What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?

If liquid sparkles are in your plans, then we suggest you get your Arsh down to bar ferd’nand FAST!  (time’s a tickin’, folks!) We have Champagne, as well as a multitude of other sparkling wine, for every budget and would love to help you pick the perfect bottle (or case!) …

Winter/Spring 2011 Tastings at bar ferd’nand

Hello there! We would love for you to join us for a series of themed tastings that will take place in the loft above bar ferd’nand, the first of which will be offered Valentines Weekend, Sunday, February 13th! On one Sunday each month at 2pm, we will conduct tastings based …

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Chateau Baby!

Merlot from its birthplace - Bordeaux. Berry and dried-cherry fruit with decent structure, a bit of dust and stem, no jam, no oak blasts or otherwise heavy-handed winemaking going on…and the cutest Goddamn name ever…all for $13! Sweet Baby Jesus! An excellent and affordable wine for the holiday feasts that are upon us. Discounts extended for case (10%) and …

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Schloss Gobelsburg

One word to say for this estate in the Kamptal Region of Austria: UNBELIEVABLE. We met  with Michael Moosbruger, winemaker, this past summer, to taste through a few of the cuvées coming from the estate.  All were spectacular, but what really hit home for us, were the “Tradition” cuvées.  These …

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Ricci Terre del Timorasso 2007 Colli Tortonesi

Timorasso, the varietal, is rare and planted on very few hectares of land.  It comes from the hills of Tortonesi the northern Piemonte, on the border with Lombardia, not far from the Gavi zone. It is an ancient and indigenous varietal to the area.   It is difficult to grow and …

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Domaine d’Eole, Cuvée Léa, 2005 Coteaux d’Aix en Provence

We are offering, on a weekly and/or monthly basis,  a few  wines  available in our shop, that are standing out for us at a particular moment. They may be limited in quantity and so, not available but for the short amount of time that we are privileged to have them. …