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Dessert Wines For The Holidays


Please enjoy a 10% discount off select items below!

 

To place an order, please phone us at 510-234-3876, or send your requests to: 

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Sauternes

2001 Broustet…18 bottles @ $43 per bottle  

2005 Caillou…72 bottles @ $32 per bottle

2005 Caillou (half bottles)…72 bottles @ $16 per bottle

2003 Climens…66 bottles @ $80 per bottle

2005 Climens…24 bottles @ $115 per bottle

2005 Climens…48 bottles @ $59 per bottle

1995 Coutet (half bottles)…24 bottles @ $25 per bottle

2001 Coutet…142 bottles @ $52 per bottle

2003 Coutet…48 bottles @ $54 per bottle

1988 Doisy Daene…24 bottles @ $86 per bottle

2005 Doisy Daene (half bottles)…48 bottles @ $23 per bottle

1988 Filhot…8 bottles @ $70 per bottle

2001 Filhot (half bottles)…48 bottles @ $27 per bottle

1983 Gilette – Crème de Tete (half bottles)…24 bottles @ $89 per bottle

1983 Gilette – Crème de Tete…48 bottles @ $179 per bottle

1990 Rieussec…60 bottles @ $97 per bottle

2003 Rieussec (half bottles)…166 bottles @ 31 per bottle

2003 Rieussec…95 bottles @ $61 per bottle

2005 Rieussec (half bottles)…72 bottles @ $40 per bottle

2005 Rieussec…96 bottles @ $79 per bottle

1988 Suduiraut (half bottles)…41 bottles @ $43 per bottle

1988 Suduiraut…95 bottles @ $72 per bottle

2003 Suduiraut (half bottles)…200 bottles @ $34 per bottle

2003 Suduiraut…24 bottles @ $68 per bottle

1990 Yquem…6 bottles @ $450 per bottle

2003 Yquem (half bottles)…16 bottles @ $133 per bottle

2003 Yquem…22 bottles @ $266 per bottle

 

Tokaji

1993 Pajzos Aszu 5 Puttonyos (half liter)…12 bottles @ $45 per bottle

1993 Aszu Essencia (half liter)…24 bottles @ $50 per bottle

2004 Aszu 3 Puttonyos (half liter) 48 bottles @ $22 per bottle

2000 Diznoko Azu 4 Puttonyos (half liter)…24 bottles @ $50 per bottle

 

Port

1963 Cockburn…66 bottles @ $126 per bottle

1985 Cockburn…141 bottles @ $47 per bottle

1985 Dow…95 bottles @ $64 per bottle

2000 Dow…69 bottles @ $64 per bottle

1983 Fonseca…60 bottles @ $81 per bottle

1985 Fonseca…60 bottles @ $86 per bottle

NV Fonseca White Port…8 bottles @ $34 per bottle

1975 Graham…100 bottles @ $68 per bottle

1983 Graham…60 bottles @ $64 per bottle

1985 Graham…60 bottles @ $81 per bottle

2000 Graham (half bottles)…50 bottles @ $43 per bottle

2003 Graham…46 bottles @ $70 per bottle

1963 Offley Boa Vista…28 bottles @ $115 per bottle

1994 Offley Boa Vista…60 bottles @ $56 per bottle

1983 Robertson (half bottles)…45 bottles @ $34 per bottle

1977 Sandeman…60 bottles @ $81 per bottle

1985 Sandeman…24 bottles @ $61 per bottle

1975 Taylor…35 bottles @ $112 per bottle

1977 Taylor…60 bottles @ $144 per bottle

1983 Taylor…29 bottles @ $98 per bottle

1985 Taylor…85 bottles @ $73 per bottle

1977 Warre…60 bottles @ $112 per bottle

1983 Warre…36 bottles @ $86 per bottle

1985 Warre…60 bottles @ $81 per bottle

2000 Warre…36 bottles @ $34 per bottle

 

 Madeira

1959 Blandy Malmsey…12 bottles @ $324 per bottle

1964 Blandy Malmsey…10 bottles @ $169 per bottle

1968 D Oliveiras Boal…30 bottles @ $151 per bottle

 

Italy

1962 Bertani Amarone…6 bottles @ $306 per bottle

1990 Bussola Tommaso Amarone (half liter)…8 bottles @ $61 per bottle

1971 Quintarelli Recioto…3 bottles @ $1080 per bottle

1974 Quintarelli Recioto…1 bottles @ $792 per bottle

1993 Quintarelli Recioto…6 bottles @ $338 per bottle

1997 Quintarelli Recioto…4 bottles @ $342 per bottle

1990 Quintarelli Recioto Riserva…5 bottles @ $612 per bottle

1983 Santi Amarone Recioto…13 bottles @ $169 per bottle

 

