Summer in France: A Festival in Blanc and Rosé

Start: Saturday, June 7, 2025 2:00PM
End: Saturday, June 7, 2025 4:30PM

Summer in France - a festival of White Burgundy, Sancerre, Loire Valley, Provence and so much more. What could be a better way to kick off Wisconsin’s summer than exploring truly some of the most magnificent white and rosé wines in the world? While we here at Waterford Farwell love all wine, truly our hearts are often motivated to seek out French treasures. We aren’t total Francophiles, but we certainly love sharing in their joie de vivre, and this festival is aimed at doing just that! White Burgundy - “I would die happy with White Burgundy in my mouth.” — Julia Child So would we. Lots of wine regions around the world make lots of delicious Chardonnay, but none can match the character, the quality and the variety of Chardonnay from Burgundy. Most of the best White Burgundy is made in the Côte d’ Or, which translates literally to Golden Slope, a limestone escarpment about 65 kilometers long and two kilometers wide that stretches south from Dijon as far as the river Dheune. The characteristics of Chardonnay from Burgundy vary dramatically from one of the region’s appellations to the next — from the Kimmeridgean clay soils of Chablis in the north, to the exalted vineyards of the Côte de Beaune and the Corton hill, to the honest, simple styles of the Mâconnais in the south. And each of these Chardonnays from each of these Burgundy appellations offer us an ideal opportunity to study, to explore, to taste the spellbinding properties of terroir — the effects of soil, topography, climate and culture on a glass of wine. Sancerre and the Loire Valley - From west to east, the Loire River Valley is an embarrassment of riches. On the far west, it starts with the amazing wines of Muscadet – incredibly refreshing and shockingly long-lived (and crazy cheap for the quality of wines). On the far east end, it finishes with the incredibly powerful Sauvignon Blancs of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume. Rosé – no longer your grandmother’s blush wine. Dry rose is serious stuff: it drinks like a red wine but you chill it like a white.? Is it the ultimate patio pounder?? Or is it the gateway to delicious hedonism for those of us who usually just drink red?? Whatever your motive, you’ll taste some of the best from France’s Provence, Bandol regions and more! And these are just some of the French summer wines we will be exploring. France has so much to offer, we needed a Festival to celebrate! Please join us for Summer in France. Ticket credited back on a 12-bottle purchase, no cash value. This is a partial list of wines. More wines TBA: 2024 Chateau Gassier "EspritGassier" Cotes de Provence (MAG) $44.99 2024 Bastide Blanche Bandol Rose $33.99 2024 Thomas Labaille Sancerre Rose $36.99 NV Brocard Pierre "Tradition" Brut d'Assemblage $68.33 NV Christian Gosset "A02" Brut (2017 vintage) $89.99 NV Tarlant "Zero" Rose Brut Nature $102.99 2021 Daniel-Etienne Defaix Chablis Vieilles Vignes $55.99 2022 Maison Harbour Bourgogne Aligote "Les Tilles" $55.99 2024 Lieu Dit Rose of Cabernet Franc $29.99 2024 Les Terrasses de la Courtade Rose Pourquerolles $29.99 2023 Chateau Carbonneau Sainte-Foy Cotes de Bordeaux La Verriere Blanc $34.99 2023 G de Guiraud Bordeaux Blanc $31.99 2023 Domaine Ventoura Chablis $37.99 2022 Domaine Nudant Haute Cotes de Nuits Blanc $43.99 2022 Domaine Vocoret Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons $63.99 2022 Albert Bichot Pouily Fuisse $49.99 2022 Joseph Mellot Touraine Chenonceaux Blanc $35.99 2022 Andre Brunel Chateanueuf du Pape Cailloux Blanc $79.99 Domaine Boris Champy Cremant de Bourgogne $44.99 Afred Gratien Brut Rose NV $73.99 2022 Domaine Adelie Mercurey En Pierre MIlley Rouge $86.99 2022 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre $69.99 2022 Domaine Vacheron Rose $69.99 2023 Gros Nore Bandol Rose $50.99 2023 Clos Sainte Magdeline Cassic Blanc $45.99 2022 Drouhin Saint Veran $37.99 2022 Domaien Reuilly Les Fossiles $33.99 2024 Chateau Leoube Rose $41.99 Laurent Pierre La Cuvee $78.99 Drappier Brut Nature $78.99 2022 Domaine Fouassier Sancerre La Garenne $78.99 2024 Bargemone LIbre Rose $44.99 2022 Domaine Andre Bonhomme Vire Clesse Les Pierres Blanches $41.99 Jean Laurent Champagne Blanc de Blanc $72.99 2023 Domaine Durand Sancerre $35.99 2023 Maison Brotte Chateauneuf du Pape $52.99 2019 Gabin et Felix Richoux Irancy $45.99 All prices listed shown are regular retail. Significant discounts offered on all wines at the tasting. Due to the their highly allocated nature, some wines may change without notice.