Champagne Tasting: December 16, 2017

Cava Avinyo Reserva Brut 2014 Regular Price $16.99 Sale Price $12.99 For this reserve bottling, the typical trifecta of Spanish Cava grapes–Parellada, Xarel-lo, and Macabeo–are employed. Only free-run juice of the pressed berries is fermented. It then spends time in oak barrels before aging 24 months in bottle on the lees. The resulting soft mouth-feel,[…]

Northern Rhone Tasting: December, 9 2017

Home to the spicy Syrah, or Shiraz, and the floral Viognier grapes, the northern Rhône Valley is one of France’s oldest wine-growing regions; its appellations include Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie, Condrieu, Crozes-Hermitage, St-Joseph, and Château-Grillet. François Villard ‘Les Terrasses du Palat’ Condrieu 2014 Regular Price $68.99 Sale price $54.99 Condrieu is the home of Viognier, and Viognier[…]

December’s Box: A Box of Bubbles

December’s Box of Bubbles Wines for Celebration Six wines, six sensational producers, one holiday…explore, experience and enjoy the wines that you’ve perhaps wondered about…or revisit and reconnect with wines that you’re nearly forgotten. $150.00 (inclusive of MD state alcohol sales tax) Regular price $186.32 Punta Crena ‘Pettirosso Allegro’, Liguria, Italy 2015 Regular price $17.99 The Pettirosso[…]

Thanksgiving wines: November 18, 2017

Domaine de la Bonneliere ‘Rive Gauche’ Rosé, Chinon 2016 Regular Price $18.99 Sale Price $14.99 100% Cabernet Franc from organic vines in Chinon. Floral and berry laden, with characteristic herbal and vinous flavors. Its bright, bold, refreshing and delicious. Who says rose is just for summer? Domaine Weinbach ‘Reserve Personnelle’ Riesling, Alsace 2015 Regular Price[…]

Tasting notes: Alsace, November 11, 2016

Jean-Luc Mader Riesling 2016 Regular Price $22.99 Sale Price $17.99 Made from the most elegant grape in the Alsace region, this Riesling boasts attractive ripe lemon and lime zest on the nose. The palate is full of fruit and offers up a soft mouth feel. The finish is long, crisp, and refreshing. Domaine Weinbach Pinot[…]

Whiskey tasting: November 4, 2017

Journeyman Distillery Buggy Whip Wheat Regular $45.99 Sale Price 41.99 Journeyman Distillery is located on the site of a historic factory dating to the 1880’s once used to manufacture buggy whips in Three Oaks, Michigan. Produced using Michigan-sourced organic grain, which is milled on-site, and barrels from neighboring Minnesota, everything they do is the epitome[…]

Rhone Wine tasting: October 28, 2017

Cave de Tain ‘Premiere Note’ Marsanne, IGP Collines de Rhodaniennes  2015 Regular Price $14.99 Sale Price $11.99 Fresh and intense citrus flavors, including lemon and grapefruit, and delicate notes of white flowers. Bright and clear, with tints of green. Marsanne prefers the cooler slopes of the left bank of the Rhône river with sandy soils.[…]