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Rose Wine Tasting- June 5th
Rosé Wine Tasting 6:30 to 8:30 – Friday, June 5th $15 / Person – No Reservations Required We don’t know what we’ll be pouring, but we do know that it will be a lineup of tasty rosé to kick off the season. Mark your calendars, hope to see you there! -Joe Buchter, Wine Buyer
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It Was the Best of Times it Was the Blurst of Times
From the Annals of Wine Writing For reasons that will become apparent in the very near future, this week’s essay will be a rerun from early this year. I hope you enjoy the reading this one with a nice glass of Gruner Veltliner. Cheers! ______________________________________ As an elder millennial I recall rotary phones, record players…
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Wine of the Week- Domaine des Berthiers 2023 Saint-Andelain Pouilly-Fumé
Club Card Price: $19.99 Regular Price: $33.99 Keen eyed readers may be having a sense of deja vu at the moment. No your eyes do not deceive you, this is the Pouilly-Fumé from Jean-Claude Dagueneau that was a wine of the week feature back in November. It was beloved by many and sold out all…
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Friday Wine Spotlight with Chad! May 8th
Gulp Hablo Spanish Wines 3 to 6pm – Friday, May 8th Stop by Friday afternoon to sample these delicious, organically farmed, Spanish red, white, rosé, and orange wines with good ol’ Chad.
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A Model Example
Did you know that there are roughly 70 additives allowed to be used in winemaking according to the TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau)? This isn’t going to be some sort of muckraking exposé where I pretend to be a regular Jurgis Rudkus over here discovering the seedy underbelly of American winemaking, it’s…
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Well, What do I know Anyway?
I’ve given a lot of advice over the years in this column, most of which was unsolicited and asked for by nobody. The very first entry that I typed was about how to select birth year wines to cellar for your darling bambina or bambino, respectively. The kind of wine that you would put away…
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What Goes Up Just Goes Up (Part 6…The Grand Finale?)
I was hoping the last entry that I wrote on tariffs was going to be the final one, but no, we’re due for one more. Besides, we can end the final entry on a prime number, can we? Back in February, much to my surprise, the Supreme Court declared that the tariffs imposed by the…
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Seated Wine Tasting! – North Valley Willamette Wines with James Cahill- May 7th
North Valley Willamette Wines Featuring Owner James Cahill 6:30 to 8:30 – Thursday, May 7th $15 / Person – Reservations Req. 410-398-3838 This month is all about artisanal wines from the left coast. A week after our visit from Model Farms, James Cahill will be here to pour a lineup of his wines from the…
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New Wine of the Week- Casal Amado Vinho Verde
Casal Amado Vinho Verde Intro Price: $13.99 / bottle Regular Price: $17.99 Sometimes a wine is as much about what it is as what it’s not. When one hears Vinho Verde the common conception is light, spritzy, soda-like wine that you drink on the beach. When made right, Vinho Verde can be serious stuff. Casal…
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Petillent Naturel: Pét-Nat or Pet Nasty?
I’ll admit, I’m late to the party. What party, you ask? Why the Pét-Nat party of course. No, it isn’t a new political party that all of the Zoomers are joining en masse, it’s that naturally sparkling wine that gained popularity about a decade ago. Pét-Nat is an abbreviation of the French term “petillent naturel,”…
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April Club Card Coupon Feature- Bargemone Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence Rosé
Bargemone Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence Rosé Spring Coupon Price: $12.99 / bottle Regular Price: $17.99 What better way to kick off the arrival of Spring than with a rosé feature? Commanderie de la Bargemone is located in the Aix-en-Provence appellation of southern France. Found in the western portion of the Provence region, Bargemone grows Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault,…
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New Herbal Liqueur- PAGES VERVEINE DU VELAY VERTE LIQUEUR
PAGES VERVEINE DU VELAY VERTE LIQUEUR GREEN– 55% – $51.99 PAGES VERVEINE DU VELAY JAUNE LIQUEUR YELLOW– 40%- $51.99 We’ve got a new herbal liquor to stock your bar with! Pages has a long history and is perfect for replacing that other green liquor that’s impossible to find these days. Created in 1859, by a…
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Introducing Butcher Ben’s Beef Tallow!
High quality, local beef tallow. Founded in Kennett Square, PA. Available Now! $18.99 With a high smoke point, beef tallow is great for wok cooking, suitable as a substitute for other lipids in sautéing, searing meats, and as a component in biscuits or pie crusts. See about Butcher Ben here!