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December 2008
Hangover cures from around the world
From — of all people — the folks at National Geographic comes this piece entitled “Hangover Helpers: Around the world, suggestions abound for how to cope with the effects of one too many”.
Sour pickle juice? Tripe?
What’s your best remedy for a hangover?
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DLM Champagne and sparkling wine tasting, in review
* UPDATED * I didn’t think I’d ever see the day when I’d see a picture like the one on today’s front page of the Dayton Daily News, did you? If you don’t have home delivery of the DDN, check out the racks at the grocery store or gas station today and take a gander at the front-page, above-the-fold -photo from last night’s DLM wine tasting. And congrats to Stephany Madliger, George Punter (whose mug is prominently displayed in the photo) and the rest of the DLM event’s organizers.
Golly gee whiz, there were about two dozen sparklers strutting their stuff tonight (12-29-08) at the Dorothy Lane Market Champagne and sparkling wine tasting at the DLM Oakwood store. Lots of great stuff. A few of my favorites: H. Billiot Fils 1998 Grand Cru Brut ($65/bottle), Rene Geoffroy 1999 Brut (($105), Duval-Leroy Brut Champagne ($40), Mumm de Cramant ($65), Egly-Ouriet Les Vigne de Vrigny Brut ($53), and Gosset Brabant Brut Tradition ($46).
The opportunity to taste wines of this pedigree — at a fraction of the cost, obviously, of a full bottle — was quite a treat.
I’ve got a story running in tomorrow morning’s Dayton Daily News that recommends sparkling wines, but the story was due several days ago and will not reflect any of the the samples from the DLM event, unfortunately. And no, I didn’t try all 23 sparklers available.
Any favorites you’d like to share?
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Christmas/New Year’s week wine tastings
Is this not the best time of year? And how very generous of the wine shops and restaurants to make it even better with the following tastings and special events, compiled painstakingly by a Dayton-based listserv and available to you here with just a mouse-click on “continue reading” …
Jays Kitchen Door Friday, Dec 26, 2008 4-8 pm 2007 Francis Blanchet Pouilly Fume 2006 Alto Moncayo Garnacha 2005 Sterling SVR Reserve 2003 Chateau Ducluzeau 2004 Chateau La Petite Eglise Pomerol
Saturday, Dec 27, 2008 1-6 pm 2007 Frog’s Leap Sauvignon Blanc 2005 Frescobaldi Nipozzano 2004 Chateau Clos De L’oratoire 2001 Chateau La Couspaude
RSVP 222-2892 for all Dinners and Luncheon 12:30 pm Saturday, January 31, 2008 Barolo, Barbaresco Luncheon with Michael Brown
Saturday, February 21, 2008 Bordeaux Luncheon
Arrow Far Hills - Kettering Saturday, December 27, 2008 11-4 pm Tasting a selection of champagnes and some other wines
Dorothy Lane Market (DLM) Oakwood There will be no tasting on Friday, December 26 and Friday, January 1 Saturday, Dec 27, 2008 2-6 pm Veuve Clicquot Brut Lioco ‘07 Chardonnay Saint Cosme ’03 St. Joseph Seghesio ’03 Barolo Luca ’07 Malbec Columbia Crest ’03 Walter Clore Cabernet
Monday, Dec 29, 2008 5 -8 pm, the Annual Champagne and Sparkling wine tasting. Pouring over 20 producers including; Perrier Jouet, Duval Leroy, GH Mumm, Roderer, Rene Geoffroy, Bruno Paillard, Pierre Gimmonet, Henri Billiot and more. No reservations required.
DLM Washington Square Saturday, Dec 27, 2008 12-5 pm NV Schramsberg Mirabelle Rose NV Moet Chandon White Star 2006 Cornin Beaujolais Blanc 2006 Quivira Grenache 2007 High Note Malbec 2005 K “Morrison Lane” Syrah Encore Wine!
Dorothy Lane Springboro Saturday, Dec 27, 2008 12-6 pm 2005 Black Bart Marsanne 2006 Gerard Raphet Bourgogne 2001 Muga Reserva Rioja 2006 Alto Moncayo
Cuvee Wine Bar and Cellar, 4457 State Route 725 Bellbrook 848-2161 Tuesday - Thursday 11:30 - 7 pm, Friday 11:30 - 8 pm Saturday 11:30 - 7 pm, Open Monday, Dec 22, 11:30 - 8 pm www.cuveewinebar.net Wines for Dec 26 - Jan Jan 6, 2009 Beer: St. Feuillien Noel
Arrow Centerville 937-433-6778 615 Lyons Rd Centerville Saturday, Dec 27, 2008 11 am-5 pm Wine Tasting Scharffenberger Brut (California) Gruet Demi-Sec (New Mexico) Piper Sonoma Brut (California) Chandon Brut (California) Chandon Blanc de Noirs (California) Moet & Chandon White Star (France) Domaine Ste. Michelle Blanc de Noirs Veuve Clicquot Non-Vintage Brut (France) Freixenet Cordon Rose (Spain) Gruet Brut (New Mexico) Schramsberg Brut Rose ((California)
Rue Dumaine www.ruedumainerestaurant.com Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 5-7 pm A special Bubbly event.
The Wine Gallery and Cafe, Corner of 3rd and Wayne New Years Eve tasting, Wednesday, Dec 31 5:30pm - Close! Champagne and Sparkling Wine tasting with complimentary food to ring in the New Year!
Trader Joe’s in Kettering. Tastings Thursday 6:00-8:00 and Sunday 4:00-7:00 Segura Viudas Brut Reserva (NV) DO Cava, Spain. Almond Creek Sparkling (NV) California. L’Authentique Red (NV) VdT France. Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon (2004) AVA Napa Valley, California. Quarles Harris LBV (2000) DOCa Porto, Portugal.
