RAINED CATS and dogs last night! rained again an hour ago, my dog and I beat the rain! Yes!
JOIN
US HERE tomorrow for our mini-big-theme-wine-tasting tomorrow from
5;30-8:30PM as we taste 20 delicious wines with you, many on special and
at special prices for you to make your parting with your money easier.
we have to give you good reasons to part with your money as you work
really hard to earn it.
it
has been hard to watch the effects of hurricane florence down south,
painful in fact to see such destruction ad flooding and loss of home and
property. how do people recover from this?!?
wishing
everyone well, too with yom kippur that starts tonight at sundown i
believe? we are well-stocked in kosher wines in case you want some for
thursday or the weekend. come and see what we have as we are really
excited to have added some new selections including ...
-
1)a fabulous dry sparkling french kosher blanc de blanc / chardonnay '
vignac from the le domaines pierre chavin, $13.49. come try some.
2) Southern White dry 2014 ramat negev with 13.7% alcohol by volume,
kosher for Passover but not mevushal, $21.99. from the MIDVAR winery,
quite the tasty, flavorful, balanced, distinct treat.
THERE ARE ' new ' items, too in Cider, Beer and Liqueur and Liquor that I will mention now for you all.
BEER from Santos -
1)
MILLS and HILLS Imperial Stout, an outstanding craft beer that is
brewed and bottled by Fyne Ales in the United Kingdom. Made in Scotland,
a 9.5% alcohol by volume, a modern take on a classic style. You will
have to try it and see what you think. $8.99 a 300ml bottle.
2)
2018 Stickee Monkee vintage, No. 005, barrel-aged by FIRESTONE Brewing,
this is their Proprietor's Vintage, made in the Central Coast Quad. "
Stickee Monkee is meticulously brewed with Belgian candi sugar in the
classic Quadrupel manner, then aged for more than a year in retired
bourbon barrels to create a stylistic outlier that we call a " Central
Coast Quad ". The result is a beer that offers profound molasses flavors
with notes of toasted oak, coconut, leather nd cigar tobacco. ... "
$10.99 a bottle, comes in a nice box as a gift, too.
3)
Helle's Lager from the VICTORY Brewing Company is On Special now for a
6-pack of 12-ounce bottles at $5.99 ! What a great reduction in price,
come get some while we still have it. This is as close to a steal as we
offer!!
CIDER from Santos -
1)
Cider for the people CITIZEN CIDER, a dry ale-style cider, The Cider
Maker's cider called ' Wit's Up ', : " Wit's Up starts like an ale and
finishes like the dry, session cider that it is. Inspired by the classic
cider making traditions and our vision for the future style of American
cider. " Drink Vermont, $12.99 for a 4-pack of 16 fluid ounces, with
6.2% alcohol by volume, Great presentation, too, also available in other
style. Come check out what we have up front to the right of our front
door as you walk in on display in a rack there filled with other ciders.
WE
HAVE many ciders, and we have isolated some of them in this display up
front to help you all see better some of our selection. We do have more,
however, with a number of them refrigerated already for you in our
silver cooler across from the check-out counter up front.
COME
and check this all out and be amazed, no maybe, simply be amazed! It is
a growing category and we are trying to keep up with it. They are also
gluten-free as sake is sulfur-free, and we are working on our sake
selection, too.
SAKE From Japan -
1)
' Typhoon ' futsu-shu premium Japanese sake, 09/17, $18.49, with 14.9%
alcohol by volume, : slightly chill, or gently warm. When chilled you
can also mix it into cocktails, especially nice gently warmed in the
winter. Think about a Bloody Mary with an Asian twist, adding equal
parts of the Typhoon and your favorite vodka....
LIQUOR from Jagir -
1)
Scotland's smallest distillery EDRADOUR, established in 1825, this is
The Distillery Edition, a Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky, aged 10
years, $67.99, come and try some, it is an undiscovered gem for you!
2)
Summer Cup , a fruit & herb Cordial, NCD from New Columbia
Distillers LLC, Washington DC, distilled by hand, made by the makers of
Green Hat Gin, lightly sweetened blend of herbs, spices and fruit. It's
perfect over ice with ginger ale, lemonade or both, garnished with a
slice of fruit. "
COME check this out!
