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Monday 2pm - 8pm Wednesday 2pm - 8pm Thursday 2pm - 8pm Friday 2pm - 8pm Saturday 2pm - 8pm Sunday 2pm - 8pm

Golden Hour Wine, 1560 Lake Baldwin Lane, Orlando, FL (2025)

12/31/2024

And the shop is stocked with all of the Champagne and bubbles your heart could possibly desire.

If you're short on time, feel free to order for pick-up through our online store (https://shop.goldenhour.wine) . We'll have the wine ready for you when you arrive.

Most importantly, have fun tonight whether you are in bed before midnight or end up watching the sunrise.

We will be closed tomorrow, but if you find yourself looking for a place to gather, join us at Quicksand for oysters, a bit more Champagne, sherry and good vibes to start the new year. We'll kick things off at noon.

Thank you for an incredible 2024! Happy New Year!

All my best,
Heather

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12/23/2024

Today 2 - 8pm

Christmas Eve 12 - 5pm

And if you can't make it out of the house or sneak away from work, we can still help instantly.

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Golden Hour Wine Club Subscription (https://goldenhour.wine/wineclub)

I hope you are able to spend the next few days exactly how you want to spend them.

All my best,
Heather

P.S. Quicksand will also be open on Christmas Eve from 12 - 5 (and today from 5 - 11pm). I'll be there, while Charlie, Bailey and Corey hold down the fort at Golden Hour, and would love to see you too.

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12/18/2024

Tonight is our last Wednesday tasting of 2024 and Bailey is sharing the wines we want on our holiday tables. Yes - there will be bubbles of course, along with a Mosel Riesling and a light juicy red and a stunning white from Oregon. He apparently forgot to grab a Lambrusco, but I guess he just knows we can leave you to your own devices with that one. 😉

Free Tasting
6 - 8
Shop is open
2 - 8

On a separate, but very related note, it was round this time in 2021 that I started dreaming about a “proper wine bar” that would operate in tandem with Golden Hour - It would be open later and have a bar to sit at. The lighting would be a bit dimmer and candles would adorn the bar and tables. The music would be on point. And of course the wine selection would feature a line up of wine that echos what we share at Golden Hour - wine from farmers, wine with nothing added and nothing taken away - absolutely no corporations.

I’m happy to announce that our wine bar, Quicksand (https://www.instagram.com/quicksandwine/) , is now open at 1903 E. Colonial. It took a long time, a ton of work and the constant help and support of so many people, but we did it. Come visit, meet the team, bring a friend, make new friends, drink Lambrusco, Riesling or Champagne or whatever you’d like and have a snack (yes, we have some food!) All we really hope is that you’ll make it yours.

Quicksand is Open 7 Days
Mon - Thu
5 - 11
Fri - Sun
Noon - 11

And, there is plenty of parking in the lot we share with Educe Salon. 😘

Stay tuned; we'll be sharing a bit more, including last minute gift ideas, holiday hours and some other very good things in the next day or two!

Have a great rest of the week,
Heather

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12/11/2024

I'm not sure how this happened, but it has been a very long minute since we focused solely on German wines for our Wednesday night tasting. Tonight's tasting, however, is a good reminder of a few things: Germany grows many grapes besides Riesling, there is currently a swell of new young German producers producing engaging and thoughtful natural wine and yes, we still love German wine!

Join Charlie from 6 - 8 tonight as he leads you through the wines from Glow Glow, a brother and sister winemaking team out of the Nahe. Charlie will be pouring a fun fizzy white, a dynamic white blend and an enchanting Spätburgunder (aka Pinot Noir) that I constantly find myself craving.

To me, the Glow Glow wines are meant for sharing: casual gatherings and holiday parties alike. Lucky for us, this vintage has landed at the shop at just the right time.

Happy Wednesday & enjoy the rest of the week,
Heather

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12/04/2024

As we make our way through the first week of December, we've got sharing wine on our minds (as usual) - holiday tables, parties, gift giving - shouldn't wine be a part of all of those things, after all?

