On June 9, Worldwide Wines welcomed Tom Gilhooly, the Eastern Region Sales Manager of Far Niente Estates, for an intimate wine tasting at Café Routier in Westbrook. Gilhooly lead the tasting through six different 2013 vintages of Nickel & Nickel Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons, as well as the 2013 Bella Union Cabernet Sauvignon, 2013 EnRoute Chardonnay, 2013 EnRoute Pinot Noir, 2014 Far Niente Chardonnay, 2012 Nickel & Nickel Syrah Darien and 2009 Dolce by Far Niente. Worldwide Wines representatives helped educate the guests. Nickel & Nickel Winery was founded in 1997 with a focus on crafting single vineyard wines. Gilhooly also visited Salt Water Grille in Litchfield on June 7, and Napa & Co. in Stamford on June 8.
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- Tom Gilhooly, Eastern Region Sales Manager, Far Niente.
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- Nickel & Nickel wines.
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- 2013 Bella Union, the newest release in the collection, features black cherry, plum, strawberry and berry flavors on the nose.
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- Tim Gilhooly pouring a sample of wine for David Galanto, Owner of The Wine Cask in Old Saybrook.
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- 2013 EnRoute Chaddonnay, 2014 Far Niente Chardonnay and 2009 Dolce by Far Niente.
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- Cori Schott and Carrie Pray, Village Wine and Spirits in Niantic besides C.J. Brady and Gary Williams, Universal Package Store in Noank, during the wine tasting.
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- Nick Neves, Trade Development Manager, Worldwide Wines pouring for Vipul Gandhi, Stratford Spirit Shop.
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- Bhaskar Sureja and Rusik Sureja, Essex Wine and Spirits.
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- The Nickel & Nickel wine tasting at Café Routier.
