WHAT WE OFFER
WINE
SPIRITS
BEER
CHEESE & CURED MEATS
OPINIONS
Gift Card
Recent Opinions and Events
Whiskey tasting notes, June 15, 2019
Cragganmore Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whiskey 12 years old 80 proof Regular Price $64.99 Sale price $58.99 “A sherried 12 year old single malt from Diageo’s Classic Malts range, this bottling from the Cragganmore distillery represents Speyside and proffers a rich, slightly floral whisky with barley notes.” Jefferson’s Reserve Twin Oak Kentucky Straight Bourbon 90.2[…]
Picnic Wines, June 8, 2019
2018 Casamaro Verdejo Rueda, SP Regular Price $13.99 Sale price $10.99 Rueda is located in North-central Spain, on the sandy high plains that were undersea for millions of years. The old vine Verdejo grown here makes absolutely delicious wine, full of fresh peachy aromas and flavors. Bright, low in alcohol and easy to enjoy, this[…]
Tasting Notes, Loire Valley June 1, 2019
2018 Claude Branger ‘Le Fils des Gras Moutons’ Sur Lie Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Regular Price $16.99 Sale price $12.99 Muscadet has long been prized as a wine for oysters (and little else) but a revolution led by Claude Branger and other committed growers have changed both the perception and the reality of the wines.[…]
Tasting notes, May 25: Wines for the Grill
2017 Airlie Pinot Blanc Willamette Valley, OR Regular Price $19.99 Sale price $15.99 The all women team at Airlie continues to impress with high quality, affordable wines that taste of Oregon. The fresh and balanced Pinot Blanc exudes lovely pear and honeysuckle aromas followed by pear and apple flavors and crisp invigorating acidity. No oak,[…]
Tasting Notes; Saturday, May 18, 2019….Rose (all day!)
2018 Ameztoi Txakolina Rubentis Getaria, SP Regular Price $24.99 Sale price $19.99 From the Basque region of Spain, this Rosé is made from the grapes Hondarrabi Zuri (50%) and Hondarrabi Beltza (50%). Fresh and bright, slightly effervescent, its tart cherry flavors are cheerful and exuberant. It’s just a delight. 2018 Le Fraghe ‘Rodon’ Bardolino Chiaretto[…]
My Favorite Wine, May 8, 2019
La Manarine Cotes du Rhone RoseRegular price $18.99 Sale Price $14.99 Rosé is so in vogue at the moment that even those guys that refuse to touch a white wine (because, you know, white wines aren’t manly) are drinking Rosé. I guess they think it gives them street creed. Its pretty funny watching them contort and try[…]
Tasting notes; wines that we really, really like, May 4, 2019
2017 Von Winning Sauvignon Blanc II Trocken Pfalz, Germany Regular Price $27.99 Sale price $21.99 Let’s address some misconceptions about German wines: a) they are not all sweet (most are not), b) grapes other than Riesling are planted, c) most Rieslings are not sweet, and d) this wine from Pfalz is just crazy good. Herbal[…]
Tasting notes: Tequila, April 27, 2019
Cimarron Blanco Regular Price $23.99 Sale price $20.99 Cimarrón Tequila from Atotonilco, Jalisco is distilled from agave hillside agave grown at 4,620′ elevation, where plant sugars reach an average of 24-26° Brix. A low-pressure, slow agave roast creates Cimarrón’s bright, forward flavor, and fermentation is entirely natural using winemakers’ yeast. Fortaleza Blanco Regular Price $52.99[…]
My Favorite Wine, April 24, 2019
2017 Bisson ‘U Pastine’ Bianchetta Genovese Portofino DOC Regular price $27.99 Sale Price $22.99 Most wine ‘experts’ (the ones that speak on the radio and write in the newspaper) can name perhaps a few different dozen grape varietals. That’s really very good, considering that most are not nor have ever been in the wine business[…]
Meet the team
Our store is a family business run by three generations of native Marylanders with decades of experience in the the wine industry.
Matt Wood
PETER WOOD
