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Triennes Summer Rosé Wine from Provence

June 8th, 2014 | French Wine, Pick of the Week, Picks, Rosé

2013 Triennes, Rosé, Var — $14.99 62% Cinsault, 18% Syrah, 15% Grenache, 5% Merlot After a gorgeous last few days, and leading into our 7th annual rosé tasting this Saturday, […]

California and Oregon Red Wine Arrivals

June 2nd, 2014 | California, New Arrivals, Oregon, United States wine

In the past 1-2 years, we have been getting some terrific new US wines available to us in Vermont—California producers Arnot-Roberts, Bedrock, Birichino, Broc Cellars, Copain, Dashe Cellars, Donkey and […]

United States White Wine Arrivals at Windham Wines

June 2nd, 2014 | California, New Arrivals, United States wine, White Wine

2012 Birichino, Malvasia Bianca, Monterey– $15.99 Though Birichino is a new producer, the winemakers, Alex Krause and John Locke, have been making wine with others for years. Most notably, they […]

A Visit To Castelfeder

May 27th, 2014 | Italian wines, Thoughts, Travel

Ines Giovanett, of Castelfeder Winery in Cortina, Italy, will be in town on Sunday, June 29th, for a wine dinner with Zach, Meg and crew at Peter Havens in Brattleboro. […]

New Spanish Wine, May 2014

May 26th, 2014 | New Arrivals, Spanish wines

2012 Bodegas Avanthia Avancia Cuvée de O, Valdeorras, Godello Godello is a varietal found principally in Galicia in NW Spain. To my palate, it typically produces full-bodied whites with citrus […]

Southern and Western French Red Wine Arrivals

May 22nd, 2014 | French Wine, New Arrivals

2010 Domaine des Enfants, l’enfant perdu, Cotes Catalanes– $31.99 The domaine is owned by a young couple, Marcel Buhler and Carrie Sumner—she is from Oregon, committed to working with the […]

New Australian Reds

May 22nd, 2014 | Australian Wine, New Arrivals

2011, Raw Power, Shiraz, Adelaide Plains– $11.99 What a surprise! There is a lot to say about this wine—2011 was a terrible vintage in Australia (remember the pictures of towns […]

Tasting-Reading with Author, Joe Mazur

May 19th, 2014 | Tastings

Reading-Pairing with Joe Mazur May 31 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm How are mathematical symbols related to wine? We have such interesting customers. Joe Mazur, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Marlboro […]

New White Wines In May

May 19th, 2014 | Australian Wine, California, New Arrivals, Rosé

Whites Australia 2011 Zontes, Footstep, Love Symbol, Savagnin, Langhorne Creek–$17.99 This relatively young vineyard (9 years old for the 2011) was planted with the white varietal associated most frequently with […]

Sicilian Wines

February 23rd, 2014 | Tastings

Title: Sicilian Wines Location: 972 Putney Road Description: Sicily may be the most exciting area for wine in Italy for now. Join us for an introduction to the grapes and […]