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Pulling bottles, cracking into cases, and organizing the shop for tomorrow’s big tasting! Particularly stoked for that Charmes-Chambertin… if you’re around the west village, come by! 3pm-6pm #nyc #retail #wine

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Hitting the books today. 40 wines at our French grand tasting this Saturday, 40 different stories to learn. This is the part of the job we love! #wine #nerd #somm #fact

Interesting!

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Since we’re working on building out our sake selection, a couple of us swung over to the East Village for an excellent event focusing on the sakes of the Niigata Prefecture! Met some cool people, saw some vintage posters, and tried a traditional method sparkling #sake

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Busy times here at Le Dû’s! Spent the evening with the excellent folks at Bladnoch, tasting scotch in the cellar of TriBeCa’s Brandy Library. Also, JT reading up in advance of our French grand tasting!

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Checking the lineup for our weekly Saturday tasting. The Big Salt is drinking beautifully! At that price, hard to beat…

Good call!

Our GM, JT, joined Christian Moueix, visionary behind Château La Fleur-Pétrus in Bordeaux and Dominus Estate in Napa, at the legendary Harry's for lunch. There are few names in the world of wine which guarantee quality. Christian Moueix is one of those names.

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Today at the shop we argued which would be a better pairing with a Cronut—the textural explosion or Thorne & Daughters, or the fresh strawberry bouquet of Arnot Roberts? Sound off in the comments!

2016 was a dream vintage in Bordeaux. Rainy spring, dry but not too dry summer, and a smooth harvest. This wine still had so much fruit and a whole lot of freshness. Perfect for drinking now or cellaring!

The visit from Château La Louvière was a particular highlight. Strong wines at great prices. The 2016 was singing!

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Today we’ve been working on building out a few different sections of the shop—Germany, Austria, and always Bordeaux!

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Prepping for the busy season involves a lot of tasting, a lot of organizing. Here’s a back end view of the wine merchant’s day-to-day! #wine #westvillage #retail

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JT sent out a private client offer of DuMOL and Quintessa, hosted a few distributor tastings, and conducted an excellent interview with the legendary Spanish winemaker, Pepe Raventos.

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Rainy day here in the West Village, so we decided to pop a few broad-shouldered wines. Catch us before 6pm and taste with us! #rain #wine #thick

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Charlie and Jake spent the day rearranging our fine and rare spirits section, chatting about the wines that started them down the path! #wine #history #career

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Today we tasted through a lineup of one of our favorite South African producers, Thorne & Daughters. These are precise, richly-textured wines, and affordable! #wine #art

When we tell people we work in a fine wine shop, they say, "You must taste wine all day." Well... not ALL day :) We don't think wine should be mysterious, so we decided to start this diary, detailing the day-to-day in one of Manhattan's best wine shops.
#wine #fact #nyc
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