Join us for some fantastic wines today from 3-7 pm! Here’s what we’ll be pouring:

KUMEU RIVER CHARDONNAY
This Australian Chardonnay is split 75/25% stainless steel and French oak. This allows the wine to maintain a purity of fruit character while still having body and complexity. A lemon-lime nose guide you into a palate of fig and white peach with a flinty minerality. Refreshing and cleansins, enjoy with with light bites or seafood.

MARTIN RAY SONOMA PINOT NOIR
This wine is an excellent reprentation of a classic Sonoma Pinot Noir. The nose is rich and intense with notes of blackcherry, elderberry and dried rose petals. The palate is lush and juicy with flavors of cherry cola and dark earth undertones. French oak aging adds underlying hints of vanilla and toffee. Delicious and quaffable!

MARTIN RAY RESERVE NAPA CABERNET SAUVIGNON
This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is aged 16 months in French oak barrels. Strong and structured, this wine offers a bouquet of cherry, cassis, violets and exotic spices. The palate is medium bodied with well-structured tannins and a graceful, lingering finish.

NORTON PRIVADA
This 91 point wine (Wine Advocate) is a blend of 40% Malbec and 30% each Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Intense and complex, bright red fruits mingle with notes of smoke and coffee. Fine, velvety texture and a cleansing acidity make this wine a fine companion to roasted meats and strong cheeses.

Come warm up with a great red wine tasting flight. We’ll be pouring from 3-7 this afternoon. Hope to see you there!

SHARECROPPER PINOT NOIR
With Owen Roe’s Sharecropper wines, they work in partnership with local farmers who provide grapes and then receive a share of the profits from the wine sales. This Pinot Noir has brilliant aromas of fresh strawberries and cherry pie. The palate is lush with subtle tannins and mouthwatering acidity. Rich flavors of dark berries and plums mingle with notes of dried herbs, cocoa and vanilla. Drink now or put away for several years and see the depth and richness evolve.

GRAZIANO ZINFANDEL
Mendocino, one of the northern-most wine growing regions in California, has long been known for producing powerful, complex Zinfandels. This vintage shows a deep, inky purple color and offers a rich nose of boysenberry, plum and cedar. The palate has generous mouth-feel and ripe flavors of plum, cherry cola and an earthiness that is unique to this region and its rusty red soils. Open this bottle with richly flavored meats and pungent cheeses.

MT VEEDER CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Napa Valley represents the epitome of New World Cabernet production and Mt Veeder does that reputation proud. This wine is intensely colored with a nose of blackberries, dried herds and warm spice. The palate is lush and soft with fine, velvety tannins and ripe flavors of blackberry pie, cassis, dark chocolate and spiced vanilla. I enjoyed this wine during the holidays with a roast tenderloin of beef and it was a stellar pairing!

AR GUENTOTA MALBEC
This 100% Malbec from one of Mendoza’s top regions is made of fruit from 100+ year old vines. This Old Vine fruit ensures a deep concentrated and complex wine. Bright ruby in tone with a nose of blueberry and black berry this is a powerhouse wine. The palate is rich and velvety with a lively acidity and fine tannins. The dark berry fruit continues on the palate with rich underlying notes of aged balsamic and sweet vanilla. Balanced and elegant, this wine has a long, lingering finish.

We’re pouring some fabulous imported wines this week. Come try these delicious and unusual wines!

SCHWARZBOCK GRUNER VELTLINER
Gruner Veltliner is considered the signature grape of Austria and creates crisp, mineral driven whites. Notes of gravel and flint and backed up with citrus zest and fresh green grass. A light, playfully refreshing wine, this is a great companion for seafood and poultry.

RIVETTO BARBERA D’ALBA
Pleasant and versatile, Barbera often goes unappreciated as a serious wine, although it is the most widely planted grape in the Piedmont. Bright, tart cherry and cranberry fruit is underlined by a warm dustiness. A clean acidity and easy-going tannins makes this your go to for any weekday night and an easy companion to nearly any food.

CASTELFEDER BREITBACHER
Made from the Schiavia varietal, this is a brilliantly colored, light-bodied red wine. The palate presents wild berry fruit and delicate violet notes with a lingering toasted almond finish. Easy drinking with fresh acidity and light tannins, mix it up with this enjoyable and unusual grape.

PALAZZO DE LA TORRE
This fabulous Allegrini wine uses the appassimento method, where grapes are dried on mats before being pressed and fermented. The use of these dehyrated grapes results in juice that in increasingly concentrated, with a rich almost syrupy texture. Cherries, blackberries and dried figs mingle with warm baking spice notes and round polished tannins linger into a concentrated finish.

It’s the New Year! Join us by celebrating with our free Friday wine tasting from 3-7 pm. Cheers!

JOSEPH MELLOT POUILLY-FUME
Pouilly-Fume is an area of France’s Loire Valley producing 100% Sauvignon Blanc wines. Pale yellow with gold highlights, this wine offers aromas of ripe mango and tropical melon. The palate is fresh with a vibrant acidity and a clean minerality remeniscent of the limestone and flint soils that were home to the vines. Bright citrus notes abouns on the palate along with a smooth creaminess from 5 months of aging on lees. Enjoy this wine with light cheeses or any variety of seafood dishes.

PICCINI MEMORO ROSSO
This ia modern style red blend composed of grapes from throughout Italy’s top wine producing regions. Bold and fruit forward, the palate is generous with concentrated flavors of black cherries ans figs. Roasted coffee and delicate oak notes develop in the back palate with soft, supple tannins providing structure into the finish.

ANJOLI PRIORAT
The Priorat region of Spain specializes in Garnacha based wines, with this one adding in a little Cabernet, Merlot and Syrah for character and structure. Thenose is fresh and bright with cherry, tobacco and licorice aromas. The palate is medium-ful bodied with soft tannins and rich flavors of black and purple fruits. Pop this open with a roast leg of lamb, or stick it in the cellar for a few years. Either way, you’ll be more than pleased.

CHATEAU PEUCH-HAUT PRESTIGE ROUGE
This Grenache- Syrah blend from the Languedoc region of France is a brilliant garnet color with a lively nose of raspberry, cherry and plumb. Aged in concrete tanks, this wine offers a purity of fruit that is fresh and balanced. Ripe blackberry, juicy plum and hints of dried herbs and licorice round out a dense, concentrated palate with fine tannins and a lingering finish.

There are still seats available for the Pinot Posse Wine Dinner, January 8th at 6:00 pm. Don’t miss out on this spectacular wine and culinary event!