Heights Chateau 25th Anniversary Tasting at Brooklyn Historical Society on Wednesday, May 18th 2011 (last call)

Heights Chateau 25th Anniversary Tasting 

at Brooklyn Historical Society 

on Wednesday, May 18th 2011

(LAST CALL!!! It is TOMORROW)

HEIGHTS CHATEAU | RESTURANT SAUL present the WÖLFFER ESTATE VINEYARDS FALL HARVEST DINNER

Enjoy!

LeDom du Vin

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Joyeux Bastille Day on the Quatorze Juillet at Heights Chateau

In 1789, The French cut the head of their king! Oops! Wrong.... It wasn't until 4 years later that Louis XVI lost his head when he was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of high treason, and executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. He was the only king of France ever to be executed.

The 14th of July has an all-together different meaning, and over the different political periods that came and passed over the last 217 years, the meaning for this celebration has changed and had been slightly modified a number of times.

... in 2010, we continue to celebrate that day for reasons that are surely long forgotten by many people, except may be by the generation of my grand-father on my father side, which by the way, will be 100 years old in December (it will be interesting to ask him what he thinks about that last century and where all this will bring us all...).

However, "le 14 Juillet" is always a good occasion, wherever you are in the world, to have a good time and promote France's wines and culinary traditions by inviting family and friends and enjoy the day with specialties like: Foie Gras, all sort of cheeses, Paté, Cornichons, Cuisse de Grenouilles, Escargot a la Persillade, Magret de Canard, Casserole de Lapin, all sort of Game and poultry, Champagne, Cognac, Armagnac, Pruneaux d'Agen, Agneau de Pauillac, Cassoulet de Castelnaudarie, Saucisse Lentilles de Toulouse, Pieds de Cochon, Jambon de Bayonne, Poulet de Brest, etc...

Come and celebrate Bastille Day at the store (www.HeightsChateau.com) and take advantage of this opportunity to buy the above wines at discounted prices, and why not discuss "Bastille Day" with a glass of French wine to agreement the conversation, which when it comes to the French, always seems to have an underlying tone of rebellious revolution.

"Bastille Day" is the French national holiday which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is formally called “La Fête Nationale” (National Celebration) and more commonly le “Quatorze Juillet” (the fourteenth of July). It commemorates the 1790’s "Fête de la Fédération", held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789.

The anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution.

The storming of the Bastille was more important as a rallying point and symbolic act of rebellion than a practical act of defiance. Shortly after the storming of the Bastille, on 4 August feudalism was abolished and on 26 August, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen proclaimed.

The Fête de la Fédération of the 14 July 1790 was a huge feast and official event to celebrate the uprising of the short-lived constitutional monarchy in France and what people considered the happy conclusion of the French Revolution.

Vive la France, its wines and food traditions and culture, and not to forget the most cliché portrait of the French: a cyclist with a beret, carrying a Baguette, a Camembert, a Saucisson and a newspaper in a little basket on his bike.

Enjoy,

LeDom du Vin

Info above partly taken and edited from the wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day

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Italian wine dinner at Saul restaurant hosted by Heights Chateau and Tony Didio Selections

Tasting Event: 40 wines (1 white and 1 red) from 20 Italian provinces with a few Italian food specialties..

Before writing about more fairly unknown, delightful and juicy natural wines (and spirits) from around the world in soon-to-come posts, I just wanted to say that from now on I will also, from time to time, advertise and promote some of the events and tastings from www.HeightsChateau.com.

For those of you who didn't realize it yet, Heights Chateau is the boutique Wine & Spirits store where I have been working for the past 2 and a half years, located at 123 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights, New York.

As the co-Wine buyer and Wine manager of the store, I never really linked most of my descriptions and posts to the store. Probably because sometimes I'm too opinionated and enthusiastic or too personal and detailed on certain subjects. Hence, I may not be neutral enough to voice out the professionalism and fairness of the store profile.

However, advertising and promoting Heights Chateau's events and tastings on my blog is good way for me to demonstrate the selectivity of the store and invite you to have a look at what we do and discover our Wine and Spirits selection mirroring the quality of our discriminating palates.

For more info, you can always go to the store website at www.HeightsChateau.com to check our events and tastings calendar.

The next event, occurring on Friday, May 21st from 7pm to 9pm, will be held at Christ Church Cobble Hill, 326 Clinton street, Brooklyn, NY 11231 (www.christchurchcobblehill.org/welcome/).

40 wines (1 white and 1 red) from the 20 Italian provinces will be presented, complemented with a few Italian food specialties... Therefore, I'm asking you: I'm sure that you tried plenty of Italian wines from various regions, but did you ever get the chance to taste 40 Italian wines from 20 different provinces in the same place before? Never, so just come and discover them with us. It is only $35 person, or $40 at door, and moreover, it is for a good cause, the money will benefit a program for young children in Brooklyn.

See you soon at the event or at the store, here is the brochure:

www.heightschateau.com/cms/Home/Judys_Corner/Christ_Church_Italian_Wine_Tasting.php



Enjoy!

LeDom du Vin

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