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Be sure to sign up on our email list to receive advance notice of the wines we will feature. These events are advertised by email only! Stop by the store or write us at paul@elenas.org. WINE AND BEER TASTING, Friday, June 4th, 6-8:00 pm We have a Wine & Beer Tasting scheduled for this coming Friday, June 4th, 6-8 PM. I will be making Grilled Miso Shrimp, Homemade Cod Cakes, Meatballs in a Cranberry-Pomegranate Pepper Sauce and a (TBD) vegetarian alternative, along with selected cheeses and desserts. . Cost is $15 and there is a 15% discount on all purchases of 12 bottles or more. No reservations required. Here are the beer and wine selections. Table One: Thomas Brand, Monsieur Touton Selection Austria, Aichenberg, 2008 Grűner Veltliner, $7.95 France, Chateau Jaubertie, 2009 Bergerac Sec, $8.95 Italy, Tomaiolo, 2005 Chianti Classico Riserva, $12.95 Spain, Sabor Real, 2006 Red Toro, $9.95 France, Chamarré, 2003 Jurançon, $14.95 Table Two: Wayne Glaser, Arborway Imports France, La Cave des Vins, 2009 Sauvignon Blanc, $11.95 Chile, Terra Andina, 2008 Chardonnay, $9.95 Italy, Ikebana, 2007 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, $16.95 Argentina, Parados, 2008 Winemaker’s Select Red, $9.95 Italy, Basciano, 2006 Il Corto, $24.95 Table Three: Shaun Green, Boston Wine Company Italy, Tasca D’Almerita, 2008 Regaleali, $11.95 Chile, Terranoble, 2009 Sauvignon Blanc, $7.95 Chile, Leyda, 2009 Pinot Noir, $10.95 California, Morgan, 2008 Syrah/Grenache, $13.95 California, Twenty Bench, 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, $17.95 Table Four: Greg Menfaro, Beer Taster Extraordinaire France, Fischer Blond Ale, $4.99 Scotland, Belhaven Scottish Ale, $4.30 Germany, Wűrzburger Julius Echter Hefe-Weiss, $2.90 England, “Old Speckled Hen” Fine Ale, $3.99 Canada, Unibroue Maudite, $8.50 Massachusetts, Clown Shoes “Brown Angel” Brown Ale, $6.95 WINE TASTING, Sunday, April 25th, 3-5:00 pm. Elena schedules 4 wine tasting events each year. The two mid-summer events are on Friday evenings when the weather is warmer, and the spring and fall ones are on Sunday afternoons,. This Sunday, April 25th, from 3-5:00 is the first one of the year. We will be serving make-your-own frajitas with choices of marinated pork loin, shaved beef, and oriental chicken, all of which will be grilled along with a variety of vegies. Elena will also have an assortment of cheeses and desserts for you to try. Here is the line up of wines. Table One: Andrew Cadrin, Ruby Wines France, Chateau Haut Rian, 2008 White France, Jean-Luc Colombo, 2009 Table Two: Dave Bodurtha, Classic Wine Imports Table Three: Susan Nordberg, Martignetti Companies Bodegas Carchello, 2008 Carchello “C”, $11.95 France, Chateau Fontanes, 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, $12.95 Cost is $15. No reservations required. Hope you can make it. WINE TASTING, Sunday, October 4th, 3-5:00 pm. The last wine tasting event for 2009 will be this coming Sunday, October 4th, from 3-5:00 pm. Elena has put together a superb line up of wines, including some “higher-end” selections that would be good candidates for serving at Thanksgiving or Christmas, and would also make nice holiday gifts. On one tasting table, all the wines will organic. The food will be Beef Bourguignon made using the original recipe from Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and also Tandoori Chicken cooked on the grill. As always, Elena will have some different cheeses and desserts to try. The cost will be $15 and customers will get a 15% discount on all purchases of 12 bottles or more. Hope you can make it. Here are the wine selections. Table One: Jay Woodworth, Baystate Wine Company Table Two: Dave Bodurtha, Classic Wine Imports Table Three: Kathleen Held, Violette Imports (all organic selections) France, Michel Guigner, 2007 Morgon, $22.95 France, Chateau Peybonhomme, 2006 Côte De Blaye, $19.95 WINE TASTING, Friday, August 28th, 6-8:00 pm. In keeping with our quest to find nice wines at great prices, Elena has selected a top notch line up of value wines for you to try this coming Friday, 6-8:00 pm. Some of the varietals (and blends) are