Hello Friends and Wine Lovers!

It’s time, once again, for the Carpe Vinum Event of the Week! This week it’s flights of wine from Southwest France! This is a region featuring country wines in an area nestled between Bordeaux and Languedoc, so imagine the goodness of both of those regions crossed together. . .perhaps with an identity crisis added in. See, the regions are scattered about in that area, so it’s not really a large cohesive land mass like Bordeaux or Languedoc. . .but really those are just borders drawn on a map. All that considered, these regions feature tremendous value for some delicious can’t-find-it-anywhere-else kinds of wines.

Many of these regions have their own native grape varietals that make up the regional blends. Imagine wines with Len de l’El (Gaillac), Petit Manseng (Jurancon), Tannat (Madiran and Cahors), Fer (Marcillac), Negrette (Cotes du Frontonnais), and Malbec (Cahors). Oh, wait. . .we’ve seen Malbec around quite a bit. Okay, so they’re not ALL exotic grapes. I suppose most of the grapes they’ve been blended with are all pretty familiar to us. At any rate, these wines are pretty hard to find, and it’s kinda fun to learn about them this way. Education never tasted so good!

The first two wines are white wines, to go with the newly-returned nice sunny weather. The rest are red to go with. . .um. . .the newly-returned nice sunny weather!

So Friday, June 10th, between 4:30 and 9:00 PM it’s:

Country Wines of Southwest France!
Chateau les Terrasses 2003 Blanc, Gaillac
Chateau Larredya 2003 Sec, Jurancon
Chateau Laffitte-Teston 2001 Reflet du Terroir, Madiran
Domaine Cros 2001 Vielle Vignes, Marcillac
Chateau la Caminade 2002 La Commandery, Cahors

Also Southwest France!!
Bellevue la Foret 2001 Optimum, Cotes du Frontonnais
Domaine Brana 2003 Rouge, Irouleguy

A stellar deal at $10 for the First 5, and $6 for the Extra 2 Premium Pours
Hope to see you here!
Seize the Wine!

Next Friday tasting is The Wines of Italy’s Tuscany!

M