NOLA Wine Merchant
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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…