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Delighted to have the following new wines on our shelves: Henri Gouges, Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Clos Porrets Saint Georges Domaine Leflaive, Macon-Verze Louis Carillon, Puligny-Montrachet R.V. Dauvissat, Chablis Vieux Telegraphe, Chateauneuf du Pape Angelo Gaja, Ca`Mercanda Promis Luciano Sandrone, Dolcetto d`Alba and Chateau Negly La Cote is now back in stock, in the generous, ripe and flavoursome 2009 vintage.

We have just received our delivery from Bernard and Patricia, our favourite artisan `Eleveur-Charcutier` in France`s Cantal region. Bernard and Patricia`s farm in Salers, Cantal (Central France)

Le Caveau wine shop, Market Yard, Kilkenny: December 2012 Shop opening times: Sunday 16th December 2.00 to 6.00pm Monday 17th December 10.30 to 6.30pm Tuesday 18th December 10.30 to 6.30pm Wednesday 19th December 10.30 to 7.30pm Thursday 20th December 10.30 to 8.00pm Friday 21st December 10.30 to 8.00pm Saturday 22nd December 10.30 to 6.30pm Sunday 23rd December 12.00 to 7.30pm Monday 24th December 10.30 to 4.30pm Christmas Day to Friday 28th December included - CLOSED Saturday 29th December 10.30 to 6.30pm Sunday 30th December – CLOSED Monday 31st December 10.30 to 5.30pm Our shop will close for annual holidays from Tuesday 1st January 2013, Re-opening on Tuesday 8th January 2013 at 10.30 Website orders: Last order for guaranteed delivery before Christmas: Tuesday 18th December We will process all orders coming after this date, but they may not get delivered until Friday 4th January 2013 Orders will be checked and processed on a daily basis between Christmas day and New Year`s day, deliveries of these orders will be made from Friday 4th January 2013 Wholesale orders: Dublin and surrounding counties: Last orders for delivery before Christmas Day: Thursday 20th December 4.00pm Last orders for delivery before New Year`s Day: Thursday 27th December : 12 noon Normal service will resume on January 2nd 2013 Rest of the Country: Last orders for delivery before Christmas Day: Wednesday 19th December 12 noon No deliveries between Christmas and New Year Normal service will resume on January 2nd 2013

Really enjoyed our night at Ballymaloe where two formers chefs at Noma restaurant hosted a pop-up. Yannick Van-Aeken and Louise Bannon`s menu `from bog to shore` was produced from locally foraged and sourced ingredients. Two of our wines were selected to accompany the dishes - Riesling Katzenthal 2010 Meyer-Fonne and Chinon 2010, Pensees de Pallus.

This time it was at ArdBia @ Nimmos where Kevin Powell of News of the Curd took over the kitchen, as part of Ard Bia`s Winter residencies, and cooked a stunning three course meal. And we had the wines to match. What an enjoyable night!.. The three wines selected and served were: Verdicchio di Matelica 2011, Colle Stefano; Pays de Vaucluse `Les Plans` 2010, Domaine Santa Duc; Banyuls Rimage `Mademoiselle O` 2010, Domaine Pietri-Geraud Kevin Powell`s News of the Curd and last but not least the fabulous and unique Ard Bia @ Nimmos Restaurant

Delighted to announce the arrival of 2 Beaujolais Nouveaux - Nouveaux with a difference, the wines are made in small volume by 2 artisan producers who both have a light-handed approach in the winery. They`re almost here and on our shelves! pre-order for delivery from Thursday 15th November or call to our shop to sample... Didier Desvignes, Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau `Nature` 2012 http://www.lecaveau.ie/shop/beaujolais_nouveau_nature_didier_desvignes.html Domaine de la Plaigne, Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau 2012 http://www.lecaveau.ie/shop/beaujolaisvillages_nouveau_la_plaigne.html

