Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Sanford Chardonnay, Colome Torontes, Toasted Head & Hob Nob/ Lauren Opens & Pours For Mike & Me / June , 2009 : It Was Worth The Wait, Thanks Lauren

This was a fun tasting with Lauren as she kept pulling things out of her bag and we just kept being treated to one wine after another, some of which we liked and others maybe not so much.

However, having said that we do not buy wines on the basis simply of whether we like them or not : we judge them on many levels and always want to keep the interests of our customers first. We want them to have excellent wines, a variety of them , and at the best possible prices, too.

I will have to write more about each of these wines but in the meantime I'm going to post this today, Wednesday, " Canada Day ", July 1st, 2009. I hope you like the artistic freedom that I took here to capture the wines, the bottles, labels, using the wine glass to filter the images and distort/refocus them or certain parts of them : and of course of Lauren. I hope she does not mind. They are meant as a record as well as capturing a moment that she, Mike and I were all a part of here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits ( 3423 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 20008 sales@clevelandparkwine.com www.clevelandparkwine.com Tel : 202-363-4265 ) here in our nation's capitol. It's also almost the 4th of July and we may use some of these wines : the SANFORD and the " Toasted Heads " to celebrate.

We tasted the COLOME Torrontes dry white from Argentina as well as the two French HOB NOB ( good both to celebrate the 14th of July " Bastille Day " ) dry Chardonnay white and red Pinot Noir. The Chardonnay was quite impressive, really - and not that expensive. It's the second time now that it has impressed me much more than I would have thought.

Stay-tuned for more and Happy, Canada Day, 4th of July and 14th of July to one and to all. Cheers, TONY































Here are the pictures that I took of Lauren as she first opened then poured the " new " vintages of " Toasted Head " CA. wines and the red Pinot Noir and white Chardonnay French Hob Nob wines. Cheers, thanks Lauren ... TONY

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