Wine of the Week – 2010 Chateau Magneau Graves Blanc

Posted by josh on May 1, 2012 in France | 0 comments It’s definitely starting to feel like summer out there, and I predict it’s going to be a hot one………..I hope I’m wrong, but if it is, this is the perfect wine to serve nice and cold on a hot day. Chateau Magneau has been owned and operated by the Ardurat family since the reign of Henry IV.  Today, Henri and Brigitte Ardurat run the estate with their two sons....
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Friday Winedown – Red, White and Pink Wines From France

Posted by josh on Apr 30, 2012 in France, Friday Winedowns, Tastings and Events | 0 comments If you live in Asheville and like wine, you must stop by our little store on Friday, May 4.  Rick Bowman from Bordeaux Fine and Rare will join us to pour 7 new wines to the store.  From Bordeaux to Gascogne to the Rhone Valley, we’ll sample a couple whites, a couple of new and fresh dry rosés and some delicious reds.  Even better, all of the wines come from small, family owned and...
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Drink The Pink!

Posted by josh on Apr 11, 2012 in France | 0 comments Go anywhere in France or Spain during the warm seasons, and every restaurant and wine bar you walk by is packed with people drinking pink wines, aka dry rosés.  Being that our wonderful little city is often referred to as “The Paris of the South”, I think it’s time that more of us start drinking like Parisians, and that means drinking a lot more of the pink stuff, and I’m not talking...
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2009 Bordeaux – Vintage of a Lifetime!

Posted by josh on Feb 18, 2012 in France | 0 comments None other than Robert Parker has said that 2009 in Bordeaux “might turn out to be the best vintage I have tasted in 32 years of covering Bordeaux”.  From what I’ve tasted so far, I would agree that it is a super vintage full of great wines at a variety of price points.  Much like vintages such as 1959, 1961, 1982 and 2000 (to name a few), the region enjoyed warm, dry weather...
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A Primer On Chateauneuf du Pape

Posted by josh on Jan 11, 2012 in France | 0 comments No discussion concerning the wines of the Rhone River Valley is complete without some sort of reference to Chateauneuf du Pape.  So what is this wine and what does it have to do with the Pope?  Way back in 1308, Pope Clement V relocated the papacy to Avignon, located in the southern/Provencal region of France.  For the next 70 years, the papal seat remained here and the Popes that occupied...
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Friday Winedown – Selections From Eric Solomon

Posted by josh on Sep 13, 2011 in Blog, France, Friday Winedowns | 0 comments Friday, September 30 at Table Wine – South Asheville’s Best Wine Shop 4 to 7 p.m. $5 per person……..free for Grape Nuts Table Wine will be the best place in Asheville to taste wine on Friday, September 30.  Mike Kolker of Freedom Beverage will join us to pour wines from importer Eric Solomon’s portfolio.  Eric is based in Charlotte, and his company European...
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