A line up of Artisan Italian Wines paired with delicious, authentic Italian dishes.. This was the theme of last night Italian wine dinner at Il Vicolo Cafe, Galway City. The wines presented were: Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Frizzante `Naturale`, Coste Piane Verdicchio di Matelica 2011, Colle Stefano Maremma Rosso `Principio` 2011, Antonio Camillo Chianti Classico 2006, Rodano Recioto di Soave `Vigna Marone` 2007, Tamellini Il Vicolo Cafe 5 Buttermilk Walk Galway City

John and Sally McKenna pick and recommend a pair of wines from our imports. Wine: A Right Pair Vincent Girardin Bourgogne Saint Vincent AC 2010 (€18.95) Lush white Burgundy that drinks like a million dollars and sells for under twenty euro? Impossible, right? Believe it or not, but the great Vincent Girardin’s Bourgogne AC comes in neatly under €20 and for that it offers the most voluptuous mouthfeel, with notes of minerals and straw rather than fruits and butter on the palate. It’s a glory, and the second glass brings vanilla and strawberry. This wine is full of life, and bestows that gift on the drinker: one sip, and you feel more alive. Gianpaola Paglia Morellino di Scansano Bellamarsilia (€13.85) Paglia’s Bellamarsilia offers a bright garnet colour and a great nose with stone fruits, damsons and leather. In the mouth it’s completely alert – what photographers would call “smart-sharpened”. This is a red wine that turns up the attributes of the vineyard and amplifies what is in the wine, rather than making it up in the cellar. Lovely modern Italian winemaking. (The Right Pair from Le Caveau, Kilkenny, www.lecaveau.ie John McKenna 06/11/2012 http://www.bestofbridgestone.com/blog/pick-me

Chris Kissack of the winedoctor.com pays a visit to Joe Pithon`s estate. Read the full article here

After few days of hard labour, moving everything around, dismantling shelves etc... Le Caveau has a new look!.. Tell us what you think!

Domaine Meyer-Fonne, Riesling Grand Cru Wineck-Schlossberg 2008 - €29.99 from Le Caveau, Market Yard, Kilkenny, lecaveau.ie - The Corkscrew, Chatham Street, Dublin 2; thecorkscrew.ie (92 points) This Alsace estate consistently over-delivers in quality for the price. The Meyer-Fonne Pinot Blanc and Riesling cuvees offer an opportunity to sample alomst every aspects of Alsace`s complex terroir, for under €20. However, there is a final piece of the jigsaw; the top flight wines from Meyer-Fonne which include Grand Cru vineyards. These wines have two phases, an initial glamourous period when they offer the best aspects of the easier drinking, cheaper wines. So why not go for the cheaper wines? Well, because of the second phase. Four years on, when the everyday offerings are fading, the Grand Cru nature of the Wineck-Schlossberg vineyard takes over. The crumbly, granite-dominated soils shine through. The wine exhibits acacia honey, baked apple and petroleum notes over a solky smooth wash underpinned by tremendous minerality. An epic story, just getting started. Tomas Clancy, The Sunday Business Post Magazine. 28th October 2012

John and Sally McKennas` Guides - New For 2012 All the best places to eat, shop and stay in Ireland. Perfect for all food lovers.. Le Caveau Market Yard, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny Tel: +353 56 77 52166 www.lecaveau.ie Pascal Rossignol is a polished kind of a guy, and yet there is something about him that is unambiguously feral, something wild. It should come as no surprise, then, that he is a champion of “natural” winemaking, that crossroads of viticulture that is currently the most contentious zone that the wine world has seen in many years. He imports wines from the likes of Frantz Saumon, Sicily`s Anna Martens, Nicolas Renaud, and Thierry Puzelat. Their wines are remarkable, in a very literal sense; you cannot taste them and be unmoved: they are wild things, and one can see why Pascal Rossignol admires them and sells them. But they aren`t the only things he sells, for the tiny Le Caveau is filled with great wines, chosen with fastidious discrimination and amazing knowledge, and sold ith great charm by Pascal and Geraldine. A jewel of a place. Read the full article here.