A Taste of Wine 90 S. Main St Miamisburg, OH 937.247-1120 www.atasteofwine.org This week’s wines: Baciami…Albana Di Romagna Franciscan Chardonnay Gold Koonunga Hill Shiraz/Cabernet Blend DiStefano Meritage Chateau St Jean, California Cabernet
Old Fashioned New Year’s Eve…bring a snack to share and your favorite board/card game. Open till 1am Cena Restaurant Wine Tasting Sunday, Dec 28, 2008 3-6 pm Red -Louis Chancarnier Pinot Noir White -Wellington Chardonnay
The Wind’s Cafe and Bakery - Yellow Springs Saturday, January 31, 2009 3 pm RSVP Wine 101
Bella Vino, Wine Merchant & Bar, Springboro, OH 45066 Thursday, Dec 18, 2008 6-8 pm Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:30pm - Midnight $10 Dancing! Light Appetizers! Dessert! Champagne Toast! Cash Bar
Cork&Vine York Commons Blvd. Friday, December 19 -26, 2008 White Flight J.Lohr Riesling Berringer III Century Sauvignon Blanc Caymus Conundrum Penfolds Koonunga Hill Chardonnay
Red Flight Penfolds Bin 138 GSM Michael David Sixth Sense Syrah 337 Cabernet La Bardonne Bordeaux
Top Flight Chalk Hill Chardonnay Rodney Strong Reserve Pinot Noir Owen Roe Sharecroppers Cabernet Lioco Michaud Vineyard Pinot Noir
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, December 26, 5-8 pm - Five Wines, including sparklers, for New Year’s Celebrations Saturday, December 27, 3-6 pm, Five Wines, including sparklers, for New Year’s Celebrations
Jungle Jim’s International Market www.junglejims.com 513-674-6000 to RSVP Tastings to begin again on January 10, 2009
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Favorite sparklers — mine and yours
A little help, if you please.
Do you have a favorite sparkler that is available on local wine shelves?
I’m writing a short piece that will run in the Dec. 30 Dayton Daily News on the best sparkling wines for the holidays. Value is a strong consideration, but the story isn’t limited to inexpensive wines. Any suggestions?
I tasted one very fine value-priced sparkler Saturday at Arrow Wine’s Centerville store: The Ca’ Tullio Prosecco ($13.99). Plenty of intensity, with good fruit flavors but a dry finish. By gosh, maybe there is something to all this Prosecco hype.
And on the same day, the Dorothy Lane Market Oakwood store was pouring a crowd-pleasing, delicious, semi-sweet La Spinetta Moscato d’Asti ($18). This is a consistently fine bottling from a dependable producer, and boasts a peachy, lychee-fruit flavors balanced by enough bright acidity to keep it from being cloying. One other plus, if you’re going to serve this wine over the holidays to folks who don’t usually imbibe, is its alcohol level: a modest 5.5 percent.
Do you have a favorite sparkler that would make for a fine recommendation to our fellow wine lovers this holiday season? Post a comment and let us know!
And Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all …
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Michigan lawmakers’ wine follies
It was Michigan, of course, that led the way to the current brouhaha over wine shipping, in the so-called Granholm case decided murkily by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Now Michigan is making headlines again, this time after the Michigan Legislature voted overwhelmingly to block wine stores from delivering wine to Michigan residents.
One Michigan legislator actually dusted off the lame, discredited argument that freer shipping laws could lead to underage drinking. Indiana did the same thing a couple of years ago. Whenever you see that argument, ask to see the evidence — just one single case — in which a teenager ordered wine from the internet or from an out-of-state or even in-state retailer for delivery to his or her home at some future, unspecified time with the intent of drinking it with teenage buddies. A real case, not one concocted as a sting operation or for television cameras.
Even the Federal Trade Commission’s staff has debunked the wine-shipping-causes-underage-drinking myth, yet still it lives on.
I don’t know the full merits of this particular shipping argument in Michigan, but I do know that when some public official wraps himself in that argument, he’s hiding his real motivation.
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Holiday cheer, in the form of wine tastings and special restaurant events
The holidays have prompted some local wine shops and grocers to cancel some of their regularly scheduled tastings (sigh — so now we wine lovers are chopped liver?), but there are still plenty enough events to help us ring in the holidays in style. And we bring them to you courtesy of the Dayton-based wine listserv that compiles this impressive list.
Also, in today’s Go section, we published a great list of restaurants and their special holiday events and hours, including both Christmas and New Year’s.
Dayton-area restaurants — and wine shops — have certainly given us every opportunity to celebrate the holidays in style!
Click on “continue reading” if the full list of wine tastings doesn’t appear below.
Jay’s Kitchen Door
Friday, Dec 19, 2008 4-8 pm Holiday Wine Tasting
Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 1-6 pm Holiday Wine Tasting
RSVP 222-2892 for all Dinners and Luncheon 12:30 pm Saturday, January 31, 2008 Barolo, Barbaresco Luncheon with Michael Brown
Saturday, February 21, 2008 Bordeaux Luncheon
Arrow Far Hills - Kettering
No tasting until Saturday December 27!
Dorothy Lane Market (DLM) Oakwood
Friday, December 19, 5:00-8:00 pm Domaine Carneros ‘04 Brut Omrah ‘06Chardonnay Panther Creek Temperance Hill Pinot Noir Pike’s Clare Valley ’02 Shiraz Robert Sinskey ’04 Merlot Baron de Brane ’05 Margaux
Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 2-6 pm La Spinetta ’07 Moscato di Asti Caymus Conundrum ‘06 Marques Philips ’05 Shiraz Remelluri ’01 Rioja Jaques Masson ’05 Chateau St. Georges Ridgeline ’03 Cabernet
Monday, Dec 29, 2008 5 -8 pm, the Annual Champagne and Sparkling wine tasting. Pouring over 20 producers including; Perrier Jouet, Duval Leroy, GH Mumm, Roderer, Rene Geoffroy, Bruno Paillard, Pierre Gimmonet, Henri Billiot and more. No reservations required.
There will be no tasting on Friday, December 26 and Friday, January 2
DLM Washington Square
Thursday, Dec 18, 2008 5-8 pm NV Marc Hebrart Brut 2006 Verget Bourgogne 2006 Anne Gros Hautes-Cotes de Nuits 2006 Siduri Hirsch Vineyard Pinot Noir 2005 Chateau la Grande Clotte Encore Wine!
Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 12-5 pm NV Duval Leroy Brut 2005 De La Guerra Chardonnay 2006 Danjean Berthoux Givry 1er Cru 2005 Kaesler “The Bogan” Shiraz 2004 Cardinale Encore Wine!
