Sarah of Sarah and Jacob came by on Friday night looking like a million dollars and wearing her beautiful smile, too as I greeted her warmly having not seen her for awhile. They loved out of the neighborhood to the Mount Pleasant area. They still come back to see us and Santos and I love that. Anyway, Sarah already had a couple of bottles when I saw her and I immediately said : " I have something to show you! You will love this!! " I walked over to the wine-tasting table and reached down to find a bottle of the LAIBACH : Ladybird " dry red Bordeaux classic blend that their son loved because he loves ladybugs and the British call ladybugs " ladybirds!" When I told John Morrison this story yesterday he said : " You can thank the British " for naming the ladybugs : " ladybirds". Sarah smiled when she saw it and said that her son would love seeing it and she immediately bought a bottle as we moved to the register and I introduced her to Jagir and told her that Jagir was the " new " Ravi of the store. I can't wait to say what Sarah says on her return visit after her son sees the bottle. He's way to young to drink any of it but I am hoping that he still responds favorably to the label. Cheers to you all Sarah. Say " hello " to them as well as to your mother and father that also knew Sidney Moore so well of the old Mayflower and Spirits so many wonderful moons ago. This 2011 red blend is drinking quite well and with a bit of food will be really enjoyable now during this holiday season and will not overpower any of the white meats like turkey or goose, and will quite shine with duck and lamb as it is a traditional style, nicely-balanced red that let's the fruit of the grapes shine and be center-stage from start-to-finish. Cheers everyone as we say a " final bye-bye " to Nelson Mandela on this Sunday, December 15th, 2013 as his casket is buried and placed in the ground. .... ( I have copied and pasted here so I repeat some below ... cheers, TONY ) ...
This LAIBACH 2011 is also excellent ... with duck and lamb as it is a traditional style, nicely-balanced red that let's the fruit of the grapes shine and be center-stage from start-to-finish. Cheers everyone as we say a " final bye-bye " to Nelson Mandela on this Sunday, December 15th, 2013 as his casket is buried and placed in the ground. What an inspiration he is to us all. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn
My Mayflower days were formative and lasting and I remember them fondly and will be adding here even though the store is " long-and-gone " I still have strong ties to some of the people like Andrea Fossi and Alessandro Furlan from Italy that came to learn the business and English here in the United States back in the mid eighties. I have been thinking of them both a whole lot recently as they have been dear friends and Alessandro even spent a day recently with my family : wife, daughter and brother-in-law talking them around the town of Monte Carlo. They loved it, they loved being with Alessandro that took time out of his busy schedule selling and promoting Italian fine wines to show my family some of what makes Italy and Tuscany so very special. ...
At the Mayflower then we used to sell the Monte Carlo dry white for $3.49 a bottle. Everyone loved it, everyone came from miles around to buy it and often in a case of twelve bottles. It was frequently featured in one of the monthly six-pack samplers. Sidney wrote of it all the time.
And Jim Stutsman brought me a bottle with a note to Sidney that he had written to her of a bottle that he had found in his cellar, still unopened, of one from the eighties! Wow, now that's " some history! " I wonder if she ever tried it?
And then when my daughter and I were in Tuscany back in 2009 at MONTELLORI vineyards with the owner and the winemaker/restaurant sommelier there on the property ) having lunch we spoke of the town, region and wines of Monte Carlo ( and I was able to share this story from the Mayflower Wines & Spirits and Helen and Aaron Milman living there in Florence and importing the wines, knowing Andrea Fossi's dad and Andrea, too, and Alessandro as well ) ... as the sommelier-winemaker was from Monte Carlo! Wow, what a small world this really is that we live in : so many degrees of separation. I have never been to Monte Carlo but still have a sense - a degree of " knowing it ". and that comforts me, I like it. Cheers, I am thinking of you both Andrea and Alessandro. I wish the best for you and for your families in these challenging times! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn, Sunday morning here in sunshine and blue skies with no leaves on the trees, December 15th, 2013. Caio e mille grazie e a presto! TONY
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