Friday Nights In Polo Lounge @thewindsorcourt with @lars0nist & @blarson113 make for incredible company.
Rene Engel is as rare of a treat as I’ve ever had and never disappoints.
Such a dark fruit driven 1996 GE and such a lush 2002 Clos Vougeot
@adriendhondt 2015 Les Nogers & 1996 Colares were also 🔥🔥🔥
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#champagne #portugalwine #colares #chardonnay #burgundywine #burgundy #pinotnoir #neworleanswine #wine #yummy
Happy (early) Mother’s Day Love!
You have created the 2 greatest things in our lives.
You put yourself through, giving birth not once but twice and it is without a doubt the toughest everything a person can go through. Your sacrifices have added love to our family that I could never have imagined.
I am forever grateful and in awe of all you are and all you are capable of. You inspire me and many others everyday.
You are our SUPER HERO and Alexander, Sebastian and I love you more than anything!
Your boys hope you have the best day tomorrow and every day after. ❤️
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#mothersday #mom #boymom #bossmom #momlife
What a pleasure to taste the full range of @colgincellars@sobysnewsouthcuisine
We love these wines and have collected them for a long time but getting the deep dive of the estate was eye opening.
Thank you so much for this opportunity and we look forward to sharing these beauties with our guests.
Cheers!
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#wine #travel #greenvillesc #downtown #napavalley
Today @athenee_importers took over Sobys Wine cellar!
what an abundance of singular wines from @orestis_tsiakkas & @tsiakkas.winery
Thank you so much for sharing the ancient wines and their stories. Fantastic wine dinner!
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#wine #greece #greenvillesc #downtown #travel
Celebrating the Queen Bee @ldowty for another trip around the Sun!
Happiest Birthday Wishes and all the Love from your squad! What an Amazing Night!!
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#wine #greenvillesc #travel #downtown #birthday
The Rare Wine Co. ~
“The Enigma Of Clos Joliette
With the first public release of one of the world’s rarest elixirs, a story untold for a century has finally been given a voice.
Located 85 miles south of Sauternes, Joliette’s story begins with the Migne family who in 1929 planted a tiny plot of ungrafted Petit Manseng vines on a terraced amphitheater. Jean-Claude Berrouet (of Pétrus fame) later described it as “the quintessence of an exceptional terroir.
But for much of the estate’s century-long history, its wines, made in select vintages to the tune of a couple hundred cases, were only sold privately to friends and a handful of restaurants.
For 60 years, the Mignes remained true paysans, making their modest wines while ignoring schedules, appellational rules and profits above all. Unfortunately, it was not sustainable.
So when Clos Joliette was sold in 1989 to Michel Renaud, a successful wine magnate, it seemed its time of obscurity was over. But Renaud, too, preserved its mystery by continuing to make small lots of wine without putting them onto the market. It was torture for insiders and collectors.
While no specific winemaking records were kept during Renaud’s ownership in the 1990s and 2000s, the grapes for each cuvée were picked at various stages of maturity before being crushed and pressed in an ancient basket press, and fermented slowly with zero additives.
Aging occurred in used barrels, sourced from Sauternes’ Château de Fargues, for at least five years, and sometimes as long as eight. To maintain the wines’ freshness, the barrels were routinely topped up every other week.”
Simply Put these wines are mind Blowing!
What a rare treat!
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#wine #travel #frenchwine #greenvillesc #downtown
The story, the wines, are just wonderful.
Thank you @dunnvineyards for being tried and true for almost 50 years.
We will continue to represent your wines and share your story @sobysnewsouthcuisine .
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#wine #travel #greenvillesc #napavalley #downtown
We got to welcome this Legend for his 1st time in Greenville, SC today John Williams creator of @frogsleap .
Thank you @hallsgreenville for the hospitality!
Loved the purity of these wines. Timeless beauty of all things nature gives us.
Pretty cool talking all things Stags Leap too and the famous 1973 Cab that changed the course of history in Napa.
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#wine #greenvillesc #downtown #travel #napavalley
Cayuse Celebration in the wine cellar @sobysnewsouthcuisine
What extraordinary wines with so much complexity and depth! We look forward to hosting more dinners in our cellar like this. Chef you crushed it too!
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#wine #winecellar #cayuse #greenvillesc #downtown
A rare glimpse into one of icons of the wine world.
A 3L of 1985 Opus One.
This wine was drinking beautifully. Fully mature with nice acidity, elegant texture and lingering red fruit on the finish. 12% abv. A Very impressive wine! What a treat to be able to pour for our guests!
Other notes from Jane Anson (K&L) in 2022
“1985 was a great vintage for Napa Valley in general, and Opus retains a ruby red colour, with tawny edging. Well structured, great quality, clear texture through the heart of the wine, a little less freshness than vintages such as the 1979 but bursting with velvety, perfectly placed tannins. Tiptoes through the palate barely putting a foot wrong. Not a blockbuster, still in the European sensibility as it slides effortlessly towards tertiary character, with so much still to give. The first vintage where Patrick Léon of Mouton was winemaker alongside Tim Mondavi, at the tipping point towards a more modern style. 21 days skin contact.”
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#californiawine #napavalley #opusone #wine #greenvillesc tr
An incredible nostalgic evening with the greatest culinary talent in the upstate! #michelinguide
Greenville Technical College has a wonderful hospitality program that students can receive an associates degree in. This program offers lots of information and skill as a building block for our industry that often isn’t received from just on the job training.
Tonight we put on a showcase with the FOH student and BOH students with all the Michelin awarded chefs in the city.
Just incredible!!!
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#hospitality #finedining #greenvillesc #wine
Skurnik road show in Greenville SC!
What a wonderful day with wine and people!
It’s always a pleasure to have some of the most thoughtful wine producers and people educating and pouring their wines for us in the upstate!
@winery.schlossgobelsburg@weingutschlosslieser@weingut.doennhoff
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