We’re lucky to be featuring Mary Taylor Wines in the Putnam’s secret garden - her Beaujolais on our current menu is such a fun chilled red! Now she’s also coming to visit us!

Join us on Wednesday, August 2nd in the evening from 5:30 to 7:30PM.

Gaillacoise Pet Nat - $15.5 / glass at the bar or $23.25/bottle to take home

Douro Branco - $11 / glass at the bar or $16.50/bottle to take home

Chignin - $15.5 / glass at the bar or $23.25/bottle to take home

Agenais Rosé - $9 / glass at the bar or $13.50/bottle to take home

Sicilia Rosso - $11 / glass at the bar or $16.50/bottle to take home

Castilla (tempranillo) - $8 / glass at the bar or $12/bottle to take home

Having worked with European wine for over two decades, Mary Taylor came to love the nuance and diversity of Europe’s extraordinary wine regions, from the tiny villages of France and Italy, to the countryside vineyards of Portugal and Spain. As a result, she also loves the European system of “place name” or “appellation,” which designates the geographical origin not just of wine, but cheese, olives, and butter as well.

“To me, it’s the beautiful complexity of European wines that makes them so enjoyable. Even after all these years, I’m still endlessly fascinated by way each village’s expression reflects its own unique “terroir,” or sense of place. That said, I’m also well aware that the European model can be confusing for most Americans. With all those hard-to-pronounce names and unfamiliar regions, it’s no wonder that so many us look for a cartoon critter or a familiar grape on the label to guide us!”

Join us on Wednesday, August 2nd and enjoy the company of Mary Taylor as we taste delicious wines and partake in our favorite activity: educational drinking with a vintner! She created Mary Taylor Wine because she doesn’t think you should have to be a serious wine expert to experience the kind of honest, authentic wines that the Europeans have been enjoying for centuries. She can’t wait to share that experience with you in the vine/yard.