Dorothy Lane Springboro
Friday, Dec 19, 2008 3-7 pm H. Billiot 1998 Brut Champagne Via Nuova Barolo 2001 Mauro Veglio Gattera Barolo 2004 Mauro Veglio Arborina Barolo 2004 Mystery Wine
Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 12-6 pm Mumm NV Brut Rose De La Guerra Chardonnay 2005 Jean Garaudet Noison Pomard 2006 Domaine Montbayon Vacqueryras 2005 Lealtanz Reserve Rioja 2001
Cuvee Wine Bar and Cellar
4457 State Route 725 Bellbrook 848-2161 Tuesday - Thursday 11:30 - 7 pm, Friday 11:30 - 8 pm Saturday 11:30 - 7 pm, Open Monday, Dec 22, 11:30 - 8 pm www.cuveewinebar.net Wines for Dec 19 - Dec 24, 2008 Sediento 2007 Chardonnay Horroontes Terraces 2007 Napa Chardonnay warm Gluhwein Brown Bag Bubblies River Road 2007 Pinot Meunier Distefano 2004 Meritage Kinkead Ridge Revelation Kokomo 2006 Zinfandel
Beer: St. Feuillien Noel No Saturday Food
Dec 18 - C.N. Kopke & C Lda Port Tasting 6:30 - 8:30 pm RSVP preferred Food: Cheeses, Coq a Vin Cocktail Sandwiches, Assorted Pate, Smoked Ham Bruschetta, Garlic Cheese Puffs, Port Braised Beef Brisket, Desserts
Ports to taste: Dry White Fine Tawny Fine Ruby 10 year Tawny 20 year Tawny 30 year Tawny 2000 Vintage Older Vintages are available by the bottle, such as 1978, 1983, and 1966.
Arrow Centerville 937-433-6778
615 Lyons Rd Centerville Friday, Dec 19, 2008 5-8 pm Beer Tasting Hook & Ladder Brewing Co. Hook & Ladder Brewing Co. Lighter Hook & Ladder Brewing Co.Golden Ale Hook & Ladder Brewing Co.Backdraft Brown Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale Brooklyn Brewing Co. - Winter Ale
Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 11 am-5 pm Wine Tasting Ca’Tullio Prosecco… 2007 Ca’Tullio Pinot Grigio… 2006 Mountainview Pinot Noir… 2007 McManis Petite Sirah… 2007 Sineann Abondante… 2006 DeLisio Quarterback
Rue Dumaine www.ruedumainerestaurant.com
Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 5-7 pm Del Rio Winery and Vineyards From Rogue Valley in Oregon Del Rio Vineyard and Winery Malbec, 2005 Del Rio Vinyard and Winery Merlot, 2005 Del Rio Vineyard and Winery Cabernet Sauvignon, 2005
Tuesday, Dec 23 NYE will be a special Bubbly event.
The Wine Gallery and Cafe , Corner of 3rd and Wayne
Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 10 - 2 pm 2005 Estancia Shiraz 2005 Toasted Head Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 Menage a trios White.
Christmas Eve tasting, Wednesday, Dec 24 4 - 6pm New Years Eve tasting, Wednesday, Dec 31 5:30pm - Close! Champagne and Sparkling Wine tasting with complimentary food to ring in the New Year!
Trader Joe’s in Kettering.
Tastings Thursday 6:00-8:00 and Sunday 4:00-7:00 Cellier du Rhone Blanc (2007) AOC Cotes du Rhone, France. Cellier du Rhone Rouge (2007) AOC Cotes du Rhone, France. Captains Catch Red (2007) California. TBD Red (2007) AVA Lodi, California. Trader Joe’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (2005) California. Evenus Zinfandel Port (2003) AVA Paso Robles, California.
A Taste of Win e 90 S. Main St Miamisburg, OH 937.247-1120
www.atasteofwine.org This week’s wines: Amano Moscato Franciscan Chardonnay Kris Pinot Grigio Folie a Deux Merlot Gnarlier Head Zinfandel Raymond Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar 937-320-9548
Wine Wednesdays 5pm to 8pm in the bar. Dec 24, 2008 4-8 pm J Brut, Russian River Valley, 2002 silverado Sangiovese, Napa Valley, 2005 sterling vineyards Merlot, Napa Valley, 2004 corison Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, 2000
Bruning’s Wine Cellar
Holiday Party! Two days! $40 Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008 from 5-8 pm Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 from 1-4 pm NV Monmousseau Brut 2007 Fritz Sauvignon Blanc 2005 Nalle Pinot Noir 2006 Box Car Syrah 2005 Expatriate Shiraz Magnotta Ice Wine 375ml
Wednesday Dec 17, 2008 from 5-8pm and Saturday Dec 20, 2008 from 1-4 pm NV Brut Dargent 2006 Dunham Chardonnay 2006 Stephen Vincent Cabernet 2006 Wall Cellars Cabernet 2006 Dusted Valley Cabernet
Cena Restaurant Wine Tasting
Sunday, Dec 21, 2008 3-6 pm Red -Root 1 Cabernet White - Markham Sauvignon Blanc
The Culinary Company Cross Pointe Center
Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 12-6 pm Abita Christmas Ale Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale Magic Hat Roxy Rolles Goose Island Mild Winter Goose Island Christmas Ale Lagunitas Brown Shugga
Fifth St. Wine and Deli
Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 4 - 9 pm Beers: Weyerbacher Quad Rogue Imperial Younger’s Special Bitter Founder’s Breakfast Stout Gulden Draak Vintage Bell’s Expedition
Wines: Von Wilhelm Haus Spatlese Ballentine Chenin Blanc Meridian Pinot Noir Monte Oton Garnacha Gougenheim Malbec
The Winds Cafe and Bakery - Yellow Springs
Saturday, January 31, 2009 3 pm RSVP Wine 101
Bella Vino Wine Merchant & Bar , Springboro, OH 45066
Thursday, Dec 18, 2008 6-8 pm Wild Horse Chardonnay Wild Horse Pinot Noir Wild Horse Merlot Wild Horse Cabernet Mumm Napa “Cuvee M”
Cork&Vine York Commons Blvd.
Friday, December 19 -26, 2008 White Flight J.Lohr Riesling Berringer III Century Sauvignon Blanc Caymus Conundrum Penfolds Koonunga Hill Chardonnay
Red Flight Penfolds Bin 138 GSM Michael David Sixth Sense Syrah 337 Cabernet La Bardonne Bordeaux
Top Flight Chalk Hill Chardonnay Rodney Strong Reserve Pinot Noir Owen Roe Sharecroppers Cabernet Lioco Michaud Vineyard Pinot Noir
Miami Valley Wine and Spirits Tipp City
Friday, Dec 19, 2008 5-9 pm Beers, Stoudts and Porters
Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 2-8 pm Holiday Wine Tasting
Little Sonoma , 6078 West Chester Road, West Chester, OH 513-942-9463. Located two blocks north of Union Centre Blvd. at the corner of Muhlhauser and West Chester Roads www.LittleSonomaWines.com
Friday, December 19, 7 pm - Holiday Gift Wines, RSVP recommended Saturday, December 20, 3-6 pm - More Holiday Gift Wines Friday, December 26, 5-8 pm - Five Wines, including sparklers, for New Year’s Celebrations Saturday, December 27, 3-6 pm, Five Wines, including sparklers, for New Year’s Celebrations
Jungle Jim’s International Market
www.junglejims.com 513-674-6000 to RSVP Tastings to begin again on January 10, 2009
La Petite France www.lapetitefrance.biz
Friday , December 19, 2008 6:30 pm $60 RSVP 513-733-8383 Holiday Sparkling Wine & Champagne Dinner Tasting. 4 courses with sparkling wine and champagne pairings
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The mysterious connection between women and Champagne
The best wine read on the web this week is entitled “How Women Transformed Champagne”, written by Michael Apstein for Wine Review Online.