ones that you or I might not be familiar with, but we have tried and hand-selected every wine that will be featured Friday, and we think they are excellent. Food will be: 1) lamb marinated in a mint-lemon sauce and cooked on skewers over an open fire; and 2) pulled-pork made with a apple and spice-based barbeque marinade (instead of tomato) and slow-cooked for 10 hours over low heat. Additionally, Elena has chosen three superb cheeses, and I'm sure she will put out a variety of sweets to tempt your palate. As always, the cost will be $15, and there will be a 15% discount on purchases of 12 bottles or more. Here is the wine line up (prices do not include the 15% discount): Table One: Susan Nordberg, Martignetti Companies Table Two: Andrew Cadrin, Ruby Wines, Inc. Table Three: Shaun Greene, Boston Wine Company, LTD. JULY 17, 2009 -----Wine Tasting on Friday evening from 6 - 8:00. Here is the line up of wines for the wine tasting on Friday, July 17th, from 6-8:00 pm. Note that we have included several "value" wines that we believe are good bargains. All purchases of 12 bottles or more receive a 15% discount, so this is a good time to put a few cases a way for the summer. We will also have 20+ pounds of organic Black Angus flank steaks--half of them seasoned with a Korean beef marinade that Elena and I first had at We are also going to serve fish cakes made with haddock caught out of There will, of course, be a nice selection of cheeses and an assortment of sweets. Here are the wines.Table One: Matthew Brooks, Touton Selection, LTD. France, Chateau Fage, 2008 Table Two: Dave Bodurtha, Classic Wine Imports Table Three: Wayne Glaser, Arborway Imports France, Escale, 2007 Pinot Noir, $14.95 Special Tasting Table: Apple Ice Wine, $24.95 May 2009. I just checked the long range forecast, and the weather looks perfect for Elena's wine tasting scheduled for next Sunday, May 3rd, from 3-5:00 pm. Come with your family and/or friends and enjoy the camaraderie and festivities. We will be serving traditional Valencia Paella and Eggplant Parmigiana, along with selected cheeses and desserts. In The Eggplant Parmigiana will be vegetarian, made with imported cheeses and homemade tomato sauce. The cost is $15. Here are the wines: TABLE 1. Boston Wine Company, Shaun Green TABLE 2. Violette Imports, Kathleen Held France, Le Payral, 2007 Bergerac Blanc, $11.95 TABLE 3. Ruby Wines, Joe Goldsmith Washington, Charles Smith, 2008 Riesling, $12.95 February 2009. Our first Winter Wine Tasting in several years is scheduled for this coming Sunday, February 22nd, from 4-6:00 pm. We normally don't schedule a tasting event in Winter, but this year has been so horrific we thought the camaraderie of a mid-winter festivity would lend a little cheer to the cold, dark days of February. In addition to 18 wines representing seven (7) different countries, we will also be serving Traditional Sheppard's Pie, Beef-Barley Soup with Crimini Mushrooms and Red Lentils with Chorizo and Dandilions--all homemade, of course. As always, Elena will have several gourmet cheeses and selected desserts. There will be plenty to eat! Cost will be $15, and there will be a 15% discount on purchases of twelve (12) bottles or more. Elena has assembled a nice line up of wines representing a wide spectrum of prices. Here is the line up: Touton Selections, LTD., Matthew Brooks France, Domaine La Grand Ribe, 2007 Côtes du Rhône, $11.95 Classic Wine Imports, Dave Bodurtha France, Domaine Lurton, 2007 Les Fumées Blanches, $10.95 France, Chateau Tour D’Auron, 2005 Bordeau, $12.95 Martignetti Companies, Susan Nordberg October 2008 Wine Tasting. The final wine tasting for 2008 will be this coming Sunday, October 19th, from 3-5:00 pm. Elena has selected an outstanding selection of wines. In addition to the top-notch array of very nice wines from around the world, we will be serving some delicious hors d'oeuvres and entrees. I will be getting up early Sunday morning to slow roast plum tomatoes with fresh garlic--I plan to do enough so everyone can have as many as he/she wants! I am also making some homemade sauce from local tomatoes (in fact, all local ingredients) to have with homemade Italian meatballs. We will also have some smoked bluefish pâté (great It is supposed to be a nice day, so bring a friend (and wear a sweater just in case). Here is the line up of wines. Table One: Wayne Glaser, Arborway Imports France, Chateau Sainte Eulalie, 2006 Minervois France, Font De Michelle, 2003 Châteauneuf du Pape Table Two: Dave Bodurtha, Classic Wine Imports Table Three: Sue Nordberg, Martignetti Companies France, Chateau Bel Air, 2004 Sainte Croix du Mont See you Sunday. August 2008 Wine Tasting
