Sunday, September 25, 2011

Goodbye

After 3 years with Vino LeFebvre I am moving on to a new project.
Thank you for following this Blog. When I started working with Steve I had a one sheet wine portfolio and I am leaving him a 12 page wine portfolio. My tenure at Vino LeFebvre brought me to ProWein Trade Fair in Duesseldorf, Germany as well as traveling to Argentina, Chile and Spain.

This is the end of the Vino LeFebvre Blog. Coming soon will be stories about my new ventures.


Friday, September 16, 2011

Fall arrives, and so do visitors

I love fall! There is always so much activity going on. Wine dinners, wine tastings, visitors arriving from all over the world.
Next Monday 9/19th...Export Manager Carlos Briones and my good friend Fernando Espina, the Wine Maker at Vina Chocalan in the Antonio Valley in Chile, ...are visiting our office in Ft. Wayne. They are only there for a few hours...I wish they had more time and I could introduce Fernando to the wine lovers of Indianapolis.





Tuesday morning ( 9/20th) an old friend of Indianapolis.....Jigar Patel and his wife Stephanie will arrive. Stephanie tended bar at Chumleys in Broadripple for years. Jigar was at Purdue...for years. You will have two opportunities to meet Jigar in Person....Wednesday at TASTINGS at the Conrad hotel, and Thursday at Crown Liquor at 116th/Lantern in Fishers from 6-7, then at Chatham Tap in Fishers for a free tasting of Jigars wines. There will be special discounts available for his wines at Crown's...just give Patty a call at  (317) 288-0145 for details. 


In November we will receive Monsieur Thibault Marronier, the Brand Ambassadors of Vignobles-lesgourgues. Thibault will introduce some of his wines at Tastings on November 2nd (including some his his fantastic Chateau Laubade Armagnac). We shall see some real interesting wines from Bordeaux, Madiran and their properties in Uruguay.


Wednesday Nov 9th we will have Giacomo Vico from Piedmont/Italy in town - another great tasting at TASTINGS that day, than a stunning wine dinner at R-Bistro on Thursday night - I am dying to see the food that Regina and Erin will match with Giacomo's wines.
After many years on non-production, Giacomo finally produced again a BAROLO ....and received 94 Points (!) for his 2006 vintage from the Wine Enthusiast (my heart is in Barolo)

Mr. Luis Garcia from Grupo Matarromerea was just in town. We visited many of our clients and we tasted Emina Verdejo, VALdelosfrailes Tempranillo from DO Cigales (a "Joven" = young, unoaked Tempranillo) and Cyan 12 meses (Crianza 2005) from DO Toro in Spain. Great response....we need to get him back here in the near future and do some more Spanish tastings

This Saturday we will pour many good wines at Cork & Cracker at 62nd/Keystone in Indianapolis from 3-6 pm, then next week (Friday 9/23) I shall be at the Madison Apothecary and introduce many of our wines to the folks down there.


Sunday, September 4, 2011

Wine Dinner at the Story Inn


On September 2,2011  I was invited to host a wine dinner at the Story Inn in Nashville IN.   We decided to feature wines of Giacomo Vico of Piedmont/Italy. 
Chef Erin created a wonderful menu & Rick Hofstaetter, the owner of the Story Inn , was the perfect host. The event was sold out right away.
Menu:
Mussels in white wine with Story Inn lemon basil served with 2010 Roero Arneis, docg.
Gnocchi with porcini mushroom sauce accompanied by Langhe Rosso NV (08 Barbera/07 Nebbiolo blend)
Agnolotti with tomato sauce and fresh roasted heirloom tomatoes was matched with 2009 Langhe Nebbiolo, doc
Brasato al Barolo with creamy polenta had a beautiful bold Barbera d'Alba 2009, doc with it.

Fresh roasted pears drizzled with honey, walnuts and Gorgonzola were served with ice cold BIRBET (sweet low alcoholic Bracchetto)
Giacomo Vico Wines
Getting the wines ready
Rick Hofstaetter with duaghter Anna & Karl S Mann



Please go to the web page of Story Inn or even better, visit the Story Inn and sign up for their newsletter. They host monthly, very interesting wine dinners. Story Inn (their slogan is " one inconvenient location since 1851") is located just south of Brown County State Park near Nashville, IN