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July 2007
News Flash: historic Stag’s Leap sold to Ste. Michelle, Antinori
(Looking for the post on Restaurant Week experiences? Click here.)
79-year-old Warren Winiarski has reached agreement to sell his historic Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars in Napa to a partnership that includes Washington State-based Ste. Michelle and Italian wine producer Antinori, according to this Decanter.com story as well as this press release reprinted on WineBusiness.com this morning.
Tell us about your experience with Stag’s Leap and its wines …
Cheers, and keep those Restaurant Week comments coming!
Mark Fisher
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Restaurant Week experiences
I’m heading out tonight (Sunday) for the opening bell (5 p.m.) of Restaurant Week, and I hope you Daytonians have reservations somewhere yourself, either tonight or later this week. The DDN.com folks have set up this web site for diners to comment on their experiences. Check back early and often to see what other folks are enjoying and where. Remember, it’s $20.07 for a three-course meal, with the restaurant donating $1 from every meal to a local charity. Click on this Miami Valley Restaurant Association web site to see the list of participating restaurants and the menus they’ll be serving (you’ll need to scroll down to see the menus once you link to that page).
Enjoy, and cheers!
Mark Fisher
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Hallelujah! The full tastings list is back!
The full, complete, expertly assembled (because it wasn’t assembled by me) wine-tastings list is back, back, back, thanks to the return of our greatly appreciated wine listserv overseers from their wine-soaked trip to Europe. And Uncorked readers can give thanks. Now they can view the comprehensive list in one piece rather than depending on the wine shop and restaurant folks to submit their own events via blog comments. I know that I, for one, am thankful. As always, for tastings and events in the Cincinnati area, check out Michelle’s blog at My Wine Education. But for the ol’ dependable (and growing!) “It’s Great ‘n Dayton” wine tastings list, simply click on the “continue reading” link, and, well … drink up its goodness.
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
Don’t forget 7/29-8/3 is Summer Restaurant Week in Dayton. The menus are listed at http://www.dineoutdayton.org/srw07.html
Jays Kitchen Door Friday, July 27, 2007 4-8 pm 2005 Banfi Centine Rose 2005 Domaine Clape Cotes du Rhone 2005 Catena Malbec 2004 Domaine de La Charbonniere Chateauneuf du Pape 2002 Folie a Deux Cabernet Sauvignon
Saturday, July 28, 2007 1-6 pm 2006 Robert Pecota Sauvignon Blanc 2001 JL Chave St Joseph Offerus 2003 Chateau La Croix St Georges Pomerol 2003 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet
Crabfest Saturday, August 11, 2007 12:30 pm $65 Sweet Stone Crab Claws with Dipping Sauce and Crab Spring Roll, Dungeness Crab Salad with Vine Ripened Tomatoes and Avocado in a Citrus Vinaigrette, Trio of Crab - Dungeness, King and Blue with Sweet Chili and Roasted Vegetables, Lemon-Blueberry Crisp
Lobsterfest Saturday, September 22, 2007 $65 Steamed Mussels, Shrimp and Lobster in a Garlic-White Wine Broth, Lobster Apple Slaw, While Steamed Maine Lobster with Buttered Potatoes, Green Beans and Sweet Corn Pudding, Berry Basket
Arrow Wine & Spirits - Kettering Saturday, July 28, 2007 11-5 pm 2006 Kunde Sauvignon Blanc 2006 Palazone Dubini Bianco 2004 Domaine La Montagnette Cotes du Rhone 2004 Domaine La Mignarde Cuvee des Oliviers 2005 Arcs Terra Alta 2004 Chateau Boswell Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Dorothy Lane Market (DLM) Oakwood
Special Calera Tasting Wednesday, August 1, 2007 5:30 to 8:30 pm 2004 Calera Chardonnay Mt. Harlan 2003 Calera Pinot Noir Mills 2004 Calera Pinot Noir Mt. Harlan Cuvee 2003 Calera Pinot Noir Jensen Vineyard 2003 Calera Pinot Noir Reed Vineyard 2003 Calera Pinot Noir Selleck Vineyard
Friday, July 27, 2007 5-8pm Pampano Rueda 2006 Michael David Petite Petit Petite Sirah 2005 Lealtanza Rioja 2001 Darioush Napa Valley Merlot 2004 Darioush Napa Valley Shiraz 2002 Brown Bag
Saturday, July 28, 2007 1-6 pm Root 1 Sauvignon Blanc 2006 Darioush Napa Valley Chardoonay 2005 Castello di Bossi Chianti Classico 2001 Esterling Russian River Zinfandel 2003 Marc Kreyden-Weiss Perrieres Cotes de Nimes 2003 Darioush Napa Valley Cabernet 2004 Bonus Bottles!
