Time To Gather W/ Family & Friends, So Many Spirits On Special To Enjoy Now!
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HOPE everyone had a happy Hanukkah? We ordered more fine kosher wines to have here for the rest of the year. We have some -
1)Cantina GABRIELE sparkling bianco / sparkling white extra dry
that came, $17.99 to enjoy with or without a meal. It is vegan ,
mevushal, kosher for Passover, too with 12% alcohol by volume. From
Lazio, Italy just outside of Rome. AND -
2) Cantina GABRIELE Moscato sweet white in the classic blue bottle,
$13.49 a bottle - easy-sipping, a treat anytime, and much more! Come
and check these out. Cheers!
LOVE THE sunshine today, started all frosty and yet now things are
looking really good! It was a good drive into work today and the
positive vibes from my drive have followed me into the store as I just
now finish wrapping a gift of spirits to deliver to five guys! What fun,
picked something for many tastes and occasions. Just feeling good as it
is time to star and to start waxing poetic over our Part TWO Big-Theme
BUBBLY sparkling wine-tasting this coming Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
- 5:30-8:30pm, COST : $15 that can later be applied to the purchase of
whatever you want to buy. Cheers!
BUT First we have some regular greatness to mention besides just sparkling wines -
BEER and CIDER from Santos -
BEER-
1) Kristall Weizen from TUCHER, On Special for $2.99, from
Germany, with 5.2% alcohol by volume, a treat - classic beer, mmmmm
good.
2) Heritage 2012 ( Bottled No. 15868, an oak-aged ale from STRAFFE
HENDRIK, Bruges quadruple ale, since 1856, $28.99, a treat 750ml bottle -
cheers!
CIDER -
1) ' Thundering Molly ' Cider - ' well rounded and medium ', from
ABRAHALLS, On Special for $6.99 for a 500ml bottle with 5.2% alcohol by
volume, a treat in flavors to excite your palate!
2) The Lake Hopper , a dry-hopped cider, many farmers, one
landscape, from CITIZEN CIDER, On Special for $12.99 a 4-pack of
16-ounce cans, cider for the people, from Vermont.
3) Wit's Up a dry ale-style cider ( The Cider Maker's cider ). '
enjoy the future with us ', from CITIZEN CIDER, $12.99 for a 4-pack of
16 ounce cans. with 6.2% alcohol by volume. Come check out these
flavors.
LIQUOR & LIQUEUR -
1) Game of Thrones WHITE WALKER by Johnnie Walker, a blended
scotch whisky, $46.99, ' freeze for an unexpected ice reveal '! A
first!!!! Try it like this.
2) BlackLeaf Vodka from the house Maison Rene Laclie, Cognac,
France, since 1889, On Special for $25.99 a bottle, for a 750ml bottle.
Cheers! I need to try this, have not yet. Love the bottle and packaging
and price.
3) Extra Dry Vermouth from LIONELLO, STOCK vermouth, On Special for $10.99
4) Rosso Vermouth Original ' Lionello ' from STOCK, On Special for $10.99 a bottle - BOTH new and exciting.
NOW for our Part TWO BIG-THEME Sparkling Wine-Tasting pn 12/19/2018
- Five great people pouring, five tables and 20+ bubblies -
cavas,champagnes, Cremants, Franchiacortas, Proseccos, Sparkling Wines
from around the world Taste California, France, Italy, German, Greek,
Biodynamic, Organic,
TABLE # ONE - Francois Hurtel of Moet-Hennesy will pour French Champagne & CA. Sparkling wines -
1) ETOILE ( Star ) Brut from the DOMAINE CHANDON, California
$51.99 - totally soft and delicate and so pliant and pleasing and
compliant and agreeable on tongue and palate - a real pal for us all, a
bubbly that understands we have had a frantic and difficult day, that
will remove wrinkles from our foreheads and kiss us ever so gentle on
the tippy-tip-tips of our stretched lips! Lovely.
2) ETOILE ( Star ) Rose Brut from DOMAINE CHANDON, California,
$52.99 - a striking bottle of complex flavors , emotions, moods,
thoughts, situations that will amaze, delight, excite, captivate all
your senses. You will so close to being alarmed in a wonderful way of
course. You will stop immediately and pause, more than a second or two
or even three which may seem like a lifetime. It will be worth it
because the next taste will vanquish any doubt at all from your
questioning mind - yes ( so - oui ) - you have arrived, you are exalted
and entertained and regaled and flamed and filled completely with a
wondrous series of taste sensations. Great moments here with this Etoile
brut rose!
3) 2009 Grand Vintage from MOET & CHANDON, On Special for
$98.99 a bottle - the epitome of a refined elegance and cool pleasing
whif of a breeze to tease and please and settle one's weary thoughts and
bring a gentle smile and warmth back to each of us.
4) Rose Brut from RIUNART, a delineated in art and magic and
theater and performance - intimate and tamed-yet-not-fully dry medley of
french history of love that stayed pure and true - what elegance, too.
Close your eyes and be washed-over with all this satisfaction, bien vrai
et magnifique tout ca!
