It is a quaint vineyard and after a tour of the ferementation vessels we have our tasting in the cellar, surrounded by oak barrels. Sauvignon Blanc Reserva 2011. 44 Cab franc 28 Tannat 18 Cabernet Sauvignon 10 Merlot. "Welcome!" Alexander joins his. as well as a member of the Castillo Viejo family. Viognier 2011.

As we arrive a the winery Carlos proudly shows us his “new and old” cellar … one part dates from 1910, and the other part(s) they had built in stages, with the most recent part built just last year. The cellar is artfully done, designed to showcase and link both the new and the old. Don Prospero, Sauvignon Blanc 2011 – classic.

Good Sauvignon Blanc plus Merlot 09 and Syrah 09. Very interesting seminar at the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers -- a "bean tasting" with various wines from Cakebread! It is based on Cakebread's American Harvest Workshop which features five innovative chefs and eight small purveyors.

Wine Spectator called Bob's first Cabernet Sauvignon "a Cellar Selection.". As a winemaker, Bob also make two whites, Two Angles Sauvignon Blanc and Angel's "Secret Carneros Chardonnay" -- a bright rich fruit forward style for both. also liked the Syrah and the 100% Cabernet Sauvignon.

In fact, though the Napa Valley is known as a region for fabulous wine estates (think castles, Persian palaces …) South Africa takes the cake when it comes to fabulous wineries where you can spend the day feasting on gourmet food from celebrity chefs, exploring cellars, meeting winemakers, and much more. Fabulous visit! link]. News S.

The tapestry, with its bold vivid colors of burgundy, gold, and electric blue, is elegantly draped over the glass-enclosed barrel cellar below and depicts a merry feast of gorgeously dressed men and women playing instruments, dancing, and having a great time. Welcome!” Apparently, Rabelais celebrated the hedonistic pleasures of the body ….

At Backsberg you will find wines in various quality levels, with whites including Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, and sparklers as well including Viognier. In the fullness of time he became a butcher, then bought the farm that is today Backsberg Estate Cellars. Arco Laamar & Harry Haddon (checked shirt). News S.

I ask Charles Hopkins, cellar master at De Grendel wines in Cape Town. We try several wines, two Sauvignon Blancs, their signature Bordeaux blend called Rubaivat, a Merlot, a Pinot Noir, and all are incredibly delicious. "So what's the story with these gorgeous horses?" link]. News S.

Yields are down this year with some of the fruit showing signs of bunch rot in the Sauvignon Blanc (pictured below). Harvest is approaching in our little section of Wilson Ranch. In the next week we will be dropping the bad fruit and picking the raisined clusters to crush as a separate lot. wonder how Mr. Sauv B feels about this.

And nothing better to pair with the food then a 2008 Ravines Wine Cellars Sauvignon Blanc ( $18 ) that I just brought home from our recent Keuka Lake Wine Tour. Much more body than my favorite Sauvignon Blanc's from Chile with more mineral aromas on the nose with citrus and floral and a very clean aroma almost like baby powder.

Well, we had places to go and people to see, so back on the road heading for Dr. Konstantin Frank's Vinifera Wine Cellars. Around the lake and now heading north on the East side our first stop was Ravines Wine Cellars. The 2007 is very ready for now, but will cellar for many years to come. My favorite was the '09 Cayuga White.

Our patch of sauvignon blanc from Wilson Ranch, just north of St. 2006 Turley Wine Cellars Howell Mountain Zinfandel "Rattlesnake Ridge" A whopping 15.9% It's turning out to be a late season, with some predicting we are already two weeks behind last year's late harvest, but veraison has finally come to Napa Valley.

Cave Spring Cellars Blancs de Blancs Brut 2004. Cave Spring Cellars CSV 2007. Flatrock Cellars Reserve 2007. Flatrock Cellars 2008. Huff Blancs de Blancs 2006. Lakeview Cellars Reserve 2000. Lakeview Cellars Reserve 2007. Pillitteri Estates Winery Exclamation Cellar Series 2006.

Everyone reaches into the cellar for the good bottles to help celebrate the passing of another year. 1993 Chateau Laville Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Blanc , price unknown, Chateau & Estate Wines. They are made from old vines, mostly Semillon and the balance Sauvignon Blanc. This one, however, was thrilling.

