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“Age Before Beauty”: Fred Scherrer at Prasino

Prasino Wicker Park’s Chef Riley Huddleston and Sommelier Keith Malini chose “Age Before Beauty” as the theme for their wine dinner with Fred Scherrer of the Scherrer Winery. Turning convention on it’s head, they served the wines “backwards” moving from Fred’s Zinfandel with the first course to his Chardonnay with the last. It was a [...]

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Where to buy Scherrer Wines in Chicagoland?

Click on the map above to find restaurants and retailers that carry, or have recently carried Fred Scherrer’s wines in our fair city and suburbs. Check out a few of the pictures below to see where Fred’s wines come from.      

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Where to buy Girasole wines in Chicagoland?

Click on the map above to find restaurants and retailers that carry, or have recently carried Charlie Barra’s wines in our fair city and suburbs. Check out the picture below to see where Girasole wines come from.

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Fred Scherrer, Unplugged at Senza

Normally Fred brings his guitar to Chicago but this time he had a box full of samples. When he found a guitar at Senza, he let the wines, and Kevin, do the talking.

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Where to buy Santomè wines in Chicagoland?

Click on the map above to find restaurants and retailers that carry, or have recently carried Santomè’s wines in our fair city and suburbs. Check out a few of the pictures below to see where Santomè’s wines come from.

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Domaine de l’Ecu “Classique” 2011 Muscadet now at City Winery (and some songs about Muscadet for Rachel)

Sommelier Rachel Driver Speckan pours some wonderfully diverse and esoteric wines by the glass at City Winery Chicago.  One of her latest additions from our portfolio is the Domaine de l’Ecu Muscadet Classique 2011 from Fred and Guy. Rachel was a little peeved that I wrote a silly song / poem about Jeremy Quinn and [...]

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Domaine de l’Ecu “Classique” 2011 Muscadet now at Telegraph Wine Bar

Jeremy Quinn, Sommelier at Telegraph, Reno and of course Webster Wine Bar is pouring the Muscadet Classique 2011 from Domaine de l’Ecu at Telegraph these days. No surprise, along with Craig Perman, Jeremy is one of the city’s leading lovers and promoters of single vineyard Melon de Bourgogne.  Craig is in Nantes at l’Ecu literally [...]

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Turner Pageot Wine dinner at Senza, Chicago

Turner-Pageot Wine Dinner at Senza Wednesday, April 17th, 6pm & 8:30pm Join Senza for a special dinner featuring the wines of Turner-Pageot. Chef Noah Sandoval has created a five-course tasting menu to complement Karen and Emmanuel’s typical and yet atypical biodynamic wines from the Languedoc region of Southern France. Senza will be offering two seating [...]

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Dinner at The Bristol with Fred Scherrer of Scherrer Winery: Thurs 4/18/13

Last Few Spots Available: Winemaker Dinner With Fred Scherrer Of Sonoma’s Scherrer Winery! The Bristol, Chicago, Thursday April 18th   We are delighted to announce that the very engaging and entertaining Fred Scherrer will be introducing his wines, and providing insight into his methods and inspirations, at the Bristol, one of Chicago’s most exciting and [...]

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Bressan Mastri Vinai Dinner at Quince

If you haven’t booked a reservation yet, make one today because this is a wine dinner that can’t be missed. On Thursday,May 2 Chef Andy Motto and the crew at Quince will be presenting a 4-course dinner paired with the ridiculous wines of Fulvio Bressan – and by ridiculous we mean ridiculously good! The marriage [...]

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