The story chronicles how women have played a pivotal role in the formulation and development of Champagne over the last two centuries — and in a wine business and culture that is unabashedly chauvinistic if not downright sexist.
Champagne owes it all to women. Who knew?
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Brits drink more American wine than French
I’m always amazed that the British drink so much Australian wine — it is their top wine of choice, ahead of France, Italy, America, Portugal, Germany — you name it.
But now, there’s a new number two.
More American wine than French was drunk in Britain for the first time ever — EVER — last year, according to this story in the London Evening Standard’s ThisIsLondon web site.
The story attributes the turnaround primarily to the British love for California rose.
They’ve got to be kidding, right? I mean, there are some very fine California roses, but if I’m in Great Britain, and I have my pick of French roses … well …
Am I crazy? I mean, about this topic, anyway?
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Wine tastings to help quell the holiday madness
You need them. We got ‘em, thanks to a Dayton-based wine listserv and to the wine retailers and restaurants who go out of their way to make us happy, even during stressful times. (speaking of which, my apologies for the tardiness of the list):
Jay’s Kitchen Door
Friday, Dec 12, 2008 4-8 pm NV Taittinger La Francaise 2005 Louis Bernard Chateauneuf du Pape Grand Reserve 2002 Chateau Les Cruzzelles 2005 BV Tapestry 2004 Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 1-6 pm 2005 Chateau Carbonnieux 2005 Etude Pinot Noir 2003 Vieux Mas des Papes Chateauneuf du Pape 2004 Chateau Sociando Mallet
RSVP 222-2892 for all Dinners and Luncheon 12:30 pm Saturday, January 31, 2008 Barolo, Barbaresco Luncheon with Michael Brown Saturday, February 21, 2008 Bordeaux Luncheon
Arrow Far Hills - Kettering No tasting until Saturday December 27!
Dorothy Lane Market (DLM) Oakwood
Friday, December 5, 5:00-8:00 pm Martin Codax “06 Albarino Foxglove ’07 Chardonnay Paringa ‘04 Sparkling Shiraz Strong Arm ’06 Shiraz 7 Deadly Zins ‘06 Nita ’06 Priorat Brown Bag
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 2-6 pm The Furst ’06 Pinot Blanc H3 Horse Heaven Hills ’07 Chardonnay Owen Roe Sharecropper’s ’07 Pinot Noir La Spinetta ’05 Ca’ di Pian Barbera d’Asti The Prisoner ‘07 Pecota ‘03 Kara’s Vineyard Cabernet Bonus Bottle!
Monday, Dec 29, 2008 5 -8 pm, the Annual Champagne and Sparkling wine tasting. Pouring over 20 producers including; Perrier Jouet, Duval Leroy, GH Mumm, Roderer, Rene Geoffroy, Bruno Paillard, Pierre Gimmonet, Henri Billiot and more. No reservations required.
There will be no tasting on Friday, December 26 and Friday, January 1
DLM Washington Square
Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 5-8 pm NV Gosset Brabant Brut 2007 Domaine Alain Normand Macon la Roche Vineuse 2005 Clot de Loum Cotes du Roussillon-Villages 2004 Santa Rita Floresta Syrah 2002 Paolo Scavino Bricco Ambrogio Barolo Encore Wine!
Saturday, Dec 16, 2008 12-5 pm NV Jean Lallement Brut 2005 Ramey Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2007 Siete 7 2005 Haywood Los Chamizal Vineyard Zinfandel 2005 Feather Encore Wine!
Dorothy Lane Springboro
Friday, Dec 12, 2008 3-7 pm Toso NV Brut Grigich Hills Chardonnay 2004 Penner Ash Pinot Noir 2007 David Bruce Russian River Pinot Noir 2006 Jean Garaudet Monthelie Red Burgundy 2006 Mystery Wine
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 12-6 pm Roses Feanne Blanc de Noirs NV Casale Vecchio Montepulciano 2007 Cantine Gini Chianti 2007 Antano Montefalco Rosso 2005 Tinto Pesquera 2005
Cuvee Wine Bar and Cellar
4457 State Route 725 Bellbrook 848-2161 Tuesday - Thursday 11:30 - 7 pm, Friday 11:30 - 8 pm Saturday 11:30 - 7 pm www.cuveewinebar.net Wines for Dec 12 - Dec 18, 2008 Chocolate Eggnog Prunier Pineau des Charentes (Cognac dessert wine) Posenato 2007 Soave Classico Melville 2007 Pinot Noir Ballantine 2005 Cabernet Franc Verget 2005 Grenache Cabernet
Beer: St. Feuillien Noel Saturday Food: TBA
Wednesday Night Soup Nights are back! 4:30 - 7 pm Dec 13 - Champagne Tasting 7 pm Music Fruits & Cheeses, Champagne Braised Duck, Escargot in Butter Sauce, Tomato and Roasted Garlic Bruschetta, Goose Liver Pate, Horseradish Beef, Marinated Bay Scallops, Smoked Salmon, Chocolate
il follo Prosecco Raventos i Blanc L’Hereu Reserva Brut Mumm Cremant de Cramant Pierre Morlet Cedric Bouchard Blanc de Noir Brut Schloss Gobelsburg Jean Lallement Mumm Cuvée M Gaston Chiquet 1er Cru Jean Vesselle Oeil de Perdrix Brut
Dec 18 - C.N. Kopke & C Lda Port Tasting 6:30 - 8:30 pm RSVP preferred Food: Cheeses, Coq a Vin Cocktail Sandwiches, Assorted Pate, Smoked Ham Bruschetta, Garlic Cheese Puffs, Port Braised Beef Brisket, Desserts
Ports to taste: Dry White Fine Tawny Fine Ruby 10 year Tawny 20 year Tawny 30 year Tawny 2000 Vintage Older Vintages are available by the bottle, such as 1978, 1983, and 1966.
