Cru Beaujolais, why Gamay needs to be your new Pinot Noir

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anne sophie dubois, Bangkok, beaujolais, beaujolais nouveau, burgundy, cru, la soeur cadette, richard rottiers, thyme eatery, tue boeuf

We think its time to share the excitement for wines coming from southern Burgundy, and make Gamay your next Pinot Noir! There is simply no better value in the market right now for fine wines. Join us and 3 other importers at this tasting, which also falls on the kick off date for Beaujolais Nouveau campaign 2019. That’s on Nov 21st! To book please call Thyme Eatery Tel 02 678 133

Come taste wines from young and dynamic growers, and also the older established families that are farming Gamay and Chardonnay organically and capturing a lot of space of wine lists around the world. These are delicious wines that will surely capture your heart.

We will be sampling the following 5 wines La Souer Cadette, a Bourgogne Blanc from Macon and their Julienas, then Richard Rottiers’ Moulin A Vent, Anne Sophie Dubois’ Fleurie plus from the Touraine also Clos du Tue Boeuf La Butte, a Gamay grown in the Loire.

Other names present this evening include Bret Brothers, Domaine Lafarge, Thibault Liger Belair, Deux Montille, La Soufrandiere, Terres Dorees, Domaine de Fa, and Jean Foillard.

Tickets are Thb 1,000 and include a food voucher for Thb 500 to be used the same evening. Taste 20 wines or order any at special thb 200 by the glass

 

Rajat Parr in Bangkok

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Bangkok, California, central coast, domaine de la cote, evening land vineyards, oregon, quince, rajat parr, sandhi wines, siri house, united states

We have been working with Raj and his wines since 2015. Initially only Sandhi Wines, then Evening Lands from Oregon and lastly also with the Pinot Noir specialist Domaine de la Cote. Each year, we grab the tiny allocation for Thailand, and are pleased to present them to you with the winemaker, communicator,  author and sommelier in tow.

If you are a wine buff, you might know Raj from the Netflix documentary #somm. But his efforts was really to push a new style of Californian wines by helping set up IN SEARCH OF BALANCE, a small collection of artisan-grown wineries, that believed in “the more subtle, nuanced wines” of the Golden State. Now ceased to exist. But his efforts continue in the vineyards around Santa Barbara.

Join as at Siri House in Soi Somkid, where Raj will be happy to meet and share his knowledge, love & passion of wine. To book please call 094 868 2639

Talk  & Tasting 7pm to 8pm at Jacqueline

At Jacqueline, a bar located on the 2^nd floor of Siri House, Raj will discuss excerpts from his latest book “Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste” and also taste 3 of his current releases including Sandhi Wine from the Central Coast and Evening Land Vineyards in Oregon.

Sandhi Wine Chardonnay Santa Rita 2015, Central Coast

Sandhi Wine Pinot Noir Santa Rita 2016, Central Coast

Evening Land Vineyards Pinot Noir Seven Springs 2015, Oregon

Seats are Thb 1,000 net for snacks and a taste of 3 wines. Limited to 30 persons.

Dinner reservation at Quince from 630pm onwards

Chef Charlie will prepare a 4-course menu with choices for thb 1,500++. The wine pairing for 4 glasses of the very special bottlings is thb 1,800++

In the 2018 article BEYOND BURGUNDY by Jancis Robinson MW, she mentions “It is no longer the case that the Côte d’Or has a monopoly on fine Pinot production. A new documentary film called SOMM3* (in which I was invited to participate), includes the story of the Judgment of Paris, the 1976 blind tasting of Californian and French wines whose results upturned the assumptions of the global wine trade. In the denouement of the new film, Fred Dame, a leading American Master Sommelier, along with Steven Spurrier, the veteran British wine writer and instigator of the 1976 tasting, and I taste two very smart burgundies and a Pinot Noir from southern California blind. Spoiler alert: my preferred wine was the American, a Domaine de la Côte from Sta. Rita Hills.”

Tables can be booked at individual times. We hope to meet you there.

Domaine des Enfants, Cotes Catalanes

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Bangkok, cocotte bangkok, cotes catalanes, domaine des enfants, roussillon, siam at siam, taan

Some good friends from the far reaches of France have arrived in Bangkok! From Maury and surrounding area, this part of the South is extremely isolated. Off the beaten path seems almost too kind.

But like the few newcomers to the area at the foothills of the Pyrenees, Carrie & Marcel, are carving out some fantastically wild wines from the textural and saline Macabeo, as well as Syrah, Grenache and also Lladoner Pelut or hairy Grenache. The French authorities have recognized Cotes Catalanes as an IGP, which helps to distinguish the area from the larger Roussillon region, however when organic growers, ferment naturally, and age their wines different, the last resort may just be a Vin de France classification, which as you may know, if now brimming with some of the best names in any region.

There are two events in Bangkok on Nov 19th 2019

Taan, Siam @ Siam Hotel. To book call Tel 065 328 7374. 10 course meal with 4 wines. Marcel who takes care of the vineyards will explain his work through Chef Monthep’s meal. Probably 6-8 seats are left.

Carrie will be at Cocotte, offering their full range including 3 reds and the sweet fortified Maury. To book please call Tel 092 664 6777. You can pop in to taste the wines by glass, as set, or with their specialty cuts of beef.