Gaucher Wine Show At the Paris Club Chicago

On Tuesday  September 15th we hosted a wine show for customers and potential customers at the Paris Club in Chicago.  This interior shot looks like a typical Parisian Bistro..

Our  function was in a private room and very well staffed with a great team..


The food was incredible!

Pates : Rabbit  Duck and Country, Cheese, Breads,Olives all aimed at enhancing the wine tasting.
When tasting multiple wines ,there were over 30, eating is essential.

There were three tables of wine:  Sparkling and Champagne, Whites and Rose,  and Reds.

The Paris Club was a great venue, centrally located and easy to get to.  Looking at this picture made me smile, in the old days we took notes, today people take a picture of the bottle and add notes to the photo.

News.....Web Site Complete Wine Tasting Scheduled for Chicago.

I just finished updating the Web Site.  For information on all wines in the portfolio please go to

www.thewineadventures.com..


We have scheduled a wine tasting for Sept. 15th in Chicago.  Hope to meet some of you there!!



                                              Wine Adventures Inc
                                   Presents a Grand Tasting 

*  40 wines from 20 AOPs
*  Red, white, rose, and sparkling
*  Including wine from from France's smallest AOP, Bellet
* Hors d'Oeuvres


At the Paris Club Bar and Bistro 57 Hubbard
Tuesday Sept. 15   11am - 5pm

• RSVP Jean Marc Lazo 773-655-4563
• Steve Gaucher 515- 701 5787

Just Rose

This is the second year we have gone to the "Just Rose"Wine Show.  It was held May 8th to May 10th.
The venue is the beautiful sea side village of Sanury sur Mer.   The tents wrap around the port and continue into the streets.

There were 80 producers and for 10 Euros you got a glass and had a chance to speak to the producers and make appointments to visit the vineyards for further discussions.

The entrance was decorated  and many items were for sale.  Had to buy a tee shirt for wine tasting, Just Rose!

You can see the top of the  tents along the quay.  The blue sky is awesome!

As you might imagine there are clever uses of roses and pink balloons every where!!

The day began cool but by 10:00 it was time to put away sweaters.  Bob O'Neal, Steve and I are seriously tasting and making notes.  hanging the glass around your neck lets you make notes.

The crowds were large but with so many stations and the fact they were spread out it was easy to

taste what you wanted.

The whole town gets involved and all the store fronts are decked out in Pink.

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This AOC Pallete is one of the smallest AOC's near Nice.  Lovely wine!

It is a great way to taste a number of wines in one place.

Deck Wines

When we first began Wine Adventures, during our wine searching to increase the portfolio,  we would go to Auchon the large super market, in French" Hyper- Marche", and buy a cart full of wines.

We and our September guests would sit on the deck over looking the Mediterranean  and choose wines we liked the best.  We would call the winner, ask if they had an American distributor  and if not  make an appointment to see them.
As you might imagine the pay-off was low.

Today it is much easier, brokers bring us wine to taste and instantly call the producer.  There are no language barriers and we still get to taste on the deck!

With a view of Cap Canaille how could anything taste bad?

Wine Tasting at Chateau Beauchene

May Tasting 2015

 Chateau Beauchene

We tasted with Michel and Dominique Vergniaud Bernard to select the wines for 2015-16 seasons.  All the wines were excellent as usual.
The Chateau Beauchene production is mainly red wines based on blends of Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, and Mourvedre.  They also produce some delicate and fresh roses and white wines.  The white grapes grown at Beauchene are Granache Blanc,Roussane, Marsanne,Viognier. Bourbolink and Clairette.

The wines fall into two categories Historical and Classic, "Chateau Beauchene Range" and new and modern the "Famille Vergniaud-Bernard Range"

This year we are adding the Sens de Syrah. to the Wine Adventures Portfolio.  This Cotes du Rhone wine is 100% Syrah.  The vines are 30 years old from a parcel north of  Orange France where the soil is stoney with clay and limestone.  We carried this wine previously but haven't had it in the portfolio recently.

  Vinification  is in French barrels that are 2-6 years old and old barrels that have been plained on the inside.  The minimum aging in oak  is 12 months.
The wine has a wonderful aroma of intensely ripe fruit.  It is a deep red color with a purple hue and the taste is of red ripe fruits, spices and wildflowers and a hint of leather.  it has a long finish.
it goes well with red meats.
You can keep 5-7 years.

 The second addition is Chateauneuf Grande Reserve  Hommage  a Odette Bernard Rouge.
 This Chateauneuf is 80% Grenache, 14% Syrah, and 5% Mourvedre.  The 100 year old  vines are located  between the villages of Orange and Chateauneuf on terraces of stones and red sand.  Michel produces this wine as a tribute to his mother.

The grapes ferment a minimum of 20 days.  At the end of the fermentation only the best cuvees will be returned to make the wine.  It stays in old French oak barrels for 18 to 24 months.
This wine is exceptional with red meats and heavy sauces.  It also tastes wonderful with dark chocolate desserts.
This wine was given over 90 points by Parker, Tanzer and Robinson.

You can keep 15 - 20 years.

Looking forward to a fall arrival.