Weekly Wine Tastings
August 20th-21st, 2010
Please join us for our FREE Wine and Beer Tastings - Friday from 3-7 pm and Saturday 1-6; this week we are tasting:
WINE
This week we're giving a shout out to some fantastic wines from Argentina. Qualitatively speaking, the wines have come such a long way in the past ten years that the region can boast of some of the best value for price in the world. So stop in this week-end and try these brilliant, highly rated wines at great prices.
2008 Torrontes "Urban Eco" Bodegas Y Vinedos O. Fournier
Mendoza, Argentina
Offers up a fragrant perfume of honey, spring flowers, pit fruits, and a hint of tropical aromas in the background. Expansive on the palate, the wine is crisp, ripe, dry, and impeccably balanced. 89pts Wine Advocate
Bottle: $11.99 Special: $10.79 Case: $10.19
2007 Bonarda "Series A" Familia Zuccardi
Mendoza, Argentina
Purple-colored and very fragrant, it offers up scents of strawberry and raspberry. This is followed by a medium-bodied, lively wine with pleasant acidity and ample ripe fruit.88pts Wine Advocate
Bottle: $14.99 Special: $13.49 Case: $12.74
2006 Corte "C" Bodega Vistalba
Mendoza, Argentina
Composed of 80% Malbec and 20% Merlot. Purple-colored, it has an expressive nose of cedar, spice box, cassis, and black cherry. On the palate it displays some elegance, ripe flavors, plenty of spice, and good balance.88pts Wine Advocate
Bottle: $16.99 Special: $15.29 Case: $14.44
2007 "Coleccion" Cuvelier Los Andes
Mendoza, Argentina
A blend of 60% Malbec, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Merlot. A glass-coating opaque purple, it displays a perfumed nose of cedar, cinnamon, violets, black cherry, and black currant. Full-bodied, smooth-textured, and plush on the palate, it has layers of savory fruit, some underlying tannin, and excellent balance.91pts Wine Advocate
Bottle: $24.99 Special: $22.49 Case: $21.24
BEER
This weekend's beer tasting is dedicated to the memory of Joe Strummer who would have been 58 this Saturday.
Old Rosie Scrumpy Cider
H. Weston & Sons (Herefordshire, England)
Award winning Old Rosie Scrumpy is allowed to settle out naturally after fermentation resulting in a truly old fashioned, full flavoured, appley, cloudy scrumpy with a well balanced medium dry character. Lightly carbonated. 7.3% Alc./Vol.
Regular: $5.99 500ml Special: $5.39 500ml.
Bluebird Bitter
Coniston Brewing Co. (Coniston, Cumbria, England)
In England, an "ordinary" bitter is a beer for everyday drinking - the kind of beer you can turn to again and again through a long evening of socializing at the pub. Bluebird Bitter is an extraordinary "ordinary." Freshness, mild carbonation, a wonderfully soft texture, and a perfect balance of rich, grassy malt and assertive Challenger hops make it a superbly drinkable session beer. The bottled-conditioned Bluebird is altogether different from other bottled English beers - it somehow tastes and feels like beer from the cask. 4.2% Alc./Vol.
Regular: $5.99 500ml Special: $5.39 500ml.
Bombardier Extra Special Bitter
Wells & Youngs (Bedford, England)
Wells Bombardier has enjoyed a spectacular rise from well loved regional beer to a top English cask beer brand. "A burnished copper colour, it has a rich, tempting aroma of peppery hops and raisins, while the palate is dominated by more dark fruit, juicy malt and tangy hops." 5.2% Alc./Vol.
Regular: $5.99 500ml Special: $5.39 500ml.
Double Stout
Hook Norton Brewery (Oxfordshire, England)
A blend of malts gives Double Stout a character all its own. Black malt enriches the colour and teases the palate with an unmistakable 'toast' flavour. Brown malt gives it the dryness. 4.8% Alc./Vol.
Regular: $5.99 500ml Special: $5.39 500ml.
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