DLM Washington Square Thursday, July 26, 2007 5-8 pm 2006 Fondreche Rose 2005 J.J. Vincent Borgogne 2003 La Gerla Rosso di Montalcino 2004 Miller Castle Rock Syrah 2003 Chateau le Bosq St. Estephe Mystery Wine!
Saturday, July 28, 2007 12-5 pm Fifi’s “Bang for your Buck” Tasting 2006 Pomelo Sauvignon Blanc 2006 White Knight Viognier 2006 Devil’s Corner Pinot Noir 2003 Monticello Vineyards Merlot 2002 Robert Pecota “Kara’s Vineyard” Cabernet Sauvignon Mystery Wine!
Dorothy Lane Springboro Friday, July 27, 2007 3-7pm 2006 Ferrari Carano Fume Blanc 2006 Joel Gott Chardonnay 2004 Argyle Nuthouse Pinot Noir 2003 Hendry Block 28 Zinfandel 2003 Hawkeye Mountain Cabernet
Saturday, July 28, 2007 12-5 pm NV Duval-Leroy Brut 2005 Darioush Chardonnay 2003 Darioush Merlot 2002 Darioush Shiraz 2004 Darioush Cabernet
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 Chris and Jessica are back! And Cuvee will re-open Friday, July 27! Stop in and see what they will be tasting from Friday, July 27 -Thursday, August 2, 2007
Arrow Centerville 615 Lyons Rd Centerville Saturday, July 28, 2007 11 am-5pm 937-433-6778 2006 Maryhill Winemaker’s White… 2004 Seven Sleepers Barossa Red… 2006 El Chaparral Old Vine Grenache… 2003 Artesa Merlot… 2005 B. R. Cohn Silver Label Cabernet Sauvignon
Trader Joe’s, Town & Country at Stroop and Far Hills Tasting Thursday 6:00-8:00, Sunday 4:00-7:00. Bear’s Lair Viognier (2005) California. Bear’s Lair Merlot (2005) California. Bear’s Lair Cabernet Sauvignon (2005) California.
THE WINE GALLERY, Third and Wayne in downtown Dayton August 1, 2007, 6PM to 9PM Wine Tasting, Australian Wines
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. Wednesday, August 1, 2007 5-7 GLORIA FERRER Blanc de Noirs Sonoma County NV ESTANCIA Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands Stonewall Vineyard 2003 ALEXANDER VALLEY VINEYARDS Merlot Alexander Valley, 2004 GRGICH HILLS Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, 2002
Friday, July 27, 2007 Martini Friday Features
Pacchia Wine Tasting, 410 East Fifth Street Thursday, July 27, 2007 6-8 pm Margan Family Shiraz Rose 2006 Bleasdale Cab/Shiraz Blend 2003 Waterwheel “Mensie” 2005 Sylvan Springs Shiraz 2005 Cascabel Winery Shiraz 2004
5th Street Wine & Deli, 416 E. Fifth St. in Dayton’s Oregon Historic District Saturday, July 28, 2007, 2-6 pm 2006 Moscadoro Moscato 2005 Santi Sortesele Pinot Grigio 2004 Lungarotti Rubesco Rosso 2005 Vignamago Chianti Classico 2004 Dessilani Piemonte Barbara
Therapy Cafe, 452 E. Third St., Sunday Wine Series Tasting from 4 to 8 p.m. every Sunday. July 29, wines of Washington State.