Not all the “hot&# wine was mulled over the holidays: two thieves broke into rapper 50 Cent’s Connecticut mansion; one was found in the closet drinking wine from his cellar. Napa vintner is distilling sauvignon blanc vodka and selling it as varietal and vintage. SIPPED: boom times. Bottoms up! SIPPED: chemicals.

As we sat down I took out the wine I brought along, the 2008 Pierre Gonon St Joseph Blanc Les Oliviers , $32, Fruit of the Vines Imports. This is a phenomenal wine, and one of the interesting things about it is that honestly, served blind, there would be no way to peg it as Sauvignon Blanc. Thai food for the western palate.

Getting time to clean out the old wine fridge. After two months of laying around, drinking coffee, tea, water and gatorade and laying off the good stuff I am beginning to feel the need for a long day of wine shopping, but the fridge is full and I will just have to do my part in making room for more. Here the grapes for Frascati are grown.

I love it when Shirley decides to experiment in the kitchen. It either means we end up going out to dinner or I am in for a special treat. don't always know where she gets her inspiration and last night I did not see any of her cookbooks on the counter, so that means she thought about this recipe while trimming her herb garden.

Winemakers notes: A classic Bordeaux style blend of Cabernet Franc, Merlot & Cabernet Sauvignon. 61% Cabernet Franc, 28% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon. I don't often go with Shirley and Pam to the Saturday morning Central New York Regional Farmer's Market, but I made an exception today. King Ferry Winery was founded in 1984.

have already tasted two of the Octavin Home Wine Bar artisan white wines and did review the Sauvignon Blanc from that collection and was looking forward to trying the Zin, but not necessarily writing a review. I've been holding out on the wine reviews until everything gets back to normal after my surgery. Best of all is the price.

have since tasted a Monthaven Chardonnay (California) and this past week the Silver Birch Sauvignon Blanc (New Zealand). The Sauvignon Blanc, on the other hand, was outstanding. Silver Birch Sauvignon Blanc is from the famous cool climate vineyards of the renowned Marlborough winegrowing region.

With May and New York Riesling month coming to close soon, it is safe to say that I tasted more Riesling this month than any one year in my life. The hard part was deciding which ones I would post on the blog. After this article I will post once more on a NY Riesling and may list all those I have had. Both were opened with a BBQ chicken dinner.

He headed back up to the valley that same afternoon to make his best offer, and Cakebread Cellars was born. Tags: Interviews News cakebread cellars dennis cakebreadk it's always fun to sit next to a winemaker / winery owner during a wine dinner at a top restaurant like Park Avenue Spring in New York City. cakebread cake.

This past Monday evening was a first for me on-line. Because of my work schedule and Shirley's extra long 'honey-do' list I never have the chance to do a tweet up on Twitter or follow a wine party on Facebook. You can add comments or photos or just sit back, relax, read what others are having and just sip away on your own wine.

This past weeks edition of the Syracuse New Times, a weekly alternative newspaper published in Syracuse, New York, contained an interesting article on Finger Lakes Riesling. Gary noted four wineries, one of which I vaguely remember from an article written by Evan Dawson for the New York Cork Report. Sipping later was delightful.

By 1839, his first underground cellars were dug and Mr. Jacques fermented his first wine vintage. Those cellars, the oldest and largest in America, are still in use today at Brotherhood Winery. To continue Riesling month here in New York, I wanted to find something other than my favorites from the Finger Lakes region. Enough history.

Just finished watching the movie "Avatar" while sipping on my first Riesling of the summer. Finger Lakes Riesling of course. This month is Riesling month in New York and this will be the first of many I'll enjoy over the next 30 days. The 2008 Red Tail Ridge semi-dry Riesling was suggested by my sister-in-law. This is now one of her favorites.

Concannon introduced America's first varietally labeled Petite Sirah in 1961, sparking a love affair with this varietal, and led with the introduction of Cabernet Sauvignon clones 7, 8 and 11 in replanting much of Napa Valley in the 1970s. Recently, the wife and I have been discussing a possible trip to California next year. must buy!

Ancient bottles in cellar. The tasting of the 2009 vintage was quite a production given the state-of-the-art tasting room with its high-tech cellar. Once we had assembled, Mr. Cathiard took out his remote control device and the cellar doors parted in “Open Sesame&# fashion. Florence Cathiard, standing.