Arrow Centerville
937-433-6778 615 Lyons Rd Centerville Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 Wine Tasting 2007 Sterling Organic Sauvignon Blanc… 2005 Sonoma Cutrer Sonoma Coast Chardonnay… 2007 Cono Sur Pinot Noir… 2003 Pepper Tree Shiraz… 2006 Coppola Merlot… 2006 XYZin… 2005 B. V. Tapestry… 2007 Cono Sur Riesling
Rue Dumaine www.ruedumainerestaurant.com
Tuesday, Dec 16, 2008 5-7 pm Del Rio Vineyard and Winery Malbec, 2005 Del Rio Vineyard and Winery Merlot, 2005 Del Rio Vineyard and Winery Cabernet Sauvignon, 2005
The Wine Gallery and Cafe , Corner of 3rd and Wayne
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 10 - 2 pm Value wine tasting.
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008 5:30-8:30 pm Del Rio Merlot, Oregon Del Rio Malbec, Oregon Conti Degli Azzone Rosso Picero, Italy Posenato Saove, Italy Posenato Pinot Grigio, Italy Haywood Rocky Terrace Zinfandel, California
Christmas Eve tasting, Wednesday, Dec 24 4 - 6pm
New Years Eve tasting, Wednesday, Dec 31 5:30pm - Close! Champagne and Sparkling Wine tasting with complimentary food to ring in the New Year!
Trader Joe’s in Kettering.
Tastings Thursday 6:00-8:00 and Sunday 4:00-7:00 Santa Barbara Landing Chardonnay (2006) AVA Santa Barbara County, California. Incanto Raboso Rosato Frizzante (NV) IGT Delle Venezie, Italy. Tommolo Organic Monepulciano (2006) DOC Montepulciano d’Abbruzo, Italy. Douglas Oak Syrah (2006) AVA Oakville, California. Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Pinot Noir (2007) AVA Santa Lucia Highlands, California. Chateau Vielle Tour La Roche (2006) AOC Bordeaux, Franc.
A Taste of Wine 90 S. Main St Miamisburg, OH 937.247-1120 www.atasteofwine.org This week’s wines: Biltmore Wines Tasting Biltmore Christmas Wine Biltmore Century White Biltmore Century Red Biltmore Claret Biltmore Cabernet
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
937-320-9548 Wine Wednesdays 5pm to 8pm in the bar. Dec 17, 2008 5-8 pm michel picard Puligny-Montrachet, 1er Cru, France, 2006 Davis bynum Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, 2005 Seghesio Zinfandel, Sonoma County, 2007 clos du val Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, 2005
Bruning’s Wine Cellar
Holiday Party! Two days! $40 Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008 from 5-8 pm Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 from 1-4 pm NV Monmousseau Brut 2007 Fritz Sauvignon Blanc 2005 Nalle Pinot Noir 2006 Box Car Syrah 2005 Expatriate Shiraz Magnotta Ice Wine 375ml
Cena
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 3-6 pm Red -Yarraman “Rip Snorter” Shiraz White - Snoqualmie Riesling
The Culinary Company Cross Pointe Center
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 12-6 pm 2006 Solaire Chardonnay by Robert Mondavi 2005 Solaire Cabernet Sauvignon by Robert Mondavi The Mad Elf Ale by The Troegs Brothers St. Bernardus Christmas Ale
The Winds Cafe and Bakery - Yellow Springs
December 13, 2008 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sampling 15 wines that are great for gifts or holiday gatherings. RSVP 937-767-9441. Cost is $30 per person.
Saturday, January 31, 2009 3 pm RSVP Wine 101
Miami Valley Wine and Spirits Tipp City
Saturday, Dec 12, 2008 1-8 pm Port and other wines: Penfolds Tawny Port Tomasello 05 Vintage Port Dows Crusted Port Dows Boardroom Port Ferreira 97 Vintage Port Villa mt. Eden Cab. Sauv. Chateau Mouton Reserve Irony Merlot
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, December 12, 2008 7 pm Australian wines by d’Arenberg Winery, reservations recommended! 2007 Olive Grove Chardonnay 2007 The Hermit Crab 2006 The Stump Jump GSM Penley Condor Shiraz-Cabernet Blend The High Trellis Cabernet Sauvignon
Saturday, December 13, 2008 3-6 pm More Australian Wines
Jungle Jim’s International Market
www.junglejims.com 513-674-6000 to RSVP Tastings to begin again on January 10, 2009
La Petite France www.lapetitefrance.biz
Friday , December 19, 2008 6:30 pm $60 RSVP 513-733-8383 Holiday Sparkling Wine & Champagne Dinner Tasting. 4 courses with sparkling wine and champagne pairings
Kinkead Ridge Estate Winery (Ripley)
Dec. 13, 2008 11-5 pm More information www.KinkeadRidge.com/barreltasting.htm
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Italy poised to wrestle top wine-producing nation status away from France
The Associated Press reports that Italy may become world’s biggest wine producer, surpassing France for the first time in a decade.
Production projections are up 8 percent in Italy following a bumper crop (Mamma Mia!) and down 5 percent in France (sacre bleu!).
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Wine as hedge fund: If the Dow drops, you get a rebate on ‘Bailout’ Napa cab
I am not making this up.
You can buy futures of Bailout Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon now, and if the stock market tanks between now and the wine’s release, you’ll get a rebate, also known as “stimulus checks,” to wit:
For $39, you purchase futures on an awesome 2007 Napa Cabernet currently aging in French oak barrels. The wine will be bottled in August 2009. If the Dow goes down, you get an economic stimulus check of $2 per bottle for every 100 point drop. If it goes up, then your 401K is looking good and the maximum of $39 is a steal for similar wines we produce that command $75+ at retail. Bull or bear, you can’t lose.
The web site’s lines just keep coming. “Own a share of an outstanding barrel — because soon enough we may all be wearing one,” the winery’s marketers say.
Only in uh-merr-cah.
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Death at The Greene triggers a lawsuit to ponder
If you didn’t see this story in this morning’s newspaper, check out the piece from my colleague Christopher Magan headlined “Lawsuit filed after death at The Greene”.
It is .. it is … well, it is worth reading.
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Europeans guzzling beer like they’re at an Animal House frat party, study says
Take a look at this Wall Street Journal story headlined “Europe’s Changing Drinking Habits: More Beer, Less Wine, Few Regrets “.
The story’s lede says it all: “Europeans are supposed to sip wine in sidewalk cafes, not guzzle beer like American college students.”
The story notes that countries such as France and Italy — with their centuries-old traditions of civilized mealtime wine drinking — are seeing a surge of beer consumption among young people. But it also notes that some countries best known for beer-making seem to be embracing wine. Specifically, the story says that:
In Italy, where wine has been made for thousands of years, 88% of respondents over 50 years old said their favorite tipple is wine. But among Italians aged 14 to 29, only 29% prefer wine, while 43% say beer is their favorite drink. Preferences are also changing in France, another historically wine-producing region. Here, 68% of those over 50 say their favorite drink is wine, while only 24% of those aged 14 to 29 gave that response; most French young people (29%) chose beer as their favorite drink.
