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May 2

Yves Cuilleron of Vins de Vienne

Yves Cuilleron of Vins de Vienne

“Yves Cuilleron asked me a few questions over dinner earlier this year,” said Tom, “as he’d been searching for the right partner in the US for many years, and was curious about our success and our history.  And while I assured him that we are much too small and too humble to be accredited with any reputed fame, I did tell him that when we taste a wine that we like and when we meet a vigneron that we admire, we act with direct intention.  So, here we are, unprecedented, we have waited 18 years to procure our first offering of Northern Rhône wines…”

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Apr 18

Jean Aubron

At Jean Aubron, a domaine that resides outside of Nantes, near the Atlantic Coast, Jean-Pascal Aubron–a fourth generation vigneron–strives to make bone-dry Muscadet wines.  And though the Muscadet-Sevre et Maine appellation allows for all Muscadet Sur Lie wines to contain 3 grams of residual sugar, and for all others to contain 5 grams, Jean-Pascal first and foremost pushes his fermentations to the end, to yield wines with zero residual sugar that are dry and crisp with high acidity, and suitable for aging.

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Apr 9

Tasting at Domaine Tortochot

Last week, we published our first piece on the journey to Burgundy, beginning with our trip to Domaine Tortochot, and now it’s time to follow with some tasting notes. After walking through the 2011 vintage, sampling from the cellar barrels, we moved to the tasting room upstairs to taste from the bottles.

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Apr 5

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French Portfolio Tasting at The Standard Biergarten

On Tuesday we held our French Portfolio Tasting at the Standard Biergarten in the Meat Packing District, and it was by far, our best French Tasting yet.  Not only was the space so perfectly suited for such an amazing rock-star event, but the 33 producers who attended were a stellar representation of our French Portfolio, and how it has grown over the years.  I speak for many, when I write that we were awed to be in the presence of such greatness.  This tasting truly exemplified how carefully Patrick Burke, our French Portfolio Director, has crafted our current book.  We are proud to represent these farmers and vintners who came from France this week, to share their wines with you.

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Apr 2

From Their Farms to Our Tables

Jean-Michel Gaunoux in Meursault

This week, we are delighted to welcome over three dozen artisans from France to New York and New Jersey, to share with us their latest releases.

We’ve an awesome line-up of events scheduled for the week, most of which are open to the public, from Manhattan to Montclair to Long Island; note your calendars, come meet our artisans and taste their wines!

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Mar 22

The Farmers of France Come to Market…

Save the Date!

On the evening of Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 PM, for the first time in Montclair, perhaps even New Jersey, 35 winemakers will present the fruits of their labors to the community at an historic tasting of some 150 wines brought to town by Amanti Vino. Another historic moment, the first annual Montclair Film Festival, an event whose idea was planted a few years ago, finally has a vintage and the first annual Festival is about to premiere! Guests who attend this unique tasting opportunity will be supporting the Festival, the latest variety in Montclair’s cultural vineyard.

Event: The Farmers of France Come to Market…The first annual French Portfolio tasting in Montclair

Where: The Vault at Bangz Salon, 23 S. Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ

When: Tuesday, April 3rd, 7:30-9:30

Price: $75 per person (a portion of the ticket will benefit the Montclair Film Festival in honor of its First Annual Event!)

To purchase your tickets today, please email Deb (deb@amantivino.com), or call the shop at (973) 509-9463

Mar 21

White Clay from Spain, A Story of Terroir

Next month, sharing a table alongside our French producers, Emmanuelle of enw céramique, Aix en Provence, will have her American debut, as she showcases her pieces of earth during the first week of April, with T. Edward.  As a dear friend of TEW, we are happy to introduce Emmanuelle and to share a few select pieces.  Working with “white earth” terroir, sourced from northern Spain, Emmanuelle handcrafts all of her pieces.

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Mar 15

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French Portfolio Tasting

Jérôme Bressy of Gourt de Mautens

In a couple of weeks we will be hosting our annual French Portfolio Tasting, which promises to be a most spectacular event.  ”We’ve never had this many French winemakers attend a tasting,” says Patrick Burke, our French Portfolio Director.  ”We have 34 [attending out of 40] partly because the book has grown in the past year.  There’s a buzz in France about the attention that we give to our French producers.”

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Mar 14

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Next Week: Beaune Bound

Julie Belland by Wine Terroirs

Next week, the ladies of TEW are Burgundy Bound.  Bursting at the seams of spring, we cannot wait to step foot into Beaune, where we’ll be attending the Grands Jours de Bourgogne, Salon des Jeunes Talents.  Arriving in Paris on Thursday morning, we’ll acclimate before visiting with Jean-Michel Gaunoux, our Meursault producer with three 1er Cru sites in “Perrieres”, “Genevrieres”, and “Les Gouttes d’Or”.  It’s the first time in Burgundy for all of us but one, and we look forward to setting our palates right with Gaunoux, whose family has been in the Cote d’Or for centuries.

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Feb 24

Domaine de Suffrene

Domaine de Suffrene, Mouvedre 70 ans

Before attending Vinisud in Montepellier, our team visited Domaine de Suffrene in Bandol.  In the family for multiple generations, Domaine de Suffrene is situated on sandy-silt-laden, calcareous and clayey soils, with vines that extend over 45ha between the municipalities of Cadiere d’Azur and Castellet.  With Cedric Gravier now driving the train, in 1996, the estate went from selling grapes to cooperatives to producing and bottling wines under its namesake.  Here, the cultivation is traditional, with old vines that are pruned during the green harvest in July, to allow for yields of 40 hl/ha, when the grapes are harvested by hand.

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