Our weekend wine tastings are on hiatus, but we will still be featuring select wines for discount! Scroll down to explore tasting notes, and purchase any of the wines featured this weekend for 10% off retail pricing.
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Issac Fernandez Biutiful Cava Brut Nature NV
Origin: Spain
Retail: $13.95 | Sale: $12.55
This elegant and easy drinking Cava is produced from grapes sourced from the Western portion of Requena. It could be labeled as a Reserve due to the fact that it spends 15 months on the lees, as opposed the minimum 9 months. It is a true Brut Nature, meaning no sugar was added at the end of aging on the lees. The nose delivers dry apple and pear aromas, while the palate is fairly full and round, with apple and lime. This is the perfect crowd-pleaseing sparkling so don't hesitate to grab another bottle while you're at it.
Macabeo | Chardonnay
Manlio Manganaro Grillo Bianco 2019
Origin: Italy
Retail: $26.95 | Sale: $24.25
Manlio Manganaro is a young wine producer who left his job as an advertising art director to open Enoteca Infernot, the first wine shop for natural wines in Pavia. He rents one hectare of vineyard in the Marsala area, planted with grillo, a native varietal of the area. Manual harvesting of 10 year old vines from a single hectare of land with 14 days maceration with the skins. Beautiful golden color in the glass with soft tannins and dried apricots. Flavors of white peach and stone fruits come forward with tons of crisp citrus.
100% Grillo
Scala Ciro Rosato 2019
Origin: Italy
Retail: $19.95 | Sale: $17.95
Calabria's best known wine region is Cirò, extending from the Ionian coast to the eastern foothills of
La Sila with the classico zone centred around Cirò and Cirò Marina in the province of Crotone. Here, Gaglioppo is king. One of Italy's oldest varieties, recent DNA studies have found that Gaglioppo is a
natural crossing of Sangiovese and Mantonico. Coming from 34-24 year old vines and produced from 100% gaglioppo grapes, this italian rosato has piercingly crisp flavors of ripe red berries, flowers, mouth-watering minerality and fresh herbs.
100% Gaglioppo | Organic
Thibault Liger Belair Bourgogne Rouge Les Deux Terres 2016
Origin: France
Retail: $32.95 | Sale: $29.65
The Liger-Belair family has passed down the tradition of winemaking from generation to generation for the past 250 years. The Cuvée Bourgogne Les Deux Terres comes from a marriage between the crus of Beaujolais and Bourgogne from the Côte d’Or. Hence where the name Les Deux Terres (the two lands) comes from. Black cherry and licorice welcome you into the glass. Ripe, plush flavors of black raspberry and spices are complimented by a rusticity on the palate. The finish is full of minerality and a note of granite.
Gamay | Pinot Noir
Casir dos Santos Gran Corte Red Blend 2014
Origin: Argentina
Retail: $23.95 | Sale: $21.55
Founded in 1862, Casir dos Santos is one of the oldest wineries still operating in Argentina. To create their Gran Corte, Casir dos Santos selects the best Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon that grown naturally in the heart of the Uco Valley. Generous and impressive, this extraordinary red gives stunning structure, roundness, perfect acidity and consistent tannins. It's a classical well-oaked and generous red, with plenty of ripe fruit, smoke and spices and a full-bodied palate.
Malbec
Cabernet Sauvignon
90 points Robert Parker