For the next few weeks we're featuring the wines those of us at Golden Hour want to drink and share. Bailey is up first with a lineup that I fully support!

First, a beautiful pink Italian frizzante from Emilia-Romagna made of Lambrusco grapes.

Then a red wine that changed my thinking on what Malbec, aka Côt, can be. I literally haven't stopped thinking about it since I had it two weeks ago.

And finally, a zippy, fresh vibrant French white from a father/daughter team in the Loire Valley. This is cult natural wine.

It's a delicious lineup that has a little bit of something for everyone. Come and taste for yourself. Free tasting, 6 - 8pm. Shopping and hanging, noon - 8pm.

Happy Wednesday,
Heather

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11/27/2024

Quicksand, our sister wine bar, is so close to opening to the public. But, before we do, you're invited to the Golden Hour Wine Club Members' Sneak Peek!

Quicksand Bar à Vin
1903 E. Colonial Drive (behind Educe Salon)
Saturday, November 30th
5 - 10pm

Come whenever you'd like, but not everyone right at 5, please! 😅 We share the Educe parking lot, even though the signs don't indicate that yet, so feel free to park there.

We'll provide complimentary food for you to snack on (thinking pizza? still working out the details) and a special pour when you walk through the door. Our full by the glass and bottle list will be available (including rarities that have never been on the shelves at Golden Hour) for purchase.

Please just promise you will show us some love and not judge us too hard. This will be our very first night of service. With that, I must say, I can't imagine a better, or more important group to share this night with.

Thank you for believing in and being a part of Golden Hour, and now Quicksand.

See you soon and happy Thanksgiving,
Heather

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11/25/2024

Our Holiday Season Tradition (The Perfect Case of Wine)
Now that we're in our 4th holiday season, I feel comfortable calling this special case a Golden Hour holiday tradition. Look at this as your one stop shop for gifting, hosting a dinner party and being the most loved guest at your neighbor's holiday party. Also, to be clear, I see no shame and absolutely encourage you to save a few bottles and gift them to yourself.

Our thoughtfully holiday curated case includes two bottles of bubbles (Champagne and Lambrusco, of course), four whites, four reds, one orange and one rosé. Basically there is something for everyone, every occasion and every food pairing you might encounter over the next several weeks.

And it's a deal - 12 bottles for $300, over $100 off what would be the regular price of $404. Cases can be purchased in store or online (https://shop.goldenhour.wine/product/2024-holiday-case-/3187?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false) . We only have twelve cases available, so these tend to sell out quite quickly. Please note, we cannot apply any additional discounts. Cases will be available for pick-up beginning tomorrow, Tuesday 11/26.

And while we're talking about dates, we're giving you some extra time to pop in this week. This means we're open every day, including Thanksgiving, my absolute favorite day in the shop, all year.

Thanksgiving Week Hours
Monday 2 - 8pm
Tuesday 2 - 8pm
Wednesday 12 - 8pm
Thanksgiving 11am - 4pm
Friday 2 - 8pm
Saturday 2 - 8pm
Sunday 2 - 8pm

Have a great week and Happy Thanksgiving,
Heather

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11/20/2024

Giorgia Quintarelli is a 25 year old winemaker who, along with her partner Simone, and Lessinia Shepherd dog Gnocchi, is Cantina La Bacheta.

Previous to setting up shop in Veneto, Italy, Giorgia worked in France in Chateauneuf du Pape. She now has four hectares total, spread over three separate plots on her family's property near the Via Gorgo (which means water from the soil or “gurgle”--there are springs under the hills and vineyards). The vines behind the house are Corvina and Rondinella planted on mostly clay. Higher altitude plots are mostly white varieties including Garganega. Giorgia saves the Garganega and Pinot Blanc, on one last row of the higher plots, for her grandpa Giuseppe to work (keeps him busy). The other plot is 1.5 ha of Cortese and Trebbianelle (a relative of Tocai Fruilani), also Tocai, planted across the valley from their house.

