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Movies In The Park - The Hygienic Art Park - Across From Our Store
This Wednesday night - July 23 @ 8 p.m. - NO CHARGE
1964 My Fair Lady - Starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
Have
dinner at Brie & Bleu or order up a beautiful picnic basket, and
then stroll across the street to the park and watch the movie.
Or just grab your favorite blanket and a bottle of wine from our cellar for a great summer night.
NEW MOVIE EVERY WEDNESDAY.
Order your basket now.
860.437.2474
Coming up: July 30: 'Rebel Without A Cause' (1955).
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Dave's Fave
The Monday TastingClick on the photo to order it now Jean Manciat
Jean Manciat Macon Charnay 2006 $18
My sister Krista just sent me the menu from her friend Randy Goodman's new cafe, "Bar Avignon" in Portland Oregon.
What a terrific wine list! Randy has been a high-profile sommelier in
Portland for over a decade and it's inspiring to see the many places
where our choices intersect: grower Champagne, wines from the Loire,
Rioja, Barbaresco, Bourgogne...
Here's one wine featured at
Bar Avignon which we've been enjoying all summer, a charming white
Burgundy from Macon Charnay, bright Chardonnay with a long finish (and
organic and biodynamic like all Jo Dressner imports). Cheers and
success to Randy and Nancy at Bar Avignon - if you find yourself in
Portland, stop in and say hi! Bar Avignon
DA.
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Wine Tasting Please Join UsFriday July 25 - 6-9 p.m. - No ChargeCan't Make It To The Tasting? - Order it now - click on the photos
Jim
Morrison works especially hard each and every week to make the Friday
night line up interesting - here are his selections and comments for
this week.
This Just In -
 After a flurry of phone calls and e mails we were able to snag a few cases of Trapiche Tributo this week.
Rated 95 points by Robert Parker,
I'm going to take it one step further, it's the best Malbec ever produced in Argentina, the quintessential expression of old, high altitude Malbec vines.
Trapiche made this wine only once, as a homage to the man who worked the vineyard for so many years, Felipe Villafane. $50
1 - Chateau La Rame Bordeaux blanc 2007 $16
Situated
40 kilometers southeast of the city of Bordeaux, Chateau La Rame is
among the oldest and most renowned properties in the Sainte Croix du
Mont appellation.
The estate was purchased by Claude Armand,
the father of the current owner Yves Armand. The 20 hectares of La Rame
are set on a clay-limestone soil blessed with the exceptional
substratum of a fossilized oyster bed dating from the Tertiary period.
The
hillside vineyards face south and slope down toward the Garonne river.
This cuvee is a dry Sauvignon blanc, aromatic and focused, well suited
to accompany a plate of oysters, and thus complete the cycle of life.
2 - Torre Dei Beati Cerasuolo Rose $20
3 - Vigneto Cocciapazza Montepulciano $35
 We opened a bottle of the Torre Dei Beati at last week's tasting after we sold out of the Belle Pente Rose
(
if you didn't get a chance to try the Belle Pente rose, there are two
more cases coming this week, a riot of Rhubarb, Black Pepper and
Strawberries, yum!).
The wine was a surprise and a
pleasure, vigorous and layered with pronounced fruit and structure. So
we decided to open it again, with it's father the Cocciapazza
Montepulciano.
The
vineyard yields for these wines are kept extremely low and the
selection process at harvest time is nothing short of rigorous: the
2000 vintage (their first) was completed after six passes through
the vineyard, in order to only harvest the most perfectly ripened
grapes. The grapes are then subjected to the sorting table, tended to
by four people, two preside, and who pick out any berries that look
anything less than perfect.
During the winemaking process the
production is further limited in the interest of quality. A drawing
off of some of the must during maceration occurs to increase the red
wine's concentration. The drawn off juice or exsanguination is not
wasted, but used to make one of the most attractive rosés you've ever
tasted.
4 - Cascina Ballarin Tre Ciabot Barolo 2000. $35
 Cascina
Ballarin was founded in1928 and is a small but prestigous producer with
a total anual production of about 30,000 bottles.
The winery
has holdings in the communes of La Morra, Monforte d'Alba and Novello,
blending wine from all three to create Tre Ciabot.
The 2000
vintage in Barolo was exceptional, and this shows the character of that
great vintage and the results of several years of bottle maturation.
The
wine has ideal Barolo flavors of roasted red cherries, and blackberry
fruit beneath a bouquet of lavender, violets and licorice.
An ideal pairing for our Slow roasted short ribs or Duck Breast salad at Brie and Bleu.
Please Call Us Anytime With Questions - 8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 9 4 6 3
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Thanks so much for all of your support and the regular stream of comments and suggestions - We could not do it with out you.
Please Join us in New London.
It's fun, informal, and a great way to start your weekend.
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