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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Patois Cider "Parallel Voicing" Co-Fermented Pet-Nat 2020
Origin: Virginia
Retail: $24.95 | Sale: $22.45
All fruit ferments without modification with ambient yeasts. The ciders are unfined and unfiltered, with SO2 added only when necessary. Any carbonation is a byproduct of captured fermentation. This is a co-fermented Pet-Nat with 54% Vidal Blanc grapes from Bluestone Vineyard in Rockingham County and 46% Crab and Heirloom Apples from Morris Orchard in Amherst County. 2020 was a difficult spring, with multiple killing frosts after bud break. Fruit that did survive experienced a shortened ripening window - which, with additional rains around harvest, kept fruit light and lean. Despite picking nearly everything a week or more later than in 2019, this vintage brings freshness and finesse.
54% Vidal Blanc
46% Crab and Heirloom Apples
Ze Becco Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC Classico
Origin: Italy
Retail: $10.95 | Sale: $9.85
This brand is crafted exclusively for Siema Wines by Vignamato, a prestigious winery from the Marche`, located in the wine region of Castelli di Jesi. Straw-colored with pronounced green tinges with notes of herbs and fresh apples, complemented by crisp acidity and a pleasant aftertaste of toasted almonds. Pairs beautifully with appetizers, seafood or hard cheeses.
Verdicchio
Vizconde De Barrantes Albariño 2018
Origin: Spain
Retail: $16.95 | Sale: $15.25
Consisting of the majority of grapes grown in the Northwest Rias Baixas region of Spain, Albariño is quickly gaining esteem for its drinkability while maintaining a certain complecity that is impossible to dislike. Expressive and clear nose with intense aromas from pear, fruit salad, acacia blossom and bay. All of this under the maritime influence of Rias Baixas. In the palate, it is a savory, fresh and full-bodied wine with a pleasant finish from floral hints and juicy white fruit.
Albariño
Early Mountain Rosé 2020
Origin: Virginia
Retail: $21.95 | Sale: $19.75
Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Early Mountain Winery has more than 55 acres of vineyard. The pale, salmon color of this wine primes you for the strawberries, white peaches and floral aromas and flavors. The acidity brings a brightness to the fruit, and the wine lingers with wet stone and a pleasant citrus pith character. Created specifically to be food-friendly, there are not a lot of dishes that this rosé won’t complement. Pair this fresh, bone-dry quencher with heavier, more fatty dishes like fried chicken and grilled salmon. Alternatively, the citrus and grapefruit notes pair beautifully with tangy goat cheeses or fresh ceviche.
76% Merlot
12% Cabernet Franc
4.5% Syrah
4.5% Malbec
3% Petit Verdot
Ampeleia Costa Toscana Rosso UnLitro 2019
Origin: Italy
Retail: $21.95 | Sale: $17.95
Ampeleia was born in 2002 from the collaboration and friendship between Elisabetta Foradori, Thomas Widmann and Giovanni Podini. Unlitro comes from vineyards at an altitude of 200-300 meters above sea level in area where the climate marked by sea breezes and the vines are surrounded by chestnut woods. Aged for 6 months in cement, 'Unlitro' – one litre of Ampeleia – is a one-liter bottle expression of the freshness and vitality of the estate. Red-fruited and juicy, this is perfect for pizza night, pasta with tomato-based sauces or simply to sip on with bowl of olives and your favorite people.
Grenache
Carignan
Alicante Bouschet
CVNE Rioja Crianza 2019
Origin: Spain
Retail: $15.95 | Sale: $14.35
The history begins with the winery located in Haro in the neighborhood of the railway station “barrio de la estacion “ which dates back to 1879. Today the 545 hectares of vineyards that CVNE owns account for 50% of the company's production, and are distributed between the two subregions of Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa, an area of calcareous clay soils, ferrous clay and alluvial soils, under the influence of the Atlantic and Mediterranean climates. Aromas of wild fruits, licorice, vanilla, and toffee welcome you into the glass. The palate is balanced with rounded tannins and a vein of acidity that carries you all the way to the long finish.
85% Tempranillo
15% Garnacha Tinta and Mazuelo