LudoBites 4.0 Virtual Wine List

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Photo courtesy of djjewelz

I’m tardy in posting this, and what I’m posting this morning is actually only about 1/2 complete…so expect a few modifications and additions as the next few days progress. In the meantime, a small bit of background:

As some of you may know, I helped design the wine list for LudoBites 3.0 at Royal/T in Culver City this past December. Despite a new location for 4.0 that is BYO-only, Gram & Papa’s in Downtown Los Angeles, Ludo and Krissy Lefebvre have been generous and creative as always, and we’ve collaborated to come up with a way to keep me involved with LudoBites.

So, what you’ll find here — at the domaineLA (aka domaine547) e-commerce site — is a Virtual Wine List: a wine list designed for a restaurant without wine sales on location, designed as a resource for restaurant-goers to draw on as they choose wines to bring from home appropriate to the cuisine Ludo is serving.

While I’ll share some sample items with you in this blog post, you can go to the domaineLA e-commerce site for the complete list of wines with descriptions and suggested food pairings (all available for purchase). And of course you can always come to the shop at 6801 Melrose to find these bottles and more. Or, feel free to call me at (323) 932-0280. We offer delivery services too!

After the jump, more info on the wines and pairings from the FoodDigger event last night…

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get your wine on

10/30/2011: The Return of the Oyster Boys

Oysters. Wine. ‘Nuff said. Come! Click here for advance purchase options.

2010 Trajarinho Vinho Verde

October 6th, 2011 LA Times Wine of the Week! Click to buy for $10/bottle.

Carmela’s Tasting - Wine-Based Sorbets!

Taste two new flavors from Carmela’s Ice Cream, based on wine we stock on our shelves! Two sorbets as well as the wines that inspired them, a Cava and a Malbec blend, will be on display as part of this Sunday’s tasting. Click here for discounted advance purchase of tickets (just $6!).

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Thanksgiving Holiday Hours:

We will be open until 9PM tonight (Wednesday) and then on Thanksgiving Day from 10AM until 2PM for all you last-minute types. Happy holidays everyone!

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wine jargon

Frizzante
From Wikipedia: Frizzante is an Italian wine term term for semi-sparkling wine (as opposed to Spumante, which is generally used for fully sparkling wines). Frizzante wines generally owe their bubbles to a partial secondary fermentation in tank. You might notice a light fizz or tingly sensation on the tongue with a Frizzante wine, compared to the more carbonated sensation that more fully sparkling wines yield.


Scorekage
Okay, so we made up this word yesterday after a great restaurant experience. We brought a bottle of wine with us, expecting to pay a corkage fee. But the restaurant either forgot to charge us the $15, or decided to be nice to us. We scored! Hence, “scorekage” has entered our lexicon. This can also refer to BYO friendly restaurants that don’t charge for corkage under any circumstances.


Frizzante


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DomaineLA Store Contact Info
If you’re looking for our brick and mortar shop, here’s where it can be found:

6801 Melrose Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90038

(323) 932-0280

Hours are 11AM to 8PM, Monday through Saturday and noon to 5PM on Sundays.

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Fabulous & Frugal!
Our friends launched a new site and domaine547 is a featured wine columnist in their premiere edition! Go check out Fabulous & Frugal for some fantastic lifestyle tips for living the good life during what, for most of us, is an economically challenging time. There’s much more than wine there, and we’re thrilled to be a small part of the start of what will surely be a successful venture. Congrats to Brandi & Steph for their achievement!

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