Rinascimento Wine Company: November 2012

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

A little love for Cirelli's Anfora Montepulciano . . .

I ran into this woman at the Wine House in Los Angeles by chance. She was asking Lance, the wine buyer if he knew where she could find this "great wine a friend of mine brought to dinner last night" and on her phone was a picture of the Cirelli Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2011 Anfora! Turns out it was out of her usual price range, but she bought it anyway! She was so excited about it that I had to get a video of her for Francesco.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Luigi Baudana winery and vineyards . . . .

I stole these images from the Luigi Baudana website that is still under construction. But the photos are beautiful.

Looking towards Serralunga d'Alba

Baudana Vineyard

Baudana Vineyard from another angle

Baudana Vineyard from the top

Cerretta Vineyard

Look at the arches. I wonder how old this cellar is?

Aging in barrique and botte

In the fermentation part of the cellar

Piemonte Seminar at Osteria Mozza with Giuseppe Vaira

Taylor Parsons of Osteria Mozza doing the honors

Guiseppe in forma

"Let me explain to you how the vineyard is . . . "

The sommeliers getting some education on Piedmont and G.D. Vajra wines.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Eloi Durrbach and Domaine Trevallon . . . video!

The 2009 Trevallon Rouge has just been released and it is wonderful. Watch this video to give you a true feeling of what it is like at this amazing estate in the south of France.

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Every time I open a bottle, I want to be taken on an adventure of the mind. I want to be transported to another place and another time . . . another world.

Every bottle is different. Every bottle is an experience.

I find the producers who make these kinds of wines and I become their partner in bringing this experience to you.

This is no manifesto. This is not marketing jargon in the hopes of selling more wine. Twenty years in the wine business has taught me that it all falls by the wayside after awhile.

I want you to taste what I taste. I want you to experience what I experience and find the joy that is in every bottle.

justin at rinascimentowineco.com
(310) 270-3747

Many of the wines I work with are farmed either organically or biodynamically and are naturally fermented using only native yeasts, but that doesn't mean they are automatically good; the wines are good because of the blood, sweat and tears that are shed by the producers working with nature to make something great.

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