NOLA Wine Merchant

  • 2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant May Newsletter

    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…

  • 2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant April Newsletter

    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…

  • 2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant February Newsletter

    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…

  • 2025 – NOLA Wine Merchant January Newsletter

    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…

  • 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…

  • Behind the Label: Raptor Ridge

    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…

  • 2024 – NOLA Wine Merchant October Newsletter

    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…

  • Bolognese Meat Sauce

    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…

  • Cold Pea Soup

    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

  • Tortellini Soup

    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.…