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, July 27th, 7 pm Penfolds Tasting Penfolds, Ed Macek, Regional Sales Manager for Penfolds, shares six selections from the Penfolds portfolio. Reservations are requested. www.Penfolds.com
Saturday, July 28th, 3-6 pm - Australian Wines
La Petite France 3177 Glendate-Milford Road Cincinnati, Ohio www.lapetitefrance.biz Call 513-733-8383 Friday, July 27th, features specialties from the Bordeaux region of France! $40 Reservations recommended. Aperitif - White Bordeaux Appetizer- Mussels Chowder Entree - NY Strip steak in Bordelaise sauce Dessert - Canneles (Individually baked cakes with a “creme brulee” taste)
Kinkead Ridge Winery 904 Hamburg Street Ripley OH 45167 937-392-6077 www.KinkeadRidge.com SUMMER HOURS Saturday from Memorial Day through mid-September, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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The short, painful leap from wine to tequila
My colleague Alexis Larsen and her partner in writing the Lounge Lizard column in the Go! section of the Dayton Daily News, Craig Schrolucke, have launched a Lounge Lizards blog on all things spiritous. Today’s entry is entitled “The Perfect Frozen Margarita” and comes from an email I received in response to a short blurb about July 25 being “National Tequila Day.” Take a look at the recipe and see if you agree to its claim to perfection.
I remember the time my father — who liked his martinis and Manhattans — tasted tequila for the first time. I think it was Jose Cuervo Gold — there were about 5 tequilas on earth 30 years ago, compared to what, 3,000 or so today?
“Tastes like turpentine” was my dad’s response.
But there is something about a well-made margarita …
If you have a favorite recipe for margaritas, jump on the Lounge Lizards blog and let folks know about it.
After all, man does not live by wine alone …
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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Everything you need to know about Restaurant Week
After a record-shattering winter 2007 Restaurant Week in which more than 6,700 diners ate three-course meals for $20.07 at 41 Dayton-area restaurants, the Miami Valley Restaurant Association announced last week that 48 restaurants have agreed to participate in the summer version, which begins Sunday and runs through next Friday.
“Restaurant Week has caught on,” said Lisa Grigsby, president of the Miami Valley Restaurant Association. “People are looking forward to it, and they¹re talking about it. They want to be part of the excitement.”
During Restaurant Week, patrons can dine on a three-course meal for $20.07 while also helping out a pair of local charities. For each special meal served, the restaurant will donate $1, with the proceeds benefitting Clothes That Work, which provides appropriate clothing for those going on job interviews, and Oak Tree Corner, which helps children and families deal with grief.
Restaurant owners strongly recommend calling to check on availability and hours. At many restaurants, reservations are required. The list of participating restaurants and what they intend to serve to Restaurant week diners can be viewed at this DineOutDayton.org site.
Remember that tax, tip and beverages are not included in the $20.07 price. Also keep in mind that you should be able to take leftover wine home in a sealed bottle, assuming the restaurant is taking advantage of the relatively new state law that allows the practice. Wouldn¹t hurt to ask in advance if that’s your intention.
We’ll be inviting you and your fellow diners to share their experiences during Restaurant Week. More details to come on that next week.
For now, in case the link to DineOutDayton.org link above isn’t working for you, you can view the list of the 48 participating restaurants (and their phone numbers, just in case you want to make a reservation or two) by clicking on the “continue reading” … Thanks and cheers!
