STERLING Vineyards' Mendocino County northern California " organic " Sauvignon Blanc, STELLINA Italian Veneto N.V. Prosecco , Western Australian's dry white 2008 Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon Blanc Margaret River blend from CAPE MENTELLE and EDNA VALLEY Vineyard's CA. Pinot Noir 2007 were all tasted to me and Chris Barker the other day here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits by Pinnacle House's Eric Platt and his new assistant and our new wine rep Kelly Bigel.
It was good to revisit all of these three wines which we have sold before except for the organic STERLING VINEYARD'S Sauvignon Blanc which now comes with an attachment ( is it a reusable tote bag? I believe that it is ) that you will see hanging in it's thin, flat box and hanging on the bottle's neck.
WE also tasted the EDNA VALLEY 2007 CA. dry Pinot Noir and this bottle seemed clearly off to me and I asked for another bottle to retry. Kelly has since brought another bottle for Chris Barker for me to taste at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits ( 3423 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 20008 Tel:202-363-4265 sales@clevelandparkwine.com www.clevelandparkwine.com ) and it was the wine that I expected, balanced, with some bottle age and maturity and an excellent medium-bodied dry, bit pithy and earthy Pinot Noir that will shine when paired with a meal now. I will buy it again for our store as it has done very well in the past for us. Kelly will come to the store and taste these with our customers sometime soon I hope. That will be a good tasting.
I liked all of the wines except for this EDNA VALLEY Pinot Noir 2007 ( check my recent blog about this here to read more about that ) and I know that in the coming months that we will work with all of them depending on what we need most at any given point and time. I do like selling organic wines and this Sauvignon Blanc from Mendocino County in northern California is showing really well now and is balanced and refreshing and in no way heavy or too oaky. I like it : so does Chris.
I liked the sparkling Prosecco and we will talk to both Eric and Kelly and see what we can do as it has a nice package and a very smooth and pleasing soft touch and flavors.
However s you scroll down you will see that the rest of this blog is about my artsy photos of Kelly and the bottles that she held for me to show off different elements of the wines, their colors, of the bottles and their labels and of course of the beautiful Kelly as well.
Enjoy these pictures for the way I have constructed them quickly and how the various elements play off one another. I hope you find it all pleasing and stimulating and that it makes you want to go out and take some of your own photographs, find these wines and someone to share them with?!? Cheers, TONY
P.S. It's now Sunday afternoon here at home on July 18th, 2010 at 3:29 PM on a hot, sunny, still humid day.
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