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wine up!Rave Wines is receiving new wines weekly in anticipation of the Fall season. There are a whole bunch of great new wines to be had. This month's Rave Picks are no exception. Macon Fuisse from France to a stellar new Cabernet from California. These wines rock! Every Saturday we have something open to taste. In two weeks we begin our Saturday Afternoon Tasting Series (see below). It's gonna be a great wine season, prices are holding, and in some cases dropping, so come on in and find your new favorites. new to the storeIn addition to the monthly Rave Picks, the following wines are now in stock: Ridge Pagani Ranch Zinfandel 2007 $39.50 Ridge Lytton Springs 2007 $39.50 Rivarey Tempranillo Rioja 2006 $11.00 Chermette Beaujolais 2008 (new vintage) $18.50 a very limited offeringNeed a collectible for yourself or someone special? Vineyard 29 from Napa is the one! Rave Wines has access to a few bottles of the latest release from this ultra premium cult wine producer. Call or e-mail if you are interested in this once in a lifetime opportunity: 2006 29 Estate Cabernet (Wine Advocate 95 points) $232.00/btl 2007 Cabernet "Cru" (Wine Advocate 92 points) $58.00/btl upcoming tastingsSaturday September 26th. 2pm-5pm. The start of the Saturday Afternoon Tasting Series. One of our suppliers will be on hand to offer tastes of several new wines as well as some you may already know. Stop in, taste, ask questions. The expert will be here. No charge, of course. Thursday October 15th. 7pm. The Wines of Rhone Seminar. Limited seating seminar. Todd Hess will be in the store to taste you through the southern France wines of the Rhone. Excellent opportunity to go in depth on this region. From basic blends to Chateauneuf du Pape it will be explained. Reserve your seat now. Call or e-mail. In the newsTWEET! "Wine geeks, lovers, and the just plain curious can now follow (twollow?) the '09 harvest with Wine Business.com's new Twitter service, Wine Harvest Tweets, giving updates from Cornell Cooperative Extension, covering the New York region; Napa Valley Grapegrowers; Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance and Yakima Valley (Washington state) Grapegrowers. As an example, here's a recent tweet from Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NV Grapegrowers): September 4th (8:46 AM) Silverado Farming is working Labor Day as they always do during harvest, especially with the cooling trend that begins today. #wine,#harvest" Examiner.com FRANCE BACK ON TOP "MILAN (Reuters) - France has regained its status as the world's biggest wine producer, after having been overtaken by Italy last year, Italy's largest farmers' association Coldiretti said Friday. France, with its expected 4.8 billion liter wine output in 2009, is set to surpass Italy, which is forecast to make 4.7 billion liters this year, Coldiretti said citing the French agency FranceAgriMer and Italian research published in July. Italian wine output has slowed this year after farmers dug up vines, wooed by incentives under the European Union wine sector reform, farmers' research center ISMEA and wine industry body Unione Italiana Vini (UOV) have said." |
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eventsSaturday In-store tasting Sept 26, 2009 One of our esteemed suppliers will be on hand to pour tastes and talk about several wines. 2pm-5pm. No charge, as always. more» Rhone Wines Seminar Oct 15, 2009 Todd Hess will host this limited seating seminar on the wines of the Rhone. REservations necessary, but of course no charge. E-mail or call today to save your spot. more»
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