Mark Fisher
Amar India, 439-9005
Amber Rose, 228-2511
Bahn Mai Thai Cafe, 435-0624
Barnsider, 277-1332
Benham’s Restaurant, 228-7041
Buckhorn Tavern, 890-3261
Bullwinkles, 859-7677
Caffe Anticoli, 890-0300
Cafe Boulevard, 824-2722
Cafe Istanbul, 320-9411
Carver¹s, 433-7099
Cena, 438-2362
C’est Tout, 298-0022
Chimney’s Inn, 847-0800
Chin¹s Ginger Grill, 667- 6664
Coco¹s Bistro, 228-2626
Dayton Racquet Club, 224-4381
The Dock, 864-5011
El Meson, 859-8229
Encore Bistro, 748-8877
Figlio, 534-0494
Franco’s, 222-0204
Funny Bone. 429-5233
Giovanni’s Fairborn, 878-1611
Golden Jersey Inn, 324-3050
Greene Country Club, 767-5621
Jay’s Restaurant, 222-2892
Jeet India, 431-8881
L’Auberge, 299-5536
La Piazza, 339-5553
Lincoln Park Grille, 293-6293
Madison’s Bistro, 435-7080
Michael Anthony’s at The Inn, 937-526-3020
Meadowlark, 434-4750
Oakwood Club, 293-6973
Old Hickory BBQ, 276-2002
Pacchia, 341-5050
Paragon, 433-1453
Peerless Mill Inn, 866-5968
Roush’s, 878-3611
Sweeney’s Seafood, 291-3474
Therapy Cafe, 461-4000
TomKatz, 743-8111
Toone P Wiggins (Sidney), (937) 492-4103
Treasure Island, 299-6161
Tuscany Grille, 848-2226
Wellington Grille, 426-4600
Wilbur’s Grille (Dayton Airport Hotel), 898-1000
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Italian wines, Italian food
Some of you may have missed this story entitled “New Italian Restaurant planned for Centerville” about Keith Taylor’s plans to open a new place in the spot that formerly housed Eclipse (later renamed Blue Moon) restaurant in Centerville.
The reader comments portion of the story is highly entertaining. Quite a diversity of viewpoints, to say the least. How did our web site end up attracting so very many nattering nabobs of negativism? Yowzah.
Taylor told me he intends to offer 200 to 300 wines by the bottle (and 18 by the glass), and he wants to buck convention a bit with his wine list, making one-half of the list consist of Italian wines.
What do you think of this idea?
I hope diners respond favorably to the wine-list makeup. I’ve always had the impression that Italian wines don’t always show well by themselves or in comparative tastings with wines from other countries, because they tend to be a bit more structured, a bit more restrained, and less obviously fruit-driven than their counterparts. But pair them with good Italian food, and something magical happens. The wines blossom, and end up perfectly complementing the cuisine.
Italian food and Italian wine belong together — and it sounds like Taylor agrees.
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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A wine tastings list rises from the ashes
The Dayton-based listserv folks who compile the weekly list of wine tastings, dinners and special events are still gallivanting around France and will return later this month. So we’ll once again embrace this very imperfect method of letting you know what’s happening this weekend and beyond: wine retailers and restaurant folks, submit your events by copying and pasting them into a comment to this Uncorked entry, so we can plan our weekend and days ahead accordingly. (For tastings and events in the Cincinnati area, check out Michelle’s blog at My Wine Education.)
Thanks and cheers!
Mark Fisher
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Have you ever ordered wine online? Would you?
One brash young New Jersey wine retailer who turned his family’s sleepy little wine shop into a thriving $45 million enterprise told wine industry executives they must embrace technologicial change or die, according to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
The future will be all about e-commerce — using the internet to promote and sell wine, the retailer suggests.
Do you agree? Have you ever ordered wine online? If so, were the results satisfactory?
If not, would you consider ordering wine online?
Just wondering …
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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Mega-wholesalers prepare for Ohio showdown
Hmmm. You folks who are in the wine business out there, in either the wholesale or retail or winery end, can help the rest of us understand the significance of this press release entitled “Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc. Announces Expansion Into Ohio, Acquiring Paramount Distillers Brokerage Operation”.
Southern is a huge distributor/wholesaler of wines, spirits, beer and other beverages, operating in 27 states or so including New York, California, Florida and Illinois. But this is the company’s first entry into Ohio.
What will this mean for other wholesalers? Retail wine shops? And most of all … consumers? MIght Southern partner with another very large national wholesaler that is already established in Ohio — Glazer — to attempt to do away with the state-mandated minimum markups on wine?
Hmmmm.
Thanks and cheers!
Mark Fisher
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Did we mention new wine-tasting venues downtown?
Did we mention the new place to taste wines downtown? Well, 5th Street Wine & Deli isn’t the only new place to taste wine downtown. Therapy Cafe, 452 E. Third St., has launched a Sunday Wine Series from 4 to 8 p.m. every Sunday. July 22 features wines of Oregon, July 29 the wines of Washington state, and Aug. 5 the wines of South Africa.