I'm leaving Chile(till later) and heading over to California to try a few more Zin's. I'm starting to surprise myself with what I am finding with Zinfandel and also a bit disappointed that I wasted so many years with such a limited selection or narrow palate. Deep dark fruit aromas with some cherry. Hey, you're never too old to learn.

This is the third of the Carmenere wines I tasted this month. As I stated in my previous two articles, Carmenere is one of the wines I've pushed aside in the past, but have placed on a list to re-examine in 2010. The first two left me with mixed feelings about the wine. did enjoy this with some Muenster and Dubliner cheese. It'll be fun!!!

Concha y Toro produces several different wine styles including a late harvest Sauvignon Blanc made from grapes the Maule Valley. They also produce a barrel fermented Chardonnay and a single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon named after the winery's founder, Don Melchor. It's been a few years since I tasted Carmenere.

Wish I had a nice Canadian wine tonight so I could toast the Canadian Olympic Hockey Team on their winning of the Gold medal. am not an avid hockey fan, but I do watch occasionally and tonight enjoyed one of the best ever games. Instead, I uncorked an Arboleda Carmenère 2006 from the Colchagua Valley of Chile. Bring on the steaks!!! Wine Acidity: 5.31

Think my taste buds are back. I've been having a few problems with red wines since finishing some prescribed meds a few weeks ago. No matter what was tried I was getting a very musty taste. opened a few old reliables thinking there must have been some bad bottles in the rack, but they turned out to be the same. Bogle Winery 2007. Great value!!

The winery is Cline Cellars. One of the first wineries on the road to wine country, Cline Cellars is located 45 minutes north of San Francisco in Sonoma-Carneros. The tasting room is located in an 1850s farmhouse and the wine is the Cline Cellars Cashmere 2008. This disease is not reserved for just women. Here's what I learned.

blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 47% Merlot. Winemakers notes: This dynamic duo combines the brawn of Cabernet Sauvignon and the suppleness of Merlot. Sometimes when you least expect it, you open what may becomes your new favorite bottle of wine. An Atwater Estate Vineyards , Cabernet-Merlot 2007. Can't do much better than that.

Big break in weather today here in Central New York. Temperatures will reach about 30F. Must be the annual January thaw! To celebrate I figured to open one of my usually reserved for warm weather whites. My choice is one that was recently purchased at Lakewood Vineyards on Seneca Lake at the December 'Deck the Halls" event. 2007 Riesling.

purchased the Bonterra, because I have already reviewed two other of their wines, the Cabernet Sauvignon and the Sauvignon Blanc and enjoyed both. Somewhere among my 50 New Year's resolutions (99.9% failure rate) was to leave my wine comfort zone more often as I continue to expand my trapped palate. It just never happened.

That was until 2009 when I bought a nice Italian vin rosso from Damiani Wine Cellars. My first stop was at the winery that raised my curiosity about their reds, Damiani Wine Cellars. Gewurztraminer, Viognier, Cayuga White, Rieslings and Sauvignon Blanc 4. Other than an occasional Chardonnay, it was red wine only for me.

While visiting Damiani Wine Cellars on Seneca Lake this past spring I tasted an excellent Syrah and I was sold. Syrah has always been one to those wines I could take or leave it. Almost all that I had ever tasted were the Shiraz from Australia. From that day on I was a fan. enjoyed the Syrah with Shirley's three bean chili.

This has been one fantastic year of enlightenment for me when it comes to all things wine. Believe I may do a year end article on the subject. If I do, I will have to include the German grape, Dornfelder as one of the highlights. Dornfelder is a cross between Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe grapes. It is the 3rd most planted red wine grape in Germany.

The first one I opened was the Martellotto 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon. A4C has released three wines from Central Coast California: a Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, and a Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon blend. Tags: Cabernet Sauvignon California red wine Paso Robles Zinfandel Now Cabs I have no problem with.

Thanks to my son, this past weekend I opened a dry Riesling from Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars located in Lodi, NY, on the east side of Seneca Lake and my first stop on the annual " Deck the Halls " event on Dec. Can't seem to find a Finger Lakes Riesling I don't like. have to say his timing was impeccable. g/L pH: 2.93

Winemaker's notes: Grape Varieties: Sangiovese, Canaiolo Nero, Cabernet Sauvignon Chianti may well be the single best-known wine in the world - historically celebrated, universally revered and enjoyed over centuries. Tonight I added another favorite place to eat in Syracuse, Joey's Italian Restaurant. As usual, she always gets it right.

