NOLA Wine Merchant
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2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant November Newsletter
UPCOMING EVENTS November 21 & 22Annual Tasting of our Thanksgiving Wine Selections November 28Last 2025 Distributor Reduction Sale List Emailed Thursday, December 4 Right Place, Wrong Wine(?) Class RESERVE YOUR SPOT >>> THANKSGIVING WINE PICKS TASTINGMark Your Calendar! Friday & Saturday, November 21st and 22nd Our Thanksgiving wine picks are finalized and in stock, including…
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2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant October Newsletter
UPCOMING EVENTSThursday, October 16Muscadet Tasting Thursday, October 23Gevrey-Chambertin Class November 22 & 23Tasting Thanksgiving Wines RESERVE YOUR SPOT >>> A QUIET TRADITION CONTINUESWelcome to Fall! It looks like we’ll see some lows into the 60s by the weekend and that means it’s finally time to celebrate by opening only red wines this Friday and Saturday…
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2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant September Newsletter
UPCOMING EVENTSThursday, September 25Not the Usual Suspects – A White Wine Tasting Thursday, October 2Rhône and Languedoc Reds Tasting RESERVE YOUR SPOT >>> Highlights from our Shelves – new wines and favorites that are back Quinta de Curvos Vinho Verde 2024is back on our shelf (and in the fridge!). This is minerally and complex rather…
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2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant August Newsletter
UPCOMING EVENTSThursday, August 14White Burgundy Tour Under $40Thursday, August 21Red Burgundy Tour Under $40Thursday, September 4Exploring Riesling TastingRESERVE YOUR SPOT >>>A few times a year we review the depth and breadth of our selections. We like to share a few of the counts because no matter how often we access them, we always find them…
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2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant June Newsletter
UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday, Friday & SaturdayJUNE 12, 13 &14Bargain Bonanza!free event Thursday, Friday & SaturdayJune 19, 20 & 21Carnival of Rosésfree event BARGAIN BONANZA! –a closeout eventThursday, Friday and SaturdayJune 12th-14th While others have been running down their inventory for the slower summer months, we have been buying! We have more than 30 wines to…
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2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant May Newsletter
UPCOMING EVENTS Wednesday, May 21Jessica’s Spring/Summer Tasting Wednesday, May 28Domaine Hüet Vouvray Class Wednesday, June 4Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Class Thursday, Friday & SaturdayJune 19, 20 & 21Carnival of Rosés SIPS OF LATE SPRING & SUMMERWednesday May 21st – 4:30-6:30 $35 per person Savor late spring and summer with a wine tasting built for…
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2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant April Newsletter
NEWS FROM THE SHOPGeoff Worden explains how tariffs will affect our pricing Monday, April 14Mary Taylor Road Show Event at Audubon Zoo SOLD OUT! Exciting New Selections in Stock The tariffs are going to hurt. They are going to be painful for consumers and many businesses for some time to come. As all of you are…
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2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant February Newsletter
Upcoming Wine Tastings:Free Event!Thursday, February 13MISA Imports Tasting Save the DateMonday, April 14Mary Taylor Road Show MISA Imports TastingThursday, February 134:00-6:30pmThis is a free event. Registration is not required, unless you want us to send you a reminder. Although Carole Decouard will be unable to join us, we have rescheduled the free tasting of French wines…
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2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant January Newsletter
Upcoming Wine Tastings Tasting Treasure HuntCloseout Event (2 weekends!) January 16-18January 23-25 MISA Imports Portfolio Tasting – Wednesday, January 22 Ain’t Dere No MoreRed Bordeaux Tasting – Thursday, February 6 We are easing into January with a bit more excitement than usual. We went on a buying spree in December, picking up a wide assortment of…
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Thanksgiving Selections
The selections are chosen to pair with traditional Thanksgiving food. If you’re bucking the system we can also help you pair whatever you’re cooking with some great wines and we have many more options if you want less expensive wines or if you want to blow the budget! All of these wines will be open…
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Behind the Label: Raptor Ridge
When we reached out to Oregon winery Raptor Ridge to learn more about their bottle label designs, we received a wonderful response from Annie Shull. The label story from the winery… When Scott Shull founded the winery, he had previously owned a truck farm producing organic veggies, herbs and honey. He playfully named his honey after the…
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2024 – NOLA Wine Merchant October Newsletter
View this email in your browser MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Upcoming Wine Tastings-October 24, 4:30-6:30 – A Wine Tour of Spain-November 13, 4:30-6:30 – Taste with the Winemaker from Et Fille-November 7th & 14th, 4:30-6:30 – Burgundy 101 – A Two Part Tour of Burgundy!In the fall we always have much excitement and many changes happening…
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Bolognese Meat Sauce
Suggested Pairing: Angelo Negro Prachioso, Roero DOCG 2019 Good Bolognese always takes time and this is a minimum three hour cook plus some prep work but it only requires some occasional stirring once it’s really underway so you can be doing other things while it cooks. We tried a few wines that certainly got along…
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Cold Pea Soup
