Asheville’s Best Wine Tasting– Saturday, February 11th, 2012 3PM-7PM
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We have some really great Valentines Gift ideas for that special someone in-stock, check ’em out they are all LOCAL:
Love by the pound with Dynamite Roasting Co. LOVE blend,
Black Mountain Chocolate Bars available in Coffee or Sea Salt
Le Button Box Handmade Cards, they’re witty and beautiful!
Also try something different, like maybe say a specially paired menu with the perfect wine match. Don’t cook? Order out! There are lots of great restaurants that are more than willing to handle the dirty work for you and your honey. We love helping folks put the wow factor in a wine and food experience, let us know whats for dinner, and we will handle the rest!
~ Asheville’s Best Wine Tasting ~
Viña Ventisquero Queulat Gran Reserva Chardonnay– 100% Chardonnay from a sustainably farmed single vineyard in Chile’s Casablanca Valley. Queulat wines take their name from southern Chile’s most spectacular hanging glacier, a sight that is both imposing and elegant. This Chardonnay is crystal-clear with a pale golden yellow color. The nose evokes tropical fruits such as papaya and mango, scents of honey and vanilla. A full-bodied rich white, mild but apparent acidity and a fresh finish of fruit and delicate touches of vanilla. Enjoy with Gruyère and Edam-type cheeses, pastas in white sauce, fatty fish such as salmon, and rock fish such as grouper, tilefish and butterfish. It is also an excellent match cheesecake! National Retail $16 A.V. $11.99
Artisan Winery Palette Reserve Sonoma County Zinfandel– Artisan Wines are crafted from the best sources and selected personally by winemaker/ partner Tom Larson; and produced on the property which has been in the family for over 100 years, Millerick Ranch and Larson Vineyards. The property is located at the cross roads historically known as Schellville, Sonoma, the old juncture on the way to Napa which also carries the Carneros appellation. The Larson vineyard is a 110 acres. Tom also manages 1400 acres for Roche & Paradise Vineyards, Sonoma Coast; Cornerstone & Franco Vineyards, Sonoma– Carneros; Ranco Salinas Vineyard, Sonoma Valley & Franco Vineyard Sonoma Mountain. Additionally Tom owns Ultima Mobile Bottling with three mobile units running around the North Coast. This is a pretty little Zin packed full of brambly red fruit and a soft but lively palate, very drinkable. This would lean toward lighter fair and things like milk chocolate. HUGE value! Shelf $15.99 SALE $12.99
Viña Ventisquero Queulat Gran Reserva Merlot– This ruby-red Merlot has violet hues and complex, spicy aromas of strawberries, morello cherries, prunes, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla and chocolate. In the mouth it is full-bodied with a balanced structure, and has a long finish. As far as South American Merlot goes this is one of the best we’ve had for the price, its very similar to the Tenuta Canale Tuscan Merlot we sampled a few weeks ago. Ideally matched with soft ripe cheeses, white meats, fettuccine-type pastas with vegetables, meat and tomato dishes, or pastas such as ravioli or agnolotti stuffed with cottage cheese, vegetables or meat. National Retail $16 SALE $12.99
Saint’ Evasio Brachetto d’Acqui– 100% Brachetto. Literally a little bouquet of roses, this delicious red sparkler is the Piedmont’s answer to chocolate. Known lovingly as the “princess wine” by a Frenchman that sold us this a few years ago, it is always a crowd favorite. An absolute perfect partner to chocolate in all of its many forms, dark, milk or otherwise, this is the quintessential Valentines Day bubbly. Brick red, slightly sparkling and rich with ripe, sweet fruit. Please be careful there is another brand of brachetto galavanting around as the real McCoy, but that wine is mass-produced and is infiltrated with artificial sweeteners. Molto Bene! Shelf $16.99
R.L. Buller & Sons Fine Tawny– Ok so the fortified wines of the Buller estate are hands down some of the greatest sweet wines in the world. From their depth of flavor, monstrous aromatics and mouth-coating texture to the fact that their solera system dates from 1921 and can not be duplicated anywhere in the world, these wines always steal the show. Don’t take my word for it check out these ratings. Pair it with desserts like bittersweet Belgian chocolate, figs, chocolate mousse cake, fine mild cheeses and fresh fruit, pecan pie, dried fruits and nuts. Shelf $18.99
Joan d’Anguera Granatxa
Carlos Basso Dos Fincas Cab-Malbec
St George Cabernet Sauvignon & Chardonnay 1.5Ls
Yalumba Viognier
Château d’Oupia Les Hérétiques
Château d’Oupia Minervois
Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine
Van Duzer Vintner’s Cuvee Pinot Noir
Post House Blueish-black
Nantahala Noon Day IPA
Nantahala Patton’s Rum Porter
Olde Hickory Brewery Death by hops– freshy
Stoudt’s Fat Dog Imperial Oatmeal Stout
Stoudt’s Triple
Dogfish Head Tweason’Ale
Dogfish Head Noble Rot
Founders All Day IPA
Avery Maharaja Imperial India Pale Ale
2008 Unibroue Quatre-Centième Brassin Commémoratif
Unibroue Chambly Noire– draft
New Holland Blue Sunday
Epic Big bad Baptist
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