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Sunday February 17th Casual Wine Dinner at Sarah’s Wine Bar

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Join us at Sarah’s Wine Bar this Sunday for a casual 5 course Tasting Plates and Wine with Special Guest Lisa Schmitt from Ridgefield Organics

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5:30 pm at the wine bar

The Menu

Duck Sampler – Scrambled Egg with Truffle, Prosciutto, Smoked Sausage & Confit Rolls, Haricots Verts, Frisée, & Butternut Squash Salad

Fattorio Moretto Lambrusco Secco NV

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Seared Stonington Sea Scallops, Lentil Ragout, Root Vegetables & Parsley Coulis

Martin Schaetzel Pinot Blanc “Cuvee Reserve” Alsace 2011

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Venison Duo- Braised Shoulder & Roasted Leg wrapped in Pancetta, chick Pea Galette, Brussels Sprouts & Root Vegetables, Grand Veneur Sauce

Domaine Berthoumieu Madiran

“ Charles de Batz”  2008

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109 Cheese Plate

Domaine de Piaugler Sablet Rouge Rhone 2010

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Hazelnut Parfait & Strawberry Napoleon

$55 for reservations call 203 438 8282

The Taste of Ridgefield, January 27th 2013

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IMG_6526The Taste of Ridgefield, 2013

Thank you all for coming out to The Ridgefield Community Center and supporting Ridgefield today.  We hope you enjoyed all of the amazing food from this great town and continue to support all of it’s vendors.  Did you know that the Rotary Club uses all of the profits from this event for scholarships and grants in our community?

Please continue to support your local restaurants and specialty shops, we all really appreciate it!

Below you will find all of the cheese and wine pairing from todays tastings with tasting notes.

Remember to Shop Local.

Thank you always,

Monica & Todd

Wine & Cheese Pairings

Monica & Todd’s Table, Front Hall

Pfaffenheim pinot gris, Alsace, France 2010 $19

This pinot gris is wonderfully aromatic and fills the glass with bountiful fruit and honeysuckle notes, yet is brilliantly crisp, and finishes bone-dry.

Castelinhos, Cow’s milk, Azores, Portugal  $8.75 ½ lb

Produced on Terceira Island, a mild buttery semi firm cheese.  Great for breakfast.

 

Clos de Haute-Combe Julienas, France 2010 $22

Julienas is reputed to have been named by the legions of one J. Caesar. 100% gamay; light bodied with spicy richness; floral, and bursting with fresh red fruit.

Bianco Sardo, Sheep’s milk, Italy $ 9.25 ½ lb

Matured in reed baskets, firm, with nutty, earthy notes.  Try grated on pasta.

 

Patty & Terence’s Table, Back room, left side

El Pedrosal, Rivera del Duero, Spain 2009 $21

The vineyards of Ribera del Duero run through the high plateau of northern Spain; made from the tinto fino, (tempranillo) the wine is full bodied and ripe, with bright cherry aromas, full fruit, and hints of vanilla and toast.

Jasper Hill Cabot Clothbound Cheddar, Cow, Vermont $12.99 ½ lb

Traditionally bandaged with muslin and aged a minimum of 10 months in the cellars of Jasper Hill.  A classic English style cheddar with earthy herbal notes, robust, savory and nutty.

 

Il Fauno di Arcanum, Tuscany, Italy 2007 $26

A merlot and cabernet blend; the rolling hills and warm sun of Tuscany produce an appealing, round wine full of black fruit and cassis, minerality, and lushness, with a long finish.

SarVecchio Parmesan, Cow, Wisconsin $ 8.40 ½ lb

Award winning, American style parmesan, but we find it too be more in the aged gouda style but a wonderful cheese for snacking or grating.  Sweet, crumbly, slight caramel notes, salty.

 

Monica & Sarah’s Excellent Birthday Dinner January 25th 2012

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Please join us for one of the best wine dinner celebrations of the year.

