I'll be pouring....if you can make it hope to see you there!
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World Flavors Tour - 9/19
Join The Wine Company as it co-sponsors monthly "World Flavors"
nights with the Rake Magazine and Whole Foods Market. Enjoy a multiple
course tasting menu with our favorite wine pairings.
Join the experience on Wednesday, September 19th, at 6:00PM. The cost
is $40 per person; space is limited and reservations are required. To
make reservations, visit www.rakemag.com/store and click on "Events".
W.A.
Frost and Company
“Flavors
of
1st
Course
Calamari,
Shrimp,
Market Fish, Mussels, Vegetable Stew, Crispy Sourdough,
Hautes
Noelles, Muscadet ”Cotes
de Grandlieu” 2006 (
Pale straw. Blood orange, fresh herbs, minerals and citrus zest on the nose, plus a hint of anise. Deep, focused and pure, with strong citrus and quince flavors complicated by licorice and bitter quinine. Highly concentrated but also elegant and brisk, with a pungent mineral tone extending through the juicy, impressively long finish.
2nd
Course
Autumn Vegetable and Potato Pave, Oyster Mushrooms,
Pearl Onions, Red Wine Reduction
Chateau
de Petit Puch, Graves de
Vayres, 2003 (
Big
ripe fruit with a
smoky tobacco nose. Not a real woody style, great texture and mouth
feel.
Merlot keeps it soft throughout, long dry finish but not big tannins.
80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon.
3rd
Course - Cheese
Pont
L’ Eveque
A.O.C.
Unpasturized
Cows
Milk, Hints of Herb, Balsamic Glaze, Stone Fruit Compote
Barmes
Buecher, Pinot Gris “Rosenberg-Silices” 2002 (
Has the
color of young Sauternes
– golden honey. Fresh and pure scents of apricot pastry cream tart –
this
smells luscious enough to serve as dessert.
Perhaps just a hint of Botrytis? The flavors are intense, dense,
and
alive. The very low yields have given a wine to enjoy in small sips –
the
flavors expand to fill your mouth, and the wine has the power of a red.
And it
is alive in the way of only the very best organic wines – each sip
reveals
something new. Powerful yet subtle. The flavors are very ripe, and
there may
well be a bit of residual sugar with sleek acids which balance the
ripeness,
and because of its incredible flavor.
There are notes of spiced pear, white pepper, cinnamon, clove, and
more. The
finish echoes the flavors – an ongoing battle between ripe apricot,
intense
acid, and Asian spiciness. Wow!
Yogurt Ice Cream, Hazelnut Praline, Warm Chocolate Sauce
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