2020 Bordeaux: An Incredibly Exciting Vintage!
Thursday, September 21st, 6:30pm | In-Person Tasting
Thanks to our leadership in the Bordeaux market, we’re thrilled to offer this great tasting opportunity, with over 40 Bordeaux estates represented. The line-up is truly wonderful and includes Château Palmer and Giscours from Margaux; Château Pontet-Canet and Lynch Bages from Pauillac; Domaine de Chevalier from Pessac-Léognan, Château Calon Ségur from Saint-Estèphe; Château Léoville Poyferré and Gloria from Saint Julien; and Château Angelus and Beauséjour-Bécot from Saint-Émilion. Antonio Galloni of Vinous comments, “2020 is an incredibly exciting vintage, by far the most consistent in Bordeaux’s trilogy spanning 2018 through 2020. It is a year brimming with phenomenal wines at all levels.” And, we’ll have special Bordeaux guests on hand to answer questions – Clement Puech from Château Angelus, and Victoire Girard, from the Bordeaux Négociant House of CVBG.
2020 Bordeaux: An Incredibly Exciting Vintage! Wine Tasting at Ann Arbor North Campus
Thursday, September 21st, 6:30pm l In-Person Tasting at Plum Market Ann Arbor North Campus 3601 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Limited Tickets Available | Register Online
Tickets $40
Thanks to our leadership in the Bordeaux market, we’re thrilled to offer this great tasting opportunity, with 25 Bordeaux estates represented. The line-up is wonderful and includes Alter Ego de Palmer and Château Durfort-Vivens from Margaux; Château Pontet-Canet and Lynch Bages from Pauillac; Domaine de Chevalier from Pessac-Léognan; Château Calon Ségur from Saint-Estèphe; Croix de Beaucaillou from Saint-Julien; and Couvent des Jacobins from Saint-Émilion, from the 2010 vintage, a very special treat! Antonio Galloni of Vinous comments, “2020 is an incredibly exciting vintage, by far the most consistent in Bordeaux’s trilogy spanning 2018 through 2020. It is a year brimming with phenomenal wines at all levels, from the big names down to bottles the average consumer can still afford to purchase by the case.” Don’t miss the advantage of special event pricing, for one night only! Please know that attendance will be limited to 40 guests.
Natural, Non-Interventionist Wines: Louis/Dressner Selections
Thursday, October 5th, 6:30pm l In-Person Tasting at Plum Market Ann Arbor North Campus 3601 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Limited Tickets Available | Register Online
Tickets $25
Louis/Dressner Selections are synonymous with eclectic, terroir driven, natural wines. The company was founded in 1988 by Denyse Louis, a Burgundian, and Joe Dressner, a New Yorker, who met and married as graduate students at NYU. Alongside the work of Kermit Lynch and Neil Rosenthal, the Dressners created their company with “vignerons independents”, small producer/farmers, during the height of 80’s mass consumerism. Today, their portfolio includes over 100 vignerons hailing from France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia and Chile. “We have no brands. We do have a group of often fanatical growers, making their wines with honesty, passion and humor.” The Dressner priorities include key elements of viticultural and winemaking: low yields, no herbicides, hand-harvesting, no lab-cultured yeasts, no filtration, little if any use of SO2 and new oak. We’ll taste around 12 wines – Gamay, Sancerre and Muscadet from the Loire Valley, Macon and Côte de Brouilly from Burgundy, Minervois & Côtes Catalanes from southern France, Negroamaro from Puglia, sparkling wine from Sicily, and Tawny Port. As eclectic as it gets!
