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Here’s the latest update.  Even though I practically eliminated my entire Champagne selection, this month I have added a new Champagne. Drappier’s Brut Nature is organic and made without the addition of sulfur dioxide.  This isn’t the only sans soufre wine added this month!  4 more un-sulfured wines were added (for a total of 5) and one that has no detectable sulfur!  The most stunning Beaujolais Nouveau I have ever tasted also arrived at Jacob’s yesterday!

• Drappier Brut Nature – Sans Soufre! – Champagne, France
• Murgo Spumante Metodo Classico Non Dosage 2006 – 100% Nerello Mascalese! – Mt. Etna (Sicilia), Italy
• Crêt de Ruyère/Cathy & Jean-Luc Gauthier (with Jean-Marc Brignot) “biojô nuovo ” Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau 2009 – No detectable sulfur! – Burgundy, France – A stunning Beaujolais Nouveau  like only Jean-Marc Brignot can bottle!!
  
• Domaine Le Mazel Cuvée Raoul 2008 – After being sold out of the 2007 for about 6 weeks, the 2008 is finally here! – Southern Rhône, France
• Domaine des 2 Ânes Fontanilles 2006 – Corbieres, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
• La Treille Muscate (Catherine Marin-Pestel) L’Effrontée Magnum 2007 – 100% old vine Carignan – no sulfur added!! – Languedoc-Roussillon, France
• Domaine Robert Sérol Les Vieilles Vignes 2009 – 100% Gamay – Loire Valley, France
• Domaine Robert Sérol (L’)Incorruptible 2009 – 100% Gamay, No added sulfur!! – Loire Valley, France
• Bressan Cru Pignol 1999 – 100% Pignolo grape, No added sulfur!! – Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Click on the Treille Muscate Label below to check out the latest wine list!

Here it is! The latest wine list updated for February.  Remember, I’m not just adding titles to an ever-growing wine list. Very often for every title I add, one has disappeared from the list. Since last fall, I have reduced the list by about 20 titles. I try to keep my list dynamic so that my guests (and I) don’t get bored!

As I have mentioned in a past entry, I am reducing the number of Champagne titles on my list and increasing the number of sparkling wines. I feel that there are so many interesting sparkling wines available at competitive prices and from interesting wine areas. I have added one sparkling wine to my list in February and I expect to add 3 or 4 more titles next month depending on availability.

New to the wine list this month:

• André et Mireille Tissot Crémant Indigène Brut – Jura, France
• Domaine Bott-Geyl Riesling Schlossberg Grand Cru 2008 – Alsace, France
• Château de la Gravelle Muscadet Sèvre et Maine L’Ancestrale 2004 – Loire, France
• Ciro Picariello Aglianico Zi Filicella 2007 – Campania, Italy (Single vineyard, planted in 1925 (see photo just below this description).  Spontaneous fermentation.  20-25 days skin maceration.  Only steel and cement for fermentation and storage (24 months in cement). Less than 40mg per liter SO2.  Bottled without filtration.)

Ciro Picariello Aglianico Zi Filicella Vineyard - Planted in 1925

Click here to see the wine list in its entirety!

January in Norway is typically a slow month which also means that not many new titles have been added to the wine list this month. Check back next month for some exciting wines arriving!

New to the wine list this month:

• Bressan Mastri Vinai Verduzzo Friulano 2006 – Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (no added Sulfur!)
• La Stoppa Gutturnio 2007 – Emilia Romagna, Italy
• Azienda Agricola Sassotondo Ciliegiolo 2008 – Toscana, Italy
• Bodegas Bruno Ruiz Villanueva 2008 – Castilla, Spain (no added Sulfur!)

Along with the addition of new titles, I also do my best to remove others to keep my list around 80 to 90 titles.  You can view the latest wine list here

New for December – I have added the following symbol next to wines that have been made without the use of any sulfur whats so ever:

Our wine list now boasts 19 titles that are made without the use of any sulfur what so ever.  This is by far the largest selection of wines made without sulfur in Norway.  I am not including in this number, nor am I placing the NO SO2 symbol next to, any wine that has had minimal use of sulfur during the wine making process, but none added at bottling.  Had I included these titles, there would have been an additional 4 or 5 titles.  I feel it’s important to mention that these natural wines don’t merely make it on the wine list for looks. We sell these natural, un-sulfured wines on a daily basis. (more…)

I have uploaded the November updated wine list which can now be viewed here.

New titles on the list:

• Domaine Moreau-Naudet Chablis “Les Pargues Vieilles Vignes”  2006 – Burgundy, France
• Pierre Frick Gewurztraminer Steinert Grand Cru 2003 – Alsace, France
• Domaine Le Mazel Cuvée Raoul 2007- new vintage! – Rhône, France
• Erbaluna Rosso VdT (no added sulfur) 2007 – Piemonte, Italy
• Podere le Boncie “Le Boncie 5″ 2007 – Toscana, Italy

-cheers!!

I have uploaded the October updated wine list which can now be viewed here.

New titles on the list:

• Chartogne-Taillet Cuvée Sainte-Anne – Champagne, France
• Domaine Huber-Verdereau Puligny-Montrachet “Les Levrons” 2007 – Burgundy, France
• Stéphane Tissot Chardonnay Les Graviers 2007 – Jura, France
• Domaine des Remizières Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Particuliere 2005 – Rhône, France
• Domaine de Fondrèche Côtes du Ventoux Nature 2008 – Rhône, France
• Montirius Vacqueyras Garrigues 2006 – Rhône, France
• Bressan Schioppettino 2004 – Fruili-Venezia Giulia, Italy
• A.A. Pacina Chianti Colli Senesi 2005 – Tuscany, Italy
• Camillo Donati Rosso della Bandita 2006 – Emilia-Romagna, Italy
• Rocolo Grassi Recioto della Valpolicella 2005 – Veneto, Italy

-cheers and good drinking!