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Cheers to one and to all! Lots happening and lots to work on. Let's do some of it together.
Working
on this week, trying to take everything in and to work around this
government shutdown that has effected us so strongly here in Washington
DC.
we
have our Big-Theme Wine-Tasting tomorrow for you all : " All Wines
tasted Under $13 a bottle " - 18 wines to taste and one special cocktail
to be made by Kevin the owner of his own Black Leaf Vodka made in
Cognac, France! FUN. EXCITING.
HERE are some SPECIALS and FINDS to share now with you all before I write about the 18 wines to be tasted here tomorrow.
ALE , BEER and CIDER from Santos Rivera -
1)
AEXHT GEHLENFERLA FICHE Dopple Bock Schlenkerla Oak Smoke, product of
Germany, a 1 pint 9 Fl. Oz bottle of beer, On Special for $5.99with 8%
alcohol by volume, a lovely amber color matured for months in this 14th
century brewery ... yes.
2)
AECHT OCHLENFERLA RAUCHBIER Urbock Brauerei Heller Bamberg, the
original Schlenkerla Smokebeer, On Special for $4.99, for a 1 pint 9 Fl.
Ouze bottle with 6.5% alcohol by volume, ... " all its barley malts are
smoked overbeech wood logs with a higher smokemalt concentration and
longer maturation , create a taste profile of most intense smokiness
beautifully balanced with deep malt sweetness. "
3)
Premium Belgian White Fruit beer, FRULI Strawberry beer, imported from
Belgium, a 4-pack of 11.2Fl Oz bottles with 4.1% alcohol by volume, : "
brewed with spices - coriander and ornage peel, and natural flavor " -
nice for this damper, cooler, brrrr cold-inducing weather now.
4)
Dry ale-style cider ( Cider for the People ), The Cidermaker's Cider,
from CITIZEN CIDER, a 4-pack of 16-ounce cans On Special for $12.99,
with 6.2% ABV, from Vermont, : " Wit's up starts like an ale and
finishes like the dry, session cider that is inspired by the classic
cider traditions and our vision for the future style of American
cider. "
LIQUEUR and LIQUOR from Jagir -
1)
Straight Apple Brandy distilled by Laird and Company distilleries,
Bottled in Bond, from LAIRD'S, 50% alcohol by volume, $36.99 a bottle -
fuller, more intense, bolder, more brawn and blast, for some more
bling, too!
2)
Silver Jalisco Mexican tequila from Familia CAMARENA, On Special
$23.99, something for us that is new and exciting and that we both want
to bring to your attention and share with you!
3)
Patriot Spirits Rum 90 proof, small batch, from Maryland's very own
Springfield Manor, $37.99 with lovely dripped deep-bright red wax seal
sealing this sweet rum dark deal! Yes yes si si si , oui oui oui!
4)
The Japanese craft gin ROKU GIN, distilled in Japan, with 6 unique
Japanese botanicals, $35.99 a bottle, come check it out - new and very
especially exciting!
NOW
: For NOTES on our " Big-Theme " Wine-Tasting tomorrow with FIVE TABLES
and FIVE GREAT individuals - talented, inspired, enlightened, too!
TABLE # ONE ( Franceen Kahng of Leonardo Loscascio wine selection - fine Italian wines ) - pouring four wines
1)
Est Est Est 2017 FALESCO ( the owner is from this region and he has
made it a personal vision-mission of his to bring back the Roschetto
grape variety to the exalted position it can attain ), a dry Italian
from Lazio outside of Rome, a vivacious white blend and nose of 50%
Trebbiano , 30% Malvasia and 20% Roschetto grapes ( that is the grape
that indigenous to this area to pay special attention to ). Together the
three grapes create both sight and sound, smell and feel- a delicious
tactility on the palate of pear and melon that follow the citrus and
apple and white flower bouquet. Soft flavors to relax and smile even
when a smile is not forthcoming without this enticement. $10.99. Si si
si est est est secco bianco best best bEST!
2)
Orvieto ( a beautiful hillside town looking down into a lush green
carpet valley of vines, trees, olive orchards and more ) Classic LA
CARRAIA Umbriandry white blend lends itself to a lush and magical
quartet of tastes and flavors with the four grapes playing here
completely to their strengths ( acknowledging tha you cannot have
strengths without recognizing the weaknesses, too ). A dry enticing
blend of 40% Grechetto, 30% Procanico, 20% Malvasia and 10% Verdello,
2017, unoaked , only stainless-steel contact with no wood, a appealing
pale straw yellow, with contrasts in the boquet of elegance and
intensity - opposites which find common ground, tearing down any walls
to future growth. The classic Grechetto, and the mysterious Procanico
that is generally quite shy and does not search for the limelight of the
Grachetto grape. But make no mistake, this unknown grape imparts some
wonderful Mediterranean kissing-the-ground-flower-
3)
Barbera D'Asti " Villa Del Roso " 2016, 100% unoaked Barbera that
create an atmosphere of bright red cherries with notes of violets, herbs
that result, in part from younger vines perhaps only 4-8 years of
age?!? Lighter-bodied, the tannins have been coaxed to be softer and
less biting and sharp, the lower alcohol also encourages a red that is
quite rich yet easy to enjoy. $11.99 a bottle. A lovely wine to sip and
to anticipate the near future unfolding for you.
