NOLA Wine Merchant
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Thanksgiving Seletions
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…