News From Last Night's Great Event

A thanks to all who made last night's Wine event (9-24-2009 Going For The Gold- Fun With Wine's Prospector's Party) a rousing success. And for those of you who missed it, here are some of the highlights- hope to see you soon. One of the unexpected bonuses occurred when I (Joe Sears) was able to bring 2 new wines which have just made their way to New York. I just began working for Lions Wines- a relatively new, small boutique wine distributor here in the city. The first of 2 Rose wines, the 2008 Bertaud Belieu Cuvee Prestige was a light, elegant Provence blend with fresh fruit and limestone aromatics. Nice balance and character which lingered on the palate. The second wine was the 2007 Domaine Tropez "Black" Rose (distinctive, sexy black bottle)- deeper salmon color, a complex, perfumed nose with a great mouth feel comprised of various fruit and spice components. Well balanced and classy, this wine is made from 5 different Provence varietals (Grenache, Cinsault, Tibouren, Rolle, and Syrah). For those of you who inquired about these wines- please ask your favorite wine store for them. If they do not carry them, please ask your wine store to contact me (joe@funwithwine.com) to obtain the wines. If anyone has any questions about these or other wines from the event, please email me and I will try to help out. We will add more recaps to this post over the next few days.