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Monthly Archives: March 2017

Off track France at Aldo’s Bistro

24 Friday Mar 2017

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If you want the taste of fine classic French cuisine in Bangkok, you will need to seek out Chef Herve Frerard. Now settled in at Aldo’s Bistro (Ascott Sathorn) – we hear there are also several new projects in the pipeline – his aim is to offer quality food and wine at decent prices.

Please join us for a tasting of his premium canapes paired with some very interesting grapes from highly regarded producers in far off locales of France. Seats are thb 1,650 net and limited to 16 persons.

The 5 wines served include

Frederic Lornet Cremant de Jura VV Brut
Damien Laureau Savennieres Les Genets
Chateau Maris Brama

Stephane Tissot Trousseau
Domaine des Enfants L’Enfant Perdu

Aldo Off Track wine routes of France

The Naturalists from Antipodes

24 Friday Mar 2017

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adelaide hills, australia, biodynamic, canterbury, Gary Mills, Jamsheed, Jauma, natural wine, new zealand, ochota barrels, organic, patrick sullivan, pyramid valley, william downie, Wine, yarra

The last 10 years have seen many independent growers and winemakers emerge in many of today’s “cool” wine regions including Yarra, Adelaide Hills (Australia) or Canterbury (New Zealand). Most likely, these individuals traveled extensively, worked and tasted with the best winemakers, and scraped their pennies together to either buy or rent vineyards to grow healthy grapes and make soulful wines they believe in. Be it certified organic, biodynamic, or not, these scented wines and balanced wines, often with crunchy fruit from whole cluster fermentation, are delicious to taste today.

Please join us at About Eatery on Saturday April 1st and taste the magnificent wines from James Erskine (Jauma), Gary Mills (Jamsheed), Patrick Sullivan, William Downie, Taras and Amber (Ochota Barrels) and Claudia and Mike Weersing (Pyramid Valley). They are a style one their own, and a world apart from what you find on the shelves.

Limited to 12 seats, each at thb 700. Starts 0530pm. To book email marketing@winegarage.asia

Jauma Thousand Fires
Pyramid Valley Lion’s Tooth Chardonnay
Ochota Barrels Fugazi Grenache

Patrick Sullivan Pinot Noir Amazon
Jamsheed Ma Petite Francine
Bill Downie Petit Verdot

Wine & Tapas at Toro, Bangkok

14 Tuesday Mar 2017

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andalusia, basque country, jumilla, penedes, rueda, sherry, spain, tapas, toro, wine pairing, wines from spain

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Toro is the brainchild of James Beard Award-winner Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette, whose Boston outlet opened in 2005. As the queues got longer and longer, they soon ventured to New York City and since last year also opened in Bangkok. The Barcelona-inspired tapas bar is housed in Courtyard 72, a burgeoning open-plan mall, smack in the middle of bustling Thonglor.

On Wednesday, March 22, Chef Zach Watkins has selected 10 tapas dishes to pair with our wines from Penedes, Rueda, Basque Country, Jumilla, Toro and also Andalusia. The menu including wines is priced at thb 1,500++ per person and can be booked by calling

081 929 6562 or 02 392 7790

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PAELLA DE MAR Y TIERRA (5)
FILETE A LA PLANCHA
PATATAS BRAVAS (1)

Come taste a fresher and more delicate Spain, and discover the changes that happened the past 15 years.

 

Raventos I Blanc Blanc de Blancs, traditional Cava grapes aged 18 months on lees
Basque country makes the ultimate seafood wine from Hondarrabi Zuri
Verdejo can be the next famous white grape from Spain. Belondrade’s unoaked Apolonia

Jumilla’s leading estate is Casa Castillo, making refined Monastrell, Syrah and Garnacha
Alejandro Fernandez’ estate in Toro, late released 2008
Equipo Navazos reawakens the sherry category with superb finds from old cellars

Weingut Rabl, Kamptal

10 Friday Mar 2017

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Austrian wine, Grüner Veltliner, kamptal, muskateller, Riesling, rudi rabl, weingut rabl, wine cellar, wine route, wines of austria

New drinkers of Austrian wines will first come to idolize the likes of Knoll, Tement, Brundlmayer, Pichler, Hirtzberger and few more. Then they might realize that so many more can also create amazing wines, but aren’t as often seen on wine lists in export markets.

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Working in his own term and pace, is perhaps Rudi Rabl’s greatest asset. His wines are rarely rated by international critics, and one does not place his wines in the “bucket list of bottles to buy before we die”. But instead, his are well cemented in the category “wines to enjoy everyday”.

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Rudi farms over 80 hectares, among the varietals planted is a focus  of Riesling, Gruner Veltliner plus Muskateller and few others. He makes classically dry wines and some sweet Auslese, BA and Eiswein, that stun the palate with freshness; a style far more pleasant to drink than the unctuous from further southern Austria regions. His cellar is located in a quite town with no tourists, and his underground cellar is eerie and vast as the Parisian subway during a strike – giving his wines the time and peace to slowly mature.

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We love his wines for their impeccable balance – delicate fruit is wrapped up in a fine acid spine. Each vineyard shows a signature of the underlying soil. We urge you to taste the light and crisp, as well as the structured or sweet, and end up with a mature wine from 2008, which isn’t unlike a well-made White Burgundy.

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