Everything has been organic certified since 2012. The only treatments in the vines are copper and sulfur spray for mildew. There’s a new vineyard, a one hectare rental plot which is AOP Custoza and half a mile up the slope from their property with unknown varieties, but mostly Garganega and some red varieties. They need analysis to prove the genetics. The vines are forty years old at least. Currently in conversion to biodynamic, which takes three years.

Tonight Charlie will be opening 3 bottles to share with you: a white, an orange and a light, juicy red that goes perfectly with your turkey, cranberry sauce and stuffing. Join us to taste from 6 - 8. Shop is open 2 - 8.

Hope to see you,
Heather

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11/13/2024

What can I say, other than Thanksgiving is 2 weeks from tomorrow? Let the craziness begin.

Tonight is for everyone who is not the type to wait until the last minute. Bailey will have three wines open to taste for the occasion, including a very tasty and special Bordeaux.

Here's the lineup:
Frantz Saumon, Menu Pineau / Romorantin (2022)
Loire Valley, France

Marie Rocher, Rouge Les Passantes (2021)
Loire Valley, France

Clos du Jaugueyron, Haut-Medoc (2020)
Bordeaux, France

Hope to see you,
Heather

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11/10/2024

Yes, you read that correctly...we're opening a wine bar!

Quicksand Bar à Vin
1903 E. Colonial
Orlando

Think of the space as Golden Hour's moodier, vibier sister that like's to stay up a bit later. It's a space full of the wines you've grown to love, a small food program, really good people and more seating, including an actual bar!

For updates, including opening dates, sign up for Quicksand's newsletter (https://www.quicksand.wine) and follow along on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/quicksandwine/) .

In the meantime, if you want a little sneak peak, we're taking over Kaya's dining room (618 N. Thornton Ave.) tomorrow, from 6 - 10pm, to celebrate their 2 year anniversary!. Chef Lo of Kaya will have a menu of Filipino bar snacks from the kitchen and we'll be pouring the wine - lots of it.

Happy Sunday!
Heather

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11/06/2024

From his home in Enveitg in the Pyrenées, just a stone’s throw from the Spanish border, winemaker Wilfried Garcia is forging new traditions in this high-altitude, little-planted region. Born and raised here, Garcia enjoyed the outdoors and participated in hotelier and restaurant work before deciding to pursue a fledgling interest in wines. He joined winemaker Tom Lubbe of Roussillon’s Domaine Matassa for two seasons, picking up an array of experience and skills before deciding to find his way back to the Pyrenees, where he’d start an ambitious winemaking project on his own.

As part of this new project, he purchased and planted 2 hectares of vines on the steep slopes, at about 1300m of elevation. Co-planted among the two hectares are Mondeuse, Gamay, Pinot Noir, Chasselas, Chardonnay, Jacquère and Savagnin.

While Wilfried waits for these vines to reach maturity, he produces négociant wines with fruit sourced from friends in the Rouissillon of Domaine Les Salicaires. Fruit from Salicaires is all organically farmed and grows from two main sites, one in Opoul and one in Canet. Both sites are only about 1km from the Mediterranean and sit on a bedrock of limestone and chalk soils; the Canet site finds more alluvial topsoil.

Charlie is going to lead you through a tasting of 3 of these wines today! Don't miss it. Winifred's makes the type of wine I love: complex, but fresh and always joyful.

Shop is open 2 - 8. Tasting 6 - 8.

Hope to see you,
Heather

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11/01/2024

On Monday I flew to NYC for a very quick, 24 hour trip to taste through a lineup of wines from one of my favorite importers, Jeffrey Alpert Selections. He was introducing a handful of new wines to the US for the first, so stay tuned. I definitely found some gems.