NOW for our Mini- BIG THEME Wine-Tasting tomorrow -
TABLE
NUMBER ONE - We have Francois Hurtel coming here to pour two great
sparkling wines from DOMAINE CHANDON in california as well as the Moet e
chandon 2009 vintage champagne from france.
1) ' American Summer ' California brut from chandon, limited edition,
$21.99 a bottle, with 12% alcohol by volume, so crisp, bright, lively,
refreshing, a great sparkling wine to enjoy now!
2) ' American Summer ' california dry rose, also the limited edition,
some lovely bright fruit-center here that will put a smile on your face
and relax you.
This is also available in the smaller 187ml bottle size, at $8.99
with the traditional label, so buy either size and enjoy!
great packaging here, you feel great just looking at the bottles here as you pour them.
WE
MAY ALSO HAVE here the Two ' Etoile ' bottlings from California, but
they have not arrived in our store yet leading me to suspect that they
may be out-of-stock!
If we get them we will also pour them -
3)
Etoile Brut non-vinatge, California sparkling, $31.49 a bottle : it is
so smooth, creamy, full, gentle, silky, like a souffle, what a sipping
treat all by itself!
4)
Etoile Brut dry rose non-vintage, California sparkling, $36.49 a
bottle. This blows me away for the complexity, concentration, flavor,
focus, firmness and generous velvet flesh, too - a real special exciting
treat!
AND - the ' piece de resistance ' :
5)
2009 Grand Vintage from MOET & CHANDON, I tasted this awhile back
with Francois Hurtel and Tess Ankeny ( Tess might also be present to
pour with Francois, we will see?!? ). I really enjoyed thoroughly the
weight, presence, power yet concentration and control as these small,
tiny bubbles burst onto my palate, as they hit, saturated, popped and
fandangled and then stayed and lingered as long as they possibly could
before saying " au-revoir ".
TABLE NUMBER TWO - We have John ' Amo ' Amoroso here pouring a fine selection of Aussie wines for you all -
1)
Viognier South Australia 2017, from The Y Series, family vignerons
since 1849, and they also have a nursery and sell many root stocks to
other vineyards as well. $14.49 a bottle, with 13.5% alcohol by volume -
this is one of the most-pleasing, bright, friendly,easy-sipping
Viognier dry whites that will ever grace your tongue, charming 120%!
2)
Premium Cuvee from JANSZ, made in Tasmania, this is a flavorful, rich,
layered and almost sultry, laid-back liquid sparkling wine that has
proven it's stature, worth and quality now umpteen times and will again
as you taste it here. Really nice with food, it will charm out many a
flavor in your meal and rock that flavor and your tongue gently as if
you were both in a hammock!
3)
Old Bush Vine Grenache 2014, Barossa valley, from SAMUEL'S Garden
Collection, $21.99 a bottle, with 13% alcohol by volume, what a treat.
Amo had this bottle with him and brought it in later as we discussed
further what he would pour. He had just tasted it with his wholesaler
group and it , like the others had been open for 1-2 hours already, and
so he went out to his car to bring it here to taste as well with the
others....
I LOVED IT, what grace, what finesse, what aged-nobility, extraction
and sublime gentleness of flavors, bouquet and taste. A charmer, better
than a snake, it's bites are loving and comforting and welcome time
after time after time. Yes.
4)
Ring.Bolt 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon from Western Australia's glorious
Margaret River ( that reminds me much of many great
wine-makeing-vine-growing landscapes), I liked the friendly,
generous,bright, embracing fruit-centered-forward quality here. Not as
rough-and-tumble, more laid-back, more easy-to-sip without
food,medium-bodied frank joy and pleasure. $21.99 with 14.5% alcohol by
volume, made by vigneron Heather Fraser. Too bad Heather cannot join us
and be here to taste this with you all!
5)
Church Block 2014 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Shiraz and 37% Merlot
dry blend from the McLaren Vale in South Australia. WIRRA WIRRA, with
14.5% alcohol by volume, this is bigger, bolder, meatier, beefier, more
brash and blare and blast, a more pronounced bling that the first two,
more a food wine here, anything with some real flavor that needs a
partner to slightly tame it around the edges and preserve and amplify
the core brightness and frankness and flesh of both solid and liquid
tastes! Yes!