5) 2008 Vintage VEUVE CLICQUOT French champagne, On Special for
$85.99 a bottle ( was closer to $100 before ), a way to enjoy the '
top-niveau = top level ' of French champagne at an affordable price. On
Wednesday we take 20% off this to make it $68.79 a bottle. I have not
tried this but am thrilled to offer it here, and you will be able to
taste it and decide for yourselves.
TABLE # TWO - We have Franceen Kahng of Leonardo Loscasio
selections ( Winebow Imports ), pouring a selection of fine Italian
spumantes -
1) " Z " NV dry sparkling made with the indigenous grape Raboso
Veronese , a delicate color and a richer flavor of mostly pastel colors
on tongue and palate to please, tease, ease and pleasantly pleasure,
too!
2) ' San Boldo ' MARSURET Brut Prosecco Superiore from the area
Valdobbiadene in Veneto, Italy, $20.99 a bottle - DOCG - " it don't get
much better than this " sings Lyle Lovett and I have to agree, this has
got a whole lot to offer us all , since 1936, dry, using the Glera
indigenous grape variety for Prosecco - hillside grapes that are
hand-harvested.
3) Franciacorta " Animante " Extra Brut NV, from BARONNE PIZZINI,
$37.49, ( The ONLY sparkling wine that many people in the business like
myself can rival real French champagne ), I met the owner tasting this
three years ago and became an immediate fan. It is the definition of an
air-mattress, a water bed, pillows fluffed, big feathers being waved by
you to circulate the air to refresh, to stimulate, the relax so one can
become completely expansive and serene and happy yes si si si si si!
4) Franciacorta ' Naturae ' Edizione 2012 ( no dosage or extra
sweet wine added to top-off the bottle after the sediment is disgorged
), drier, more angular and athletic prowess-lioness-lion-edges-
I HAVE TO SEND THIS EMAIL NOW so will fit in TABLES THREE and FOUR next Tuesday!
TABLE # FIVE - With Mark Congdon of Bacchus Imports pouring an eclectic, fine selection -
1) Falanghina Extra Dry Naples, Italy sparkling dry made from the
indigenous grape Falanghina. We always see still wines using this grape,
it is rare to see a sparkling version and we are thrilled! $21.99, from
CANTINA Del TABURNO, with 12% alcohol - this will both surprise and
please you as you have no expectations at all , this being for most a
total mystery. Yet the vibrancy of alive and active and percolating,
bubbling, and frothing-free-ing flaves will draw you closer and closer
and closer till, with closed eyes you ar swallowed whole and willing and
nothing more than wanting thus ' to be '!
2) Cava AVINHO Reserva 2015 Brut, $17.99, with more depth and
richness than some, since 1597, I need to retaste this with you all. I
have liked it quite a bit in the past, but I need to taste it once
again, and so for the moment this remains a lovely selection of
questions to have bounce around our heads as we taste. Perallada,
Macabeo, Chardonnay or Pinot Noir, any Trepat for accent?!? None of that
really matters, it just all comes down to do you like it or not?!?
3) Rose Brut Reserva from ILOPART, a Methode Traditionelle Spanish
Cava sspumante made from an original, unique blend of 60% Monastrell (
Mourvedre ) and 20% Garnacha ( Grenache ), and 20% Pinot Noir. Also
being organic, this is a number of ' firsts ' for me! " Elegant and fine
... made since 1887, our own mountain vineyards located close to the
winery, at Heretat Can Llopart de Subirats, Barcelona, since 1385. "
Long ageing in the bottle makes everything more complete and developed
and with more nuances to entertain your taste-buds divinely!
4) Champagne THIENOT in Reims, champagne, France, elabore par Alain
Thienot, a dry Brut champagne, $55.99, NM, with 12.5% alcohol by
volume, small production here, a sophistication and a finesse, a power
and a majesty, this is one that turns heads repeatedly, and causes
positive energy and conversation. A treat.
WEEK'S TASTINGS -
Friday December 14th, 2018 ( 5-8PM ) : We have THREE tastings for you all -
1) Christina Caswell of Kysela Pere et Fils et Fille will be here
to taste some great Austrian wines, some fine red Cotes Du Rhone, and
more!
2) John-Michael will be here from SPRINGFIELD MANOR in Maryland
pouring his various spirits, too including Lavender Gin , grappa and
pear brandy and more.
3) Sam will be here pouring a hard cider from Abemarle Cider Works in Virginia, an assortment!
Saturday, December 15th, 2018, 1:30PM- 6PM :
1) We have first Dan coming to pour some of our half-off wine
close-outs, till 3PM, and then Mickey will be here from DOWNEY
Selections pouring some great Italian wines like Savignola Paolina
Chianti Classico, and some DiLenardo TOH Tocai dry white and maybe some
dry red Refosco, too - and more!
2) We have Emily from Republic Restoratives local DC spirits here
to pour the Burrough Bourbon, the Civic Vodka, the Rodham Rye, and their
new apple liqueur, too!
JOIN US! Cheers,
THANKS for all the business over the years! TONY
COME SEE US NOW - the store is filled to the gills with ' goodies '!
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