Anyway, I mention this only because the night ended with some wine friends from other places across the country and a very large platter of oysters at Maison Premiere. I have been dreaming about oysters since. Well, it's very lucky for me, and you, that Dean's Oyster Bar is back at Golden Hour tonight! Join us from 5 - 8 for oysters from Dean's, paired alongside the beautiful and precise wines of Domaine Zusslin. Winemaker Marie Zusslin will be in the shop too to tell you more about what you're drinking. Personally, I'm hoping to end the evening with a glass of Marie's Sylvaner and a dozen oysters, or so.

And don't forget Golden Hour, accompanied by winemaker Andrew Nielsen, is heading to Kaya on Tuesday, November 5th! We're hosting a Kamayan Feast with a table full of Filipino food and Andrew's Le Grappin wines from Burgundy and Beaujolais.

Click here (https://www.exploretock.com/kaya/event/513514/golden-hour-kamayan-feast) for more details and to book your reservation. Note: we're starting at 6, so if you choose, you'll be home with plenty of time to watch election results come in. And, if you choose to linger with us, you can do that too :)

Have a great weekend,
Heather

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10/30/2024

The next week is likely going to be a lot, but we have some distractions, if you need them.

1) Today's tasting is all about Chardonnay. I know some of you like to tell me you don't enjoy Chardonnay, but Bailey fully intends for you to feel differently. Join him from 6 - 8pm tonight when he opens a few of his favorites from Jura and Burgundy.

2) So many of you have been asking and waiting...on Friday from 5 - 8pm Dean's Oyster Bar is back! And she'll be joined by winemaker Marie Zusslin of Domaine Zusslin in Alsace, France. We'll be featuring a bunch of Marie's wines by the glass and she'll be here to talk to you about them.

3) Finally, Golden Hour is heading to Kaya on Election Night.

I don't think I will ever forget reading Kaya's mission statement and job descriptions before the restaurant opened a bit over two years ago. As soon as I saw the post, I recall sending it to my husband and saying, "this is the restaurant Orlando needs". I still feel that way today.

There isn't another restaurant, another space really, in Orlando that encompasses community the way that Kaya does. Over the last year or so I have been lucky enough to get to work with them on their wine program. Having the opportunity to work with this team of people has been really special and meaningful to me.

We've been talking about hosting a collaborative wine focused dinner for a while now and I'm excited to share that we finally have the opportunity to do it. Next Tuesday, November 5th, Kaya x Golden Hour x Winemaker Andrew Nielsen of Le Grappin are coming together to host a Kamayan Feast paired with Andrew's beautiful and nuanced wines from Burgundy and Beaujolais.

Kamayan means "by hand". In other words, no forks or spoons...just banana leaves topped with mountains of Filipino food, great company, and in this case beautiful wine. Family style gatherings full of food and wine are what brought me to hospitality. There is nothing I would rather do on Election Night. The communal table is really important. Hope to share it with you!

Tickets are $135 per person + service fee. Click here (https://www.exploretock.com/kaya/event/513514/golden-hour-kamayan-feast) to join us.

See you soon,
Heather

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10/16/2024

Dry or sweet, red or white, on the rocks, served as a spritz, or in a negroni; really, the styles and ways to enjoy vermouth are endless.

Taste and learn more tonight, as Bailey shares some of his favorite vermouths in the shop right now!

This is definitely going to be a fun one. Don't miss it! No reservations, no tix. Just pop in when you can. Open 2 - 8. Tasting 6 - 8.

And...
Benoit Tarlant of Champagne Tarlant is Hosting After Hours on Monday
8PM

The Tarlant champagnes have been some of the most popular wines at Golden Hour since we opened our doors, so it is really a special moment for us to get to share our tiny space with Benoit and taste through a diverse lineup of champagne (quite a few that have never been at Golden Hour before)!

You can purchase tickets here (https://shop.goldenhour.wine/product/-golden-after-hours-monday-10-21-8-15-pm-hosted-by-benoit-tarlant/3092?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false) !

And as always, this After Hours is free for members of the Monthly Wine Subscriptions (including a plus one). If you are a member, please email [email protected] to RSVP.

