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Official Wine of The New Yankees
Rumor has it that cases of Renardat-Fache Cerdon du Bugey have travelled with The New York Yankees to whichever city in Arizona the Diamondbacks call home.
I am not at liberty to confirm this rumor. The Yankees still have to win one more game before there are any celebrations. The entire New York Yankee organization and its vendors are proud of the exemplary performances of the past three evenings, but we have a great deal of respect for the entire Diamondhead organization and their players. We will not be uncorking Renardat-Fache's Cerdon du Bugey until the last out of the last inning (no matter how late the game goes) in the deciding game of this marvelous World Series between the Yankees and the Diamondjacks.
The Cerdon du Bugey, a naturally sparkling wine from the popular Cerdon region, will just have to wait!
A side point about this wine: I have seen shelf talkers recently at various retailers that describe how this wine is 90% Gamay and 10% Cerdon. This was true but is no longer the case -- the current bottling is 75% Gamay and 25% Poulsard. It gives the wine a bit more finesse.
Plaudits from Dean "The Loire Schnauzer" Delahanty
Yes, Dean Delahanty's November/December issue just came out! One small excerpt:
"I was totally blown away by the entire range at Domaine de Bellivière. Eric Nicolas' 2000s go from strength to strength and I cannot recommend these wines highly enough."
"I was shocked and pleased to learn that Nicolas' Janières and Coteaux du Loir wines will be available in America. I assumed that these appellations were too esoteric for American importers looking to cash-in on Merlots, Cabernets and Chardonnays.
My congratulations to Kevin McKenna and Denyse Louis of Louis/Dressner Selections in New York for importing these excellent wines."
In New Relief Effort, Vast Quantities of First-Rate Muscadet to be Parachuted into Chicago -- Operation Mineral Meltdown Begins!
My employer, Louis/Dressner Selections, has been selling wine in Chicago for about 10 years now. We are on our second wholesaler, a well-regarded firm, as was our first wholesaler. We switched wholesalers when I got sick of the first wholesaler telling me that it was impossible to sell first-rate Muscadet in Chicago. How could this be?
At first, I was discouraged by the new wholesaler. They also insisted that it was impossible to sell first-rate Muscadet in Chicago. They also argued that retailers and restaurants look for high doses of sulphur, dilution, greeness and low prices.
Finally though, Direct Imports has come around to my point of view and is ordering an industrial quantity of Marc Ollivier's 2000 Clos des Briords from the Domaine de la Pépière. The wine should be in Chicago shortly after the new year.
Louis/Dressner Selections Praised by Wine Writer Bob Franken!
The latest issue of The Fine Wine Quarterly Review says the following of my employer:
"Louis/Dressner is to be applauded for all their hard work and originality. At a time when everyone is playing it safe with the same old same old, this firm is importing Mënu Pineau's, Pineau d'Aunis', Cerdon du Bugeys and God knows what other obscurities from the remote vineyards of France. Kudos to Kevin McKenna and Denyse Louis."