Suggested Pairing: Domaine de Fontsaint Gris de Gris 2023 Cold Pea Soup From Mark Bittman’s ‘The Minimalist’ Column in the New York Times Yield 4 servings, Time 30 minutes, plus chilling Ingredients Method
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Tortellini Soup
Suggested Wine Pairing: Rodaro Friulano, Friuli Colli Orientali 2022 Adapted from Lidey Heuck’s recipe published in the New York Times Yield: 4 to 6 servings -1 lb. Italian sausage-2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil-1 yellow onion, chopped (1½ cups)-1 large carrot, diced (1 cup)-2 celery ribs, diced (1 cup)-4 garlic cloves, minced (2 tbsp.)-Either 2 tsp.…
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Shrimp & Linguiça with Riccia Pasta
Suggested Pairing: Jean Collet Mont de Milieu 2020 Red cherry or sun gold tomatoes make a lightning-quick “sauce” with tender shrimp and subtly spicy sausage to top the pasta. Ingredients:8 oz dry Riccia or Fettuccine6 oz linguica or Spanish chorizo 1/2-inch thick2 tbs olive oil1/4 cup minced shallots1 tbs minced fresh garlic1 tsp red pepper…
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Bobotie – South African Lamb Casserole
Suggested Pairing: Rainbow’s End Cabernet Franc, Stellenbosch 2022 Prep time: 2 hours (30 minutes active) – Serves: 8-10Adapted from a recipe from www.30minutedinnerparty.com We served ours with South African Yellow Rice, and a couple of homemade Sambals (spicy vegetable relishes). Yum! Ingredients 16-20 oz. ground lamb 1 large onion 2 cloves of garlic 1 slice…
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2024 – NOLA Wine Merchant September Newsletter
SEPTEMBER 2024 NEWS Wine Tastings & ClassesSeptember 19, 4:30-6:30 – Value Wines of Northwest ItalySeptember 25, 6:00-7:30 – Chablis Premier Cru, Right Bank vs. Left BankOctober 9, 6:00-7:30 – Savigny-lés Beaune & Nuits-Saint-Georges Terroir New ArrivalsHippolyte Reverdy Sancerre Rosé 2023 Quenard Chignin Gamay, Savoie 2021Lapierre & Foillard Beaujolais Featured WineBaron de Ladoucette Les Deux Tours Sauvignon Blanc, Touraine 2022 PIEDMONT…
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D.O. Campo de Borja Garnacha 2018, 2020, 2023
We have a unique opportunity for our customers this month, and a great way to keep wine drinking interesting. Wines are living, breathing things, and they change over time, developing, maturing, softening, etc…, and there’s no better way to experience this than through a vertical tasting. A vertical tasting compares a number of wines from…
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Our Wine Pick for your 2024 Olympic Watch Party
Champagne Collet Brut Art Deco Premier Cru This winery was founded in 1921 and while we can’t verify this, it’s quite possible that their first release was in the same year that Paris last hosted the Olympic Games! (1924) What we can verify is that the champagne is delicious, and a great value! It carries…
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2024 – NOLA Wine Merchant July Newsletter
Wine Tasting: Summertime Porch PoundersThursday, July 254:30-6:30 $27 per person – 20 spots available Call 504-227-3888 or sign up online! It’s July in New Orleans, and we all know it’s going to be hot and sticky! To help you beat the heat, we recently changed a display rack in the store to hold six refreshing whites (and all…
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Château Bernadotte Haut-Médoc 2016
We are always on the lookout for a great value Bordeaux to put on our shelves, particularly as it seems that we can never keep one in for long before all the bottles tick out the door! This new Haut-Médoc from Château Bernadotte decidedly delivers great value – the vineyards are in Le Fournas, just…
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2024 – NOLA Wine Merchant June Newsletter
JUNE 2024 NEWSCarnival of RosésJune 13th – 15th Sparkling Cocktail ClassJune 23rd Featured WinesJean Collet & Fils ChablisSix-Pack of Red Wines Perfect for Grilling Carnival of RosésJune 13th – 15thThursday – SaturdayThree Days of Free Tastings!Our annual Carnival of Rosés will happen this year on June 13th, 14th and 15th (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) so…
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2024 – NOLA Wine Merchant April Newsletter
APRIL 2024 NEWS Upcoming Tasting Events – May 8th & 9th Upcoming Classes – May 15th & 23rd New Website Features: Custom Cases & Online Event Signup Featured Wines Questions? 504-227-3888nolawinemerchant@gmail.com TASTING EVENTSOur tasting events are informal and are not seated. Reserve your spot and join us during the appointed times up to 30 minutes before the event ends,…
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2024 -NOLA Wine Merchant March Newsletter
TASTING EVENTS Cru Beaujolais, specific sites that have consistently produced distinct wines, will be featured in two tastings one week apart. We will taste seven of the ten Crus during those events. If you’re already a fan of Beaujolais, we have lots of new additions to show you; if you’re unfamiliar with the wines, these…
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2024 – NOLA Wine Merchant February Newsletter
POST-MARDI GRAS 2024 NEWS -Oddero Barolo Class-White “Bargaindy” Tasting-Fish Fry Wines-New Arrivals TASTING EVENTS With the quiet of January and the madness of an early Mardi Gras behind us, we will be resuming tasting events! Keep an eye out for a pair of Beaujolais tastings down the line, but for March, this is the slate: Wine…
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2024 – NOLA Wine Merchant January Newsletter
JANUARY 2024 NEWSLouis Jadot Blanc TastingWhat to Do With Vintage Variation?In with the New and Out with the OldMardi Gras Hours Wine Tasting: Louis Jadot Blanc 2021Tuesday February 1st, 4:30-6:30pm – $70 In the slim gap between the end of Dry January and the peak of the Uptown parade season, we are going to be hosting…
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Happy Cab Franc Day!
Written by AJ Maroney Despite its name (and most famous appellations), Cabernet Franc is actually not from France originally! It migrated in from Basque Country on the other side of the Pyrenees Mountains and set up shop in Bordeaux and the Loire Valley. The best known examples of Cab Franc are from the Loire, where…