WE always have the very best wine-tastings with Jody Jackman of Winebow Imports because she puts herself into her job heart and soul and never spares the effort to take a short-cut and not share everything that she has, can recall at any particular moment about any wine and how to serve and enjoy and combine it with any particular food.
There's always lots of conversation and debate and ideas about the wines and how to best enjoy them and with what foods. The floor is always throw open to anyone willing to say and speak their minds and listen to what we all may have as a response. It's a healthy, interactive open dialogue and Jody and I always encourage anyone to be a part of it.
However, since Jody has so much to say before we even get started ourselves I believe that most people simply stand there and taste before her and listen and try and absorb as much as they possibly can because there is simply a whole lot to the tasting table that Jody always brings with her. Bravo and hurray Jody!
On this particular Friday evening at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits ( 3423 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 20008 Tel:202-363-4265 sales@clevelandparkwine.com ww.clevelandparkwine.com on Facebook at : clevelandparkwines&spirits ) Jody was tasting three wines : one red and two whites. They were : 1) the CARAVAN Napa Valley " Estate Grown " California Shiraz ( $27.99), ; the 2) LEEUWIN ESTATE 2006 Margaret River " Art Series - lovely frog on it! ) 12% alcohol by volume dry Riesling ( On Special for $19.99 ) ; and the 3) MARC AUREL dry and fully-evolved Austrian Gruner Veltliner ( On Special for $8.99). Both the LEEUWIN ESTATE dry 2006 Riesling and the MARC AUREL Austrian Gruner Veltliner were mature and fully ready to drink and enjoy with food.
Both whites were showing very well and would really come fully-alive with a meal to flesh them out and add some more brightness and roundness of brighter fruit tastes. I liked them both and really liked the LEEUWIN ESTATE 2006 dry Riesling from the Margaret River. I have been there in the Margaret River and really felt that the town itself reminded me of being in Napa Valley, California.
Here's organist Franceen sipping with Jody that has become such a good friend with many of our regular customers. It's so nice and easy and relaxed to taste with Jody.
All three wines really sold well on this Friday night. I was happy with all three. The CARAVAN Napa Valley Shiraz also sold quite well even at $27.99 a bottle. People recognized it's quality and once tasted this evening were willing to pay for it. It's also fun to see a Syrah-Shiraz from California's Napa Valley. You don't see that very often and this particular one has gained many friends here in the United States. It's also nice to see a Shiraz-Syrah and not a Petit Sirah for once doing so well in California.
Jody really knows how to make them all gather around her as seen in the picture above.
Dave is a regular customer and stops by to say " hello "here.
Love your smile Jody!
Besides doing weekly weekend wine-tastings we now also offer weekly Saturday wine-classes from 11:30AM-1PM in the back of the store ( 10-15 people each class, $10 a person and six wines included each class, I conduct them myself having done classes like these for twenty or more years now. I can do them in my sleep now and love to do them and stimulate the palate and get everyone to know and feel comfortable with their palate, too ). Call : 202-363-4265 if you are interested in coming to one of them or email us at : sales@clevelandparkwine.com. Thanks.
I'm sorry that the flash wiped out the label in the picture above of the MARC AUREL Austrian Gruner Veltliner - bummer.
Tastings are all free , never any charge. Only the wine-class do we charge for and we pretty much put all that money into the wines tasted that class.
Love to see you Jody with people all around you and listening attentively. This is so nice. Thanks for all your help and passion and patience Jody in everything that you do for us here in Cleveland Park and at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits. You are a gem beyond compare. TONY
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