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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Thibaut-Janisson Virginia Fizz NV
Origin: Virginia
Retail: $21.95 | Sale: $19.75
Thibaut-Janisson was born from a long friendship that began in a Grand Cru village in the Champagne region of France and continues today in Blue Ridge Mountains of Charlottesville, Virginia.Virginia Fizz is a fun and festive sparkling wine, great for all life’s celebrations. It is cremant style made of 100% Chardonnay. Packed with apples and peach flavors, the wine has a very creamy and smooth texture. The myriad of tiny bubbles will tickle your taste buds. Refreshing on its own, but perfect mixed as a cocktail!
100% Chardonnay
Alleme Txakolina 2018
Origin: Spain
Retail: $15.95 | Sale: $14.35
Getariako Txakolina was granted D.O. status in 1989, helping save this wine from extinction. This fifth-generation producer is located in Zarautz, a small fishing town on the Spanish side of Basque country. Clean, crisp and very ruity, this white has a slight spritz (due to fermentation) and notes of citrus and exotic fruits. Both mineral and floral, it has a round and unctuous mouthfeel with a good balance of structure and acidity.
100% Hondarribi Zuri
Ivan Enjingi Grasevina 2017 Croatia
Origin: Croatia
Retail: $18.95 | Sale: $17.05
Ivan Enjingi is a leading natural winemaker in Croatia. Macerated on the skins for three days, this wine is rich and full-bodied with mouthwatering acidity. Ripe stone fruits, autumn fruits, minerality, herbs, and petrol show a presence on the palate. Enjoy the wine with grilled fish, stews, and/or cured meats.
100% Welschriesling
Les Bêtes Curieuses Muscadet Sur Granit La Perdrix de l'Annee 2018
Origin: France
Retail: $17.95 | Sale: $16.15
Crafted by two young Loire vignerons who call themselves “Les Bêtes Curieuses,” this wine highlights the diverse terroir of Muscadet via old vines, organic farming, and minimal-intervention winemaking. The nose is intense with citrus and lemon aromas. The palate is crisp and fresh with wet-stone minerality making it an
excellent pairing with oysters on the half shell or any delicate white fish.
100% Muscadet | Organic
Scaia Rosato 2019
Origin: Italy
Retail: $14.95 | Sale: $13.45
he name Scaia is a local colloquialism that refers to crumbs of parmesan cheese, which the chalky soil in the area resembles. Bursting with gorgeous fruit flavors of summer in a glass, this unique rosée from the Veneto is the perfect sipper on a warm day. Ripe melon and tangerine flavors on the palate unfold into a refreshingly crisp finish. This is a wine to pair with crabcakes, to salads , to…you name it!
100% Rondinella
Clos de Gilroy Monterey County 2018
Origin: California
Retail: $19.95 | Sale: $17.95
Produced and bottled by Bonny Doon, this Grenache’s exceptionally lovely strawberry-rhubarb profile is complemented by delicate notes of raspberry, red currant, and white pepper. This wine is spicy, peppery, and perfumed. Best served with a slight chill.
88%Grenache, 12% Mourvedre
Miguel Torres Cordillera Carmenere 2016
Origin: Chile
Retail: $19.95 | Sale: $17.95
Cordillera Carménère has its origin in the famous Terroir of Peumo in the Cachapoal Valley. The vineyard is on a foothill, on granite soils of colluvial origin with a clay loam texture and the presence of stones, offering very good drainage. On the nose there is a wonderfully strong expression of the character of the Carménère including eucalyptus, leather, licorice, and black pepper. Very ample palate with rounded tannins and spices on a long finish.
100% Carmenere | Sustainable