Sometime near the end of the year, I would like to post all that I have learned and the wines that I have come to enjoy over the past two years. From a European reds only wine drinker who could not tolerate most white wines or any wines over 0% RS, to be even drinking the many wines I am now, I think I have come a long way.

passed over many of my favorites before keeping out a Billsboro Winery Sauvignon Blanc 2008. remembered commenting on an older post that this was may be the best Sauvignon Blanc I tasted outside of my favorites from New Zealand. find many good Sauvignon Blanc's from New Zealand and Chile between $9 and $12.

John Gilman, author of the newsletter The View from the Cellar , joins us again for a Q&A. But being younger than the gentleman I just mentioned, I do not have the same reserves of old vintages of white Burgundy or white Bordeaux in my cellar, and so premox has really hit my collection hard. Are these wines forcibly better?

no sooner sat down on Friday when he brought out a Glenora Wine Cellars Gewurztraminer. Glenora Wine Cellars has been producing award winning wines in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State for more than 32 years. Of course, the lounge is owned by my son and his fiance and has become our regular hang out since opening one year ago.

About two years ago I found a special deal on a gift pack of two wines from Candoni Wines. The gift pack wasn't what sold Shirley and I on the purchase, it was the label. The gift pack included a bottle of Merlot and a bottle of Pinot Grigio, of which we opened at a dinner dance held during my annual military reunion. First, the label. for $11.

The winner was; Row House Cellars White Table Wine NV, brought home from a recent visit to the White Springs Winery in Geneva NY. believe this is the first year of Row House Cellars. Alright, here's my dilemma or at least one of them. Tonight Shirley and daughter Pam are making 'halupkies' for dinner. That only added to the dilemma.

Tonight I dug into my modest wine vault and found a Ravines Wine Cellars , Cabernet Franc 2007. There comes a time when you believe that a certain wine just can't get any better. hope I never get to that point in my lifetime. have my favorite Finger Lakes wineries and my favorite Finger Lakes wines. Such is the case today! It has! Great Buy!

Cult White Wines: Drink 'Em Or Lose 'Em -- Highlights from Summer 2009 2005 Arietta "On The White Keys" * a green tinged pale golden sauvignon which, I believe, hails from Sonoma. 2004 Lail "Georgia" Sauvignon Blanc ** A golden oldie. when he said this would cellar for 10 years. as well. It's hard to get right. 2003 St.

Such is the case of the 2007 Damiani Wine Cellars Meritage. It seems every winery in the Finger Lakes has a Meritage. Most are nice bordeaux style blends that are very popular and very tasty and very distinct to each winery. Years ago I struggled to find one to like, now I am finding it difficult to taste one I don't like.

Our first stop was at Damiani Wine Cellars. We got to meet Amy Cheatle and the staff and tasted some of my favorites and some new reds along with a surprisingly nice Sauvignon Blanc and I must admit a real nice Syrah. short ride north of Damiani is the Red Newt Cellars. bit pricey but one of those 'have to have' wines.

Instead of drinking crisp sauvignon blanc and dry Mosel in poorly air conditioned rented apartments I’ve been opening cabernets and merlots which I briefly cool off in the fridge. Flights are delayed. Market volatility remains high. All indicators point to a long and restless summer. And it's the wettest spring anyone can remember.

looked through our little cellar, considered a fancy Chablis, flirted with a great bottle of Champagne, and toyed with the idea of an Equipo Navazos Sherry. When this wine is good, it's less about Sauvignon Blanc and more about the hills outside of Tours. We decided that BrooklynLady would go. It seems so overdone.

2001 Cullen Wines Diana Madeline Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot, Margaret River. 2004 Wynns Coonawarra Estate John Riddoch, Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra. 2006 Glaetzer Anaperenna Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon, Barossa Valley. 1989 Yarra Yering Dry Red Number 1 Cabernet Sauvignon, Yarra Valley. Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc (3A).