4)
Paolo Librandi that has been here in the store produces this CIRO dry
red made from the indigenous grape variety there called Gagliopo. It has
a transparency in color the confuses the eyes but not the tongue that
bathes in this delightful lighter red, Classic DOCG, with many aromas of
the red fruits we love, think of cranberries and perhaps wild flore
strawberries, , the tannins that dry the mouth of moisture are riper and
produce a carpet that is plush and deep on the tongue, saturating
quickly, touching faster and resonating louder, too. $11.99 for this
2015. Best still with food.
TABLE # TWO ( NOah Wallace Stevens pours the fine wines of Bulgaria for us tonight - of Global Wine MD-
1)
" Delight " 2016 off-dry white blend of 70% Chardonnay and 30%
Viognier from BULGARIANA, this is a fresh and fragrant and charming
white to sip and even close your eyes and imagine and possibly lead into
some fantasy you have been meaning to explore but been to busy till now
to do?!? $9.99 a bottle, a Thracian white to thrash talk soft and
pleasing trash over! Or not. 13% alcohol by volume.
2)
K CELLARS Pinot Noir ( On Special for $12.99, 3-for $33, 6 for $60 -
solid or assorting ) turns up the color, the heat, the viscosity, the
intensity, magnifying the gloss and glean, wanting to screen a scream in
silk as in art as in life as in a fine experience of ' the moment '!
3)
K CELLARS Merlot 2012 ( On Special for $12.99 with a 3 for $33, a 6 for
$60), - this Merlot again has a deepness of nooks and crannies that
mystify and excite and scare the tastebuds in their ascent and descent
and constant movement through these channels of taste sensations that
are best when paired with food! What a fine Merlot, what does your
palate tell you!?! Mature with 14% alcohol by volume.
4) VILLA YAMBOL Mavrud 2015 ( indigenous red grape variety ) that gives a darker, more angular and structured-yet-sublimely-
5)
" Delight Red ", a 2015 off-dry that will assuage and coat the palate,
mouth walls, tongue's surfaces in a drenching conversational coating to
please, tease, cajole and relax one completely! $9.99 a bottle. Juisy
red fruits, fresh pums, sweet cherries, fresh vanilla, you taste the
suggestion of raspberry jam - which of these do you smell or taste?!?
13% alcohol by volume.
TABLE # THREE with Narayan Campbell of GLOBAL WINE MD - tasting five fine Portuguese and Bulgarian wines -
ALL the FIUZA wines are from Tejo, Portugal that is short for Alentejo.
1)
100% Arinto 2015one of the indigenous white grapes from Portugal ( that
we often see in Vinho Verde dry white, low alcohol blends or all by
itself ) from FIUZA. On Special for $12.99 a bottle ( with a 3 for $33,
and a 6 for $60 - assorted or the same - we also have the dry rose and
brut Nature 3 Castas that can be included - sparkling here from FIUZA,
all estate-bottled ), I like the frankness, the hones-tness, the
complete-ness of this taste that is dry and angular and crying for some
solid food to fill-in the spaces it leaves , the gaps that need the food
to act like sap to smoothen-out-the-owww-ouch-
2)
100% Alvarinho 2016 indigenous Portuguese grape variety ( that is the
top, considered the best by many ), a brighter, softer, more rounded and
welcoming taste much like a Sancerre white can provide. I call these
the Sancerre's of Portugal as they are rounded just at the right dips
and jolts, nuts and bolts, caffaws, tears and creases! This is a sublime
white to sip that makes great conversation while it relaxes you and
pleases you, too. Lovely! It is On Special for $12.99 with a 3 for $33
and a 6 for $60! Yes yes yes, obregado amigos para este vinho fino!
12.5% alcohol.
3)
Touriga Naciona; 2014 dry red Portuguese wine of FIUZA, estate-bottled,
a real treat to enjoy with your meal, it has both style, flash, flair
and a silky rich brightness that inflames our molecules that work like
mules to bring us comfort , shade and tastes in spades. Classic, a blend
of old-world and new-world, a treat! On Special for $12.99 a bottle
with 3 for $33 and 6 for $60!