Elena has put together a classy line up of 18 wines for our wine tasting event this coming Friday, August 15th, from 6-8:00 pm. I am sure everyone will be able to find something they enjoy. Entrees will include Haddock Cakes, made from fresh Table One: Matthew Brooks, Touton Selections Table Two: Kathleen Held, Violette Imports France, Chateau Tour Grise, 2003 Saumur France, Chateau Peybonhomme, 2005 Cotes de Blaye Table Three: Tom Brown, Classic Wine Imports France, Domaine Talmard, 2007 Macon Villages France, June 2008 Wine Tasting Please join us this Friday evening, June 27th, from 6-8:00, to sample a nice array of fine wines from twelve (12) distinct wine regions representing six (6) countries. We will also be grilling Asado Beef ( Table One: Andrew Cadrin, Ruby Wines Inc. Washington, Stonecap, 2006 Riesling, $11.95 Table Two: Kathleen Held, Violette Imports Inc. France, Domaine De Roquefort, 2005 Clairette, $13.95 France, Domaine De Roquefort, 2005 Gueule De Loup, $13.95 Table Three: Shaun Green, Boston Wine Company Ltd. France, Domaine Michelot, 2006 France, Domaine De La Guicharde, 2006 Cost is $15 and guests receive a 15% discount on all purchases of 12 bottles or more. Friday, January 11th, 5:00-8:00
In order to thank you in a small way for your business this past year, we are hosting a Customer Appreciation Celebration on Friday, January 11th, from 5:00-8:00 pm. This is a complimentary, unadvertised event. There will be plenty of food (smoked turkey, imported ham, roast beef), as well as a nice selection of red and white wines, to include a plump, spicy, scrumptious Rutherford Ranch Zinfandel that I think you will love. I will also open a 1897 bottle of Of course, there will be great camaraderie and a festive atmosphere to help ward off the frigid January blues. We know you have lots of options on your wine purchases and very much appreciate your loyalty Sunday afternoon, October 14th, from 3-5:00 Dear Customer,
Even though we only do four wine tasting events a year, it is still a challenge to continuously find a spectrum of new and exciting wines to serve, and also an ever-changing menu of enticing foods. The primary purpose of this email is to inform you of our wine selections for our final event of 2007, but I am so excited about the food that I want to tell you about that as well. We will begin with the wines we will be pouring this coming Sunday afternoon.
Ruby Wines Inc, Andrew Cadrin
France, Chateau de La Chaize, 2006 Brouilly, $17.95
Classic Wine Imports, Thomas Brown
France, Chateau d' Aussières, 2004 Corbières, $17.95
Martignetti Companies, Susan Nordberg
France, Domaine Pichot, 2006 Vouvray, $14.95
You will notice that in addition to several domestics from California and Oregon, we will be pouring wines from France, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Australia and South Africa--made from over a dozen different grapes and several blends. We have included a number of wines that we think will match up very well with Turkey and Cranberry Sauce.
We only do 3 or 4 wine tasting events a year, and we try to make each of them fun, educational, and a good value for those who attend. The wines we feature are representative of a broad spectrum of varietals and styles from around the world. For Friday's event, we have wines from Italy, France, Argentina, Spain, Portugal and California. Some of these may be blends of familiar grapes (e.g. a Malbec, Cabernet, and Merlot blend from Argentina), and others will be varietals that are specific to a particular region, like those from Portugal. Even if you prefer one style over another, part of the fun of drinking wine is being able to recognize and appreciate these differences.
