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Fancy a Three Some, Here's one from Napa

January 08, 2008 by serge the concierge

Nothing wrong with being playful.
Fancy a Three Some, here's one from Napa.
Not a 'partie de jambes en l'air' as we would say in France.

The IIIsomms in question was created by 3 sommeliers, Bernie Sun (Beverage Director and Sommelier for Jean-Georges), Janet Pouchot (Sommelier at Restaurant Daniel), Julius Chai (Maitr'D at Ciao Vito in Portland, Oregon ).
They became friends after meeting at various wine trade events.

From this friendship came this Amitie 2005, a Napa Valley blend of 60% cabernet franc, 20% merlot, 15% cabernet sauvignon and 5% petit verdot.

Good wine, easy drinking, not sure it is worth close to $20 retail though, more like a $15 wine to me.

I personally think 'Amitie' (friendship in English) is a better fit. I guess with IIIsomms they followed in the tracks of other labels such as Folie a Deux (Menage a Trois) who try hard to be cute.

Reds I would choose over this one, better value in my opinion, are Ex Libris and also from Washington State The Pitch.

On wines born from Friendship: From Alsace to Minervois, Marc Tempe's wine travels

Posted on January 08, 2008 in Consumer Products, Food and Drink, Restaurants, Serge the Concierge, To Do Lists, Travel, Wine | Permalink | Comments (0)

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