New year – New Adventure

What better way to start the new year than with our new supplier – Mangustino.

January’s wines are going to be a big change from what we had in December, and this is deliberate. December is all about (over) consumption. We are all feeling like we ate too much, thinking about diets and getting back to the gym. So, to not challenge your “plans”, we have replaced those huge full bodied, sweet and fruity reds and buttery whites with wines from Northern France. We are talking about a box full of the Loire Valley.

These wines from the Loire are light and thin, typical for the colder Northern climate. Perfect to end the excess of the holidays.

The whites are not overwhelming in their variety – Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, and Muscadet. The First two more green and mineral flavored, the latter more floral. The reds from the Loire are even less complicated. They do Cabernet Franc. (that’s about it). The interesting thing is that the same grape can taste so different when grown just on the other side of the hill.

So welcome in the new year in style be it in your home, or thinking about a visit to the Loire’s lovely Chateaux – some of the best in the world.

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