This included eschewing some major wineries, including Atalon, Cakebread, Diamond Creek, Franciscan Estate, Freemark Abbey, Grgich Hills Estate, Heitz Wine Cellars, Saintsbury, and Silver Oak Cellars. Either way, it leaves me eagerly awaiting the release of their premier sauvignon, Georgia. Welcome Napa Valley Vintners!

At the inaugural congressional lunch at the Capitol, right after the swearing-in ceremony, the wines will include 2007 Duckhorn Vineyards sauvignon blanc ($30; find this wine ) and 2005 Goldeneye pinot noir ($55; find this wine ). But then they say they don’t know what Obama will have after the inauguration. Cue Elin McCoy.

We’re back with Part Deux of our interview with John Gilman, author of the newsletter A View from the Cellar ( part one is here ). How do you make a screwcap-sealed wine taste and smell like rotting cabbage or burning rubber- put it in the cellar for a few years. German Riesling. And I really don’t understand why. The Loire.

Most white wines though, for example unwooded styles such as Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling are stored in tank until they are ready for bottling. Clarification and Stabilisation Wines are clarified to cellar bright prior to bottling or long term storage. They read my writing, they read what people say about me (dont laugh!).

BrooklynLady requested a Sancerre with this dinner and it happens that we had only one in the cellar, the 2005 Domaine Pascal Cotat Sancerre Les Monts Damnés , $42, imported by Michael Skurnik Wines. Smelling blind there would have been no way to tell that this was Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, I did it! Alas, it was not to be.

This is very reminiscent of a New Zealand sauvignon, with equal parts fresh cut grass and steel. If you are looking for a New Zeland sauvignon from California - this is it! Straw/hay color. Very nice bouquet of lemon poppeyseed muffins. On the palate the wine exhibits warm grass notes, mellon, and lemon meringue pie.

The Puzelats grow Pinot Noir, Gamay, Côt (called Malbec in Argentina), Bréton (called Cabernet Franc in the film Sideways ), Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris (called Pinot Grigio in Italy), and the rarely seen Pineau D'Aunis and Menu Pineau (called Arbois in the Jura). They buzz with energy, some say "wildness." It works.

For starters, some wines are made to be aged (some French Bordeaux) while others are meant to be drunk young (fresh, crisp whites such as a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc). Wines 3-6 years following their vintage have often had time in barrel, more time in the winery (in bottle) and a few years of cellaring.

Channing Daughters Mudd Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2007 North Fork of Long Island * A pale golden hued sauvignon with nice grassy hints and citrus, but mostly what you find here is depth of sweet fruit characteristic, to me, of Mudd's Vineyards. It's been a crazy week, sort of. Listed in no particular order. and peaches. Where?

Cousin cultivates Gamay, Grolleau, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, and Chenin Blanc - there is something for everyone in this portfolio. They can be funky and a bit rustic, but they evolve beautifully in the glass and in the cellar, and offer a clean and pure expression of the terroir that is Layon.

The wine is then kept in the winery cellar for 18 months before being released. We tried a nice Sauvignon Blanc and two Chardonnays that another gentleman in the tasting room really seemed to like. tried to get down a "bug juice" of sorts that was simply awful. Sangiovese is often a lighter red with greater acidity. Great stuff!

So off to Chase Wine Cellars to visit my (new) friend Jeff Blaum. From Chase Cellars I called the people of The Terraces Winery. It was started by Heidi Barrett (Screaming Eagle) and finished by Russell Bevan (Bevan Cellars) - two winemakers with two VERY different personalities. Havens had some really nice wine. Nice wines.

began in a French table area and tried some Sancerres (made from Sauvignon Blanc), some white Burgundys (made from Chardonnay) and some white blends. An under appreciated grape here in the Western world is Chenin Blanc. Domaine Francois Pinon from the Loire Valley makes some demi-sec (semi sweet) wines from Chenin blanc.

His 2006 Touraine Blanc Brin de Chèvre Menu Pineau smelled of citrus oils, smoke, and shoe polish, and tasted great! And the 06 Touraine Blanc Buisson Pouilleux Sauvignon Vielle Vignes smelled like the Menu Pineau, but tasted like Sauvignon Blanc, in a way. But of course I missed some great stuff. Pinon's wines.

also tasted Chardonnays, Sauvignon Blancs, Pinot Biancos, Gewurtztraminers, Sylvaners, Muller Thurgaus, and a few whites which were blends of some of the aforementioned varietals. The Andriano Cantina "Tor di Lupo" Sauvignon Blanc 2006, a wine the pourer called a CRU wine, was quite interesting. new record high for me.