These two regular wine tastings join the Friday night and Saturday afternoon tastings at Jay’s Kitchen Door, behind Jay’s Restaurant; the Wednesday night tastings at the Wine Gallery & Cafe; and the Thursday night tastings at Pacchia as casual, drop-in wine tastings in and around downtown. Am I missing any others?
Who says there’s nothing to do in downtown Dayton?
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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A new place to taste wines
The 5th Street Wine & Deli, 416 E. Fifth St. in Dayton’s Oregon Historic District, will hold its inaugural drop-in wine tasting Saturday, July 28, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., featuring five Italian wines. The wine shop’s owner, Rob Strong, said he will hold wine tastings and beer tastings on alternating Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
I might have suggested to Rob that local wine tasters will never be able to remember whether any given Saturday is a wine day or a beer day at the deli. He said he may switch to every-week wine tastings if things go well. For now, the second wine tasting is scheduled Aug. 11.
The wines for the inaugural July 28 tasting will be:
2006 Moscadoro Moscato
2005 Santi Sortesele Pinot Grigio
2004 Lungarotti Rubesco Rosso
2005 Vignamago Chianti Classico
2004 Dessilani Piemonte Barbara.
Not a bad way to get started …
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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Wine helps thwart home invasion
Truth, it seems, really is stranger than fiction, because no one couldl make this up. Check out this Associated Press story on how wine helped thwart a home invasion.
Behold, the power of wine.
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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A highly imperfect wine tasting list
Uncorked is lost — lost, I say — without the fine work of the Dayton-based listserv folks who compile the weekly list of wine tastings, dinners and special events that appears on these pages every Friday. The listserv team is gallivanting around France and will return in a couple of weeks. But soldier on we will, with this very imperfect method of letting you know what’s happening this weekend and beyond: wine retailers and restaurant folks, submit your events by copying and pasting them into a comment to this Uncorked entry, so we can plan our weekend and days ahead accordingly. (For tastings and events in the Cincinnati area, check out Michelle’s blog at My Wine Education.)
Thanks and cheers!
Mark Fisher
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Local wine community loses one of its own
Clifford Hyland “Hy” Schooley, a long-time member of the Dayton-area wine-tasting scene, passed away Friday. He was 73. His obituary can be accessed by clicking here and navigating to the entries for last names starting with “S.”
Family members have told Hy’s friends that he died unexpectedly while on vacation in Michigan.
Hy was a quiet, dignified, affable man who appreciated fine wine and pleasant conversation. If memory serves, he was one of the founding members (or darn close) of the Breakfast Club wine-tasting group, an ever-changing and welcoming collection of wine tasters that began meeting at Arrow Wine three decades ago and which still gathers with its new generations of members every Saturday to this day.
I didn’t know Hy well — some of the information in his obituary about his engineering career surprised me — but I do know this: he knew his wines, and I never saw him speak an ill word to anyone, ever.
He’ll be missed.
If you have a memory or thought to share about Hy, you can either add a comment here on Uncorked by clicking on “Post your comment” below or sign the guest book for the online obituary.
I know to whom I’ll be raising a glass on Saturday.
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One of Miami Valley’s own leaps into wine blogging pool
We’ve mentioned the many distinguished alumni of the Miami Valley working in prominent positions in the wine industry, including Jim Gordon, the West Milton native and former editor at Wine Spectator who now serves as editor of Wines & Vines magazine. Gordon’s making waves again, this time by jumping into the blogging pool with Wine Enthusiast magazine. You can read Gordon’s blog, entitled “Unreserved,”, and his entry about conducting his own Two-Buck Chuck blind taste test. Suffice to say Jim didn’t choose Charles Shaw as his best chardonnay in all of California.
Always plenty of room in the wine-blogging pool for great reads such as this … Cheers to “Miami County Jim” and to the birth of Unreserved!
