Well guys... Sorry I'm a little late!!! I've been busy and out of the country for the last 3 weeks. With no cell phone and a very limited internet access, I didn't really followed what happened in the world beside the shitty weather in New-York.
I was, at the opposite, living with an almost permanent air conditioning, the caribbeans are crazy damn hot for the season!!!

Anyway, I'm happy (and sad) to be back in that good old Big Apple. First of all because where I was, the choice for wines we like is limited... I celebrated a big event with a magnum of Morgon Marcel Lapierre 07 and a Riesling Grand Cru 01 from Marcel Deis. Meanwhile, I managed to put my hand on a case of Bandol Tempier Rose 08. I was expecting a case of magnum as well, but the good people from Balthazar took them all!!!

Also arriving after a long wait, the great wines of Eric Pfifferling from Domaine L'Anglore. The amazing cuvee "Pierre Chaude", very fresh, with fruity and black olives tapenade notes, leathery with a spicy and powerful finish. The yummy Tavel, one of the darkest rose out there (with the Rosato from Massa Vecchia), that expresses the strength of the Terroir and the unbelievable spicy, fruity, earthy Comeyre in mags. Located in Tavel, Southern part of the Rhone Vallee, Eric  created his Domaine in 1988 on 7 hectars of gallet-strewn, farming organically, natural yeast, no filtration.

Yet another great winemaker that finally Kermitt Lynch will share with the West coast, Maxime Magnon. After working with winemakers like Jean Foillard (Morgon), Anthelme Selosse (Champagne) and Thierry Lallemand (Cornas), he end up vinifying @ Domaine Maria Fita in the Hautes Corbieres area. Then he manage to put his hands on some vineyards in the same area. The land is very tough to work, produces very low yield but is more affordable. So in 2002, he makes the big step and create Domaine Maxime Magnon.

Nowadays, with 9 sheeps, a donkey and a jersey cow, he works his estate in an all naturl way. We starting with a cuvee called "La Demarrante", 50% carignan and 50% cinsault coming from 30 to 50 year old vines. "La Demarranre" in the Beaujolais means "The last glass before leaving", a fruity, yummy wine to share with friends that makes you move forward... Coming this week!!!

For the Sunday Night Delicacies, we'll Spare you some Ribs... what about that!!!