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Sarah & Monica’s EXCELLENT Birthday Wine Tasting Dinner at Bernard’s

Friday, January 25th @ 7 PM

Everyone celebrates
at this wonderful wine tasting dinner!

 

Passed Canapés

Steak Tartare on Brioche Toast / Chestnut Panacotta ginger Vegetable Slaw / Nantucket Bay Scallops Provencal/ Smoked Eel & avocado on rice crackers /

Vitteaut-Alberti Crémant de Bourgogne Rosé Brut NV

 Burgundy France

Foie Gras Terrine with Artichoke Hearts with Country Bread & Toasted Hazelnuts

R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Gravonia Rioja Blanco

Rioja Spain 2003

 

Razor Clams on a bed of lemon & black pepper linguine, Roasted Corn, Scallion & Pancetta

Jemrose Egret Pond Viognier  Bennett Valley California 2010

 

Duck Duo: Braised Leg & Roasted Breast, Spinach, Spaghetti Squash, Baby Bok Choy & Wild Mushrooms

Domaine Gouron Chinon Loire France 2009

 

109 Cheese Selections

Arnoux “The Chat09” Chateauneuf du Pape Rhone France 2007

 

Pear & Caramel Plate :

Poached Pear & Mousse Cake with Caramel Ice Cream & Fleur du Sel

Casa Vinicola « Mimosa » Moscato Frizzante NV

$90 per person

Call for reservations 203 438 8282

2012 New Year’s Eve

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Hard work, lots of fun and great family deserves Champagne, caviar, artisan cheeses, and charcuterie—and don’t forget Bernard’s goodies!

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Dedicated to great food, beautifully presented, No.109 is your easy answer to a perfect New Year’s Eve.  Give us a call, and we can create platters, hostess gift baskets, and pair wines and Champagnes to make everything perfect.

2012 Holiday Menu

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Just a few more days of shopping and the staff at 109 are here to help.

Great cheeses, charcuterie, wines, gourmet foods, Bernard’s appetizers, sauces and stocks fill the store, and hostess and foodie gifts are plentiful.  Our platters and gift baskets are always a hit and our wine selection is sure to please the sommelier on your list.

Please click on the link below to download our Christmas/Holiday menu.

We will be open every day until Christmas to help with all of your culinary needs…and great gifts too.

Christmas 2012 menu

Santa Cheese

Small Business Saturday

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Today is small business Saturday. Come out and taste some cheese, taste some wine and let us show you why small business and personalized service is the way to go. We are very proud of our store and our staff and hope you enjoy shopping with us as much as we enjoy doing our job.

Get out and support all of your local shops.

Thank you, Monica & Todd

Labor Day at Lime Rock Park and a Picnic curated by 109

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Insulated BasketMonica and I love a picnic! We launched our rent a picnic program earlier this year and the community has embraced the concept. For this upcoming Labor Day Weekend, in addition to our usual baskets, 109 will be catering to an additional picnic venue, Historic Festival 30 at Lime Rock Park Racetrack in Lakeville Connecticut. We will be preparing great picnic baskets for sale or rent.

Rental basket offerings of cheese, salami, sandwiches and wine are available plus add on some of your favorites like Bernard’s House Smoked Salmon. We will be delivering the preordered baskets to the track for Sunday and Monday or you can pick them up at the store for Friday and Saturday. We will also be serving up great sandwiches, Raclette, grilled cheese and Cakebox cookies trackside for the “Sunday in the Park” concours at the track. So grab your friends, spouse, kids, or get a babysitter, and head out for a day of great racing and a beautiful park setting and “go picnic.”

Tickets for Historic Festival 30 at Lime Rock Park

Order your 109 Picnic Basket

The indulgence of the picnic

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According to Wikipedia; “In contemporary usage, a picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors (al fresco or en plein air), ideally taking place in a beautiful landscape such as a park, beside a lake or with an interesting view and possibly at a public event such as before an open air theatre performance, and usually in summer.” In the world we live in, it is my belief that one pines for a daily moment of simplicity.

