It is a toasty Sea Fair weekend in Madrona with planes booming overhead and fast boats doing circles on the water.  The boats have arrived at the wine shop as well.

Saturday we are tasting new wines from Corsica and the Loire.  The container just got unpacked this week with three new wines from Domaine de Granajolo..  The wines from this new Corsican winery are all bio dynamic, organic and delicious.  We’ll also be tasting a new Pinot from the Loire and the ever popular Curot Sancerre.  That’s the kind of spectacle we like.

Sunday we are pouring two wines from Château Teulon.  An organic estate in Nimes.  The white and rosé are perfect for the sunny weather.

2013 Château Teulon, Costièrs de Nîmes Blanc  $10
Roussanne
Mango, creamed pineapple and Cassava melon. Exuberant and perfumed, with notes of marmalade, buttered citrus and orange rind.

2014 Château Teulon, Costièrs de Nimes Rosé  $10
85% Syrah, 15% Grenache
Rich, mouth-filling, medium-bodied, and broad. It speaks of woodland strawberries, but also of garrigue, rosemary and thyme.

Come stock up for your Sea Fair activities.

Madrona Wine Merchants offers free wine tastings featuring 4-5 selections on a theme every Saturday from 2 until the bottles run out and on Sunday we offer a mini-tasting of two wines all day from 11-5.