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Candela Prol, highly experienced certified wine educator and friend of the shop, is available for tastings and training for private and corporate events. For rates and other inquiries, please contact her at candelaprol@gmail.com .

*Offsite events are contracted to and coordinated by a 3rd party, and are in no way affiliated with Chambers Street Wines.

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Drinking Old Wine
Many of our favorite wines have been old bottles. While the great majority of wines are made to be consumed within a couple of years of their production, the relatively few wines that are intended to age can offer absolutely magical tasting experiences. We are pleased to offer older wine

Decanting Wine
The following will GREATLY enhance your pleasure with a bottle of older wine. It may sound like a hassle, but it’s really not so bad, and well worth the trouble. Basic Wine Decanting 101 There is nothing complicated or mysterious about this process; just follow these simple instruct

New from the Jura: Les Granges Paquenesses!
Loreline Laborde is living the fantasy many city dwellers have during rush hour: fleeing the city to live a quiet life in harmony with nature. After completing her formal studies in viticulture, Loreline left the bustling city of Montpellier to make wine in the undulating foothills of Tourmont, a vi

Broc Cellars Rocks!
Based out of Berkeley, California, Broc Cellars is an exciting winery, headed by winemaker Chris Brockway, that focuses on offbeat wines from intriguing and often much older vineyards. Their winemaking process uses only native yeasts with minimal doses of SO2 at bottling. These wines

Chambers Street Holiday Whiskey Guide
When the weather starts dipping below freezing and the holidays are upon us, I increasingly find myself reaching for a dram of the darker stuff. And as I look for interesting and exciting gifts for friends and family, a bottle of small batch and handcrafted whiskey makes it to the top of my list. Wh

An old sign for Pelizzatti. The hillside is almost vertical!

Pelizzatti and other Valtellina

In the mid 1970’s the Pelizzatti Perego family had… some kind of falling-out. The result was that the property was divided, and a large part was sold. Arturo Pelizzatti Perego, who was able to retain some of the vineyards, then founded a new winery in 1984 called Ar.Pe.Pe., which his kids now run. In 2006 I visited there for the first time; Valtellina wines have greatly improved since then, but in my opinion Ar.Pe.Pe. remains the best contemporary winery in the region by a wide margin. We don’t have any Ar.Pe.Pe. for sale (primarily because their vineyards are far from organic) – what I had in mind was to set the context for the old vintage Pelizzatti wines we have. When they were made Pelizzatti was one of the largest producers in the Valtellina and they bottled 50 times as much wine as today – their enormous cement tanks are still in place at Ar.Pe.Pe., so visitors can get a sense of the scale of the old operation. I’ve tasted a few very good old Pelizzatti wines; when an Italian friend offered a number of cases of some 1974s I jumped on it. The wines are a steal! Jamie Wolff

Pelizzatti 1974 Valtellina Superiore Inferno

Considered to be the warmest part of the valley of Valtellina (hence the dramatic name) Inferno is situated close to the town of Poggiridenti, with the grapes growing on steep slopes and rocky soils. This 1974 has aged gracefully, with a faint grip of tannins and good acidity framing slightly vegetal and herbal notes of sage and mint, with coffee, tobacco, cedar, warm spice and hint of cured meat and smoke. Fully mature, this is a wine to be enjoyed now with roasted meat, game, or a mushroom risotto. Oskar Kostecki

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Pelizzatti 1974 Valtellina Superiore Sassella

Sassella is widely considered to be the most noble and elegant of the five subzones of Valtellina. Terraced vineyards on steep, south-facing slopes produce high quality "mountain nebbiolo" with great ability to age. The 1974 Sassella from Pelizzatti still clings to a bit of fruit, with notes of dried cherry, cherry pit and red plum being accompanied by cedar, sage, and hint of smokiness. Drink now with roasted pork, game, or savory dishes laden with umami. Oskar Kostecki