Mike’s Take on 2009

Some were happy to see the ball drop on 2009.  For the new guy at the Wine Bottega, it wasn’t an easy one to see pass.  From the ongoing excitement of my recent engagement, to the new family I’ve acquired since working at this store, it’s been a very, very good year.  I can only hope that karma will be kind in 2010.  I was fortunate to have jumped into the Bottega at a particularly exciting time in its history, not two weeks before the Best of Boston announcement was made.  (The pressure is on me if we lose this year.)  Here’s my list of ten favorite wine people of 2009, in no particular order:  Matt and Jackie Carroll, Dennis Quinn, Kerri Platt, Matteo Mollo, Jeff Slavin, Theresa Paopao, Maria Jose Lopez de Heredia, Giuseppe Vajra, Sadat X.  Now, onto the wines:

Don’t Judge a Wine by the Size of its Package!

Tonight we seek the answer to the age-old question: “Does size really matter?”

Why is it that with so many things “bigger is better”, but put wine in something over 750ml and people start to get skeptical of its quality?   Our goal is to de-bunk yet another wine myth and show you that good things don’t have to come in small packages. wines are a triple threat: tremendous value, environmentally conscious and let’s face it, solve that problem of a single bottle not being quite enough wine for two to share. You’ll find something among tonight’s selection to meet the most challenging of your wine needs.