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Memorial Weekend Tasting
Wine Tasting May 27-28 Memorial Day weekend BloodRoot Wines, Rosé Of Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2021 BloodRoot is a secret collaboration between acclaimed winemakers. This group has deep contacts and vineyard sourcing which they knew they would create great wines for relatively modest prices. This group is also masterful at Read more
Warm up with WINE Tasting ~ 5.20-21.22
Cume do Avia, Ribeiro No. 7 Colleita Branco This organic white wine is made with the Treixadura, Albariño and Loureira Blanca varieties by Cume do Avia in the DO Ribeiro (Galicia). Cume do Avia is run by Diego, Álvaro, Fito and Anxo, four cousins who decided to leave their jobs and dedicate their lives to viticulture in Read more
MAY 14TH! ONE NIGHT ONLY WHISKY TASTING!
Whiskey Tasting~This Saturday May 14 Law’s Secale Straight Barrel Select Rye 100 proof – A few years ago, the Gaylord Hotel Group built a large facility near the Denver Airport. The site is designed to accommodate huge conventions with numerous outlets for food and beverage. With is in mind, they Read more
A Mother’s Day Tasting Everyone Will Love!
FULL NOTES FOR THIS WEEKEND’S TASTING Domaine du Carrou Sancerre, France The Roger family has resided in Sancerre since the early 18th century. In 1950 that Dominique’s father Maurice started Domaine du Carrou in one Sancerre’s finest villages, Bué. Dominique chooses to work the soils constantly, allowing the roots to Read more
Tasting at Cooper 4.29-4.30.22
Here are this weekend’s tasting notes: Âmevive Wine, Grenache Blanc Santa Barbara County 2021 This wine comes from Buttonwood Vineyard in Los Olivos District AVA. I was attracted to this vineyard because it has a lot of similarities to Ibarra-Young. It’s old, its own-rooted, it has gently sloping alluvial floodplain Read more
This Week’s Tasting Selections
NEW WINE ARRIVALS = LET’S TASTE FRI & SAT! 4.22 & 23 Herencia Altes Garnatxa Blanca, Spain – Made from a mix of old and young vines grown on sandy and chalky soils around the village of Batea, the Garnatxa Blanca from Herencia Altes is fermented and aged in stainless Read more
ONE NIGHT ONLY – Easter Tasting 4.15.22
EASTER WINE TASTING – ONE NIGHT ONLY – 4.15.22/ 5-7PM Bedrock Ode to Lulu Rose Sonoma, CA About: This blend of 50% old vine Mourvedre, 30% old vine Carignan and 20% Grenache from vines planted between 1888 and 1922 is a killer rose. Whole cluster pressed and aged in stainless Read more
Spring in for this week’s tasting!
Arnot-Roberts, Rosé of Touriga Nacional 2021 Arnot-Roberts is one of the most exciting young wineries in California, or anywhere for that matter. Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts have put together a compelling set of wines that highlight the personalities of some of the cooler-climate sites in Northern California. Read more
No Foolin’…we’re tasting great wine this weekend!
Domaine Thévenet et fils (Jean-Claude), Mâcon-Pierreclos Blanc 2020 This is the workhorse wine of the Domaine both for the Thevenet family and for us. The grapes for this cuvée are sourced from four separate parcels within Pierreclos: “Margots”, “Le Chateau”, “Les Grands Buys” and “La Bucherate”. The average age of Read more