It was great to meet you Patricia. Glad that you had your maps provided by the Wines of Brasil agency. I smiled immediately when I saw it as I had been given one by Francine and Paula Valenti when we were in the offices of the Wines of Brasil in late June, 2012 tasting the wines of CORDILHEIRA DE SANT'ANA from the Campanha region of southern Brasil that we will soon have here to sell in the United States in January 2012. Can't wait!
It's now Monday, December 10th, 2012 as I type the words of Patricia here in Portuguese before posting this. It's been a wonderful year of getting our stage set for this selling of the fine wines of Brazil here in the United States. The timing could not be better. Patricia and her family have made this already easier for us with their hard work and having Patricia actually go around and meet the stores and the restaurants that will sell their wines here in the U.S. It's a lot of work but it does pay off and people like me do notice, and are the better for it.
I am thankful that Barbara Ruppel and Laurent and I met her through Paula Valenti. it was a series of chances that came together and that have helped for us at Bralvin to set our stage to sell these fine Brazilian wines here in the United States.
It's a whole lot of leg work but all our efforts will help us accomplish this goal of introducing the wines of Brazil to a market here that is largely unaware of them now. That's why we are here! To help in any way that we can.
I sold a case of the LIDIO CARRARO Vinicola Boutique Chardonnay to a customer and wine-lover that attended our Part-Two of our launch of Bralvin imports of fine Brazilian wines to Jim Stutsman. He tasted it and ordered a case and has reported back that at Thanksgiving recently many of his friends and guests enjoyed it and that it matched quite well to the foods her served then. This is always great news.
The rest of what is written here is what I wrote awhile back when I loaded these pictures here from Patricia Carraro's visit to Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits on July 19th, 2012.
It was nice to meet here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits yesterday and hear Patricia Carraro talk about their " purist philosophy " at LIDIO CARRARA. I liked that and will elaborate more really soon. Michel Dumont and I were able to try three wines with her : 1) Lidio Carrara Da'divas 2010 Chardonnay, 2) Lidio Carrara " Angus " Merlot 2009, and the 3) Lidio Carraro " Quorum " 2009. All were balanced, well-made, well-focused wines that would complement many a meal and it was thrilling to see Winebow Imports selling them.
It was the first time ever that we - that I can recollect, a Brazilian wine-maker, owner here and that impressed me and I told Patricia when I met her yesterday that was waiting for her to come and taste her current vintages with us here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits ( 3423 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington D.C (202 ) 363-4265, www.clevelandparkwines.com , also on Facebook at : Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits, and on Twitter at : cpwinespirits , check out : chatwine.blogspot.com for more info ) here in the Cleveland Park Northwest neighborhood of Washington D.C.
Patricia spoke of the promise of the Pinot Noir, Touriga Nacional and the Tannat grapes, of the success already of the Chardonnay and the Merlot grapes. Here is what she wrote in Portuguese ( sorry if I do not write it correctly ) :
" A LIDIO CARRARA Vinicola Boutique surgue no mercado para oferecer vinhos que expressam todo o potencial do terroir Brasileiro com identidade propria, baseda em uma filosofia Puriste. Convido a todos amantes do bom vinho a ter uma experiencia com os vinhos da LIDIO CARRARO e descobrir a beleza e a expressao dos nossos vinhos! " Abracos, com carinho, Patricia Carraro 19/07/12 www.lidiocarraro.com Estrada do Vinho RS 444 Km21, Vale Dos Vinhedos , Bento Goncalves, RS, Brasil Cep. 95700 000 Fone/Fax 55 54 2105 2555 ou 55 54 3459 1222.
As I said, I liked this visit with Patricia Carraro. Since the visit we have sold both the LIDIO CARRARO Vinicola Boutique Chardonnay and the Merlot, both tasted and pictured here. It has been great to include them in our selection of Brazilian wines at Cleveland Park Wines. The selection has also increased since Patricia's visit. I love that!
We of Bralvin imports of fine Brazilian wines to the United States also used the LIDIO CARRARO wines at our Part-Two of our Three-Part of events to get the wines of Brazil launched here in northern Virginia and Washington D.C.
What a great adventure it has already been, what a great adventure it will continue to be.
Join us, be a part : go to : chatwine.blogspot.com , and to our Facebook page of : Bralvin for more.
Cheers, bom dia, muito obregado. Boa semana. Abracos ... TONY
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