This Week’s Tasting Tasting: Thursday, March 24, 5:30-7:30 Dear Tasters, This week’s tasting features a selection of wines from South Africa and Australia. Three wineries will be represented: Secateurs, The Curator, and Torbreck. The wine selection includes one white made from Chenin Blanc, a rose (blend), and four reds, three that are blends and one…
This week’s tasting features six fantastic wines for 25% off or more! Altes Herencia Garnatxa Blanca 2014 Terra Alta, Spain. 100% Garnatxa Blanca (white Grenache). “A short maceration on skins is followed by pressing and fermentation. The wines spend 2 months on fine lees to gain texture and complexity.Very aromatic with notes of melon…
South Africa Imported by Vineyard Brands Vineyard Brands- “Vineyard Brands was founded by Robert Haas in 1971, and a remodeled barn on the Haas family farm served as headquarters from the inception of the company until May of 1997. Robert Haas began his career in 1950, as the buyer for his father’s wine shop in New…
New World Wines South Africa and New Zealand Protea– “In a world of cookie-cutter products, protea is on a mission to make wines that dare to be exotic and beautiful, in every way imaginable. We’ve broken new ground by offering our uniquely delicious wines in designer-crafted bottles you won’t forget – and won’t want…
This week we will try a selection of wines that are brand-new at Spirits, four from France and two from South Africa, half white half red. There will be two Sauvignon Blancs from France, of very distinct styles, as one is from Bordeaux and the other from the Languedoc. The Chardonnay is a *fantastic* Burgundian-style…
This week we will sample three whites and a rose from Mulderbosch Vineyards of Stellenbosch Hills, South Africa and two reds from Charles Smith of Columbia Valley, Washington. Mulderbosch Vineyards offers exceptional quality to value ratio and is one of the finest producers from South Africa that’s available in the state. Their wines have been…
Boekenhoutskloof is best-known at Spirits for their high-end red blend called “The Chocolate Block,” however, for the tasting we will try their entry-level, value label called “Wolf Trap.” These wines include a white, rose, and red, all of which are Rhone-inspired blends. Boekenhoutskloof is located in an area known as Cape of Good Hope, about…
Boekenhoutskloof is best-known at Spirits for their high-end red blend called “The Chocolate Block,” however, for the tasting we will try their entry-level, value label called “Wolf Trap.” These wines include a white, rose, and red, all of which are Rhone-inspired blends. Boekenhoutskloof is located in an area known as Cape of Good Hope, about…