[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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Upcoming Tastings
December 09 – December Club Wines
(Noon – 5PM Free)
December 15 - Spain
December 22 - Christmas Treats
December 29 - Southern Rhône

FRIDAY, December 8, 4:30 - 7:00pm

THIS WEEK’S CHEESE SAMPLER PLATE
This week I relied on my favorite New York web site for  
recommendations for cheese with Champagne.  With one slight  
modification (thanks to Whole Foods), the cheese is from those  
recommendations.
Garrotxa                                                    
Goat                    Spain
Pont l’Eveque                                            
Cow                     France
Mt. Townsend Creamery Seastack               Cow                      
Washington State
I wanted to find Chaource from France, but Whole Foods said it is  
only available at limited times during the year.  They said this  
cheese from Washington is a great “knock-off” of Chaource.
SAMPLER PLATE $4.00
  SPARKLING WINE

1. We start in LIMOUX where they claim they invented the secondary  
fermentation in the bottle before Dom Perignon.  Unfortunately at  
first they did not know how to disgorge the wine off the lees so  
their wines were “cloudy”. DOMAINE COLLIN CUVÉE PRESTIGE is our  
favorite from the area.  The wine is a mix of the local grape MAUZAC  
together with CHARDONNAY and PINOT NOIR - $12.00
2. France’s Loire Valley is the home of many inexpensive sparkling  
wines. MARQUIS de la TOUR ROSÉ is a lovely PINOT NOIR based wine that  
offers great value (we also have the BRUT which is 100% CHENIN BLANC)  
- $9.00

3. We now go to BURGUNDY and CHATEAU de SASSANGY CRÉMANT de  
BOURGOGNE   The wine is made from biodynamically grown grapes and is  
a blend of PINOT NOIR, GAMAY NOIR, CHARDONNAY and ALIGOTÉ.  This is   
a poor man’s CHAMPAGNE! - $20.00

4. No sparkling wine event would be complete without real CHAMPAGNE,  
and we offer FRANK BONVILLE NV BLANC de BLANC.  This wine is 100%  
CHARDONNAY from 100% GRAND GRU vineyards in the village of AVIZE from  
a small grower-producer.  In the past I was not a great fan of Blanc  
de Blanc, but I tasted this and was converted - $33.00

TRY THESE FOUR WINES FOR $10.00
For this week’s PREMIUM POUR we offer:

ANDRÉ CLOUET NV BRUT NATURE.  This producer makes some of the best  
value Champagnes.  This wine is 100% PINOT NOIR from GRAND CRU  
vineyards in BOUZY.  Matt Kramer, who is not a great fan of  
Champagne, raved about this wine.  Sometimes I do not agree with  
Matt, but I’m with him on this wine - $39.0

(we also have what I think is the best NV ROSÉ CHAMPAGNE in the  
world, the ANDRÉ CLOUET.  Ethereal wine at real world prices - $43.00)

TRY THE BRUT FOR $4.50/Taste or $8.00/4 ounces

SATURDAY, December 9th
  Noon – 5 PM
Free tasting
  We will have the DECEMBER WINE CLUB wines open (see earlier email  
for full details):

BRAIDA VIGNIS 2005 PINOT GRIGIO TORRE de VISCONE, VENEZIA GIULIA, ITALY
Regular Price: $10.00                           Member Price: $08.50
EMILIO LUSTAU FINO SHERRY PUERTO FINO, JEREZ, SPAIN
Regular Price: $10.00                           Member Price: $08.50
MOCALI 2001 BRUNELLO di MONTALCINO, TOSCANA, ITALY
Regular Price: $39.00                           Member Price: $33.15
(Current stock at this price; further deliveries will be $43.00)
CLOS de l’ANHEL 2003 CORBIÈRES LES DIMANCHES, LANGUEDOC, FRANCE
Regular Price: $18.75                           Member Price: $15.94

Looking forward to seeing you all,

Cheers,

Mick
Cornell Wine Company
(503) 531-3981
mick at cornellwine.com
www.cornellwine.com
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