Mark Fisher
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Wine tasters gone wild
Dayton-area wine tasters are positively angelic next to some of the idiots and fools who hit the wine-tasting trail in various points in New York, according to this New York Times story entitled “New York Wineries Face Tastings Gone Wild”.
An excerpt:
There also are reports of tastings gone wild involving intoxicated visitors who have tossed back full glasses of wine without regard to nose or body until they grabbed the brass spittoon for baser purposes. The latest additions to local lore include a story about members of an inebriated group at the Palmer Vineyards here who hopped off a hayride and began gallivanting naked through the vines. Then there were the drunken customers at the Pugliese Vineyards in Cutchogue who jumped into the shimmering lake next to the elegant outdoor tasting area. And the bachelorette parties that often culminate in tabletop dances, to the horror of nearby oenophiles sniffing or sipping the local chardonnays.
Now, I’m a veteran of the local wine-tasting scene — not the most grizzled veteran, but a veteran nonetheless — and I’ve seen a few things, knowwhatImean? But dude … nothing that compares to this. Must be our midwestern sensibilities. Or maybe our moms raised us better.
Of course, all social trends start in New York, then come to Ohio in due time … So, how soon will we see this kind of behavior here in southwest Ohio?
For that matter, what have I missed out there on the Miami Valley’s wine-tasting venues? What’s the most — um — interesting or outrageous thing you’ve seen or experienced on the tasting circuit?
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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What wine advice would YOU give college grads?
Wine Enthusiast magazine has offered Wine 101: Ten Tips for College Grads, with some sound advice, but I’m thinkin’ — I’m just thinkin’ — that we Uncorked readers can do even better. Take a look at the Enthusiast’s piece and make some suggestions of your own: What wine tips would YOU give a recent college grad who is interested in learning more about wine?
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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A tastings list to savor and (especially) appreciate
Week in and week out, Uncorked brings you a comprehensive list of wine tastings, special wine dinners, winery happenings and other events every Friday (or thereabouts), all of it courtesy of the crack team of highly trained employees of a Dayton-based wine listserv who compile the information.
Well, wouldn’t you know, by sheer coincidence, every highly trained employee of that listserv team is going on vacation at the same time, starting next week. So please appreciate this week’s list for the pristine beauty that it is, and recognize it will take a different form the next two weeks, when savvy wine retailers, restaurant owners and winery folks will seize the opportunity to list their tastings as comments to Uncorked entries, since that’s realistically the only way we’re going to know what’s going on without that team of highly trained wine listserv employees to do all of the heavy lifting involved in bringing you this wonderfully comprehensive list.
But that’s later. It’s all about NOW. And for now, you can still just click on “continue reading” to find out all the the delicious wines that will tickle our palates this weekend. (For tastings and events in the Cincinnati area, check out Michelle’s blog at My Wine Education.)
And THAT, my friends, is a beautiful thing.
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
Jays Kitchen Door Friday, July 6, 2007 4-8 pm NV Gimmonet Cuis 1st Cru Brut 2003 Qupe Syrah 2001 Le Clefs d’Or Chateauneuf du Pape 2001 Paolo Scavino Carobric Barolo
Saturday, July 7, 2007 1-6 pm 2004 Clape Cote du Rhone Rouge 2000 Bosquet du Pape Chateauneuf du Pape
Friday, July 13, 2007 4-8 pm 2003 Domaine Montirius Gigondas 2003 Chateau Rayas Fonsalette Rouge 2004 Duckhorn Decoy
