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Cellar Treasures Mondiale Tasting at Jimmy D’s – January 11, 2007

Our Mondiale brought in the new year with camaraderie by raiding our cellars to share in some favored bottles that had been gathering dust while awaiting a perfect moment. Several years passed since this successful idea had been done and all rose to the occasion with some real treasures. Assembling at Jimmy D’s Steakhouse with a culinary backdrop for an evening of special tastes, we had a total of 32 unique bottlings to choose among for a wide array to suit anyone’s favor.

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With Vilmart Champagne to start, we had excellent samples of Chardonnay from producers such as Newton and Verget, with a Boillot Puligny-Montrachet among the best of the night. A Thanisch Bernkastler Riesling also made an appearance. Pinot Noir was well represented by Martinelli and Archery Summit, but the big guns came out with red wines from Napa and Bordeaux. Pride Mountain, Far Niente, Joseph Phelps, and Dalla Valle were some of the better known of eight California wines, while France had LaGrange, Montrose, and Jaboulet Hermitage to help carry the fleur-de-lis.

Fans of Italy could choose from renowned areas shown by six examples from such producers as La Spinetta, Corte Farnori and the famous Tignanello from Antinori. International spirit came in a Marqués de Riscal from Rioja brought by a visiting French priest while a lone Australian Shiraz from Chateau Leamon held its own in the battle of the bottles. Our oldest vintages were the 1983 Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle, 1984 Phelps Eisele Vineyard Cabernet, and 1989 Chateau Montrose which, like the attending cellar masters, had all aged quite gracefully.

The buffet presented by retired Officier Jimmy Duane proved as all encompassing as the wine selections. We had sea scallops, beef loin, turkey breast, and crab cakes as part of our choices with spring rolls, potstickers, and shrimp tempura adding some Asian character to the menu. Our piratical plundering of fabulous drink and boundless comestibles left all hands sated from a grand night of merriment. Drink up me hearties!

J.T. Mayer, Vice Chargé de Presse

Welcome to the Cincinnati Bailliage of the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs!

Chaîne Cincinnati includes local businessmen and women, doctors, lawyers, chefs, wine distributors and retailers as well as others in the food and wine fields. Our Bailliage unites professional and amateur gastronomes in a private, not-for-profit society committed to promoting the culinary arts and those of enology and hospitality through example, education and camaraderie.

As an example, we foster the development of the culinary arts among our community's promising chefs by contributing to the Cincinnati Freestore Foodbank’s culinary education program called Cincinnati Cooks. We raise money for this purpose by asking for voluntary donations from our members annually, holding an annual wine auction and having special fundraising events.

Additionally, the Cincinnati Chaîne is home to an active chapter of Société Mondiale du Vin, an organization dedicated to enjoying and learning about the world of fine wine and spirits. Over the last few years our members have toured internationally renowned wine destinations to further their understanding of those areas and their wines.

The Bailliage de Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Cincinnati is affiliated with the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, Bailliage des Etats-Unis (United States Chapter), which is associated with the International Headquarters in Paris.

Salut and Vive la Chaîne!