|
|
Enron Mail |
Click Here for Last Mailing: http://204.128.208.250/docs/mailings/20011012.txt
GREAT 1997 CABERNET VALUE RH PHILLIPS Toasted Head CABERNET SAUVIGNON/SYRAH, CALIFORNIA, 1997 12x750ml $13.99 per bottle (cash) $154.91 per case (Cash) A blend of 55% Mendocino County Cabernet Sauvignon with 45% Dunnigan Hills (Yolo County) Syrah this is a juicy, ripe, well-focused, flavorful Cabernet-blend that exemplifies the excellent 1997 vintage. Alive with flavor, it offeres black cherry, blackberry, and black raspberry fruit along with notes cedar, black pepper, tobacco, and leather. It has a great medium-weight feel and a supple texture. It is alive, vibrant, and elegant in the mouth. Not complex but super delicious. I almost don't want to give it the score it deserves because I'm afraid no one will believe me; it tastes like it cost much more and comes from a much fancier appellation. Excellent. SPEC's Score: 92+ points. (Due to the fact that only 22 cases of this 1997 are available, this item will be sold at SPEC's 2410 Smith Street Warehouse Store only.) THE GREAT UNKNOWN: Wine From Off the Well-Worn Path Whether you're a wine adventurer or you're just tired of drinking the same old thing, this is the class for you. On THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18TH at 7:00pm, SPEC's and the Wine School at l'Alliance Francaise will offer a class and tasting entitled THE GREAT UNKNOWN: Wine from Off the Well-Worn Path. This class will look at and taste twelve very-good-to-great wines from lesser-known wine growing areas in France, Spain, and Portugal. The class will focus on how the wines are made, the grapes used to make them, and the land they come from as well as how they match-up with food. Twelve wines representing a range of styles including both red and white wines will be tasted. THE GREAT UNKNOWN: Wine from Off the Well-Worn Path will cost$46.00 "cash" per person ($48.42 regular) with a $10.00 discount available for 1000 SPEC's Key points. For directions, reservations, or more information on this class, please call SPEC's at 713-526-8787. This class will be held at l'Alliance Francaise. L?Alliance Fran?aise, the French cultural organization in Houston, is located at 427 Lovett Boulevard (on the southeast corner of Lovett and Whitney, one block south of Westheimer).PLEASE SEE WINE SCHOOL CANCELLATION POLICY AT BOTTOM. THUNDER IN TUSCANY: Fontodi and Felsina Chianti Dinner at Simposio Please join SIMPOSIO Chef Alberto Baffoni and SPEC's Italian wine buyer Joseph Kemble for the premier dinner at Simposio featuring the newly released 1999 Chiantis from both Fontodi and Felsina. Be among the first in Texas to hear the thunder coming from Tuscany. Chef Baffoni's Menu starts with Tuna carpaccio marinated in a lemon dressing with calamata olives and red onion dressing served with Pra Soave Classico Superiore 2000. Then comes Spinach and potato gnocchi in a gorgonzola cheese sauce served with Felsina Chinati Classico 1998 followed by Grilled wild boar sausage with baby spinach salad in a balsamic tomato vinaigrette served with Fontodi Chianti Classico 1998. The main course is a Duck leg confit with sauteed swiss chard and sweet and sour shallot sauce served with Fontodi Chianti Classico 1999. A Cheese platter with fruit and walnut will be served with Felsina Chianti Classico 1999. Thunder in Tuscany is $79.00 per person plus tax and gratituity and will take place at Simposio Restaurant, 5591 Richmond Avenue at Chimney Rock, at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, October 16, 2001. For more information or reservations, please call Simposio at 713-532-0550 or e-mail simposio@pdq.net OUISIE?S TABLE MORGAN VINEYARDS OCTOBER WINE PAIRING DINNER Ouisie?s Table at 3939 San Felipe Road is hosting their last wine pairing dinner of the year on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 (Halloween). The evening will begin at 6:45p.m with a cocktail reception. The guests will enjoy a multi-course meal along with wines from the Morgan Winery produced out of the Santa Lucia Highlands appellation and Monterey County in California. Dan and Donna Lee founded Morgan Winery in 1982, with a goal of creating the finest wines possible by obtaining the highest quality fruit. The Lee's named the ranch the Double L, short for Double Luck, for their identical twin daughters, Annie and Jackie, who were 5 years old at the time. The Double L is farmed organically, the only organic vineyard in the Santa Lucia Highlands. The tariff for the dinner is $85.00 per person plus tax and gratuity. For reservations please call Ouisie's 713-528-2264 Tuesday through Saturday. Any questions regarding the menu or wines may be directed to a Ouisie's manager. OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS (Details to be Announced) 10/25/01 (Thursday, 7pm) - 1999 Zinfandel: Round II 10/30/01 (Tuesday, 7pm) - Ch. Haut Brion Dinner at Four Seasons Hotel 11/07/01 (Wednesday, 7pm) - Oysters and Fevre Chablis Dinner 11/13/01 (Tuesday, 7pm) - Rhone Valley Wines Class and Tasting 11/14/01 (Wednesday, 7pm) - BV Georges de Latour Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 1998 Release Party WINE SCHOOL CANCELLATION POLICY If for any reason you need to cancel a reservation for a class, dinner, or other event, please let us know at 713-526-8787 as soon as possible. Reservations canceled before 4pm on the last business day before the event (usually 27 hours) will not be charged. Cancellations received after 4pm on the business day before the event will be charged unless those seats can be resold. All no-shows will be charged.
|