Reserve Merlot Domaine de Gineste 2000 Gaillac Grand Cuvee
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 Australian and New Zealand Wines with Deborah Gray of A ‘n Z Wine Connection.
Arrow Centerville 615 Lyons Rd Saturday, April 21, 2007 11 am - 5 pm 2004 Joseph Phelps Pastiche White… 2005 Kenwood Pinot Noir Rosé… 2001 Chivite Crianza… 2003 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Merlot… 2002 Villa Antinori Toscano Red… 2001 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Trader Joes, Town & Country Kettering Trader Joes in Kettering at Stroop and Far Hills Tastings Thursday 6-8 and Sunday 4-7. Contadina Pinot Grigio (2005) IGT Delle Venezie, Italy. Trader Joe’s French Classic Syrah (2005) VdP Pays d’Oc, France. Cosentino Cigar Zin (2004) California.
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar ( at The Greene ) 937-320-9548 Wine Wednesdays from 5pm to 7pm in the bar. There will be four different two ounce tastes every week and will provide different appetizers through out the night to pair with these wines. Features for Wednesday April 25, 2007 5pm to 7pm Caymus Conundrum California, 2005 Cakebread Chardonnay Napa Valley, 2005 Nickle &Nickle Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Oakville Rock Cairn, 2003 Penfolds Shiraz South Australia St.Henri, 2002
Friday, April 27, 2007 PGA themed wine dinner. $85. Call for reservations!
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 www.LittleSonomaWines.com Friday, April 20th, 6-7:30 pm ~ Spanish Wines and “Paella at Your Place” Saturday, April 21st, 3-6 pm ~ Stellar Second Labels Glass Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon (second label of Markham Vineyards) Carson Peak Cabernet Sauvignon (second label of Boeger Winery) Red Knot Shiraz (second label of Black Shook) A by Acacia Chardonnay (second label of Acacia)
Tuesday, May 1st, 7:00 pm ~ Announcing a Special Evening with The Wines of Joshua Krupp $40 per person
Winds Cafe Yellow Springs Friday, April 27, 2007 - 7 pm Southern French Wine Tasting. An evening of unique Provencal wines paired with Southern French dishes. Call 937-767-9441 to make reservations.
Villa di Giovanni Wine Tasting! Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 1100 E. Dayton Yellow Springs Rd. 5-7 p.m.
The Gallery Wine Bar, Third and Wayne 25 April 6:00p.m. Gallery Wine Bar and Café Rumor is that the tasting will be Amarones!
Grapes of Ruth Wednesday, April 25, 6- 8pm Australian Wine Class Allen Todd from Allied wines will be teaching the class on Australian wines.
La Petite France 3177 Glendate-Milford Road Cincinnati, Ohio www.lapetitefrance.biz Call 513-733-8383
The restaurant presents a “Taste of France” featuring gourmet specialties from seven different regions of France on the last Friday of each month, they will offer a special three course dinner from the Alsace, Bordeaux, Brittany, Dijon, Normandy, Provence, and Toulouse regions of France. The April 27th Dinner will focus on Provence.
On Friday evening, April 20th at 6:30 pm, La Petite France will host a wine dinner tasting entitled “California and French Side by Side Tasting”. The price is $60 per person. Aperitifs will be served at 6:30 pm.
The Fine Food Show (part of The Cincinnati Flower Show) April 21, 10 AM to 7 PM and April 22, 9 AM to 7 PM. at Coney Island in Cincinnati. Harmony Hill, Henke Wines, Kinkead Ridge and Valley Vineyards will pour samples and have glasses and bottles available for carryout. The wineries will pour samples all day Saturday and on Sunday from 1pm-7pm
FLEURS DE FETE DONATIONS needed!!! Fleurs de Fete, Sunday, May 20th from 1-4pm at Carillon Historical Park:
Fleurs de Fete is actively seeking donations from private individuals for the live auction. Enjoy a tax-deduction and recognition in the program booklet at the event (if desired.) Contact Laura Lanier (Wellness Connection) at 223-4117 ext. 112. Fleurs de Fete will feature over 300 wines and food samples from Dayton’s finest restaurants with the proceeds benefiting the Wellness Connection of the Dayton Region.
Wine Tasting at the Dayton Philharmonic Show House by Sip’s Cafe Thursday May 10 - 6:00 - 7:30 Thursday May 17 - 6:00 - 7:30 www.dpva.org You must purchase a show house ticket - wine tasting is a $3.00 donation. Parking is at Sugar Camp on W Schantz Avenue. Free shuttles will run all evening. www.dpva.org
The Inn at Versailles Friday April 27th wine dinner with Toad Hollow E-mail innatversailles@earthlink.net for reservations or call (937)526-3020.
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Wine drinkers think more clearly than teetotalers, study suggests
Consider this: When we wine drinkers think about where we’re going to go this weekend to taste wine, we might just be thinking more clearly than our non-drinking peers.
A Columbia University study has found that those of us who consume alcohol have greater cognitive ability — as a group, we appear to suffer less “cognitive decline” as we grow older — than those who never drank, according to this Wine Spectator story on the study, the results of which were published first in the journal Neuroepidemiology.
Now, I know what you’re thinking. C’mon, it’s the Wine Spectator, which has an obvious vested interest in how alcohol-related health studies are reported, right?
Well, just to be sure I wasn’t misleading the readers of Uncorked in linking to the Spectator’s story, I first emailed the WS article to the lead researcher in the study — Dr. Clinton Wright, assistant professor of neurology at Columbia University’s Division of Stroke and Critical Care — and asked him whether it was an accurate portrayal of his research.
Here’s what Dr. Wright had to say:
I think the results are well presented, emphasizing that no one population-based study provides proof. Alcohol abuse is a major public health issue and heavy intake is associated with all sorts of physical ailments, ranging from social to psychiatric to liver problems. Therefore, I was careful to point out that the benefit seen in the highest drinking category should be discounted since the sample size is small.
The other point is that we presume people were not drinking at the time of the telephone cognitive test and our results do not imply that alcohol improves cognitive function directly (e.g. If you do a shot of tequila you think better). Rather, we hypothesize that alcohol may work against other disease processes over time. Other studies would be needed to examine such relationships.
Clinton Wright, M.D., M.S., The Neurological Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
A very balanced, measured response from a researcher who obviously doesn’t want his research to be used to justify or rationalize destructive behavior. And kudos to the Spectator for a straight-up report.
For those who’d like to read the full report for themselves, well, click here for the full article, which appears in the journal Neuroepidemiology.
And be assured that your one small glass of wine, well … while it may cloud your judgment, it apparently will not cloud your thinking.
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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