No, we won’t be drinking out of plastic buckets at the grocery store. This tasting format is pretty revolutionary……It has often occurred to me whilst tasting with great wine growers the world over: “Man, if only people could get a chance to taste these wines….they would flip!” I’m a firm believer that fine wine’s beauty is for everyone to sense and feel; it is a pleasure principle driven act, that is not reserved uniquely for the initiated and cognoscenti. The main barrier to this concrete reality is that, far too often, people just don’t get an opportunity to taste many of the rarer, obscure, or more costly wines of the world. However, with a collective effort of discovery, we can all get a chance to know for ourselves what these wines are all about. I’ve created a tasting format that I believe can dramatically change how we can approach the greatest wines of the world, removing them from their ivory tower or press driven label fawning, and putting them back on the table with friends and family where they belong.
I approached Dr Mike Ross, the new owner of Domaine Hudson with my idea: intimate and informative tastings for 10-12 people, in our own private space, virtually at wholesale cost. We will present the wines in flights totaling six selections, and we divide the cost for the bottles equally. To accompany, we can choose freely from their entire seasonally inspired menu, as much or as little as you would like. The twinkle in his eye and his smile said it all: let us toast to Bacchus!
10th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd.
To reserve a place at the table, a commitment for the cost of the wine flight ($15-25) is required.
Here are a few examples of what is possible:
Suggested themes:
Jadot 09s: $26 per person
Avaux 1er
Couchereaux 1er
Chouacheux 1er
Boucherottes 1er
Ursules 1er
Pougets Grand Cru
$39 and under per bottle 09 Burgundy survey: $15 per person
Clos Salomon Givry 1er
Faiveley Clos du Roy Mercurey 1er
Jadot Avaux 1er
Rossignol L’Heritiere
Arnoux Pinot Fin
Pavelot Savigny Villages
Arnoux 09s: $25 per person
Bourgogne Pinot Fin
Vosne Villages
Chambolle Villages
Nuits Poisets
Nuits 1er Clos des Corvees Pagets
Vosne 1er Chaumes
Northern Rhone 09s: $15 per person
Durand St Joseph ‘En Coteaux’
Darnaud Crozes Hermitage ‘Trois Chenes’
Durand Cornas Premices
Durand Cornas Empreintes
Durand St Joseph Lautaret
Durand Cornas Confidence
Rossignol 09s: $23 per person
Bourgogne rouge
Bourgogne rouge L’Heritiere
Beaune 1er Reversees
Volnay villages
Volnay 1er Ronceret
Volnay 1er Cailleret
Lamy 09s: $27 per person
Puligny villages Tremblots Vieilles Vignes
St Aubin 1er Derriere Chez Edouard blanc
St Aubin 1er Derriere Chez Edouard Rouge
St Aubin 1er Frionnes
St Aubin 1er En Remilly
St Aubin 1er Derriere Chez Edouard blanc Cuvee Haute Densite
Elio Altare of Barolo: $22 per person
Dolcetto 2010
Barbera 2010
Barolo DOCG 2007
Barolo DOCG 2004
Langhe Arborina 2007
Langhe Arborina 2008
Lignier Michelot 09s: $38 per person
Morey St Denis villages Vieilles Vignes
Gevrey Chambertin ‘Cuvee Bertin’
Morey St Denis 1er Charmes
Morey St Denis 1er Chenevery
Morey St Denis 1er Faconnieres
Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
JM Pavelot 09s: $19 per person
Savigny les Beaune villages
Savigny les Beaune 1er Serpentieres
Savigny les Beaune 1er Narbantons
Savigny les Beaune 1er Guettes
Savigny les Beaune 1er Dominode
Pernand Vergelesses 1er Vergelesses
Survey of Savigny les Beaune’s finest: $25 per person
Simon Bize 1er aux Vergelesses blanc
Simon Bize 1er aux Verglelesses rouge
Simon Bize 1er Guettes
Pavelot 1er Narbantons
Pavelot 1er Guettes
Pavelot 1er Dominode
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