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Classical Wines of Spain Karla Kilgore and Suite 100
Ah Ha! Were at it again. Our next tasting is an indulgent evening at Suite 100. Every time we go there owner chef Kelly Nichols rocks our world. This time we’re going to test his metal with some killer selections from Spain. Karla Kilgore will be on hand to teach and guide us. She is…
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2011 Parcela 23 from Finca Constancia
Dear Oenophile We just tasted the gorgeous 2011 Parcel 23 from Finca Constancia. This is our kinda juice! At 100% Tempranillo, the wine is opaque with a cranberry-purple rim. The nose is plumy with deep blue-black fruits and sweet spice. A fat rich mouth is pallet coating and the deep blueberry fruits are chin dribbling…
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Valentines Day Bubbles
Dear Oenophile Tomorrow is Valentines Day and a bottle of Champagne is just what you need! ThePlacere Brut Les Filantes is a killer deal. Micro fine bubbles, judicious mouth feel and beautiful peach-citrus flavors have this wine drinking well beyond it’s price. Placere is derived from the Latin word for pleasure. Les Filantes, translates as “shooting stars”.…
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Small Vineyards Italian Wine Tasting
Small vineyards is, just that. An importing company that specializes in small family owned wineries. These are things you would find if you were living in Italy. We will taste from the top to the bottom. Crazy stuff like a Schioppettino from Friuli Colli Orientali up on the Slovina border , Cannonau from Sardina, Montepulciano…
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Monday after work wine tasting and Opera support
Dear Oenophile If you’re free this Monday after work the Anchorage Wine House and Ruby’s Café will be holding a small wine tasting and fund raiser for the Anchorage Opera. It’s called Vino e Voce and it’ll be regular thing on the first Monday of every month. Ruby’s Cafe and the Opera are handling all monies and reservations. Ruby’s…
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High End Holiday Gift Tasting
Dear Oenophile Let me begin by wishing you and yours the best this Holiday season! To that end we will be holding a fabulous tasting on Saturday December 15th on the restaurant side of the Southside Bistro. We will be sampling some stunning fair just in time for Christmas gift giving. The tasting will start a 2…
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Scotch is the King of Liquors No Doubt About It
Early this year Dr Tomas Turner was in our store. He is a Master of Whiskey. Now I have been to Scotch seminars before so, by the end of our conversation I had booked, our very own private scotch tasting. Using Riedel Scotch glasses Dr. Turner will take us through the six classic areas using…
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Mannina Cellars Tasting with Owner Winemaker Don Redman
Mannina Cellars is exactly the kind of wine I like to promote. Family owned and operated Mannina is named after Don Redman’s maternal Grandmother. Located in Walla Walla Washington the wines are awesome sturdy aromatic Cabernet’s and Cabernet blends. You know what they say, it’s not the destination but the journey. This is one winery…
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Tier Tasting with Clos du Bois Winemaker Maureen Martin
Dear Oenophile A winemaker has many decisions some are easy and some are not. They must follow the fruit from dirt to bottle. It would be simple to take the top of the crop and make wine. Economics, however, must come into play. So how do you get rid of the rest of it?…
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Mont Redon Chateauneuf du Pape 2007
Tom at Jewel Lake here. Whenever I am asked what my favorite wine is the temptation is to say “The one in my glass,” a line stolen from Hugh Johnson (among others I suspect). But when push comes to shove a good bottle of Rhone always makes a nice candidate. A great one is even…
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