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08/18/2023

Pleased and Excited to Announce One Of the Three Owners of Vins Claramunt, that being Eric Lopez, will be Visiting Arizona Starting Sunday, August 20th Thru Saturday, August 26th… Gonna Be a Busy Week! Special Shout Out To Xavier & Eduard Llaguna ~ Owner Partners. Arizona is the First State to Receive The New 2022 Vintage for The Blanc de Claramunt White Grenache and 2022 Vintage for The Claramunt Negre Red Grenache and Received more of The 2017 Vintage for The Claramunt Reserva (Syrah 85% and Merlot 15% with Aging in French Oak Casks for 22 Months

~ “Claramunt is a work by brothers Eduard & Xavier Llaguno, along with Eric López. We began with a simple philosophy: to craft a truly unique experience through wine. For us, this is more than a wine: it is a form of artistic expression and homage to our heritage. By combining exceptional terroir and artisanship, webring to you a product of supreme quality.
The name Claramunt is an homage made by Eduard & Xavier, to their hometown La Pobla de Claramunt and its founding family, who founded the town over 1.000 years ago. Our wines are produced in the town of Batea, in the Terra Alta D.O (Denominació d’Origen) of Catalonia. We work side by side with Josep MariaVaquer, who carries on his family’s centuries-old wine making tradition.
Around 4,000 hectares of vineyards are cultivated, making an annual production of around 20 million kilos of grapes. The vines are mainly on dry land, with a low rain fall rate, and long hours of exposure to the sun in the summer time. The vineyards are kept in a healthy state thanks to the combination of two predominant winds: the ‘cierzo’, which is very dry, and the ‘garbí’, a local humid wind.”
“A glass of wine at the right moment is worth more than all the riches in the world.” ~ Vins Claramunt

06/24/2023

The Wolves are Restless… Here in Arizona… Introducing Wolves Black Label Single Malt: The Malted Barely Series… No of Barrels: 11 Years Aged: 7 Proof 110 Label Wrap: Italian Sheepskin… This Should be Added To Your Collection.
S T O R Y
“Wolves is American whiskey made in California from an equally creative group of founders, also based in California. Wolves is distilled in Sonoma County by 13th generation Master Distiller Marko Karakasevic using an old, slow, brandy still that was imported from Cognac in 1983.

Uniquely, Wolves signature blend consists of whiskey created from refined craft beer, and Rye whiskey. The flavor profile is unlike anything else on the market.”
P R O C E S S

Master Distiller Marko Karakasevic creates a small batch (10 barrels) of distillate over a 10-day period, sleeping in four hour shifts so that he alone can make each cut, selecting “the heart of hearts” for double distillation in the small still. The distillation process is far less efficient than an industry-standard column still, but the end result is whiskey with more body, flavor, and viscosity.
In between each release, the Pilsner, Stout, and Rye whiskeys continue to age and change in the Oak. The Wolves team recreates the blend for each release, adjusting the percentages and proofs of the Stout, Pilsner, and Rye whiskeys to find the right balance for that particular moment in time. This process takes more than a dozen attempts and a few weeks to get right.
The full blend is finally cut with the mineral rich water from the Russian River.”

“Don’t sleep on Wolves – we just wish it was a little easier to get ahold of.”
~ Maxim Magazine

04/27/2023

Eccitata… Eccitato… Very Excited & Thank You GenuWine for The Invitation To Pour And Share Wines at Your Wine Club Appreciation Event… A Thank You To GenuWine Wine Club Members… This Sunday, April 30th from 1:00 to 4:00PM… If You and Yours Have Not Signed Up For Wine Club Membership… Stop On By and Sign Up and If You are New To DownTown Phoenix… This is Your Wine Bar and Check It Out… You’ll Probably Sign Up… Lots Of Wine, Beer On Tap and Boards To Enjoy… See You All GenuWine Club Members this Sunday… #

04/26/2023

Two Weeks Ago Today… Montagne Russe Wines By The Hands Kevin Bersofsky Met Arizona… And What a Welcoming The Arizona Wine Seen Gave His Wines & Kevin… A Huge Shout Out “Thank You” to EveryOne that Gave Us the Time to Taste Montagne Russe Wines and Hear The Roller Coaster Story by Kevin about His Wine Journey… Looking forward to Montagne Russe and Kevin’s next Visit. The Wines: Montagne Russe ~ 2021 Tous Les Deux… a Beautiful White Wine Blend of Pinot Gris & Pinot Noir, Petaluma Gap, Sonoma Coast, 2021 La Cruz Chardonnay, Keller Estate, Sonoma Coast, 2018 Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, 2019 “Dragon’s Back” Pinot Noir Black Knights Vineyard, Sonoma Coast, 2019 “Robert’s Road Vineyard” Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, 2019 “Birchbark” Pinot Noir TONDRE Greapefield, Santa Lucia Highlands, 2018 “Alder Springs Vineyard” Syrah, Sonoma Coast, 2018 “Old Lakeville Vineyard” Syrah, Sonoma Coast and… 2019 “Claire ~ Obscure” Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley… “Ohh Pritchard?!?” .brixwines .di.sedona_az

07/12/2022

Wine Down To One at Pa’La Wood Fired Cooking in Downtown Phoenix.
Experience This Amazing Wine Dinner Program on the Second Tuesday of Every Month Curator by the Thoughts and Hands of Gilles Kolakowski and Tai~Kora Banks.
The Wine Down to One Wine Dinner is a Six Course Dinner with Twelve Blind Poured Wines and then Reveled and Storied About by
Tony Eden and James V. Monaci. Two Seatings: 6:00 and 8:30PM Priced at $110.00 Per Person ++ !
This Food and Wine Pairing May Make You Speechless while Enjoying… But The Stories You Tell Later will be Remembered.
.jasonalford

06/30/2022

P H O T O C A P T U R E
O F T H E D A Y: 3:04 & 2:42 PM S U N D A Y,
J U N E 26th, 2022
SomeWhere North of Brin’s Mesa… Valley of the Fire… Another Amazing Day Hiking The Red Rocks…

09/20/2020

Press ReLease~ Press PopUp Diner is Live to Book on Eventbrite (check Link in Bio & below) September 26th, Saturday Evening Starting with Welcome Reception at 5:30PM Dinner 6:00PM
The Best Part of My Roll in this Press PopUp Dinner is taking on the Challenge to Pair Wines with The Menu Chef Joe Rodger and Chef Brandon Mumcy Imagined From Thought To Paper To Plate! You All Are Going To Be Amazed... Don’t Miss Out and Book Now... Tickets Are Moving and We Press PopUp Team are Looking To Dine and Wine You To A New Sensory Experience... CiaoCiao

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09/04/2020

Press PopUp Dinner Series is Now Live to Book for September 12th, Saturday... Created By The Chefs Joe Rodger And Brandon Muncy... Enjoy A Five Course Dinner with Wine Pairing Or Five Course Dinner with Wine or Beer Options. We Welcome You with a Welcome Reception Sparking Wine That Will Entice Your Palate Right into The Five Course Dinner... Book Now to Open Up Your Fall Dinner Experience...

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