Stories from domaine547
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The Business of Saying No
domaine547 &bull Jul 6, 2010
A couple of months back, I participated in the first annual Los Angeles Natural Wine Week, spearheaded by Lou Amdur of Lou Wine Bar. At that time, I took some heat from a few folks around the Internet who felt I might have been merely capitalizing on a trend and didnat see me as a true natural wine merchant. The thing is, Iave never claimed to be a natural wine merchant. When I started my business online a few years ago, I stated plainly that I wanted to sell wines I loved. I was an enthusiast with a fairly receptive,… Full Story »
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Los Angeles Natural Wine Week: Taste California Terroir on 5/15/2010 at Heath Ceramics
domaine547 &bull May 4, 2010
Lou Amdur, of LOU on Vine, has been hard at work putting together Los Angeles's first Natural Wine Week. I'm remiss in announcing this, since it's barely 7 days away. Go on over to the website Lou has set up to learn more about the variety of events around town exploring this controversial, fascinating, and never boring category of wines. Each of these producers makes wine that I… Full Story »
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Los Angeles Natural Wine Week: California Terroir Tasting, 5/15/2010
domaine547 &bull May 4, 2010
Lou Amdur, of LOU on Vine, has been hard at work putting together Los Angeles's first Natural Wine Week. I'm remiss in announcing this, since it's barely 7 days away. Full Story »
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Topics:
- California
- Tasting
- Wine
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Meet the Reps: Amy Atwood
domaine547 &bull Apr 16, 2010
Amy is the proprietor of Amy Atwood Selections and one of our favorite people to taste with. She has a stellar portfolio of almost entirely "natural" wines. As Amy says herself, "Most of the wines I sell are made with organic grapes, natural yeasts, no added acids or sugar and minimal added sulfites." She distributes quite a bit of wine from the Savio Soares book, some Austrian and Spanish selections as well as a few small California producers. She started this venture last Fall after a year of careful selecting and scouting. While the Trocken was indeed rockin', and the… Full Story »
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Customer of the Day
domaine547 &bull Apr 15, 2010
Really balanced and smooth, this is a bargain of a Chateauneuf. Yeah, the 07s are lauded but what would I prefer to drink? This! It's the second label of Vieux Telegraphe, from the same property but from younger vines. And… Full Story »
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LudoBites 4.0 Virtual Wine List
domaine547 &bull Apr 8, 2010
So, what you'll find here - at the domaineLA (aka domaine547) e-commerce site - is a Virtual Wine List: a wine list designed for a restaurant without the ability to sell wine on location, designed as a resource for restaurant-goers to draw on as they choose wines to bring from home appropriate to the cuisine Ludo is serving. While I'll share some sample items with you in this blog post, you can go to the domaineLA e-commerce site for the complete list of wines… Full Story »
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2008 "Bebame" Red, El Dorado County, California
domaine547 &bull Feb 5, 2010
Cabernet Franc (65%) and Gamay (35%) from - gasp - California! And only 13% ABV, pretty modest by California standards. If I tasted this blind I would probably have said it’s from the Loire Valley. It has pretty much nothing… Full Story »
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2006 Telegramme Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
domaine547 &bull Feb 5, 2010
Really balanced and smooth, this is a bargain of a Chateauneuf. Yeah, the 07s are lauded but what would I prefer to drink? This! It’s the second label of Vieux Telegraphe, from the same property but from younger vines. And… Full Story »
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Wine Retail and Social Media: Yeah, I Should Be Blogging...
domaine547 &bull Feb 5, 2010
But I’m not. Funny, it was pointed out to me that domaine547.com appears as a successfulexample of social media in wine (juxtaposed against the Wine Spectator of all things) in this recent presentation(see slide #25). I guess they haven’t looked… Full Story »
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Free Corkage Alert! Umami Burger and domaineLA
domaine547 &bull Jan 6, 2010
Umami Burger’s truck has been parked today on Citrus just north of Melrose, and in addition to a welcome expansion to my lunchtime options (and an unwelcome expansion of my belly), I’m pleased to report that Adam Fleischman, owner of… Full Story »
