Let’s be honest…there are a whole lot of people that claim that they absolutely hate Chardonnay and yet secretly drink the living shit out of it. And/or, there exist people that think that Chardonnay is a flavor and since the flavor of the one Chardonnays that they tasted didn’t appeal to them, they’ve turned to[…]
2015 Greywacke Wild Sauvignon Marlborough, NZ Regular Price $29.99 Sale price $23.99 I have this image in my head of a vast oil tanker filled with New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc that basically filles every bottle that comes into the US. While that’s obviously false (and mean!) it is true that most NZ SBs are far[…]
2017 La Grange Tiphaine ‘Bel Air’ Touraine-Amboise Loire Valley, FR Regular Price $24.99 Sale price $19.99 This is a family run winery, managed by fourth generation Damien Delecheneau with his wife Coralie. Organic since 2002, they make true-to-form and delicious wines from old vine Chenin Blanc among other grapes. Full and waxy with beautiful pear[…]
2017 Roveglia ‘Limne’ Lugana Veneto, IT Regular Price $22.99 Sale price $17.99 This wine is made of 100% Turbiana di Lugana (AKA Trebbiano). Its bright and fresh and clean with faint but persistent dried stone fruit aromas and grassy and nutty flavors finished by crisp and enlivening acidity 2017 Eladio Pineiro ‘Envidia Cochina’ Albarino[…]
Glen Grant Single Malt 12 yr old Speyside, Scotland With a bright, golden color and pleasant aromas of orchard fruit, almond and citrus, this exceptional whisky delights the palate with exquisite and delicate notes of apple pie crust and caramel, and finishes with lingering fruit and subtle hints of spice. Old Line Single Malt American[…]
Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier, California 2017 Regular price: $17.99 Sale Price: $13.99 This a bright and crisp blend that really shows the fresh flavors of Chenin Blanc (floral, pear, honeysuckle) with the riper Viognier there to provide weight and aromatics. Fermented and aged in stainless, the wine is clean and brisk, great as an aperitif[…]
Villa Dugo Sauvignon Blanc, Friuli Isonzo 2017 Regular price: $18.99 Sale Price: $14.99 Northeastern Italy has perhaps none of the panache of the famed wine regions of Italy, but the wines are not lacking because of that. This is a soft and fresh Sauvignon Blanc that shows green pea and asparagus aromas along side of[…]
Eden Heritage Cider, 4 – pk 12 oz cans Newport, VT Regular price: $17.99 Sale Price: $15.99 Contains heirloom and tannic apples varieties from local Vermont small family orchards, including: Kingston Black, McIntosh, Empire, Lawson, St. Lawrence, Cortland, and Fameuse. Fermented dry and blended with just a drop of Ice Cider to create an everyday[…]
Winzerhof Stahl Muller-Thurgau, Franken 2017 Regular price: $18.99 Sale Price: $14.99 Müller-Thurgau is a crossing of Riesling with Madeleine Royale created by Hermann Müller from the Swiss Canton of Thurgau in 1882. It’s an easy ripening grape with good fruit and relatively low acidity. It’s easy to like, if a bit simple. Leitz Trocken[…]
Maison Roche de Bellene ‘Bellenos’ Rosé of Gamay Coteaux Bourguignons 2017 Regular price: $17.99 Sale Price: $13.99 So, to be honest, this is not from Loire. But it is from Gamay, and, well, rosés of Gamay from Loire exists, as does this one from Burgundy, so here you are then. For the record, it actually[…]