4)
Reserve 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon from VILLA YAMBOL, On Special for
$12.99, with a 3 for $33 and 6 for $60. I like the
intensity-in-twenty-cy-in-
5)
2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Portuguese Tejo dry red from VILLA YAMBOL that
scales any walls and has them all falling at it's feet in hommage,
appreciation, love and care for a dry red that needs no walls, that
speaks to a whole world of love and health and honesty, humility,
respect and inclusion and not exclusion. On Special for $12.99 a bottle,
with a 3 for $33 and a 6 for $60, with 13% alcohol by volume. From the
Thracian district of Bulgaria - plenty of trace grace and no trash - a
fine food wine. Just the way it is supposed to be!
TABLE # Four - With Dan Schoeff working with Franceen Kahng, tasting 4 fine Italian wines -
1)PALLADIO
BIANCO 2016 unoaked dry white Italian is a medley of 60% Chardonnay,
20% Trebbiano, 20% Grillo grapes named after the famous architect Andrea
Palladio. Like the architect these three grapes construct a framework
of liquid tastes that are supremely easy to drink and sip, that marry so
well with food, that dance, too in our mouths with a refreshing acidity
and an inviting nose that release the endorphins we need of pleasure,
texture, tactility, mobility, ease and community that know no walls.
$9.99 a bottle, what a steal!
2)
PALLADIO ROSSO 2016 dry red Italian is like a national treasure, a
national zoo of earthy and wonderful noises in flavors and tastes that
are like a true cacophany of the world! A union of 50% Sangiovese, and
50% Merlot, there is elegance, and intriguing hints and impressions like
grape-hand-foot-prints on our senses with dark cherries, and other red
fruits, too. I really am surprised and pleased by the supple easier
tannins that do not jar, jade,act dastardly on our taste buds. I also
like the longer finish here!
3)
Codice Citra a dry red from Montepulciano that has recently had a
face-lift and slight restructure to elevate, more cpativate it's
audience, with 3 thousand small family growers all working without a
wall to separate them, 3 thousands bridges rather to unite them in their
quest in Chietri province in Abruzzo, Italy to bring us the best
possible Montepulciano that they can! $10.99 a bottle, a treat of
flavors to enjoy with a meal.
4)
CASTELLUCIO ' Le More ' Romagna Sangiovese dry red , a 2017, $11.99,
that is 100% Sangiovese, unoaked, with a great blackberry darker-berry
character - blueberries to pass around while sipping this anybody?!? A
treat with a meal. Cheers!
TABLE
# 5 : we have Kevinthe owner and producer of his Blackleaf organic
French vodka made in Cognac, France. Kevin will be back for his second
visit here and will make us all a cocktail to close our tasting and
provide us with any strength we need to tumble the thought of any more
walls being built! It is On Special for $25.99 a bottle, regular price
is $29.99 a bottle. It is a treat and quite special, come taste and
discover it here for the first or the second time!
TASTINGS this week besides tomorrow are :
FRIDAY,
January 11th, 2019 ( 5-8pm ) : We have Robert Kennedy here to pour his '
value " Italian small-family wines, all under $20 except one that is
$33 On Special for $22.99 now from Sicily!
SATURDAY,
January 12th, 2019 ( 1:30-5PM ) : We have Mickey of Downey Selections
here to pour some FABulous wines of Uruguay from Bodegas CERRO CHAPEU , a
Sauvignon Blanc 2017, $14.49, some Tannat red and also some Pinot Noir
red - and maybe an Italian wine or two! We will see, to be decided here
tomorrow.
JOIN US for both days as well as tomorrow for our Big-Theme Wine-Tasting.
ALL are #freewinetastings!
we have your back so you may have ourswe are excited for tomorrow's " Under $13 wine-tasting - great values ! ", join us, we want the wines to be delicious and affordable, and we want to draw everyone here in our vibrant community spirit. everyone is welcome, we have no walls built or more to build, just existing ones to tear down.it should be colder tomrrow but no rain in the forecast so that is all positive.we celebrate our unity and not our division.we toast to our health and prosperity,we must try and find less waste, to recycle morewe are thrilled for the women's march on our very heelsI was excited earlier watching a video with Kiran Shah speaking about our present situation and saying : " our challenge here is against stupidity : as she went on to say that the world would survive us all. she also went on to talk about the invaluable roll of women. all very exciting and essential.we are not excited that today is the 18th day that government workers are without pay and the certainty of their jobs as our president takes to television tonight to talk about the emergency of building a wall between us and mexicoso let's take each others hands and move forward constructively, productively, politely, in solidarity, mission, peace and purpose and knowing that we can change slowly certain things and step-by-step make our world a healthier better place along with out health, too : get more fiber and protein into us so we make live better!challenging times, but we can and must do thisTHANKS for everything, you all are the very best! TONY 1/13/2019 | |
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