Andrew Greene and I recently hosted a stellar tasting of 2006 Burgundies from Pacalet and Pernot at A La Lucia in Alexandria, Virginia. The wines showed extremely well, especially the 1er Crus from both producers.
Word on the street is Philippe Pacalet is coming to hang out with Williams Corner Wine on October 19th and 20th. Personally, I can’t wait to have another excuse to open and drink the 2006 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Bel Air. Wow, what a wine!
In other news: Jaymee Martin, the famous artist and “Zine” publisher (and recent UCLA graduate) is moving to Charlottesville, Virginia from Los Angeles. Jaymee Martin, my closest friend from my days at Hampshire College, has actually decided to take a job with Williams Corner Wine. We will of course pay her a sub par salary and expect too much from her. On the other hand, she will probably garner a high score for her selfless and relentless pursuit of filing VA-ABC compliance reports correctly. This will likely launch her to stardom and a high paying art job. Everyone will want to purchase her complex installations for millions of dollars, all because of a small Natural Wine Importer that had a keen sense of intuition and a good lawyer who made her sign a contract forcing her to give it most of the profits in the event that a high point score produced such an effect.
Hooray for wine critics and ratings!
Hooray for REAL wine!!
Speaking of REAL wine and wine ratings. Our Muscadet producer, Veronique Gunther-Chereau, recently received some ridiculously high point scores for her stellar wines. I forget what the scores were exactly and we are sold out of most of the wines anyway, so don’t bother to call and ask for some now that her wines have become super luxurious commodities and not just a tasty drink. But do be sure to look for the half page picture of one of her labels (in color!) in the next issue of whatever magazine it was that scored these wines (since we shelled out the $500 for it).
