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I hope everyone had a great holiday season and got to spend time with loved ones. In the wine world it seems that this is the case. According to the New York Post, “Champagne makers pop corks on record $6.5 B in 2022 sales.” The B in the last sentence was for BILLIONS. Last year there were 320 million bottles of bubbly sold although not quite the high of 2007 where 339 bottles were sold!  Where is all this wine consumed? The top 3 markets are the United States, Britain and Japan while some Euro markets continue to imbibe as...

Wine Republic and Red Bench Bakery, both independent, family and locally-owned, are excited to announce our Wine & Cheese Affair Club. Each month you’ll discover amazing wine & cheese pairings, including 2–4 bottles of wine, a cheese and accompaniments box plus notes on producers. You’ll also receive a fresh-baked baguette or box of artisan crackers free every month! Save on wine purchases every day: 10% off 1-11 bottles / 15% off mixed case / 20% off case of 12 of the same wine.

Far North SpiritsDetails to come

Domaine de La SolitudeSeated & Guided Tasting with Michael BouchardWhen: Thursday, September 9, 6 pm at Wine Republic*free wine club members  |  $20 non members The Lançon family, owners of Domaine de la Solitude, descend directly from the 12th Century Barberini family of Rome. The best known of the family, Maffeo Barberini, was a papal nuncio, or diplomatic representative, in Paris from 1604 to 1606, and was made Pope in Rome under the name Pope Urban VIII. Two of his nephews became cardinals and a part of the family then settled down in Avignon. In the 1980s, brothers Michel and Jean Lançon took the future of...