Saturday, July 14, 2007 1-6 pm 2004 Wildhorse Pinot Noir 2005 St Supery Sauvignon Blanc 2002 Clos de Sete 2004 Frogsleap Zinfandel
Friday, July 20, 2007 4-8 pm 2005 Clape Cote du Rhone Rouge 2003 Domaine Montirius Vacqueras
Saturday, July 21, 2007 1-6 pm 2001 La Potazzine Brunello 2003 Hess Collection Cabernet Sauvignon
Crabfest Saturday, August 11, 2007 $65 Sweet Stone Crab Claws with Dipping Sauce and Crab Spring Roll, Dungeness Crab Salad with Vine Ripened Tomatoes and Avocado in a Citrus Vinaigrette, Trio of Crab - Dungeness, King and Blue with Sweet Chili and Roasted Vegetables, Lemon-Blueberry Crisp
Lobsterfest Saturday, September 22, 2007 $65 Steamed Mussels, Shrimp and Lobster in a Garlic-White Wine Broth, Lobster Apple Slaw, While Steamed Maine Lobster with Buttered Potatoes, Green Beans and Sweet Corn Pudding, Berry Basket
Arrow - Kettering Saturday, July 7, 2007 11-5 pm 2006 estancia pinot grigio 2006 kim crawford sauvignon blanc 2005 beringer chardonnay, private rerserve 2006 kim crawford pinot noir 2002 mount veeder cabernet sauvignon, napa valley 2005 de lisio shiraz, krystina
DLM Oakwood Friday, July 6, 2007 5-8pm Ventana Rose 2006 Fiddlehead Sauvignon Blanc 2005 Devils Corner Pinot Noir 2006 JRE Zinfandel 2005 Alain Graillot Crozes Hermitage 2004 Mystery Bottle
Saturday, July 7, 2007 1-6 pm Domaine Corbilliers Tourrane 2006 Crocker Starr Sauvignon Blanc 2006 Everett Ridge Pinot Noir 2005 Rosenblum Rockpile Vineyard Zinfandel 2005 Molly Dooker Blue Eyed Boy Shiraz 2006 Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2002 Bonus Bottles!
Beers: Brugse Zot Ale, Singha Lager
DLM Washington Square Thursday, July 5, 2007 5-8 pm 2005 Kenwood Rose of Pinot Noir 2006 Melville Viognier 2003 Domaine de Rancy Cotes du Roussillon Villages 2004 Kim Crawford Te Awanga Merlot 1999 Mauro Veglio Barolo Mystery Wine!
Saturday, July 7, 2007 12-5 pm Fifi’s “Red, White and Blue” Tasting 2006 Crocker Starr Sauvignon Blanc 2005 L’Aventure Roussanne 2004 Au Bon Climat “Isabelle Morgan” Pinot Noir 2001 Trinchero “Lewelling Vineyard” Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 Delectus Petite Sirah Mystery Wine!
Thursday July 12, 2007 South Africa 2005 Pecan Stream Chenin Blanc 2005 Waterford Sauvignon Blanc 2005 Lynx Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Eventide Cellars Shiraz 2003 Waterford Shiraz Mystery Wine!
Saturday July 14, 2007 Bastille Day Extravaganza 2006 Champ de Roy Coupe Blanc de Roses 2005 Pascal Jolivet Sancerre 2004 Mas de Gourgonnier Les Baux de Provence 2003 Montirius Vacqueyras 2003 Chateau La Fleur St Emillon Grand Cru Vin de Mystere!
Dorothy Lane Springboro Friday, July 6, 2007 3-7pm 05 De la Guerra Chardonnay 04 Rosenblum Amador County Zinfandel 05 Sinskey Pinot Noir 02 Sequum Cabernet
Saturday, July 7, 2007 12-5 pm 07 Allagash 04 7 Deadly Zins 02 Penfolds 707 00 Seven Hills Cabernet
July 13, 2007 Friday 3-7pm. 05 Casillero del Diablo 05 Sin Zin 04 Block 13 cabernet 04 d’Arenberg “The Dead Arm” Shiraz
July 14, 2007 Saturday 12-5pm. 05 Melville Chardonnay 03 Calera Mills Pinot Noir 03 Pahlmeyer 03 Oreno
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 Wednesday, July 11th-Thursday, July 26th CUVEE is CLOSED for Vacation
Wine Tasting Menu Friday, July 6 -Thursday, July 5, 2007 Everett Ridge Wines - Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Syrah
Arrow Centerville 615 Lyons Rd Centerville Saturday, July 7, 2007 11 am-5pm 937-433-6778 2006 Laurent Miguel Chardonnay… 2005 Sep Road Sauvignon Blanc… 2003 Chateau Bianca Pinot Noir… 2004 Montebuena Rioja… 2004 Three Rivers Red… 2005 Jaume Lirac Saturday, July 21, 2007 11 am-5pm Riondo Prosecco… 2004 Viberti Chardonnay… 2004 Michael Pozzan Merlot… 2005 Norman Monster Zinfandel… 2005 Nineteen Seventy-five Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Saturday, July 14, 2007 11 am-5pm 2006 Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc… 2005 Kim Crawford Unoaked Chardonnay… 2006 Kim Crawford Pinot Noir… 2004 Beringer Napa Valley Merlot… 2004 Franciscan Cabernet Sauvignon
