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Two Tastings This Week!

10/5/2023

 
Free Friday Tasting!

Wines of Vino Vi & Co. Imports

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Friday, October 6th
5:00 - 7:00

We are excited this evening to welcome to the store
Núria Garrote-i-Esteve, the founder and owner of the excellent importer Vino Vi & Co.. Her portfolio comprises several producers from Spain and Southern France. We love how Núria describes the producers she represents:
"They are perfectionists. They have strong personalities. They follow their own obsessions. They are tireless workers. They have passion for their land. They have nurtured an intimate and spiritual relationship with their vines; they know each one, and they pamper them. They are farmers. They are gardeners. They are winemakers. Their wines tell the story of a place and of a vision. They look for balance, sensuality and purity. They stress the maximum expression of the fruit and the soil. They farm with respect. In each wine there is a part of their soul, their story, their landscape. Their wines talk to us. They do not scream. They whisper their beauty to us. They are happy people. They love what they do and deeply believe in it, and they do it with excitement. Tending the vineyard and winemaking are their lives. One of them told Núria, “There is so much to learn. It is a beautiful challenge.”
What these winemakers have in common is what makes them successful. Their individuality is what makes every single wine seminal. These wines point to the path to the future of the craft of winemaking in my country.
I invite you to share my discoveries and take the journey with me.
"
And we invite you to join us tonight to meet Núria and taste a few of the beautiful wines she brings to North Carolina.

Valldolina Cava-Reserva Brut Nature
Cava, Spain, 2018

Valldolina 'Ona' Xarel-Lo
Penedès, Spain, 2021

Clos de Mez 'La Dot'
Fleurie, Beaujolais, France, 2018

Artuke 'Finca de los Locos'
Rioja Alavesa, Spain, 2020



Weekly Saturday Tasting

Queen of the Sierra Wines

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Saturday, October 7th
1:00 - 3:00

For this Saturday's tasting, we are going to focus on one specific wine label. Queen of the Sierra is a line of wines from California's Forlorn Hope Winery, and are some of our favorite examples of Minimum Intervention winemaking, (also referred to as 'Natural' wines). These wines are a celebration of the steep limestone and schist slopes of Rorick Heritage Vineyard in the Sierra Foothills. Made from 100% Estate grown fruit, they are organically farmed, hand-harvested, spontaneously fermented by native yeasts, unfiltered and unfined, with nothing added but minimal effective sulfur. These are honest and pure California estate wines made with soul that are approachable in price as well as in the glass.

Queen of the Sierra White
Chardonnay, Verdelho, & Muscat
Rorick Estate Vineyard, Calaveras County, California, 2020

Queen of the Sierra Amber
Verdelho, Albariño, Muscat, & Chardonnay
Rorick Estate Vineyard, Calaveras County, California, 2022


Queen of the Sierra Rosé
Zinfandel, Grenache, & Tempranillo
Rorick Estate Vineyard, Calaveras County, California, 2021


Queen of the Sierra Red
Zinfandel, Barbera, Tempranillo, Trousseau Noir, Mondeuse
Rorick Estate Vineyard, Calaveras County, California, 2020



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