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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The beautiful wines of the Piedmont region will be the highlight of our weekend tasting. THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 5-7PM! And we’re very fortunate to welcome Italian Wine Importer ~ (SCROLL DOWN FOR WINE NOTES!!) Giuseppe Bosco, of Terra Madre Wine Importers A LITTLE ABOUT GIUSEPPE: After 10+ amazing years Read more…
LOOK WHAT’S NEW ON THE WINE AISLE! Gary Cummins, Cooper Wine Consultant 2020 Bodega Cuatro Rayas “Green and Social” Verdejo Rueda D.O. Verdejo (Vur-day-ho) exists as a variety of white wine grape long associated and cultivated in the wine Rueda region of Spain. The grape is thought to have originated in Read more…