Trader Joe’s, Town & Country at Stroop and Far Hills Tasting Thursday 6:00-8:00, Sunday 4:00-7:00. Block 50 Chardonnay, Merlot, Shiraz from South Australia
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. Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5-7 SOKOL BLOSSER Evolution No.9 Oregon NV LAETITIA Pinot Noir Arroyo Grande Valley, 2005 FLORA SPRINGS Merlot Napa Valley, 2005 PENFOLDS Shiraz South Australia St. Henri, 2002
Friday, July 6, 2007 Martini Friday Features Razzle Dazzle Martini, Pineapple Martini and the Caribbian Martini
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, July 6, 4-8 pm ~ Casual Tasting ~ Reds, Whites and Blues Saturday, July 7th, 3-6 pm ~ More Reds, Whites and Blues Friday, July 13th, 7 pm ~ Heidelberg Wines Lobsta Bakes - Saturday, July 14th, 6-9 pm Little Sonoma Summer Celebration! Full Lobster or Beef Tenderloin dinner with wine and live jazz music. $55 per person, Reservations required and must be received by Monday, July 9th.
La Petite France 3177 Glendate-Milford Road Cincinnati, Ohio www.lapetitefrance.biz Call 513-733-8383 Friday evening, July 13, 2007 6:30 pm $60 Reservations required! Bastille Day Celebration Wine Dinner Tasting
Kinkead Ridge Winery 904 Hamburg Street Ripley OH 45167 937-392-6077 www.KinkeadRidge.com SUMMER HOURS Saturday from Memorial Day through mid-September, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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French winemaker ‘activists’ turn on their own
We’ve marveled before at the tactics of some radical French winemakers and the ways in which they choose to voice their displeasure toward their government’s policies.
Well, they’re at it again, according to Decanter.com, which reports that a group of radical winemakers in the south of France (Languedoc) set off bombs that targeted their fellow winemakers. Apparently, this radical group doesn’t believe their colleagues are quite radical enough, and they’ve decided to blow up their colleagues’ offices to try to convince them to come around to their way of thinking.
Makes perfect sense, right? (For background on the issues French winemakers are facing, see this BBC News story.)
What happened to the good old days of using merde to make your point?
We on this side of the pond should not for one New York minute assume that this splinter group of kooks somehow represents the sensibilities of French winemakers as a whole. Bombing the offices of their fellow winemakers? In fact, bombing anything at all? They’re not protestors. They’re terrorists. And fools.
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California’s ‘best chardonnay’: How consistent is Two-Buck Chuck?
Early word out of California is that a 2005 Charles Shaw Chardonnay has been named California’s best in the California State Fair wine competition.
The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat story notes that the fair’s judges found the ‘05 Charles Shaw — more commonly known as Two-Buck Chuck and available at Trader Joe’s — was “the highest-scoring chardonnay in a blind tasting by judges who reviewed wines without regard to price.”
The story also noted that, “The wine used for judging was selected by the Bronco Wine Co. and submitted to the competition.” Although, couldn’t the same be said about every other wine in the competition?
My question: Does the Charles Shaw 2005 Chardonnay on the shelf of TJ’s in Kettering, Ohio taste exactly the same as the wine proclaimed California’s finest in all price ranges?
After all, I did have A Trader Joe’s Wine-Buying Experience, and, shortly thereafter, wrote a follow-up entry entitled Trader Joe’s Pulls Italian White Off Store Shelves Nationwide.
If anyone attempts to re-create (on a smaller scale) the California State Fair’s chardonnay smackdown by pitting Charles Shaw against some other California wines in a truly blind tasting, let us know your results …
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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