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10/09/2024

Opening early and just for a couple of hours today; 11:30 - 2. I will help you find the bottle(s) you need.

You can also order online and we'll have everything ready for you when you arrive.

If I don't see you, please take care and stay safe.

Heather

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10/08/2024

We're generally closed on Tuesdays, but not this Tuesday!

Shop hours will be 4 - 8PM and I'll be here with a list of my favorite "hunkering down" wines to share with you. Not sure about tomorrow's hours just yet, so I'd recommend coming in today, just in case.

If you find yourself in a hurry, you can always order through our online store for pickup too. We'll have everything ready for you when you arrive.

Lastly, if you're going to be out before 4PM and want to pick up wine then, just text the shop phone (689) 444-6072 and we'll arrange. No problem!

Please stay safe,
Heather

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10/02/2024

Join Bailey tonight as he shares wine from one of his favorite Italian producers, Collecapretta!

The Mattioli family has been in the tiny hamlet the Roman's once called Collecapretta (hill of the goats) since the 1100's. For generations the Mattioli have been cultivating the rugged hillsides of southern most Umbria. Located just outside of Spoleto, in the near-impossible-to-find borgo called Terzo la Pieve, today's farm is a scant 8 hectares in total; 2 planted to a mixture of local olives trees, 2 of farro and other ancient grains and ~ 4 hectares of indigenous old vines. Vittorio Mattioli, his wife Anna and their daughter Annalisa live together with 3 generations of their family inside the tiny village overlooking the valley below with the high Apennine Mountains and Gran Sasso looming in the background. The elevation is some 500+ meters and the soils are a mixture of calcium and iron rich clay with outcroppings of tufo and travertine limestone. Though the total production of Collecapretta is only some 8000 bottles in a good year, the family chooses to vinify many different cuvee's in hopes of expressing the vineyard and grape varieties at their best.

All the wines are made in much the same fashion: natural fermentation takes place in open-top cement containers without temperature control or sulfur additions. The wines then age for various amounts of time in glass-lined cement vats or resin tank before bottling in synchrony with the waning lunar cycle. There is no sulfur used at any point in the winemaking process. All farming in the vineyards is completely natural, only composts made from their own animals are used to aid vine health.

This is rustic, soulful Umbrian wine at its best. Unfortunately, we won't be able to open every wine we have from Collecapretta, but join us to find out what Baily picks from the many options - red, white and orange, Sangiovese, Trebbiano and several other grapes found on the Mattioli's property.

Shop is open 2 - 8. Tasting 6 - 8.

Hope to see you,
Heather

P.S. Friday from 5 - 8 we have El Tinto popping up with Orlando's best Colombian food, that is both heartfelt and joyful. Take a look at some of their recent menus (https://www.instagram.com/el.tinto_?igsh=czd2eHozZ3V1M2U2) to get a glimpse of what we have in store. We'll be sharing Friday's menu soon!

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09/25/2024

From the moment the wines of Complemen'terre hit the shelves Charlie was seemingly drawn to them. So when I asked him if he'd like to lead tonight's tasting and he said yes, I wasn't at all surprised that he wanted to share these wines with you tonight.

The wines of Complemen'terre (Marion Pescheux & Manu Landron) come from Loire Valley, the place many would argue was the hotbed of the natural wine movement that started to take off in the latter part of the 20th century. The Muscadet appellation, where Marion & Manu are, however, has historically been known for conventional, machine harvested, mass produced wine.

Before Marion & Manu, a few people like Manu's dad, Jo Landron (a Loire Valley, Muscadet, natural wine icon), started to change that. Today, a small handful of growers like Marion & Manu are taking things even further than their parents' generation with a focus on regenerative farming and using little to no sulfur in their wines.

Of today's new wave of Muscadet, wine writer Jon Bonné says it's "like a more bracing version of Burgundy—Chablis with more zest and a lower price tag.”

Come find out for yourself!

Shop is open 2 - 8. Tasting 6 - 8

Hope to see you,
Heather

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