In historically beer-making countries, including the U.K., Belgium and the Netherlands, drinkers now prefer wine to beer, the survey showed. In Russia, where vodka is supposed to flow like water, 35% of drinkers say their favorite drink is beer, while just as many respondents (30%) say they prefer wine as do hard liquor.
An no, the WSJ didn’t just pull these conclusions out of thin air:
Wall Street Journal asked market-research firm GfK to poll Europeans about their drinking habits. In 13 European Union countries, plus the U.S., Russia, Turkey and Switzerland, GfK asked more than 17,000 people to describe how often they drink, what they drink and how alcohol affects their lives.
The story includes some sobering statistics regarding binge drinking in particular. But of its stereotype-bashing findings of how traditional wine countries are switching to beer, and traditional beer countries are switching to wine, you’ve got to wonder how much of that is the desire by children to do something — anything — different from what their parents do.
That’s a phenomenon that’s difficult to probe in a survey, I would think.
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Today’s the day to lift a glass to the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition
Here’s a sneak peek at a story that is scheduled to run in the Dayton Daily News tomorrow, on Friday, Dec. 5:
And it just happens to fall on a Friday … .
Today, Dec. 5, marks the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, and some Dayton-area students of history are looking forward to lifting a glass in celebration.
Dennis Hall, former owner of Fairfield Wine in Beavercreek, said he and his wife Denise plan on dressing in 1930s-era clothing and hitting Le Monde in Dayton’s Oregon Historic District, “perhaps for an old-fashioned cocktail such as a Manhattan made with rye whiskey,” Hall said.
Boston’s Bistro & Pub in Harrison Twp. kicked off a year-long celebration earlier this year with its “Prohibition Tuesdays,” offering $1.50 pints of craft beers. And it will celebrate in style today by giving $10 gift certificates to customers who dress “to the hilt” in period costume, owner Dave Boston said.
The ban on alcoholic beverages began in 1920 but did not put an end to drunkenness, crime, mental illness and poverty, as proponents had promised. On Dec. 5th, 1933, Utah became the final state needed for the three-quarters majority to repeal Prohibition.
“At least at that one point, government actually listened to the people,” Hall said.
Now, on to the TBDWTELITL — The Best Damn Wine Tastings and Events List In The Land, thanks to the local wine listserv that compiles it:
Jay’s Kitchen Door
Friday, Dec 5, 2008 4-8 pm Merryvale Wines!
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 1-6 pm Merryvale Wines!
RSVP 222-2892 for all Dinners and Luncheon 12:30 pm Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 Merryvale Wine Luncheon $65 Roasted Pear and Cauliflower Soup with Brie and Toasted Almonds Caramelized Onion and Mushroom Tart with Black Olive Veal Reduction Beef Tenderloin with Potato Cake and Twiced Baked Spinach Souffle Truffle Tartlets
Arrow Far Hills - Kettering
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 11-4 pm 2007 Gerard Boulay Sancerre 2006 razors Edge “Unoaked” Chardonnay 2006 vega Sindoa Viura Chardonnay 2005 Luzon Jumilla 2005 Vinum “The Scrapper” Cabernet Franc 2006 Marques De Casa Concha Merlot 2005 Sterling “SVR” Napa Valley Red
This last tasting until Saturday December 27!
Dorothy Lane Market (DLM) Oakwood
Friday, December 5, 5:00-8:00 pm Whitehaven ‘07 Sauvignon Blanc Liberty School ’07 Chardonnay La Crema ’06 Pinot Noir Stump Jump ’06 MSG Chateau La Grande Clotte ‘05 Liberty School ’06 Cabernet Brown Bag
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 2-6 pm Gini ’06 Soave Classico Gruet Rose D’Arenberg “The Custodian” ’02 Grenache Domaine Michel Poinard ’05 Crozes Hermitage Banfi ’05 Chianti Riserva Sandeman Founders Reserve Porto Bonus Bottle!
DLM Washington Square
Thursday, Dec 4, 2008 5-8 pm NV In Florescence Blanc de Noirs 2005 La Piece Sous le Bras Blanc 2006 Nita Priorat 2006 Lioco Indica Red 2005 Sterling SVR Reserve Encore Wine!
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 12-5 pm NV Perrier Jouet Grand Brut 2005 Au Bon Climat Pinot Gris/ Pinot Blanc 2007 Owen Roe “Sinister Hand” 2007 Owen Roe “Abbot’s Table” 2007 Orrin Swift “The Prisoner” Encore Wine!
Dorothy Lane Springboro
Friday, Dec 5, 2008 3-7 pm Four Graces Pinot Gris 2006 Ramey Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay 2006 Ponzi Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2006 Sterling SVR Reserve Red 2005 Mystery Wine
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 12-6 pm Jean Lallement Champagne NV Ortman Edna Valley Chardonnay 2006 Penner Ash Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2007 Pikes Polish Hill Shiraz 2002 Crocker Starr Cabernet Franc 2006 Continuum Red 2005
Cuvee Wine Bar and Cellar
4457 State Route 725 Bellbrook 848-2161
Tuesday - Thursday 11:30 - 7 pm, Friday 11:30 - 8 pm Saturday 11:30 - 7 pm www.cuveewinebar.net Wines for Dec 5 - Dec 11, 2008 Monmousseau Sancerre Darling Hills Ovation White Darling Hills Ovation Red Trevini Primo Merlot/Primitivo Blend Wall Cabernet Sauvignon
Beer: St. Feuillien Noel Saturday Food: Italian Sausage Sandwich
Wednesday Night Soup Nights are back! 4:30 - 7 pm Dec 10 - Creole Shrimp Soup Dec 13 - Champagne Tasting - Details to follow Dec 18 - Port Tasting
Arrow Centerville 937-433-6778
615 Lyons Rd Centerville Friday, Dec 5, 2008 5-8 pm Beer Tasting Meet Mike Smetana from Christian Moerlein Brewhouse. Ask him questions, listen him talk about his 4 beers and taste them too! -Barbarossa - Double Dark Lager -OTR - Pale Ale -Helles lager -Christkindl - Winter Warmer
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 11 am-5 pm Wine Tasting 2006 Rodney Strong Charlotte’s Home Sauvignon Blanc… 2007 Raymond Napa Valley Chardonnay… 2006 Chateau St. Jean Merlot… 2006 Layer Cake Primitivo… 2006 Estancia Cabernet Sauvignon… 2005 Mount Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Rue Dumaine www.ruedumainerestaurant.com
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2008 5-7 pm Cabernet Francs Lang & Reed Cabernet Franc North Coast, 2006 Ballentine Vineyards Cabernet Franc Napa Valley, 2004 Viader Cabernet Franc Napa Valley Dare, 2004
The Wine Gallery and Cafe, Corner of 3rd and Wayne
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 10 - 2 pm Value wine tasting featuring Australian Wines.