We also endeavor to serve foods that are different and enticing. As usual, Elena has planned a nice array of cheeses and hors d'oeuvres, and I am doing pulled pork--a.k.a. old-fashioned southern barbeque. Having been raised here in Massachusetts, neither Elena nor I had ever heard of pulled pork until my first military assignment stationed us in Georgia. In the Southern US, people eat pulled pork (or barbeque as it is often called) more frequently than the Japanese eat sushi. And it is delicious. There will be plenty for everyone, and a copies of the recipe available for anyone who is interested. I have added a New England touch by infusing it with some fresh squeezed apple cider. You really don't want to miss this.
The event will be this Friday, August 24th, from 6-8:00 p.m. Come early; come hungry; bring your friends; stay late; have a good time. Here is our line of wines for the event.
Table One: Shawn Greene, Boston Wine Company Table Two: Wayne Glaser, Arborway Imports
Table Three: Tony Branco, Grape Moments
Cost is $15 and there is a 15% discount on all purchases of twelve (12) bottles or more. There will be plenty of food.
Hope you can make it.
Friday, 29 June, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Planning and putting together a wine tasting at Elena's is a lot of fun and a lot of work. The first one we did this year (8 weeks ago), focused primarily on mid-priced French and Italian wines. Since then, we have tried dozens of different wines, looking for ones that are of good quality, affordable, and different from the mass-produced, ubiquitous grocery store stuff that all taste pretty much the same. This time, we will be pouring 15 different wines made from 10 different varietals, as well as two blends, and a sparkling blanc de blanc from the Alsace region. These wines come from Australia, California, France, Italy, New Zealand, Oregon, South Africa, and Spain. I have tried all of them individually, and I am excited about the opportunity to taste them side-by-side with other wines. As usual, we will have a nice a variety of gourmet foods in sufficient quantities for everyone. Elena has asked me to make copious quantities of Maryland Crab Cakes as a hors d'oeuvre, and I heard her ordering a large quantity of extra-large shrimp. (Is "large shrimp" an oxymoron?) I know she has other treats in store as well. Table One: Andrew Cadrin, Ruby Wines Inc. Table Two: Tom Brown, Classic Wine Imports Table Three: Sue Nordberg, Martignetti Companies Sunday, May 6, 2007 Dear Customer, Even though Elena and I always personally taste each of the wines we select to feature at our wine tastings (as well as dozens more that we reject), I still look forward to each event because it gives me a chance to taste these wines side-by-side with other good choices. Tasting wines side-by-side is absolutely the best way to make informed choices. Our first wine tasting since last October is scheduled for Sunday, May 6th, from 3-5:00 pm. At Table One you will have the opportunity to try two Burgundies from great vintages, as well as a Rhone, a Bordeaux, and two outstanding German Rieslings--all imported by Lunenburg's own David Raines, owner of Vineyard Research. David spends many weeks in At Table Two, Wayne Glaser of Arborway Imports will show Chardonnays from Table Three will be manned by Paul Lapenas of Touton Selections who will be pouring a Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc; a Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon; and a lovely dessert wine--all from These are all lovely, well-made wines--some suitable for cellaring. As usual, we will have copious amounts of great food. Cost is $15. A complete list of the wines and prices is listed below. Come early; stay late; bring a good appetite and a friend. paul@elenas.org Elena’s Gourmet Grocery Table One: David Raines, Vineyard Research France, Table Two: Wayne Glaser, Arborway Imports
Table Three: Paul Lapenas, Touton Selection, Ltd.
15% discount on all purchases of 12 bottles or more. Previous Wine Tasting Events Sunday, October 15, 2006 Table One: Paul Lapenas, Touton Selection, Ltd. Table Two: Tom Brown, Classic Wine Imports Table Three: Sue Nordberg, Martignetti Companies August 5, 2006 Table One: Andrew Cadrin, Ruby Wines, Inc. Table Two: Wayne Glaser, Arborway Imports Table Three: Sue Nordberg, Martignetti Companies June 9, 2006 Table One: Paul Lapenas, Touton Selection, Ltd. Table Two: Paul Christopher, House Selections Table Three: Sue Nordberg, Martignetti Companies April 9. 2006 Table One: Shawn Greene, Boston Wine Company Table Two: Paul Christopher, House Selections Table Three: Debra Knotek, Classic Wine Imports February 12, 2006 Table One - Paul Lapenas, Touton Selections Table Two - Fred Ramseyer, Ruby Wine Company Table Three - Sue Nordberg, Martignetti Companies © 2006 SiteWrite. All Rights Reserved.
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