L.A. WINELINE RARE CHANCE FOR ELITISTS.Byline: - Larry Lipson Local wine collectors, and there are many, like to show off to their friends, usually collectors as well. ``I picked up this rare wine,'' the conversation is likely to go, ``and only a couple of hundred cases were brought into the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ,'' they'll say, sometimes barely whispering, as if a louder tone might reveal a national top secret. Red Carpet, the savvy Glendale wine and spirits merchant, feeds into this by making such wines (for domestics, 300 cases or fewer produced; a maximum of 300 cases imported) available to their customers on a regular basis. Among those currently in stock, are the 2001 Ancien (``a tiny garage- style winery'') Russian River pinot noir for $31.03; a real champagne from a tiny producer (only 167 cases) named Christian Busin and his nonvintage Cuvee Cuvée (or Cuvee on some English language labels) is a French term used on wine labels to denote wine of a specific blend or batch. The word originates from the French word cuve meaning "vat". D'Uzes for $33.26; a 2000 Chateau Belles-Cimes St. Emilion (only 200 cases in United States) for $15.96; and the 2002 Rozak Ranch chardonnay (only 75 cases made) from California's Santa Rita Santa Rita may refer to:
Red Carpet is at 400 E. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale. Information: (800) 339-0609. SUCH A DEAL: This week's bargain wine is the newest release of Montes mon·tes n. Plural of mons. Reserve malbec from Chile, the 2003 vintage, even better than the previous vintage, and still only $6.99 at Gelson's. My wife buys six bottles at a time for the added 10 percent discount. But hurry - this wine doesn't seem to stick around too long. NIBBLES & SIPS: The 24th annual Napa Valley Napa Valley, Calif.: see under Napa. Napa Valley greatest wine-producing region of the United States. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2990] See : Wine Wine Auction is scheduled for June 3-6. Wanna wan·na Informal 1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now? 2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? go? Check out how on www.napavintners.com. ... Interested in 2002 Chateau Montelena Chateau Montelena is a Napa Valley winery most famous for winning the white wine section of the historic Judgement of Paris wine competitionin competition with nine other wines from France and California. Estate cabernet sauvignon futures at a 40 percent to 60 percent savings? Ask your wine merchant or visit www.montelena.com. ... May 12-14 is when some 80 international judges taste thousands of wines for the L.A. County Fair Wines of the World Competition at the Millard Sheets Gallery at Fairplex. Wineries have until April 5 to enter their wines. Information: (909) 865-4231 or www.fairplex.com. Larry Lipson, (818) 713-3668 larry.lipson(at)dailynews.com |
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