Wednesday, Dec 10, 2008 5:30-8:30 pm Henriot Champagne Woop Woop Shiraz Dobbes Syrah Slip Stream Shiraz/Grenache Red Car Syrah
Trader Joe’s in Kettering . Tastings Thursday 6:00-8:00 and Sunday 4:00-7:00 Albero Organic Sparkling White (NV) Spain. Albero Organic Bobal Rose (2007) DO Utiel-Requena Superior, Spain. Albero Organic Monastrell (2007) DO Jumilla, Spain. Albero Organic Tempranillo (2006) DO Utiel-Requena, Spain. Chateau Vielle Tour La Roche (2006) AOC Bordeaux, France.
Savona’s Restaurant and Wine Bar
Wednesday, Dec 10, 2008 5 - 8 pm The monthly wine tasting will include Hess Chardonnay (Monterey), Cline Viognier (Sonoma County), Avalon Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa), Michael David’s Petite Petit (Lodi), Pietra Santa Merlot (Cienega Valley), and AIA Vecchia Lagone (Toscana)
A Taste of Wine 90 S. Main St Miamisburg, OH 937.247-1120 www.atasteofwine.org
This week’s wines: Festival ‘34 Chardonnay Festival ‘34 Merlot Festival ‘34 Cabernet Sauvignon Fifth Leg White Fifth Leg Red Rosa Regale
12/4 - Prohibition Party Tasting 12/5 - Winter Beers Tasting 12/8 - Italian Tasting with Ardie Bonanno 12/9 - Wine R Tainment Class - Tapas & Spanish Wines 12/11 - Biltmore Wines Tasting
Bruning’s Wine Cellar
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 from 1-4 pm 2007 Les Jamelles Cinsault 2006 Torbreck Woodcutter’s Semillon 2006 Altos De La Hoya Monastrell 2007 Altos Las Hormigas Malbec 2004 Sausal Zinfandel 2006 Torbreck Woodcutter’s Shiraz
Wednesday Dec 10, 2008 from 5-8pm and Saturday Dec 13, 2008 from 1-4 pm NV Brut Dargent 2006 Dunham Chardonnay 2006 Stephen Vincent Cabernet 2006 Wall Cellars Cabernet 2006 Dusted Valley Cabernet
Cena Restaurant Wine Tasting
Sunday, Dec 7, 2008 3-6 pm Red - Melini Chianti White - White Haven Sauvignon Blanc
The Winds Cafe and Bakery - Yellow Springs
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 3 pm $50 RSVP Champagne and Sparkling Wine Tasting
December 13, 2008 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sampling 15 wines that are great for gifts or holiday gatherings. RSVP 937-767-9441. Cost is $30 per person.
Saturday, January 31, 2009 3 pm RSVP Wine 101
Bella Vino Wine Merchant & Bar , Springboro, OH
Thursday, Dec 4, 2008 6-8 pm Kopke Fine Tawny Port Miller Teodoro Port Domain De Pouderoux 2005 Maury Gruet Brut Champagnes Gruet Blanc de Noir Gruet Demi-Sec
Miami Valley Wine and Spirits Tipp City
Friday, Dec 5, 2008 5-9pm 8 3oz pours of beer. Beer Tasting featuring will be Christmas Beers
Little Sonoma , 6078 West Chester Road, West Chester, OH 513-942-9463.
Located two blocks north of Union Centre Blvd. at the corner of Muhlhauser and West Chester Roads www.LittleSonomaWines.com
Friday, Dec 5, 2008 7-8 pm Seven wines Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 3-6 pm Wine Tasting & Silpada Jewelry Party
Jungle Jim’s International Market
www.junglejims.com 513-674-6000 to RSVP Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 1pm-3pm $30 Big Bubbly Bash
Kinkead Ridge Estate Winery (Ripley)
Two left at the winery, Dec. 6 and 13, 2008 11-5 pm More information www.KinkeadRidge.com/barreltasting.htm
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Boosalis Bakery and … wine shop?
Boosalis Baking and Cafe at 9486 Springboro Pike (Ohio 741) in Miami Twp., across from Lexis Nexis, is now offering bottles of wine for sale to take home in addition to serving wine in the restaurant/bakery.
The bakery held its first wine tasting last Saturday, and a couple of impressions quickly emerged: the wine selection is by no means large, but it’s well-selected. Local blues musician and wine guy Eric Jerardi of The Little Store fame consulted with cafe owner Matt Boosalis on the wine selections, and there are some incredible values to be found here, such as the 2006 Campogrande Orvieto from Santa Cristina Antinori ($13.99), a bracing, bone-dry and refreshing white from Italy, and the 2005 Dourthe No. 1 Bordeaux ($12.99), a merlot-dominated blend that is as good as red wine gets in this price range, especially from Bordeaux.
Beyond that, the baguettes that the bakery sells are the among the very best I’ve tasted outside of Europe (a future “blind taste test” next to the also-excellent DLM’s baguettes would be a fun idea, don’t you think?), and the Butter Croissants are thoroughly decadent and appropriately named.
For wine enthusiasts and bread-and-pastry lovers, Boosalis Bakery is worth checking out.
For more information, call the bakery at (937) 424-0636.
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Ohio-Michigan rivalry moves from gridiron to vineyards
The final score wasn’t quite as lopsided as the deeply satisfying 42-7 result from the real Ohio State-Michigan game — this rivalry was far more good-natured than the football version — but the first-ever “Ohio vs.Michigan Wine Clash 2008” produced some fun and illuminating results nonetheless.
Check out this Slow Food Columbus blog entry on the “wine clash.”
The event was sponsored by Slow Food’s Columbus chapter and by Slow Food’s Huron Valley chapters, and organized by Andrew Hall, a Columbus-area wine enthusiast who figured conducting the competition right around the time of the Buckeye-Wolverine game would spice things up a bit.
Here’s what Hall had to say about the competition:
Both Ohio and Michigan share a centuries-old tradition of viticulture which was wrecked by Prohibition but has re-emerged in recent times. From the Ohio River Valley to the upper shores of Lake Michigan, growers and winemakers are working hard to create unique and quality wines. In light of the growing concerns about the carbon footprint of transported products, this event was created to showcase these local efforts and in the context of one of our storied local rivalry. On November 16th and 17th, groups of judges convened in Ann Arbor and in Columbus to judge over 60 selected wines from Michigan and Ohio. This is the first purely consumer-selected judging of wines in either state. It is also unique among competitions in being limited to wines from grapes exclusively from those states.
