Wine Down Thursday: Down the Danube
March 19, from 6 to 7:30pmWine Down Thursday: Three Shades of Pinot Noir
March 26, from 6 to 7:30pm
Sampler: $20/person

Join us for an evening dedicated to the world's most seductive and maddening grape.
Pinot Noir is a study in contradiction — heartbreakingly thin-skinned yet capable of extraordinary depth, fiercely tied to its origins yet endlessly shape-shifting across the world's great wine regions. No other variety so nakedly expresses the land it comes from. Which makes tasting it side by side, across three countries, something close to magic.
We begin in Burgundy with Albert Bichot's sparkling rosé — traditional method, limestone soils, Pinot Noir at its most luminous and alive. We travel next to California's Sonoma Coast, where Stagiaire's "Your Touch & The Breeze" is sculpted by Pacific winds and dramatic elevation into something wild and coastal. We close in Germany's Rheingau, where August Kesseler's "The Daily Pinot Noir" rises from steep slate slopes above the Rhine — precise, mineral, hauntingly captivating.
Three wines. One grape. A world of difference.
We hope you'll join us.

Featured Wines;
NV Albert Bichot Cremant de Bourgogne Rosé Brut
This  is a traditional-method sparkling wine from Burgundy, made from a Pinot Noir–dominant blend with Chardonnay and a small proportion of Gamay. Founded in 1831, Albert Bichot is a historic, family-owned Burgundy producer led today by Albéric Bichot. Each grape variety is vinified separately, and the wine is aged on the lees for at least 12 months, contributing to its fine, persistent bubbles. It shows aromas of raspberry, cherry, and citrus, with a palate that combines lively acidity and subtle creaminess.

2023 Stagiaire Your Touch & The Breeze
What better way to kick off a spring evening than with a chilled red! The 2023 "Your Touch & The Breeze" from Stagiaire reflects both its dramatic vineyard site and the philosophy of its maker, Brent Mayeaux. Stagiaire — French for "apprentice" — embodies the humility and curiosity at the heart of Brent's craft, shaped by natural wine pioneers including Philippe Bornard in the Jura. This Pinot Noir comes from a remote three-acre vineyard perched at 1,400 feet on the Sonoma Coast, just over a mile from the Pacific. Constant ocean winds, cooling fog, and dramatic temperature swings give the wine its singular character. Native yeast fermentation and zero intervention let the vineyard speak for itself. The result: wild strawberry, rose petal, and forest floor, lifted by bright acidity and silky tannins. Best served with a slight chill.

2022 August Kesseler The Daily Pinot Noir
August Kesseler took over the family estate at just 19 years old and gradually expanded it into a benchmark producer of Pinot Noir and Riesling. Today the estate farms vineyards across some of the Rheingau’s most prized sites around Assmannshausen, Rüdesheim, and Lorch, where steep slopes rise dramatically above the Rhine River. The region’s cool climate and slate-rich soils allow Pinot Noir to ripen slowly and develop both bright acidity and pronounced mineral character. The Daily Pinot Noir is aged in barriques in a historic rock-hewn cellar dating back to 1792, resulting in a finely textured Pinot Noir brimming with ripe berry fruit and a gentle undercurrent of warm baking spices.
Sampler: $20/per