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Hastae Quorum & Spit Roasted Pig for dinner!   Carmen Who? - Value Opportunity!      Italian Wine Dinner at Folsom Bistro June 26th, - 7pm   Homemade Grilled Flatbread with Assorted Tapenades; roasted pepper, artichoke, roasted garlic cloves.   NV Bortolomiol Prosecco Prior Brut - Valdobbiadene, Veneto ($19)  Insalata Caprese: Fresh Burrata with a variety of local heirloom tomatoes, fresh basil, extra virgin olive oil and sea salt.   2006 Clelia Romano Colli di Lapio Fiano di Avellino, Campania  ($28)   Sauteed Calamari, Fresh Water Prawns and PEI Mussels served on a spring mix & shaved radicchio with a salsa verde.     2007 Venica & Venica Sauvignon Rocco delle Mele , Collio DOC, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia ($36)   Spit Roasted Woodland Bledsoe Pig. Served with broccoli rabe, and carmelized onion-fig Gorgonzola polenta.      2001 Terralsole Riserva Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscano ($100) www.thewineconsultant.com/wine/1286   Raspberry Panecotta with candied lemon zest.     2007 Braida Moscato d' Asti, Piemonte ($22)    2006 Donnafugata Passito di Pantelleria Ben Rye, Sicilia ($42 - 375 ml)     Wine selections presented by Eric Stumpf of The Wine Consultant     $99 per person (excluding tax and gratuity).     RESERVE NOW!  Telephone the Folsom Bistro at (916) 990 0630

Dear Eric,   Carmenère [car-men-EHR]!!?  Tastes like great Cab, but costs a lot less!     We have discussed this Bordeaux varietal before....when we returned from our trip to the Colchagua Valley in Chile in January of 2007.     In 1867 the phylloxera plague destroyed all of the Carmenère vineyards in Bordeaux and Europe.  Replanting attempts were unsuccessful.  However, just prior to the phylloxera outbreak, grapevines of Carmenère had been brought to Chile by European immigrants.  The new planting of this varietal flourished, especially in the temperate Colchagua Valley.  However, up until the end of the 20th century, Carmenère, which looks very similar to Merlot, was inadvertently identified as Merlot and treated and processed as this earlier ripening grape.  In 1994 Carmenère was re-identified by genetic testing.  More recent research has shown Carmenère may be distantly related to Merlot.  This discovery awakened the Chilean wine trade to separate the two varietals.  A renaissance of higher quality red wines has been the result, as the true potential of fully ripened Carmenère has been realized.   In fact, Carmenère typically ripens after the late Cabernet Sauvignon harvest.  This may help explain why many Chilean reds were once maligned by overtly vegetal and astringent qualities that made for unappealing wines (from underripe Carmenère picked with Merlot).   Once allowed to fully ripen from old vine, or fruit reduced low yielding vineyards, Chilean Carmenère has proven to be an excellent blending varietal with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, or an enticing stand alone wine.   Casa Lapostolle's Clos Apalta being the best example of a Carmenere based wine (a perenial Wine Spectator mid 90 point rating, the current vintage received 96 points), but is priced currently at $75+ a bottle.      Casa Silva is a fifth generation grape grower, founded in 1892 by French wine pioneer Emilio Bouchon. It's Los Lingues vineyard possesses the oldest remaining 90 year old vines of the original plantings of Carmenere in the Colchagua Valley.   Casa Silva is considered amongst the top premium producers of Carmenere in Chile.  We have stocked the Casa Silva wines since our return from Chile.     My SF distributor has just informed me that ITS CONTRACT WITH THE US IMPORTER FOR CASA SILVA HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE RENEWED.  At this very moment, there are ONLY ABOUT 100 BOTTLES OF THE SPLENDID 2006 Casa Silva "Los Lingues" Gran Reserva Carmenere, but ANOTHER 50 CASES OF THE  BEST VALUE 2006 Casa Silva Reserva Carmenere available at CLOSE OUT PRICES I am extending to you.     For more background and tasting notes on each wine go to these links please.   2006 Casa Silva "Los Lingues" Gran Reserva Carmenere, Colchagua Valley - $23.95 - NOW $17.95 a bottle!!  www.thewineconsultant.com/wine/1341 2006 Casa Silva Reserva Carmenere, Colchagua Valley - $15.95 - NOW $11.95 a bottle!!  www.thewineconsultant.com/wine/1340   CASA SILVA CARMENERE CLOSE OUT!!!  TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE SUPER LOW BOTTLE PRICES!! 06 RESERVA -  CLOSE OUT Price: $11.95 Our List Price: $15.95    06 LOS LINGUES GRAN RESERVA -   CLOSE OUT Price: $17.95 Our List Price: $23.95 ORDER BY REPLYING DIRECTLY TO THIS EMAIL! The Apalta Valley, a subregion of the Colchagua Valley in Chile. 2006 Casa Silva Los Lingues Gran Reserva Carmenere NOW ONLY $17.95 2006 Casa Silva Carmenere Reserva NOW ONLY $11.95 Hope you can make the Italian wine dinner at the Folsom Bistro.  I understand the maximum reservations have been increased to 40, so do not delay!!  Call the Folsom Bistro to reserve now at (916) 990 0630.  www.folsombistro.com   RESERVE THE CASA SILVA CARMENERE BY REPLYING DIRECTLY TO THIS EMAIL.  ALL ORDERS AND AMOUNTS WILL BE HONORED AS RECEIVED.    Thank you,   Eric Stumpf Renee Kroeger   THE WINE CONSULTANT    8039 Greenback Lane Citrus Heights, CA  95610 (916) 721-WINE (9463) www.TheWineConsultant.com   TASTING BAR OPEN THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 21ST. FROM NOON TO 4PM. www.thewineconsultant.com/tastingbar

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