Sept 12 – Sept 18: Rad Bubbles, Rare Varietals, Rieslings & Reds
GERMAN GIN AND JUICE Flight: $15 Pfeffingen Riesling 2007 Bad Durkheim, Germany Tucked away in the Upper Rhine River Valley, this area has a uniquely warm climate for supreme Riesling grape growth. ...
Sept. 5-11, 2011: Summer Reds, Merlot, Campania, and Barbera
BIG BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL Flight: $17 Cantina Puianello “Nobilomo” Marzemino NV Emilia-Romagna, Italia Obtained from the Marzemino grape from the hills of Reggio Emilia, where it was once called Berzemein.
August 29-Sept 4, 2011: Mendoza, Chile, Cali, Rhone
VINOS DIVINOS MENDOCINOS Flight: $16 Cristobal 1492 Verdelho 2009 Mendoza, Argentina 100% Verdehlo, this grape is originally native to Portugal and also know widely in Spain as Verdejo.
August 22-28, 2011: Frizzante, Portugal, Germany and Sicily
COMANDANTE FRIZZANTE Flight: $17 Tenuta Uccellina “Libertino” Frizzante NV Emilia Romagna, Italia Slightly fizzy version of the Bombino Bianco grape. Aged and fermented entirely in steel tanks. Balgera Vini Chiavennasca ...
August 15-21, 2011: Mucho Rioja, Italian Nomads, and Languedoc
RIOJA BUT BLANCO Flight: $16 Burgo Viejo Rioja Blanco 2009 Rioja, España 100% Viura; a grape responsible for 90% of the still white wine from Rioja. Fermented in stainless steel to keep this wine ...
August 08-14th, 2011: Roma, Puglia, Montepulciano, Sangiovese
IN A STATE OF LAZIO Flight: $14 Gotto d’Oro Frascati NV Lazio, Italia Meet this super food-friendly blend of Malvasia, Trebbiano and Greco. Frascati is a small town in the Alban Hills south ...
August 1-7, 2011: Cremants, Pinots, Merlot and Valpolicella
THE BRUT FORCES OF CREMANT Flight: $22 Caves de Bailly Brut de Charvis NV Burgundy, France A super-friendly Crémant de Bourgogne, sparkling wine, not Champagne. Made from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Bourgogne Aligoté.
July 25-July31, 2011: Rare Italian Whites and Reds, Ciu Ciu, and Mendoza!
SPANNING THE BOOT’S SOCKS Flight: $19 Ca’ De’ Santi Erbaluce 2009 Piemonte, Italia 100% Erbaluce grapes from Piemonte’s famous Ghemme DOCG. Ca De’ Santi is housed in a former Bendectine Abbey of Saint Silvano ...
July 18th-24th, 2011: Prosecco, Rieslings, Sangiovese, Rioja Flights
YOU FIZZY FRIZZECCO YOU Flight: $17 Palamà “Skarabocchio” Bianco Frizzante 2009 Puglia, Italia 100% Malvasia Bianca made frizzante using the Charmat method. Perfect party bubbly! Le Manzane “Balbinot” ...
Dry Whites, Summer Rosé, Cinco Sentidos and Cab Franc
WHITE KNIGHTS Flight: $14 Riondo Collis Pinot Grigio IGT 2010 Veneto, Italia This wine accompanies moments of friendship before major meals. Yes, you read that correctly. Ernst Gouws and Co. ...
