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Nunc est bibendum - Now is the time to drink |
- Horace, from Book 1, Poem 37; the "Cleopatra Ode", 23 BCE |
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BEER, CIDER |
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LA TOQUE WINES BY THE GLASS |
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Corkage is $40 per 750ml bottle, with a maximum of four 750ml bottles, or the equivalent, per table |
HALF BOTTLES |
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SPARKLING WINE |
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I drink it when I’m happy and when I am sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and drink it when I am; otherwise I never touch it. |
- Madam Bollinger, one of the "Grandes Dames" of Champagne (1899-1977) |
MULTI-VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE |
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VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE |
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SAUVIGNON BLANC |
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AROMATIC WHITES |
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ALSACE |
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CHARDONNAY |
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I like on the table, when we’re speaking, the light of a bottle of intelligent wine |
- Pablo Neruda |
WHITE BURGUNDY |
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Chablis has 247 Acres of Grand Cru vines, 1,953 of 1er Cru vines and 7,067 acres of village vines |
WHITE BURGUNDY |
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Meursault has 974 acres of 1er Cru and village vineyards |
WHITE BURGUNDY |
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Puligny-Montrachet has 247 acres of 1er Cru Vineyards and 333 acres of village vineyards |
WHITE BURGUNDY |
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Chassagne-Montrachet has 865 acres of 1er Cru and village vineyards. |
WHITE BURGUNDY |
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Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet is tiny, only 3.9 acres of Grand Cru vines |
WHITE BURGUNDY |
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Chevalier-Montrachet has 18.5 acres of Grand Cru vines |
WHITE BURGUNDY |
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Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet has 8.7 acres of Grand Cru Vines |
WHITE BURGUNDY |
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Montrachet has 19.7 acres of Grand Cru Vineyards, situated between the communes of Puligny and Chassagne. Wines from the Chassagne side of Montrachet are often labeled "Le Montrachet" |
WHITE BURGUNDY |
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Bâtard-Montrachet has 27.8 acres of Grand Cru Vineyards |
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PINOT NOIR |
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A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry |
- Ecclesiastes |
PINOT NOIR |
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Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized |
- Andre Simon |
PINOT NOIR |
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We could, in the United States, make as great a variety of wines |
as are made in Europe, not exactly the same kinds, but doubtless as good. |
- Thomas Jefferson |
PINOT NOIR |
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It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, |
but I think you'll be amused by its presumption. |
- James Thurber |
PINOT NOIR |
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PINOT NOIR |
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RED BURGUNDY |
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Marsannay has 514 acres of village vineyards |
RED BURGUNDY |
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Gevrey-Chambertin has 1,012 acres of 1er Cru and Village vineyards. |
Mazis-Chambertin has 27.1 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
Chambertin Clos de Bèze has 36.3 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
Chappelle-Chambertin has 13.5 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
RED BURGUNDY |
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Chambertin has 23 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
Charmes-Chambertin has 71.6 acresof Grand Cru vineyards |
Mazoyères-Chambertin has 4.3 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
Latricières-Chambertin has 17.4 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
RED BURGUNDY |
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RED BURGUNDY |
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Clos Vougeot has 125 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
Vosne-Romanèe has 380 acres of 1er Cru and village vineyards |
Échézeaux has 86 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
Grands-Échézeaux has 18.6 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
The Romanée-Conti monopole is less than 2 hectars / 5 acres and is arguably the most concentrated and complex Pinot Noir in Burgundy |
Richebourg has 18.3 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
Romanée-Saint-Vivant has 23 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
La Tâche, a monopole, has 12.4 acres of Grand Cru vineyards |
RED BURGUNDY |
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Nuits-Saint-Georges has 757 acres of 1er Cru and village vineyards |
Corton has 232 acres of Grand Cru vineyards. 95% of the wines from Corton are red |
RED BURGUNDY |
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Beaune has 1,017 acres of 1er Cru and village vineyards. 85% of the wines from Beaune are red. |
Pommard has 795 acres of 1er Cru and village vineyards. |
Jura |
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CORSICA |
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ITALY |
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SPAIN |
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I do not seek, I find. |
- Pablo Picasso |
PORTUGAL |
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RHONE |
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PROVENCE |
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SYRAH |
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Much obliged, but I am not accustomed to taking my wine in pills. |
(In response to being offered table grapes after dinner) |
- Brillat-Savarin |
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SHIRAZ |
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Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection... |
- Ernest Hemingway |
TEMPRANILLO |
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GRENACHE |
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ZINFANDEL |
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MALBEC |
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MERLOT |
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CABERNET FRANC |
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Within the bottle's depths, the wine's soul sang one night. |
- Charles Baudelaire |
CABERNET SAUVIGNON |
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Making good wine is a skill, fine wine an art. |
- Robert Mondavi |
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CABERNET SAUVIGNON |
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A glass of wine is a great refreshment after a hard day's work. |
- Ludwig von Beethoven |
CABERNET SAUVIGNON |
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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. |
- Aristophanes |
CABERNET SAUVIGNON |
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BORDEAUX |
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I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food. |
- W.C. Fields |
PORT, MADEIRA, DRY SHERRY |
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SAUTERNES |
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SWEET WINES, FRANCE |
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SWEET WINES, ITALY |
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SWEET WINES, OLD WORLD |
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SWEET WINES, NEW WORLD |
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LARGE FORMAT (Magnum unless otherwise indicated) |
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SPIRITS |
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"Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness". |
- Oscar Wilde |