It was really nice to see Jennifer S. Petschek again from the HONIG Vineyard and Winery ( P.O. Box No. 406 850 Rutherford Rd. Rutherford, CA. 94573 Tel: 800-929-2217 Fax : 212-686-8353 jenny@honigwine.com ). It's good to revisit all these excellent Napa wines, especially the delightful Sauvignon Blanc that they are so very famous for. And the 2009 Napa Sauvignon Blanc from HONIG was every bit as excellent as all the rest. Thanks Jenny for calling and setting up an appointment to come and see me. Later when Chris Barker that works with me tasted the wines that we poured for him and he remembered you well from his two years at Dean & DeLuca's in Georgetown, Washington D.C.
You brought thw hole arsenal out or so it seems : five wines in all : 1) HONIG Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc ( also available in half bottles ); 2) HONIG 2009 Rutherford Reserve Sauvignon Blanc ; the 3) 2007 HOHIG Cabernet Sauvignon ; the 4) HONIG Bartolucci Cabernet Sauvignon and the 5) 2006 HONIG Late-Harvest Sauvignon Blanc that I found to be " fab " as I noted quickly on the sheet of paper that Jenny brought with her including prices and everything else that one might want to know quickly. Thanks for that Jenny, only a handful of sales people and reps do this and I find it invaluable at times to remember and to be able to jot some quick notes down for anytime I need to refer back to the tasting and what was tasted exactly.
I was lazy on this tasting with you Jenny. It might have been that I was also distracted with the many pictures that I was taking of you and of your wines , bottle, labels, wines poured into the Reidel Austrian glasses that we use, etcetera.
Being an artist I am especially sensitive to all of these things and I love to present to the world here in cyberspace and wherever else a visual reason for them to go in search of the wines pictured. I hope the colors and the textures, the viscosity and clarity and depth and richness, not to mention brightness or toastiness or even the profound opaqueness and reflectiveness of the wines don't get to you all somehow ... I sure do hope so : I'm counting on it as a matter of fact. Anyone following me?
I love the mention, too of the fact that these wines are : as it says on the sheet of paper I have, neatly boxed and off to the bottom left-hand side : Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing. Thanks for including that on the sheet Jenny : it helps to remind me of things like that that I personally find very important and wish to share with my customers.
I was lazy with my notes and used the " start " system to indicate my favorites on this tasting.
I, in fact gave two stars to the following : 1) the 2009 Napa HONIG Sauvignon Blanc ; and three stars to the 2) HONIG Bartolucci Cabernet Sauvignon 2006. It was probably my favorite followed by the 2006 Late Harvest HONIG Sauvignon Blanc in half-bottles which I have already said I wrote simple : " fab ".
I spoke to Arielle already my rep for the Country Vintners portfolio as well as the excellent HONIG wines. I will keep the 2009 HONIG Napa Sauvignon Blanc on our shelves and try and include some of these others when we can.
Jenny, next time you come to Washington D.C. let's organize a tasting of your wines here in the store with our customers. That's what we do best. You should also contact Arielle Monaco of the Country Vintners and tell her to remind me to include a HONIG the next time that she tastes in the store. As a matter of fact one tasting with her is coming up this weekend. I will see about having her taste the Napa HONIG Sauvignon Blanc then - this Saturday. Glad I thought of this. Better late than never.
Thanks again Jenny and see you soon. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you out in California : it's right around the corner.
It's now Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 at 8:48 PM here at home in northern Virginia and I'm getting ready to go up and say " hello " to my wife that's just returned and keep her company as she eats her meal and then we will with our son watch the next episode of the popular show : " Glee".
I have more pictures to download here and given the time I will do so.
Cheers, TONY
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