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Wines that speak to us in value and on a cold winter’s night. Tasting 1/12/19 – Saturday 12-5 – 109 Wine Ridgefield

Wines that speak to us in value and on a cold winter’s night.
This Saturday from 12-5 come join Andres and Anna for a wonderful and casual tasting. A little cheese pairing will be there and Otis may make an appearance too!


Licia, Rias Baixas Albarino 2017
Beautiful straw yellow with greenish hues, Lícia Albariño has strong varietal characteristics with hints of grapefruit, candied fruit, quince jelly, notes of fresh herbs, green apples, and minerals. This full-bodied and well-balanced wine highlights the aromas of citrus and green apple, with a long and persistent finish. This Albariño is perfect with your favorite grilled fish or shellfish, Asian cuisine or even Paella.
Tarapaca, Gran Reserva Carmenere, Maipo 2015
This fabulous carmenere has an expressive, complex, fresh aroma characterized by spicy notes such as clove and pepper, as well as subtle vegetal notes such as red pepper. These aromas are apparent due to the fact that the vineyards are situated very close to the river, with its cool waters, and also due to the summer afternoons, whereby fresh breezes travel up through the valley from the Pacific Ocean to the Andes mountain range. This wine stands out for its unique red ruby color and black fruit aromas; in mouth it is well rounded and rich in flavors, where the figs notes and wild fruits, together with delicate spices aromas, are in perfect harmony. For this reason, on the palate the wine is round, smooth, full-bodied, and with ripe tannins. Black fruit aromas are present, such as blackcurrant, blackberry and plum.
Chateau Saint Andre Corbin, St Greorges-St Emilion 2015
From the smallest of the Saint-Emilion satellite villages, this wine has swathes of black fruit aromas that go well with its firm tannins, dense blackberry flavors and concentration. Ripe Merlot dominates the blend, giving both structure and fruit. It perfect for that cold winter evening by the fireplace!

Come Grow With Us to Kent Barns at our New Kent Location

Follow us to our new location at 7 Old Barn Road (The old Panini Café space)

During the move you can visit us at our Ridgefield location at 109 Danbury Road, Ridgefield or give us a call at 203-438-5757 and we can arrange cheese, wine and gourmet products to be delivered to your house 

We are so excited to announce our moving to Kent Barns! 

Come visit us in our new but temporary space while our new permanent space at 1 0 North Main Street gets completed.

 

Follow us on Facebook & Instagram for all of the updates!

We will be introducing many new products gourmet food items!

Stay tuned as we continue to grow with Kent and Kent Barns.

Monday, New Years Eve 2018 Store Hours – Ridgefield & Kent Locations

Ridgefield Location

We will be open Monday, December 31st from 9-5 to make sure your New Year’s Eve will be filled with caviar, cheese, amazing goodies and Champagne!

We will also have a selection of Artisan bread available and complementary coffee too!

Kent Location

We will be open Monday, December 31st from 10-4 to make sure your New Year’s Eve will be filled with amazing cheesy goodies!

Come say hi and remember we will be moving to our new location over the next week or so.

Stay tuned for our grand reopening in 2019!! #7 Old Barn Road!

 

We are open Today, Monday, December 24th! Both Ridgefield and Kent! 10-4

We are open Today, Monday, December 24th! Both Ridgefield and Kent! 10-4

Thanksgiving 2018

Otis is still trying to figure out how to join us at the Thanksgiving Table unnoticed 

He may be on to something

Click here for our Holiday-Menu-2018

Caviar and specialty food items are available. please email monica@109cheeseandwine.com or give her a call at 203-438-5757

Let us create an amazing cheese and charcuterie presentation for you and your guests. Nothing makes the evening go better that having one or more of our platters ready for your guests as they arrive.

Bring us your platters, use one of our beautiful disposable wood platters or really make a statement and let us set up one of our Berkboard platters. 

Before you know it……….ask about our special shopping experiences for small groups.

Join us in welcoming back Jim Morrison to 109 Wine! Tasting Saturday 8/4/18

Join us in welcoming back Jim Morrison to 109 Wine!
This iconic industry legend will be pouring 4 beautiful wines for us.

Why, because wine is delicious and it’s a Saturday 🙂



Chateau Maupague Rosé 2017: a truly classic Provence rosé, the Sumiere family has roots going back to at least the 13th century in this area. The family (and vineyards) are based around Mont Sainte Victoire, the same area where Paul Cézanne found inspiration for his Post-Impressionist paintings. This rosé has layers of complexity due to the higher percentage of Grenache in the blend. 

Endrizzi Masetto Bianco 2014: An estate going back to 1885, this family is doing really cool things up in the mountains of Trentino. The Bianco 2014 is a blend of primarily Chardonnay, with assisting roles played by Riesling, Sauvignon blanc, and Pinot Bianco. Think golden delicious apples, yellow pear, and wet stones, with a remarkable palate presence for such an inexpensive wine. Really tasty, high altitude Italian white wine. 

Domaine Santa Duc Cotes du Rhone 2015: Biodynamically farmed Gigondas – focused, polished, sturdy, and immensely drinkable. This estate goes back to 1874 and is currently on it’s 5th generation; the current winemaker has been there for 32 years! Red and black fruit, minerals with great texture, and of course, delicious. 

