Starting off by asking you, the serious wine consumer, this: “ Am I nuts or what!”.
I just opened 3 wooden cases of French white wine (we will not divulge the producers name because this is a tasty French Chardonnay-Colombard blend and we recommend it highly). The bottles laying down inside all had……screw caps! What’s wrong with this picture? You be the judge.
On a different note, our Pahlmeyer Wine Dinner was a qualified success. The 4 wines paired were all remarkable and Chef Bryan outdid himself. Only drawback was that Pahlmeyer wines are so allocated that we soon ran out of wines to sell after the dinner!
Many wines were sampled this past week. We generally sample around 40 wines a week. They are considered for use in either one of our Wine Clubs or for sale in our retail section/tasting bar. Wines from Spain, Italy, Oregon, Australia, Germany, Chile and California were tasted. In a perfect world we could purchase every good wine that comes our way, but alas, I must “cherry-pick” the ones that we can’t live without. Some of those will show up in the coming weeks. We will keep you posted!
Victor Herstein
Wine Buyer, All Corked Up