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JUNE EVENTS WITH GOLDEN VINES:
June 6 Fri – Heritage Wines – Ft Greene, Brooklyn
June 13 Fri – Sea Grape Wines – West Village, Manhattan
- Post Wines – Larchmont
June 14 Sat – The Wine Stop – Scarsdale
- Vine and Co – Bedford Hills
June 27 Fri – Wine Gems – Bronxville
Friday May 30th at Wine Gems in Bronxville you will get another chance to taste some selections from our growing portfolio. David Calkins runs a cool little shop that like us, is new and growing. He personally curates every bottle selected and is hands on. No wine pretension offered here, David is one friendly guy!
Come join us and see for yourself.
We are pretty much half way through Spring. Yes, it was literally snowing and 36 degrees in New York just a couple weeks back, but all that is behind us now. Heck, the rest of the week will be rainy and in the 60s AH! New York!
If the weather keeps getting you down and you have no plans on moving to Florida anytime soon – may we suggest the following tastings to pick up your spirits:
5/9 On Friday we are in Brooklyn at Gowanus wine merchants from 5-8
5/10 The next day it’s up to northern Westchester as we taste at Dylan’s Wine Cellar in Peekskill, NY from 2-5
5/15 We have a great Thursday tasting at Shawn Fine Wine in Park Slope, Brooklyn from 5-8
5/17 A couple days later, on Satruday, we are back in Westchester where we will be pouring at Larchmont Wine from 12-3
5/29th The icing on the cake: to finish off the month we have an awesome wine dinner at Gleason’s in Peekskill, NY: 4 carefully prepared courses plus a fantastic dessert all paired with a different wine from our portfolio. Please e-mail info@Golden-vines.com for more information and to book your seat!
Please stop in to our upcoming tastings this week.
On Thursday 3/27 we’ll pour at Nolita Wine Marchants located at 227 Mulberry St. in Manhattan. Friday 3/28 we’ll be back in Manhattan but this time at Martin Brothers Wine and Spirits located at 2781 Broadway. Then on Saturday 3/29 we’ll be in Westchester at Larchmont Wine and Spirits which is located at 1945 Palmer Road in Larchmont. Please stop in say hello and taste some great wines.
Although we love wines from all regions; Anthony and Ben jokingly compete to see which country has better wines France or Italy. However, one thing is universally true; Ben and Anthony and almost everyone in the wine world can agree: Italian wines are food wines. More than any other country Italian wines go very well with food.
Why is it so? Italian wines, historically, have been made to go with food. One would not think of having a delicious Italian dinner and not drinking a glass of wine. Italian wines *generally have a lot less new oak than wines from the USA and even France. This most likely explains why butter is to the French what Olive oil is to Italians. The other reason is acidity. When pairing wine with food the most important element that a wine must have is acidity and since Italian reds typically have great, crisp acidity they will compliment the Italian food and not overwhelm it. There are plenty of Italian whites that also have great acidity like our great Sauvignon from the Veneto, but there are also whites than can be described as nutty, bitter and even a touch spicy -like our Greco di Tufo, making the white almost chewy, complex and an excellent compliment to food.
We could go on, but why not just join us in Peekskill on THIS Saturday the 15th to see for yourself. Join Golden Vines as we co-host a wine dinner with Steven Zwick of Dylan’s Wine Cellar at Taormina restaurant in Peekskill. Each course will be paired with an artisanal wine from the Golden Vines portfolio and a brief discussion will follow each course
For reservations call Taormina @ 914-739-4007
We hope to see you there!
Please hurry as space is limited
We are excited to announce that on Saturday 3/8/14 from 3-6pm Marco and Andrea Anselmi of the Montemercurio estate in Montepulciano, Tuscany will be pouring wine at Tarry Wines in Port Chester. What is most exciting is that Marco and Andrea will be showing for the first time their latest vintage of their Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2008 to a US audience. The brothers Anselmi will also pour a taste of our most recent acquisition, Rosso di Montepulciano ‘Petaso’ 2010 [due in May]. All of these wines are pre arrival so you can purchase and reserve them now at Tarry Wines but the wines are not due to hit the market until later this month/early April [Italian time, that is!!]. We sold out of the Vino Nobile quite quickly in 2013 so grab this wine before it is gone and we’d bet that the price will go up later in 2014.
The Montemercurio estate also produces that blockbuster bottle of Tedicciolo that we championed for it’s amazing price to quality.
Tarry Wines 175 North Main Street, Port Chester, NY 10573
Please join us this evening for a free wine tasting at Wine Gems; located at 495 New Rochelle Road, in Bronxville, NY. We will be pouring some gems from Italy and France from 5.30-7.30.. Hope to see you there!
Thursday 2/20/12 Golden Vines will be pouring wine @ Dandelion Wine – Greenpoint, BK 6-9 PM
February 17th, 2014
Ben
Please join us this Thursday as we pour wines from France and Italy at one of our favorite wine shops - Dandelion Wine located at 153 Franklin street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
We try to tell everyone how important the importer is — turn over the bottle and look to see who is brining that wine in, we often say. If it’s a quality importer like Golden Vines even if you have never tried the wine before you can rest-assured the wine inside is good.
But hélas that is just an importer’s opinion. In reality, the easiest way to find a good wine is to simply shop at a great wine shop. A great wine shop provides first and foremost a great selection of wine, a knowledgeable staff, and a comfortable no-pressue, no pretension environment. Dandelion wine is truly a great wine store.
The buyers there taste wines from hundreds of importers and pick the best ones. Although all the wines in our portfolio are great Dandelion really carries some gems, some of our personal favorites – the best of the best if you will. Please join us this Thursday 6-9pm as we open some great, limited-production artisanal wine.
We hope to see you there!
Benjamin and Anthony
We did it!!! We finished 2013 with our highest month of sales since our wines arrived in mid May. Thank you to all of our partners and fans.
We hope that you continue to join us on our journey and we wish you all good things in 2014.
Saturday 12/21 we will be in Peekskill at Dylan’s Wine Cellar and not Tarry Wines – please update your calendar.