Tag: Le Caveau Fine Wines
Atlanta is quietly losing one of its best—and most creative—wine shops
From New York to San Francisco to Hong Kong, I’ve seen entire wine lists built on the names Le Caveau owner Eric Brown fought so hard to sell here in Georgia. Over the past seven years, he helped cull that same devotion among his customers.
Buried cow horn? The mysteries of organic and biodynamic wine
I wondered, could the organic and biodynamic movement simply be a marketing ploy, piggybacking on the popularity of free-range chickens and organic kale salads? If anybody could convince me otherwise, it was Eric Brown, the owner of Le Caveau Fine Wines in Chamblee, who has championed these styles since opening his store in 2011.
Four March dining events: Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival, Suwanee American Craft Beer Festival, and more
Get ready to indulge at the Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival, Suwanee American Craft Beer Festival, Le Caveau Fine Wines' Champagne dinner, and BaconFest
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Eddie Holley, owner of Ale Yeah! (with stores in Decatur and Roswell), suggests Terrapin’s Wake ’N’ Bake, a seasonal oatmeal imperial stout. It pairs a potent 8.6 percent alcohol porter with the buzz of coffee from the brewery’s Athens neighbor, Jittery Joe’s. “I wish Spike [brewmaster Brian Buckowski] would make it year-round. Fans go rabid for it, and it’s perfect for warming up on cold winter nights,” Holley says. $12.99 for a four-pack, aleyeahbeer.com
Eddie Holley, owner of Ale Yeah! (with stores in Decatur and Roswell), suggests Terrapin’s Wake ’N’ Bake, a seasonal oatmeal imperial stout. It pairs a potent 8.6 percent alcohol porter with the buzz of coffee from the brewery’s Athens neighbor, Jittery Joe’s. “I wish Spike [brewmaster Brian Buckowski] would make it year-round. Fans go rabid for it, and it’s perfect for warming up on cold winter nights,” Holley says. $12.99 for a four-pack, aleyeahbeer.com
Le Caveau Fine Wines
Eric Brown’s compact, tidy shop across from the Chamblee MARTA station opened last year and immediately became a darling of the city’s wine wonks. They stock some carefully chosen, often-single-vineyard California varietals, but they really put their heart into procuring obscure, Old World varietals.