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.