Alice Rion, daughter of Armelle et Bernard Rion, burgundy

     

     Alice was here pouring her two red burgundies alongside all the others tonight with Laurent Givry, We love the Rion wines and have sold a boat-load of red burgundies across the board from Rion, recently snapping up all the remaining 2002 vintage and selling that to collectors and aficionados of fine red burgundy. The nice thing is that the Rion wines are still really well-priced.

 Alice poured the 2005 ( another great vintage ) " Les Lavieres " Vielles Vignes Nuits Saint Georges ( $64.99 ) and the bourgogne rouge 2006 " La Croix Blanche " Vieille Vigne, $24.49. The Nuits Saint Georges 2005 is a baby of a wine and should be cellared for another 2-6 years or longer. The 2006 bourgogne rouge is starting to come into it's own and will become even more focused and ready in another 6- 12 months. Buy some now and put away until next winter.

     It was great to have Alice here. She really knows her wines and sold other bottles and vintages this evening as well. She never flagged, was pouring and selling for almost three hours straight. This was Alice's second time here tasting with our customers : she came once while I was on vacation last August. Come check out some of our other bottlings of Rion. Classy, balanced and flavorful red burgundy for all you Pinot Noir lovers out there.

     Alice, on the left with two bottles in her hands is tasting two new customers of ours.