TABLE
NUMBER THREE - Ian & Lyss Wolf our Red Wolf Imports pours - fine
wines of South africa - celebrating the south african holiday when
everyone comes together to be one and not divided -
1)
Sparkling brut from South Africa's Stellenbosch region, this '
Tradition ' this Epier family wine Villiera, a Methode Cap Classique,
$24.99, with 12% alcohol by volume, is a great new addition here , we
desperately need this high-quality sparkling ' gem ' that over-delivers
for the price, you will see when you taste it. Check carefully by
tasting in ' slow-motion ' the fascinating ' hang-time ' on tongue,
throat and stomach, very impressive and surprising!
2)
Sauvignon Blanc 2016 from the EAGLE'S NEST, Constantia, wine of the
Coastal region, there is a lovely volume and lulling lovely lilt to this
Sauvignon that murmurs and collects itself on one's palate like the
flock of black sterlings as they in unison do ballet in the skies above
and you are amazed then as you will be when you taste this lovely
Sauvign Blanc!
3)
Mourvedre dry rose 2017 from BABYLONSTOREN, $19.99, a real treat just
on first sight! The deeper color that borders on a rose-amber color, a
delight that begs the question upon sigh sight : " What will this color
deliver in flavor to match the beautiful , distinct color?!? In this
case this dry rose with 13% alcohol by volume has a fullness, a
freshness, and a svelte-mmmm-ness that will lift and carry our palate
and tongue along with it seamlessly. A treat from the Western Cape
special treat, and perfect as the days shorten and the temperatures
think about dropping?!?
4)
Pinot Noir 2016 from the Western Cape, this medium-to-lighter-bodied
Pinot Noir is more defined by the spice and earth with accents of a dark
chocolate that dries the lower register of flavors as the sweetness and
richness from the raspberry accents lift your eyes and cheeks into
brightness-lightness-with-food-just-the-right-rightness! Yes, $24.99, with 14% alcohol by volume!
TABLE
NUMBER FOUR - Tasting with Narayan Campbell the FABulous Brazilian
wines of MIOLO Family Vineyards -viticoltores desde 1897
1)
Cuvee Tradition , methode traditionnelle, $17.99, with 12% alcohol by
volume, grapes grown in the Vale dos Vinedos, just down the mountain in
the valley from the wine center above in Bento Goncalves. I was there in
late June 2012 - ten glorious days, and one grand private
wine-tasting-tour by oenologue Gustavo - just the three of us, simply
wonderful, and it was great to relive how this was the first seriously
fine bottle or group of bottles that we have sold here from Brazil.
IT
ALL GOES BACK to Flavius Cucu that first introduced these wines to me.
We bought and sold everything that he had. What wonderful memories,
obregado Flavius that is from Romania and also sold us many fine
Romanian wines in the day!
THIS
Cuvee Tradition has just the right balance of gravitas and finesse that
one needs with a great price that over-delivers for that! I just
sampled once again this with Wagner Alberti that is helping MIOLO get
the distribution that they deserve, and that they had ten or more years
ago here in this area with Flavius. This is so polished and refined with
just enough weight and concentration, and yet airy and light enough,
too to not fatigue any muscle of nerve or sinew.
2)
' Alisios ' Pinot Grigio / Riesling 2017 from the Seival Estate by
MIOLO, $14.49 a bottle, with 11.5% alcohol by volume, with 50% of each
grape in this blend is a refreshing delight of acids and pump juice
balanced, polished, burnished, peppered and spiced to tell tales of
contentment and ease and peace suggested by the late John Lennon. Taste
and relax and imagine.
3)
' Cuvee Tradition ' brut dry rose, $17.99 a bottle, with 12.5% alcohol
by volume, this is equal blends of both Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and I
have not tried this yet and cannot wait to try it with you all.
WHEN
WAGNER ALBERTI visited me he must have had fifteen samples of MIOLO
with him so I decided to let some bottles be a surprise like this
sparkling rose. Cheers!
4)
Reserva Merlot 2015 from Campanha, Brasil, $14.49 a bottle, with 13%
alcohol by volume, I really enjoyed the weight and mouth-grip-feel here
that caught my attention and held it immediately from first whiff of the
bouquet to the rich, layered middle and lingering finish...
