Wine & Words

It’s not really a secret. There have been articles in the wine press about it. But it’s something California premium wine makers, marketing their products as exclusive and having limited availability, don’t want you to know about - there’s way too much wine made in California to support the elitist prices the better labels want to charge. I’m not talking about the mass-produced, mass-marketed labels that fill the grocery store shelves and the glossy magazines.
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...blue cheese, that is. Don’t be scared! Tangy, salty, pungent blue cheese is not everyone’s taste, I know. But in order to stimulate some blue sales (and turn you on to something mighty tasty), we’ve decided to Feature some of the blues we have in stock, offering samples, recipes, wine pairings...and a 20% discount from the regular sale price.
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I am by no means a slavish adherent to the scores given to wines by the big-name wine tasters - Robert Parker of The Wine Advocate, Wine Spectator magazine, Steven Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar and Wine Enthusiast magazine. Sometimes I disagree with their assessments and I have the audacity, amateur that I am, of having my own opinion. I also don’t trust that wineries with big advertising budgets for the slick publications like Wine Spectator don’t get a better deal in the tastings.
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From the Mrs. Bridges website:

As you’d expect from a deluxe brand with traditional values, the Mrs Bridges collection is crafted using classic methods.

Our authentic approach means that we use the time honoured, slow boiling, open-pan method of making marmalades and preserves. And we still use the traditional copper bottom pans.
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The Fallot family has been making traditional French mustard in Beaune, in the heart of Burgundy, since 1840. Today they still adhere to the techniques of the old craftsmen mustard makers and use stone mills to grind the grains, thus preserving all of the gustatory qualities of the mustard.

The mustards are made by mixing together one third black (Brassica Nigra) or brown (Brassica Juncea) mustard seed with verjuice (2/3).
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Pacific Rim White Flowers Sparkling Riesling Regular $16.95/ Feature $13.56
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We’ve had a great time this last couple months exploring some of the wines we carry from two of the great wine regions of the world - Spain and France. It’s fun for us to search for wines that fit particular slots in a theme, but sometimes we miss a few newbies that come our way and don’t fit into the theme. When that happens, we need to have a catch up of “What’s new?”
 
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For Part II of our little jaunt through some of the wine regions of France we are going to start in Burgundy, with stops in the Maconnais and Beaujolais, then south through the Rhone Valley, making a side trip to the east into Provence and another to the west into Languedoc-Rousillon. There’s lots of good wine to sample along the way, so let’s get started
Burgundy
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