2005 Movia Pinot Grigio , $27 at Slope Cellars. decided that I wanted to try their Sauvignon Blanc, but never made it back to Manhattan, and Slope Cellars had the Pinot Grigio. They chose Friuli Whites as the theme, and an interesting theme it is. like it when WBW gets "esoteric" on us like this. Roast pork loin?

Why Sauvignon Blanc this time around? Because there are many great wines to be had in the $12-30 range, from many wine regions, and also because I think Sauvignon Blanc can be a great late summer and fall food wine. Everyone brought one bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, we bagged 'em, tagged 'em, and tasted 'em.

love French wine, but the good doctor ruled out what he called "the big six grapes" from France, namely Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Pinot Noir. Chenin Blanc is, in my opinion, the superstar white grape of the Loire Valley. And Chenin Blanc tends to age well, so let's see.

dipped into the "cellar" and found yet another Cali wine from our trip. If you have been reading this blog for a while you might remember my posts on their sauvignon blanc and their syrah (the syrah is my wife's fav). Last night my wife and I were celebrating for celebration's sake. Actually I just downright love them. Cheers

As my hands took over my mind said sianara and floated down the block into my building, up five flights of stairs, entered my pad and went straight into my "wine cellar." Mostly reds in the "cellar." And my first thought was do I really have that bottle in the "cellar" or did my wife and I drink it in the park? White! Cheers

started out by following Lenn around, took his guided tour of Long Island whites, tasting many a Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. learned, though, that I am not a fan of the Long Island style of Sauvignon Blanc, which based on the wines I sampled at this tasting, is super pungeant, o'er brimming with cat pee aromas. Yummy.

Used a nose dropper to take a sample of the Touraine Sauvignon Blanc we had with lunch, took home in a small vial, "for testing," he said. Glared at Lieb Cellars pourer somewhat threateningly until she produced an unlabeled bottle of 2006 Sauvignon Blanc for us to taste. Good humored, relaxed, excellent company.

Sancerre, the darling of wine bars everywhere a few years ago, is made from Sauvignon Blanc. Many producers say that demi-sec (off dry) is the best expression of Chenin Blanc. They make many wines, some for drinking young, some for cellaring, like this one from the great Perrieres vineyard in Bourgueil. And $17 - c'mon.

My beloved Pinot Noir is the one in little known Menetou-Salon, which has generated more attention for its whites made from Sauvignon Blanc than it has for reds. They use Malbec, Gamay, and even Cabernet Sauvignon in Muscadet, Anjou, and Saumur. And at a fraction of the price. Usually kind of grippy with astringent tannins.

It gets mostly excellent reviews from the community on Cellar Tracker, and one of the reviews said that it needs time to open up. But almost 3 hours later (thank you Cellar Tracker reviewers), by the time we sat down to our dinner, the nasty smells had completely blown off. How about something elegant and festive in a white wine?

Cheverny wines are a blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, with the Sauvignon Blanc the primary grape at about 70%. Like the great Chenin Blanc grape, also a daughter of the Loire Valley, Romorantin might show best in its demi-sec (off-dry) form. You should try them, honestly.

The entire back wall is devoted to Loire whites, including many differe t chenin blancs from Savennieres, Vouvray, and somethimes the lesser known Montlouis sur Loire, Coteaux du Loir and Jasnieres. We checked out the dark and dank cellar where hundreds.thousands (?) We then toured the facilities. of old Baudry bottles are sleeping.

If anyone knows of one or has any ideas let me know) if you like sauvignon blanc, you will like this. This place just had a temperature controlled hand cellar behind the bar. El alimento. El vino. El ambience. �Lo amo! That is how I feel about this new wine bar here in the East Village. Bar Carrera. Oh yeah. Pretty cool.

Their unoaked 2005 Estate Sauvignon Blanc was fresh and lively. don't know if this is a good value because I don't have a riesling context yet, but I sure loved the wine, and I grabbed 2 bottles of it for the cellar. In August my wife and I took a short trip to the North Fork of Long Island to explore and to taste some wine.