5% To The Red Cross

Notes From the Cellar….. With a couple weeks of natural disasters causing enormous devastation both at home and for our neighbors, we will be donating 5% of our sales this weekend to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund. It's a great night to stock up and stay out of the rain while supporting those effected by these storms. Join us this weekend as we will be sampling a crisp, textured Gruener Veltliner and a rich, dark fruited Malbec. Stop by Friday from 3-6 and Saturday to sample these as well as check out the latest new beers! Take 10% off the wines we are tasting this weekend: ’15 Weingut Söllner Gruener Veltliner, Wagram, Austria- Toni Söllner is a small-scale producer of handcrafted Bio-dynamic wines in the hills of the Donauland now called Wagram, looking over the Danube valley just to the east of the Kamptal. The vines grow on terraces of loess (some of the deepest deposits in the world), mussel-chalk, and red gravel, amidst herbs, legumes and wild flowers. The wine is aged in large oak foudre in the traditional Austrian fashion; very well balanced and textured with expressive minerality, it is a light, refreshing & fruity wine. An wonderful pairing for seafood dishes- particularly white fish or shellfish, poultry and creamy cheeses. $17.99 (1ltr) ’15 La Posta Paulucci Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina- Argentina’s best small-family growers express their individual passions with single-grower, single-vineyard wines. This single vineyard Malbec is sourced from the region of Ugarteche located in the sub-appellation of Lujan de Cuyo, where soils are a mix of a sandy loam, sand, clay, and silt. Aged 12 months, 80% in mostly 2nd use French oak barrels. With aromas of red cherry, blackberry and some hints of violet followed by notes of toasted oak, this is a rich and creamy wine on the palate finishing with smooth tanning. Excellent with a range of food from pastas to meat and milder hard cheeses, this is a great wine to settle in with and stay warm. $19.99 On the beer front we have new deliveries from Night Shift, Banded Horn, Down the Road, Relic, Devil's Purse, Kelsen, and the Tap.

Wines for Cool Nights!

Notes From the Cellar….. Welcome autumn and football season! We have all the great beer and wines you need for cool evenings and lazy Sundays watching the games. Join us this Friday from 3-6 and Saturday as we sample a couple great full bodied wines from France that will help keep warm and complement heartier meals. 10% off wines we are tasting this weekend! ’12 Verget Bourgogne Blanc -Terres de Pierres’, Burgundy, France- Verget is the name of the négoce owned and run by Jean-Marie Guffens in the Maconnais. He also has a small Macon domaine, Domaine Guffens-Heynen, which makes some of the greatest Chardonnay in the world. His conviction was and still is that the best wine is made using the best grapes. He buys only handpicked grapes. His focus is on the use of lees, on the gentlest-possible handling of the fruit and the young wine, and on barrel fermentation. The resulting wine is a minerally Chardonnay with beautifully balanced pear and apple-blossom fruit with beautiful textured richness. $19.99 ’14 Château le Bonnat Graves Rouge, Bordeaux, France- The Lesgourgues family are among the most dynamic in the French wine world; Denis make traditional wines that are the opposite of flashy that aren’t made for quick tasting at competitions. Well regarded by the locals of Graves for their great expression of the local terroir their vines average 35 years of age and are planted on the silty/clay gravel of the region. A 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot aged for a year in oak. With a fresh fruity nose of blackberry, cassis and plum, there are hints of black cherry and baking spice on a round, balanced palate that is structured and finishes with lingering, rounded tanins. $18.99 On the beer front we have new deliveries from Aeronaut, Banded Horn, Devil's Purse, Night Shift, Kelsen, Down the Road and the Tap.

Wines for Your Labor Day Weekend!

Notes From the Cellar….. Happy Labor Day weekend and by the looks of it this week, fall is here. Time to enjoy beautiful warm, sunny days and refreshing cool nights. For this long weekend’s barbecues and final get togethers to say goodby to summer, we are opening a handful of wines great for backyard enjoyment and entertaining. This weekend we will pour two great deals from Italy- light and easy drinking as well as offering spectacular value. Also this weekend is one of our favorite, crisp rosés from Corscia, a lean, mineral drinking Sauvignon Blanc from Australia and a smooth, full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon from Paso Robles, California. Join us this Friday from 3-7 and Saturday to sample these wines and see what other goodies we have in stock! 10% off wines we are tasting this weekend! '16 Domaine Petroni Rosé, Corsica, France- $15.99 '15 Gavi di Gavi, Picollo Ernesto "Rovereto", Piedmont, Italy- $14.99 '14 DAndelion Vineyards Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc, South Australia- $18.99 '13 Castel Sallegg Pinot Nero, Alto Adige, Italy- $14.99 '14 Caparone Cabernet Sauvignon, California- $19.99 On the beer front we have new deliveries from Aeronaut, Banded Horn, Devil's Purse, Night Shift, Kelsen, Down the Road and the Tap. Please note we will be maintaining normal business hours this weekend: Tues-Sat. 10:30- 8:00 Sunday 12:00-5:00 Monday- Closed