I know in my heart that with all of the forms of connectivity these days, a picnic with my wife is the best way to for me to escape.

Before cars and even electricity, the picnic was the equivalent of a restaurant. Instead of it being a BYOB, it was more about bring your own everything. Couples and families would escape the home and set out on an excursion that would last most of the day. They would take a trunk full of provisions to a site by a lake, river or just a beautiful field and set up for a meal.

Can you imagine not having a local eatery or local coffee roaster with Wi-Fi!

I am reminded of a commercial where a bunch of guys on a quest for the perfect camping site look for a place with no cell service. Is that the new heaven on earth? Even when I am “not connected” I find myself taking photos in the hope of posting to Facebook and tweeting when service returns. The overwhelming force to share the moment with the world is very strong. I am looking for my inner Yoda to help me. What is wrong with me, why can’t I just enjoy the moment?

Over the past few years, I have come to realize that life should not be rushed, but savored. A picnic, as simple as it sounds, can give you a moment of clarity in a busy world. Sometimes you just need to slow down, grab a baguette, some cheese & a bottle of wine and enjoy the moment.

It is for this reason that we have decided to launch a picnic basket program at 109. All summer long we will be creating amazing picnic baskets for sale and also for rent. If you are going to a”Chirp” concert, let us cater it: a day on the lake, no problem; or my favorite, a great drive to an unknown destination, we’ve got you covered.

Call us or visit 109 Picnic to reserve your basket today.

A Wine for Dad

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Ramirez de la Piscina ‘Santa Maria de la Piscina’ Gran Reserva,

Rioja, Spain 2001 $39

The great Spanish wine region of Rioja is exciting, in part, because of its fascinating blend of tradition and modernity. Ramirez de la Piscina sums this nexus up nicely. The family has been making wine for four generations, and traces its roots back to the Middle Ages, the ‘de la Piscina’ referring to an ancestor who was involved in the taking of Jerusalem in the First Crusade, assaulting the city walls by the Pool of Bethesda. At the same time, their winery, which once fermented in old stone tanks, now uses temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks with automated pump-over systems for fullest fermentation and optimal colour and tannin extraction. The fruit itself comes from family vineyards in the traditionally great subregion of Rioja Alta, with its ideal soil types and water deprived vineyards, and is picked by hand–but in a modern twist, the Gran Reserva is composed entirely of the great tempranillo grape. After sitting in barrels for two years and in bottles for at least three more, in the winery’s underground cellars, the result is a wonderfully balanced wine, with an intense nose of spice and violets, tastes of dark cherries and currants and a hint of tamari, with a really elegant texture–plenty of tannin and acidity from this great vintage make it a great food wine, and capable of aging–if you can wait!

 

Father’s Day Wine Dinner with Racing Legend – Bob Sharp

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Father’s Day Wine & Small Plates dinner at Sarah’s Wine Bar with No. 109 Cheese & Wine

$55 Sunday, June 17th @ 5:30 pm

With a Special Guest Race Car Legend – Bob Sharp

Talk with Bob about racing with Paul Newman and more!

You don’t want to miss this one.

Great food, wine, cheese and how often do you get to dine with Bob!

the menu

Benzinger Sauvignon Blanc Sonoma ‘10

Chilled Tomato Soup with Tomato & Avocado Bruschetta on Grilled Country Bread

King Estate Acrobat Rose Pinot Noir OR ‘11

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Grilled Shrimp served over Roasted Corn Polenta Cake with Wild Mushrooms & Green Peas

De Morgenzon DMZ Chardonnay S. Africa ‘11

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Beef Duo – Roasted Sirloin with Peppercorn sauce & Braised Short rib, with twice baked new potatoes, asparagus & Sautéed Spinach

Domaine Du Vieux Lazaret Chateauneuf du Pape ‘08

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109 Cheese Plate

Clos LaChance Meritage Central Coast CA ‘05

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Key Lime Cheese Cake with mixed Berries & Pistachio Biscotti

Reservations call 203-438-8282