Germany

2001 Breuer G Rauenthal - Nonnenberg - Auslese Goldkap…60 bottles @ $52 per bottle

2001 Breuer G Rudesheim - Bischofsberg – Auslese…36 bottles @ $40 per bottle

2001 Breuer G Rudesh. - Berg Schloss. - Auslese Goldkap…20 bottles @ $43 per bottle

2001 Haag Fritz – Braunerb. Juffer-Sonnenuhr – Auslese…40 bottles @ $52 per bottle

2003 Haag Fritz – Braunerb. Juffer-Sonnenuhr – Auslese…48 bottles @ $38 per bottle

2005 Haag Fritz – Braunerb. Juffer-Sonnenuhr – Auslese…48 bottles @ $45 per bottle

2003 Hexamer Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg – Spatlese…36 bottles @ $27 per bottle

2001 Prum JJ Wehlener Sonnennuhr – Auslese…151 bottles @ $70 per bottle

2003 Prum JJ Wehlener Sonnenuhr – Auslese…48 bottles @ $41 per bottle

2005 Prum JJ Wehlener Sonnenuhr – Auslese…70 bottles @ $61 per bottle

2001 Prum JJ Wehlener Sonnenuhr – Spatlese…70 bottles @ $50 per bottle

2005 Prum JJ Wehlener Sonnenuhr – Spatlese…60 bottles @ $50 per bottle

2005 Prum JJ Wehlener Sonn. – Spatlese (half bottles) …60 bottles @ $25 per bottle

2001 Von Schubert - Maximin Grunh. - Abtsberg Auslese…50 bottles @ $61 per bottle

2005 Dr. Loosen Ürziger Würz. Beerenausl. (half bottles) …6 bottles @ $79 per bottle

2005 Barth Hans Hattenh. Schützen. Beerenauslese…6 bottles @ $68 per bottle

 

Alsace

2003 Weinbach Cuvee Theo Riesling…12 bottles @ $29 per bottle

2005 Weinbach Cuvee Theo Riesling (half bottles) …24 bottles @ $20 per bottle

2003 Weinbach Cuvee St. Catherine Riesling…24 bottles @ $38 per bottle

2003 Weinbach Cuvee St. Catherine Pinot Gris…24 bottles @ $41 per bottle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dessert Wines for the Holidays!

Most wine enthusiasts would agree that there is no better time to enjoy dessert wines than the holidays. Either with a holiday meal, an accompaniment to a home-made dessert or around a roaring fire with family and friends. Fortunately, there is a wide selection of dessert wines to chose from. Examples of these wines are the Alsacian and German Rieslings, French Sauternes, German Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese , Hungarian Tokaji, Ice wine (Eiswein), Recioto della Valpolicella, Madeira and Port. The traditional methods for making these wines has been refined over centuries giving wine drinkers a panoply of tastes and styles that are unparalleled. A brief description of these wine making styles is offered here.

Wine makers who wish to produce naturally sweet dessert wines have to produce their sugar in the vineyard. Some grape varieties, such as Riesling, Muscat and Huxelrebe produce more residual sugar than other varieties. Pruning to expose the young grapes to the sun and green harvesting, which reduces the number of bunches on a vine, can increase sugar production. The Germans and Alsacians rely heavy on the Riesling grape, because is it produces both high residual sugar and high organic acid, giving the wines balance and charm.
Some of the most famous dessert wines are made from grapes manifesting Botrytis cinerea, a mold that attacks the grapes late in the harvest. This favorable condition, called the noble rot, allows water to escape from the skin. It can often revert to a destructive "grey rot" condition, if the grapes become too damp. Thus, each harvest is unique, accounting for the wide variability in the quality of these wines.  Examples of wines that rely on the noble rot are French Sauternes, the German  Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese, Amarone Recioto della Valpolicella and Hungarian Tokaji.

Amarone Recioto della Valpolicella is made in a style laid down by the Romans as early as the 5th century B.C near Verona. The grapes chosen for Amarone Recioto are harvested toward the end of September and spread out on gratticci or straw mats, which are stacked and stored in well ventilated attics or solaio. This allows the moisture in the grapes to evaporate, concentrating the sugars and the extract. During this appassimento period, the grape clusters are turned and culled where various degrees of botrytis are encouraged. More than two-thirds of the grape’s volume is lost to evaporation, which explains the limited production and rarity of these profound wines.

The dessert wines of Portugal, specifically Port and Madeira, have an interesting wine making history that developed during the days of North American exploration. It was discovered that the addition of grape brandy to the must during fermentation, a process called fortification, made them more sea worthy. The high residual sugar and alcohol content was an obvious boon to the longevity and popularity of these wine,  which persists to this day.
We have set aside a special list of dessert wines for the holiday season, many of which have not been offered previously. We are also offering these wines at a special holiday discount of 10%. which is in effect until the end of the year.  Best wishes for the holidays and the up coming New Year!

EWR
November 2009