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FireTap Alehouse & North Coast Brewery
Dear Oenophile Alaska Beer Week runs from Jan 14th to Jan 29th with the Great Alaska Beer and Barley Wine Festival being the lynch pin. For our part we will be working with North Coast Brewing out of Mendocino and FireTap Ale House on Old Seward Hwy. North Coast Brewing started in 1988 in Fort…
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Charles Smith K Vintners
Dear Oenophile Charles Smith burst on the wine scene like a super nova. The creator of House Wine, Kung Fu Girl, Boom Boom Syrah, Velvet Devil Merlot and so many others. All that, allows him to do this, K Vintners. This is where the true genius of Charles Smith shines. The concept here is to…
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2013 Castillo de Monseran Garnacha
Dear Oenophile Here it is! Your next house wine! A bold robust Grenache from Spain. Big flavors, big fruits, dry, a touch rustic and the price, wow! It comes in wood boxes with no up charge. Frankly, I can’t see how they ship this up here for the money. Wait till you taste it! Castillo…
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Ridge Vineyards Spring Releases
Dear Oenophile Ridge Vineyards is an American Gran Cru. They own their own vineyards and practice organic farming. In fact all of their vineyards should be organic by 2017. The vineyards are carefully tended by hand. Much of their vines are head pruned and dry farmed. Many of their vineyard sites date to the 1840’s…
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Grahm’s Special Old Vines Edition Six Grapes Porto
Dear Oenophile Every once in a while a wine just stops me in my tracks. Like this Graham’s Six Grapes Special Old Vines Edition. It really blew me away! So I ordered up right then and there, that was five months ago. I wanted you to have it for Thanksgiving and Christmas but hey that’s…
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Marietta Cellars Suite 100
Dear Oenophile Wednesday, March 18th at 6pm will see us back at Suite 100 for a dinner and tasting with none other than Chris Bilbro owner and founder of Marietta Cellars! I am so excited to have Chris do an event for us! I have sold Marietta almost since it’s inception. All through the 80’s…
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Winery of the Year Charles Smith Dinner and Tasting at CampoBello Bistro
Dear Oenophile Yes, you read that right. In 2008 Wine & Spirits magazine named Charles Smith’s K Vintners “Winery of the Year”. In 2009 Food & Wine awarded Charles “Winemaker of the Year”. Not bad for a self taught winemaker. Charles came to wine via a nine year stint producing rock bands in Denmark and…
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King Estate & Suite 100 Everyone Wins!
Dear Oenophile. Kelly (Chef/Owner Suite 100) loves challenging himself and his crew by creating delicious matches to the wines I bring him. This time it’s King Estate. Once the hallmark of Oregon Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. Today they have a respectable line up of Chardonnay, Cabernet, Riesling and Rose! Mark my words the world…
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2012 Andrew Hardy’s Little Ox Shiraz
Dear Oenophile Ok, here’s the story. Andrew Hardy’s great great grandfather is Thomas Hardy founder of the famous “Thomas Hardy and Sons Wine Company”. Very talented, Andrew started his career with Brian Croser over at Petaluma, but that’s another story. Every year Andrew makes about 200 cases of Shiraz from cuttings off the original 1877…
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Unibroue Ales Tasting at Suite100 with four course dinner
Unibroue Beer Dinner Is beer as complex as wine? Find out with Unibroue’s bottle conditioned Ales. Dinner and tasting at Suite 100. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend How It Works Tariff for this soirée is $60.00 per person. Reservations can be made by email at mike@anchoragewinehouse.com or by…
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