Thursday, December 29, 2011

Farewell to 2011, and look at what's coming

There hasn't been much happening lately: after a tour of duty in Europe in October we had two containers arrive, one from Germany, one from France; moved from NSW to Victoria; and now we're counting down the days until our first child puts in an appearance.

Winewise, Eurocentric now has stock in Melbourne so we can serve our customers better with next-day deliveries and not have to worry about temperature variations from one state to the next on the slow haul with Australia Post.

We've got a new container on the water out of France and the first of the offers will hit mailing list inboxes in the next 24 hours. It's Domaine David Clark 09 red Burgundy, which means it will sell out in a flash (we get just 34 cases). To follow will be a Champagne offer on the cult kings Cedric Bouchard and David Leclapart. You'll have to be fast (and flush) for that one.

The next shipment arriving January 26 will contain wine from: David Clark & Pierre Guillemot (Burgundy); Pattes Loup (Chablis); Gilles Azzoni (zero-sulphur reds from the Rhone); Julien Sunier and Alain Coudert (Beaujolais); Sebastien Riffault (Sancerre, more Akmenine and Quarterons); Emile Balland (Coteaux du Giennois -- well, the 30 cases the freight company didn't smash when they were loading the container anyway); Estezargues (Rhone); Henri Billiot and Rene Geoffroy (Champagne).

Bouchard and Leclapart will headline the container after that. I'm doing a pre-arrival offer now because I had to pay for them early to secure an allocation, and there are other things I need to pay for, such as Georges Laval, Marie Courtin and DeMarne-Frison champagne, Alain Gautheron chablis, Domaine de la Tournelle (Jura), Paul-Henri Thillardon (Beaujolais), and Jean-Philippe Fichet, Benoit Ente and Bruno Clavelier Burgundy.

After that, at last, we'll bring in some Italian and Spanish wine to at least get started with our exciting collection of producers.

By the end of 2012 we should have stock on hand from 100 quality-driven boutique producers. Hopefully you'll come on a vinous discovery with us.

Many thanks for the interest and support in 2011 and here's to an even bigger and better 2012.

Cheers,
Neville