November 2008 Wine Club Selections
With all of the monthly wine clubs out there today, Gary's Wine Club is setting a new standard. Our frequent travels to the wine regions of the world, our close relationships with winemakers, and our access to unique bottlings allow us to bring you wine selections few others have. Each month, we taste, evaluate and sift through dozens of choices to bring you the best buys of the season, both for immediate celebrations and for long-term cellaring. Each bottle gains our personal seal of approval ... from a team that really knows their wine! Join our club today and experience a new adventure every month! The Global Pinot Family of Wines At this time last year, we used November as a time for our Wine Club to explore the branches of the Pinot Family (Noir, Gris/Grigio, and Blanc) that had struck root in the USA. Forgive us for doing this on an election year, but this time around it seemed fitting to spread out a bit. Undeniably, some of the best Pinot grapes are grown in the US, particularly in the Pacific Northwest, and several of those are represented here. But to spend a month with this family of wines and not venture to the equally stellar growing regions of New Zealand, Alsace and Burgundy seemed a missed opportunity. (When it comes to drinking good wine, we never want you to miss an opportunity.) The Pinot family of grapes began with Pinot Noir and mutated to include a variety of colors and flavor characteristics, but they all have one very important thing in common. Pinot grapes are rather finicky, delicate, temperamental grapes to grow. So every region, and more importantly every producer that grows them, needs to do everything just right. Whether the Pinot gracing your table hails from Burgundy or Central Otago, Willamette Valley or Alsace, we hope you enjoy every sip of this "go perfect or go home" family of grapes.
2007 Mercer Pinot Gris 2006 Wallflower Pinot Noir	2005 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Pinot Blanc Rosenberg de Wettolsheim 2006 Domaine Jean Guiton Bourgogne
2005 Domaine Huguenot Pere & Fils Marsannay Les Echezots 2006 Amisfield Pinot Noir	2005 Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir 2006 Domaine Joseph Voillot Volnay 1er Cru Les Fremiets