Five Summer Tastings by Executive Wine Seminars

Here is an excellent opportunity to learn and explore some of the greatest wines of the world.

Summer Tastings by Executive Wine Seminars

At the Warwick Hotel (W. 54th St. & 6th Ave.) in New York. All EWS tastings and courses feature: Scrumptious cheeses from Murray’s Cheese Shop, delicious breads from Tom Cat Bakery and INAO professional wine tasting glasses (Parker’s choice).

This is the real thing.

Young vs. Mature Wines with Olivier Humbrecht

Thursday, June 12 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Cost: $195 Member’s Price: $180 Limited to 38

Guest Speaker: Olivier Humbrecht, Proprietor and Winegrower, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht

One of the most fascinating aspects of wine is the way it changes over time. Clearly a newly released wine will taste radically different from the same wine with 15 or more years of bottle age.

To explore this issue in depth, using great Zind-Humbrecht wines as our road map, host Olivier Humbrecht will share with us his insights and observations on how wine changes with the passage of time. Trust us folks, nobody in the world knows more about this subject than Olivier! The wines we’ll taste, filled with rarities and classics, will illustrate Olivier’s points and blow you away.

Here’s our exciting lineup, with all bottles shipped directly to NY from Zind-Humbrecht’s cellar: 1990 Muscat “Goldert” • 2005 Muscat “Goldert” • 1991 Riesling “Clos Hauserer” (92WA) • 2006 Riesling “Clos Hauserer” • 1993 Riesling “Rangen” (98WA, 92WS) • 2006 Riesling “Rangen” • 1990 Riesling “Brand” VT (98WA) • 2006 Riesling “Brand” VT • 1989 Pinot Gris “Rangen” • 2005 Pinot Gris “Rangen” (92WA, 92IWC, 93WS) • 1989 Gewurztraminer “Hengst” VT • 2006 Gewurztraminer “Hengst” VT • 1991 Pinot Gris “Clos Jebsal” SGN (93WS) • 2005 Pinot Gris “Clos Jebsal” SGN (95WA, 96-98IWC, 97WS)

Five Giants of Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet

Wednesday, July 9 6:30 - 8:30 p.m Cost: $495 Limited to 18

Member’s Only Tasting

The small 9.1 acre Grand Cru vineyard of Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet (BBM) is surrounded on two sides by Bâtard-Montrachet and on one side by the outstanding Premier Cru vineyard of Les Pucelles. While wines from this vineyard rarely match the power, richness, and complexity of some of the other Grand Crus, we’ve been seduced over the years by many excellent BBMs, which have won us over with wonderful finesse and elegance.

In particular, five of our favorite white Burgundy producers make superb BBM in the best vintages. We’ve assembled many rare wines for this unique tasting, which showcases 16 great vintages of BBM from five top producers. All wines came from one highly reliable source.

Serious white Burgundy lovers will not want to miss this tasting! Here’s our amazing BBM lineup:

1996 Louis Carillon (94-96WA, 95+IWC, 98WS, 96BH) - The best BBM ever made?

1999 Louis Carillon (95IWC, 94BH)

2001 Louis Carillon (91-92WA, 93BH)

1996 Domaine Leflaive (95WA, 94-95IWC)

1999 Domaine Leflaive (92BH)

2002 Domaine Leflaive (91-93WA, 92+IWC, 93BH)

1999 Paul Pernot (92BH)

2000 Paul Pernot (93BH)

2005 Paul Pernot (92+IWC, 94BH)

1988 Domaine Ramonet (95WS, 93BH)

1990 Domaine Ramonet (94WS)

1992 Domaine Ramonet (93BH)

2005 Domaine Ramonet (93BH)

1986 Etienne Sauzet - Great older vintage!

2000 Etienne Sauzet (91-92WA, 93BH)

2002 Etienne Sauzet (92-94WA, 92+IWC, 93BH)

Sanely Priced Cabernets

Wednesday, July 30 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Blind Tasting

Cost: $125 Member’s Price: $115 Limited to 38

As a sequel to last year’s highly successful Sanely Priced Bordeaux blind tasting, we offer the same concept, using American Cabernet Sauvignon as our theme.