5)
Lote 43 , 2012 ( a great vintage in Brazil , their iconic dry red blend
of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, with 14% alcohol by volume, $38.99 a
bottle, this is it - the whole orchestra, the whole stage, the whole
opera hall, the whole cabaret, the complete chorus and meal, feast,
festival, carnival - the whole explosion of primary and pastel colors
all the ceremony, pomp , dazzle, splash, flame, ember, longing, love,
passion, gut , heart, soul and brain, too. So much to offer here, come
and be almost overwhelmed,warmed,wanted, a wonderful liquid world.
TABLE
NUMBER FIVE - with Dan Schoeff pouring for Rob Moulthrop of Mondo Vino,
and pouring the FINE COUSINO-MACUL wines of Santiago and Maipo Valley,
Chile. Si si si si si, e hola Arturo Cousino!
1)
" Isidora ' Sauvignon Gris from the Valle del Maule, a 2016, $16.49,
with 14% alcohol by volume, wow, this is a wonderful treat that we
introduced here when it first got to the East Coast! We served it a
dinner with the then-winemaker Matias that came here and tasted wines
before we headed down to Ardeo. And before that Jaime came here that had
been the master winemaker at COUSINO-MACUL for so many years! And
Arturo Cousino also has been in the store at least two if not three
times. He is family here! Anyway this is a dry flavorful white that must
be experienced more than once in your lifetime as it has it's own
magical definition that is different for each and everyone of us.
2)
Merlot 2016 from Chile's Valle del Maipo, $11.99 a bottle, with 14%
alcohol by volume, this wine packs a wonderful punch and flavor, more
than you would ever suspect for this modest price - vibrant, it rings
true to the Merlot taste and profile, a great sipping as well as food
red! Si si si si si!
3)
Antiguas Reservas 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon, sustainably-farmed, from
Chile's Valle del Maipo, $18.99, with 14% alcohol by volume, this is how
it all started here in Washington D.C. for COUSINO-MACUL, this wine in
1983-84 sold for $5.99 a bottle then and it was outrageous to think you
had to pay that much then for a Cabernet unknown at that price?!?!? But
upon taste it turned people's heads and tongues and made of many of them
firm believers! Not much has changed since then - still a great wine,
taste it and decide for yourselves.
4)
Dama de Plata 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile's Maipo Valley, $19.99
is the latest installment from COUSINO-MACUL and I love the earthier,
pithier more ground-soil-sweat-sweetness-briar-sun-ripened-grape-quality
here that lends itself so well to being a great medium-bodied red to
enjoy with so many meals now and later. With 14% alcohol by volume, this
is a great red to enjoy chilled forty minutes like all the reds
tomorrow for forty or so minutes! Cheers,
JOIN US TOMORROW!
SAVE ON WINES HERE each and every Wednesday.
WEEK'S TASTINGS -
TONIGHT ( Tuesday ), I will open two fine bottles from Spain :
1)
Seo de TRAMOYA , 50% Verdejo and 50% Viura, 2016, from DON DIEGO, si si
si! $9.99 a bottle with 12.5% alcohol by volume, from Castilla y Leon.
2) Rioja 2013 Crianza dry red from DON JACOBO, I really love this crianza from owner Victor, it is showing so well now!
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 19th, 5:30-8:30PM - Five great people come to pour the twenty wines listed above! #freewinetasting #joinus!
FRIDAY,
September 21st, 2018 ( 5-8PM ) : We have Christina here to pour a great
selection from Kysela Pere et Fils et Fille! JOIN US, be happy,
surprised, pleased, coddled,seduced, sappy and serious and all that in
between.
ALSO : We have the beer RIGHT PROPER from Washington DC, drink and support local!
ALSO : TWIN VALLEY Distillers in Rockville, Maryland - Dave will be our host once again for these fine local spirits!
SATURDAY,
September 22nd, 2018 ( 2-6PM ), Molly Finnegan from Ole Imports will be
here to taste a selection of her fine wines, join us, #neveranycharge!
#everyonealwayswelcome!
ALSO
: We have a TRES AGAVES Tequila tasting with Jaime our host, three
types, silver, reposado and viejo - a real treat - from $31 to $35 and
$42! Cheers, JOIN US!
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME - thank you for everything!
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