The overall quality was enlightening even to those of us who were experienced. The two states have nothing to be ashamed of … Buying local — a worthy goal on its own — doesn’t mean sacrificing quality. . … Also of note, three of the five winners are all below $20/bottle and all are below $30. Wines of both states do represent value.
Here’s a list of the categories and the winners:
— Sparkling Wine: Shady Lane Cellars Blanc de Blancs 2000 (MI)
— Aromatic White: Ferrante Winery “Golden Bunches”Riesling 2007 (OH)
— White Wine: Black Star Farms “Arcturos” Chardonnay sur lie 2006 (MI)
— Pinot Noir: Black Star Farms “Arcturos” Pinot Noir 2006 (MI)
— Red Wine: Kinkead Ridge Revelation 2006 (OH)
Hmm. By my count, Michigan “won.” Time to check for stuffed ballot boxes …
By the way, many Ohio wineries have special events scheduled for December.
If the full list of wineries and the wines entered into the contest does not appear below, click on “continue reading.”
Bel Lago Vineyard ( MI) http://www.bellago.com
Auxerrois 2006 (Leelanau Peninsula)
Domaine Berrien Cellars (MI) http://www.domaineberrien.com/
Vignoles 2006 (Lake Michigan Shore)
Black Star Farms (MI) http://www.blackstarfarms.com/
Arcturos Cabernet Franc 2005 (Leelanau Peninsula)
Arcturos Chardonnay sur lie 2006 (Old Mission Peninsula)
Arcturos Pinot Noir 2004 (Leelanau Peninsula)
Brys Estate (MI) http://www.brysestate.com/
Pinot Grigio 2006 (Old Mission Peninsula)
Signature Red 2005 (Old Mission Peninsula)
Signature White 2005 (Old Mission Peninsula)
Fenn Valley (MI) http://www.fennvalley.com/
Cabernet Franc 2006 (Lake Michigan Shore)
Capriccio NV (Lake Michigan Shore)
Chateau Fontaine (MI) http://www.chateaufontaine.com/
Pinot Noir 2006 (Leelanau Peninsula)
White Riesling 2007 (Leelanau Peninsula)
Woodland White 2007 (Leelanau Peninsula)
Forty Five North (MI) http://fortyfivenorth.com/
45 White 2007 (Leelanau Peninsula)
Gill’s Pier (MI) http://www.gillspier.com/
Riesling 2006 (Leelanau Peninsula)
Chateau Grand Traverse (MI) http://www.cgtwines.com/
Dry Riesling 2007 (Old Mission Peninsula)
L. Mawby (MI) http://www.lmawby.com/
Blanc de Blancs NV (Leelanau Peninsula)
Left Foot Charley (MI) http://www.leftfootcharley.com/
murmur 2006 (Old Mission Peninsula)
Lemon Creek Winery (MI) http://www.lemoncreekwinery.com/
Pinot Noir 2005 (Lake Michigan Shore)
Peninsula Cellars (MI) http://www.peninsulacellars.com/
Gewurztraminer 2005 (Old Mission Peninsula)
Manigold Vineyard Gewurztraminer 2006(Old Mission Peninsula)
Island View Vineyards Pinot Blanc 2006 (Old Mission Peninsula)
Shady Lane (MI) http://www.shadylanecellars.com/
Blanc de Blancs 2000 (Leelanau Peninsula)
St. Julian (MI) http://www.stjulian.com/
St. J Riesling 2006 (Michigan)
Tabor Hill (MI) http://www.taborhill.com/
Red Arrow NV (Lake Michigan Shore)
Wyncroft (MI) http://www.wyncroftwine.com/
Avonlea Vineyard Riesling 2005 (Lake Michigan Shore)
Avonlea Vineyard Chardonnay 2005 (Lake Michigan Shore)
Avonlea Vineyard Pinot Noir 2006 (Lake Michigan Shore)
Debonne Vineyards (OH) http://www.debonne.com/
Reserve Riesling 2007 (Grand River Valley)
Ferrante Winery (OH) http://www.ferrantewinery.com/
Signature Series Pinot Grigio 2006 (Grand River Valley)
Golden Bunches Riesling 2006 (Grand River Valley)
Golden Bunches Riesling 2007 (Grand River Valley)
Firelands Winery (OH) http://www.firelandswinery.com/
Gewurztraminer 2007 (Isle St. George)
Pinot Grigio 2007 (Isle St. George)
Harpersfield Winery (OH) http://www.harpersfield.com/
Chardonnay Cuvée san Chêne 2007 (Grand River Valley)
Pinot Noir clos mes amis 2007 (Grand River Valley)
Harmony Hill (OH) http://www.hhwines.com/
Serenade 2006 (Ohio River Valley)
Kinkead Ridge (OH) http://www.kinkeadridge.com/
Revelation White 2007 (Ohio River Valley)
Revelation Red 2006 (Ohio River Valley)
River Village Cellars Syrah 2006 (Ohio River Valley)
Riesling 2007 (Ohio River Valley)
Maple Ridge Vineyard (OH) http://www.mapleridgevineyard.com/
Chardonnay CADUS 2005 (Grand River Valley)
Pinot Noir 2004 (Lake Erie)
Pinot Gris Grand Reserve 2004 (Grand River Valley)
Markko (OH) http://www.markko.com/
Chardonnay Reserve 2004 (Ohio)
Pinot Noir 2003 (Lake Erie)
Meranda-Nixon Winery (OH) http://www.meranda-nixonwinery.com/
Traminette 2006 (Ohio River Valley)
Raven’s Glenn Winery (OH) http://www.ravensglenn.com/
White October Chardonel 2007 (Ohio)
Ravenhurst Champagne Cellars (OH) http://www.ohiowines.org/Wineries/ravenhurst_champagne.htm
La Terre Riche Grand Cuvee NV (Ohio)
Busch-Harris Refectory Cuvee 4 Cabernet Sauvignon (Ohio)
South River Winery (OH) http://www.southrivervineyard.com/
Karma 2005 (Grand River Valley)
Pinot Noir 2005 (Grand River Valley)
Riesling 2007 (Grand River Valley)
St. Joseph’s Vineyards (OH) http://www.saintjosephvineyard.com/
Pinot Noir 2006 (Grand River Valley)
Pinot Noir “No Oak” 2006 (Grand River Valley)
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