This year, I started my trip to Champagne at the region’s southern edge—the village of Les Riceys in the Aube department. It is only three miles from here to Burgundy, and the soil is the same kimmeridgian clay that is found in Chablis. My very first stop was to see Vivien Lamoureux. Here I was greeted by Vivien, along with his dog Noughat, at the entrance of his 18th century cellar. We tasted the entire range from his twelve-hectare estate and caught up with one another.
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March is Women’s History Month, and we’re excited to spend it here on the blog with a spotlight on some of the women who are kicking ass in today’s wine industry. We’re going to start our series in California with Alison Thomson, whose L.A. Lepiane label is an ode to her Italian heritage as well as her deep roots as a Californian. Esther Mobley, the SF Chronicle’s fantastic wine writer, called her a winemaker to watch in 2018 because she’s making “a convincing case for Italian varietals in California’s Central Coast.”
There’s travel for work - and travel for play. But often, when working in the booze biz, they tend to overlap. Recently our esteemed Redwood City Assistant Store Manager, Cameron Price, spent his vacation in Bonnie Scotland. And while his trip was for pleasure, much of his time was spent visiting Single Malt distilleries. Lucky for us, he brought back some notes which we can all earmark for our next trip.
There seem to be more and more American whiskeys on the market that are blends of different types of whiskeys from different distillers. In the world of Scotch, it’s pretty easy to determine what a blend is. A combination of two or more single malts from different distilleries is a blended malt and a combination of malt and grain whiskies is a blended whisky. In America, it’s much more complicated. Most people still associate blended whiskey with the budget blends that combine whiskey with neutral spirts, but there are a lot more types of blends out there that are 100% whiskey.
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New from our #Kalinda label—a Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc with bright aromas and plenty of texture. So refreshing and perfect for all this springtime sunshine. Thanks to our relationship with the winery (undisclosed, but a well-regarded one from Oakville), we can bring it to you for a song. Throw in a patio and a few friends and you’re good as gold. #klwines #klwineshollywood #napavalley #oakville #napasauvignonblanc #springtime #sunshine #butterflies #poppies #wine #patio #party
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Celebrating Women's History Month with Alison Thomson of Lepiane https://t.co/1MrbFC5pjf -
Tomorrow we will be tasting the wines of Rhône in all our stores. Before that, we sat down as a staff this week to dive a little deeper and learn a little more. To see what we’ve been tasting, check out our notes on our blog: https://t.co/E9tNpAG4XQ
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Green beer be damned! This weekend, party with The Irishman. This Founders Reserve is aged in Bourbon barrels, then finished in Caribbean Rum casks. It has lovely caramel and molasses notes, combined with bright tropical flavors and a sea-salt brine. #stpattysday #klwines https://t.co/fprH7jA9Ke