Chateau Tour des Gendres Bergerac 2016: Everyone knows Bordeaux, but many people forget that there’s much more to southwest France than that! Bergerac (and the southwest of France generally) is a true stronghold of old school, classic French culinary and gastronomic traditions, and this cheeky Bergerac rouge is no different. A blend of Merlot and Malbec, this wine is pleasurable, crunchy, and bright, with loads of supple black fruit. Also of note, this was the first estate in the region to go organic, being certified as such since 1994 – clean!

2 wines from Cement This Saturday 12-5 at 109 Wine

2 wines from Cement

Join 109 Wine this weekend as we brace for another potentially snowy, “spring” weekend. Nonetheless, the rosé is tasting way too good not to pour! Besides rosé, we’re also featuring a beautiful little Côtes du Rhone red with the hope that spring is seriously right around the corner.

Âme du Vin is a classic expression of the freshness and liveliness of Provençal sun – a feeling of warmth, refreshment, and leisure. This wine is soft and texturally pleasing with excellent melon flavors and immense drinkability. Life is too short to overthink one’s rosé after all. 

Domaine de la Biscarelle is relatively new to the winemaking scene, founded in 2009, but they’re working with excellent vines – their 2015 Côtes du Rhone is 90% Grenache from vines at least 70 years old, with some exceeding 100 years in age! The balance is made up of various amounts of Cinsault, Mouvedre, and Carignan. Cement fermentation and 12 months of aging in concrete lend this wine freshness, vivacity, and a very pleasant nose of red and black berries, spice, and minerals.

Cheese wines at their best, the wines of Yves Cuilleron

While all wines of quality and balance can be paired with cheese, some wines are more versatile in this respect and the pairings, thusly, are spectacular. We at 109 Wine particularly enjoy the wines of Yves Cuilleron, an immensely skilled winemaker who traces his roots in the area back nearly 100 years to 1920; Yves himself has been steering the domaine since 1987. His whites from the northern Rhone are utterly stunning: delicate, highly perfumed, with excellent mineral and floral components. Some of our favorites include: 

Saint-Peray 2015 – a very floral wine, with lots of lilac, cherry blossom, and jazmine; a blend of Roussanne and Marsanne done in both steel and barrel and aged for 9 months, this wine works great with Alpine-style cheese like Hornbacher, Alpha Tolman or Schweizer Gold. 

Viognier 2016- one of my very favorite varietals, viognier reminds me of a rainy spring morning, damp white flowers and just a hint of honey and peach. This wine is soft, elegant, and maintains great acidity due to the steep incline of the hills and the granitic soils the vines grow out of. I put this with slightler softer cheeses, like Grand-Mere or Truf Tres Lattes. 

Roussanne 2016 – The leanest of the wines featured, this wine is essentially pure flowers and minerals – complex, elegant, just soft enough to work with delicate cheeses, just racy enough to hold up to bolder, aged cheeses like Gruyére, Comté, and even Emmanthaler.

A “Sense of Place”, this Saturday, March 3rd at 109 Wine 12-3

A “Sense of Place”, Saturday, March 3rd @109Wine 12-3

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Terroir is one of the most common words winemakers and critics alike throw about – indeed, terroir could be considered one of the most fundamental of all wine concepts. Generally, terroir can be understood as a ‘sense of place’; the soil, the climate, the land, the history of a place, the emotions it evokes. Burgundy is probably most famed for this notion, but all wines of pedigree will evoke this concept. Terroir is to wine as personality is to people – it is what makes us memorable, unique, and interesting.

This weekend, 109 Wine will be highlighting this idea as we explore three wines, all made from the same grape yet utterly unique in style, presentation, and of course, in their terroirs.

Join Brett from 12 to 3 this weekend and let’s get to know these wonderful wines!

We are so excited about this holiday season and so is Otis! Wine Tasting Saturday, December 2nd

We are so excited about this holiday season and so is Otis!

Otis says thanks Ridgefield Pet
With our recent expansion of our Ridgefield store, not only do we have the most amazing cheese and charcuterie, but we now are stocked with amazing gifts and even greater selection of amazing wines and spirits. 
Come see our new gift selection of
Farmhouse Pottery
Sabré
De Buyer
Opinel Knives
Italian Holiday Gourmet Foods
Fine chocolates
Artisan made candles
Linens
and more…
And this Saturday, December 2nd 
Jim Morrison will be in our wine store pouring some of his favorite wines.
from 1 – 4pm
Come on in and taste some wines, eat some cheese and see what we have to make your holiday shopping more fun!
We have curated some amazing cheese, charcuterie, appetizers, Jeni’s ice cream, lots of gourmet goodies and beautiful wines to make your Holiday season even better! 
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Check out our Kitchen products!
109 will have extended hours from now until Christmas.
 Ridgefield additional hours:
open Mondays 10-4

Kent additional hours
open Wednesdays 10-4
Can’t get to the store to do some holiday shopping during the day, no problem. We are going to do a few extended evenings with a little bubbly to make it a little more fun and accessible. 
More information contact Todd at the store or via email at todd@109cheeseandwine.com
Check out Farmhouse Pottery at our Ridgefield store
Have you tried our
mini croqué monsieur, 
spinach tarts, mac n’cheese. 
No matter what you have planned, enjoy some cheese, wine, friends & family
Amazing new products arriving every day!