What Are We Drinking Now?

🌸 What Are a Few of the Wine Shop’s Favorite Ladies Drinking Right Now? Bright, textural, round but fresh & zesty whites, by the looks of it. Though each of these wines is great ANY time of year, their ability to pair with seafood, bright salads, and salty cheeses makes them perfect for outdoor dining and picnicking. ABBIE'S PICK! Jolie Laide Pinot Gris 2024 Suisun Valley, California $33.99 (Limited quantities available!) Get ready for warmer weather with this beautiful, low intervention Pinot Gris. This wine has a lovely pink hue (from a touch of time on the skin), lavender scents [...]

By | 2025-04-23T17:50:29+00:00 April 1st, 2025|

March Wine of the Month

Bel Ormeau Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France Super limited availability, so get it while it lasts! Rich and ripe nose, smooth and dense palate, with solid tannins that gently hug your mouth. Notes of dark berries, plums, cassis, olives, tobacco, and oak. Pairings: juicy Niman Ranch ribeyes, lamb chops, burgers, hard, aged cheeses, truffle dishes, game meats F&F: $12.99/btl (reg: $19.99/btl) 3 bottles: $12.34/btl 6 bottles: $11.69/btl 12 bottles: $11.04/btl Ch. Carbonneau Lulu Rosé Bordeaux, France You know it, you love it. Hints of grapefruit and citrus peel up front, followed by mouth-watering strawberry, apricot, and peach. Great zesty [...]

By | 2025-04-23T18:00:20+00:00 March 16th, 2025|

Try our February Wines of the Month

Cune White Rioja (Viura) Rioja, Spain A seductive white for any time of year. This famous Rioja estate was founded in 1879 and is not known for making mediocre wine. The Monopole white has been around since 1915 and has incredibly inviting notes of fresh, white flowers, oyster shells, tropical fruit & the most luxurious palate. Pairings: chicken tikka tacos, raw oysters or fried oysters, grilled cheese, caccio e pepe, roasted chicken w/herbs, falafel and hummus, turkey club $18.99/btl • 3 bottles: $18.04/btl • 6 bottles: $17.09/btl • 12 bottles: $16.14/btl Jean Perrier et Fils Alpine Gamay Savoie, France If [...]

By | 2025-02-13T21:08:07+00:00 February 13th, 2025|

Try Our January Wines of the Month

Cune White Rioja (Viura) Rioja, Spain A seductive white for any time of year. This famous Rioja estate was founded in 1879 and is not known for making mediocre wine. The Monopole white has been around since 1915 and has incredibly inviting notes of fresh, white flowers, oyster shells, tropical fruit & the most luxurious palate. Pairings: chicken tikka tacos, raw oysters or fried oysters, grilled cheese, caccio e pepe, roasted chicken w/herbs, falafel and hummus, turkey club $18.99/btl • 3 bottles: $18.04/btl • 6 bottles: $17.09/btl • 12 bottles: $16.14/btl ________________________________________________________________ Jean Perrier et Fils Alpine Gamay Savoie, France [...]

By | 2025-02-13T21:38:31+00:00 January 13th, 2025|

What Are We Drinking: Thanksgiving Edition

What are we drinking for turkey day? Thanksgiving feast is a wonderful occasion to have a variety of wines at the table that may different style, color, texture, and price point because the menu is, also, so diverse. We always recommend Pinot Noir. Because it’s a grand call, but there are so many other beautiful selections that might fit you and your dinner party. Here are some of our faves this season. Some old, and some new, but they all have common is straight up deliciousness. Sottimano Dolcetto '23 $23.99 Duh. This wine is amazing and is every year. [...]

By | 2024-11-27T20:12:00+00:00 November 25th, 2024|

Our Potentially Haunted Wines of the Month for October

Most people go their whole lives without getting a photo of Sasquatch. We ventured out to photograph our October Wines of the Month and just happened to capture a Sasquatch in every photo. We don't know if the wines themselves attracted the Sasquatches, but we do know that you will thoroughly embrace these eight wines as fall progresses into a chillier rhythm. Finca Bacara Monastrell Jumilla, Spain Spooky, smooth & spectacular. Time Waits For No One (we don't know who Tom Waits waits for) is our answer to October’s spooky, chilly, breezy dark season. 100% Monastrell — we're talking [...]

By | 2024-10-15T21:22:20+00:00 October 8th, 2024|

What’s With That Cheese? Well, White Wine!

With fall arriving, it's time to think about delicious seasonal cheeses, and the wines that match. Thanks to Bill St John, we have a cheat sheet for you! What’s With That Cheese? Well, White Wine! By and large, and despite common assumptions, white wines do a better job than red wines as regular partners for cheese. The higher native acidity of white wines is a happier match for both the high salt and fat of most cheeses. Read on: Comté (France) with white Côtes du Rhône Emmenthaler (Switzerland) with Dry Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre or New Zealand) Fresh Goat with [...]

By | 2024-10-02T19:19:01+00:00 October 2nd, 2024|

Indulge in the full-on character of natural wines

For those of you who read last week's wordy writeup on natural wine, we're back this week to share two of our natural-wine favorites. Both of these are in stock now, and if you'd like to know what other natural wines we carry, just ask! We have a range of styles, colors and tastes. KRISTEN'S PICK Ramon Jane Baudili Penedès, Spain Friends & Family: $19.99/bottle (Reg: $24.99) When You're Craving a Wild Wine... One of my favorite wines in the shop right now is the Ramon Jane Baudili out of Penedès, Spain, the home of Cava. This white blend [...]

By | 2024-09-23T22:59:27+00:00 September 18th, 2024|

A Change of Seasons is Coming. Drink Wine.

We finally may be done with the 90-plus-degree fun-time weather for the year, which means it's now safe to indulge in some wines that will transition you into cooler weather. Of course, any wine can be enjoyed at any time of year, but we're standing by our transition concept. Viotti Albarossa and Cortese Piedmont, Italy Albarossa A unique wine to excite your taste buds! Don’t feel bad if you don’t recognize this grape; we hadn’t had it either. Albarossa is a cross between Barbera and Chartreuse and tastes like rustic, brambly fruit and forest herbs. Organic and natural. Pairings: [...]

By | 2024-10-01T19:42:14+00:00 September 10th, 2024|

Behold Refreshment, Courtesy or our August Wines of the Month

If you're a sucker for a great wine label, there are some true winners this month, notably the Pomelado and the Lucky Tiger. If you're a sucker for great wines, our August Wines of the Month will keep you suspended in a state of what the scientists are calling "wine jubilance." The fact that they're all amazingly affordable just adds to the jubilance. Pomelado Orange Wine Castilla-La Mancha, Spain A very approachable and delicious orange wine. This Spanish orange wine is lively, fresh, and dry, with tantalizing notes of orange blossom, savory apple, citrus, almonds, grass, and a kiss [...]

By | 2024-08-20T19:17:58+00:00 August 8th, 2024|