In response to rising prices that have driven so many Cabernets beyond $100, EWS now offers Sanely Priced Cabernets, bringing together 13 superb Cabernets from California and Washington State that retail for $80 or less.
Each of these wines is capable of giving a Grand Cru performance at a relatively modest cost. Some are familiar names, while others are almost unknown. If you love great values and love great wine, come join us to taste these luscious American Cabernets: 2004 Chappellet “Signature” • 2004 Neal Family • 2005 Beau Vigne “Juliet” • 2004 Schrader Double Diamond “Mayacamus Range” • 2005 Shelter 2729 (amazing EWS discovery) • 2004 Karl Lawrwnce • 2004 Stewart (93WA) • 2004 Conn Valley Reserve (95WA) • 2005 Orin Swift “Papillon” • 2004 Chateau Ste. Michelle “Cold Creek” (inexpensive ringer) • Betz Family “Pere de Famile” (93+IWC) • 2005 Andrew Will “Sorella” • 2005 Owen Roe “Dubrul Vineyard”

California Chardonnay vs. White Burgundy

Wednesday, August 6 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Blind Tasting

Cost: $195 Member’s Price: $180 Limited to 38

California Chardonnay vs. White Burgundy was created with hedonists in mind. Conceived as an excuse to have some fun with 13 great Chardonnay-based wines, for this blind tasting we’ve gathered six stellar white Burgundies and six equally stellar California Chardonnays to satisfy the cravings of any Chardonnay lover.

Our fabulous sextet of white Burgundies includes: 2005 Batard-Montrachet (Pierre Morey) (92+IWC, 92-95BH) • 2006 Chablis Grand Cru “Les Clos” (Fevre) (94-97IWC, 92-95BH) • 2005 Chevalier-Montrachet (V. Girardin) (93+IWC) • 2002 Corton-Charlemagne (Doudet-Naudin) (96WS, “great wine!” EWS) • 2005 Meursault-Charmes (P-Y Colin-Morey) • 2005 Puligny-Montrachet “Clos de la Mouchere” (H. Boillot) (95IWC).

California is well represented by these six gems: 2005 Kistler “Vine Hill Road” (94-96WA, 93WS) • 2002 Marcassin “Marcassin Vineyard” (99WA, 95IWC, 93WS - sells for more than twice the cost of the tasting!) • 2002 Marcassin “Three Sisters Vineyard” (96WA, 94IWC, 93WS) • 2005 Newton “Unfiltered” (96WA) • 2005 Pahlmeyer (Napa) (92WA) • 2005 Ramey “Ritchie” (95WA)

Additionally, we’ll include a fabulous bonus ringer: 2004 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay “Art Series” (Western Australia) (93WA, 94IWC, 94WS)

2004 Bordeaux

Wednesday, August 13 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Blind Tasting

Cost: $265 Member’s Price: $240 Limited to 38

“The 2004 vintage has turned out to be a good year overall. Moreover, it might turn out to be the last reasonably priced vintage.”

Robert M. Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate, Issue 171

You say that you love Bordeaux, but can’t bring yourself to pay the ridiculous prices commanded by the 2005 vintage from your favorite chateau? Well folks, it looks like the 2004 vintage is the last train leaving your station, and we encourage you to get on board before it’s too late. While those precious 2005s won’t be ready until you are living in a Home for Assisted Living, the best 2004s are thoroughly enjoyable in their youth.

We’ve had enough knockout 2004s by now to flat out endorse the vintage. This blind tasting contains only “wine of the vintage” candidates, based on wine critics’ choices as well as EWS favorites. Looks like a no-brainer to us. For about half the price of 2004 Latour, you will taste 14 stars of the 2004 vintage -- including Latour and Lafite-Rothschild!

Our thrilling lineup of 2004 Bordeaux includes: Angelus (95WA) • Cos d’Estournel (92WA, 94WS) • Ducru-Beaucaillou (93WA, 92WS) • L’Evangile (93WA) • Le Gay (93WA) • Haut Bailly (93WA) • Lafite-Rothschild (95WA, 93IWC, 93WS) • Lascombes (93WA) • Latour (95WA, 94IWC, 95WS) • Leoville Las Cases (93WA, 95WS) • Leoville Poyferre (93WA) • Palmer (94WA, 92IWC) • Pavie (95+WA, 93IWC, 93WS) • Pichon Baron (93WA)

Plus a Summer Section of...

The Ultimate Introduction to Wine Course

Wednesdays, July 16 & 23 Cost: $325 Limited to 19

Our unique two-session basic introductory wine course features wines that are anything but basic. The course was recently singled out by Food & Wine Magazine as being among the top seven in America! Participants will get an excellent educational and sensory experience as they taste 24 of the most coveted white and red wines in the world. The combined retail value of the wines for this course exceeds $2,000. We’ll pour such great wines as: Krug “Grande Cuvée” Champagne, Grand Cru Burgundies, Chateau Mouton-Rothschild, Kistler Chardonnay, Joseph Phelps “Insignia,” Chateau d’Yquem, plus many more outstanding wines.

The Ultimate Introduction to Wine Course is the most delicious and enjoyable way to learn about wine. And, for people becoming seriously interested in wine, it truly is “the perfect gift.”

For more information

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