Enoteca News: Spanish Wine Tasting this weekend
What’s Fresh At Enoteca?
- Casa Ventura Spanish Wine Tasting This Weekend
- Around the World in 30 Days - August Wine Tastings
- Brews Recently Spotted at Enoteca (DFH 120 Minute IPA!)
- A Whole Pile of Orphans
- Upcoming Tasting Events
- What is Wine & Beer Club?
Looking For Your Favorite Wine & Beer:
People have learned that finding a specific wine or beer can be very easy, you can simply ask the folks at Enoteca, and we are happy to track them down for you. Especially hard to find and specialty products! Simply fill out this form and we will do the hunting.
People have learned that finding a specific wine or beer can be very easy, you can simply ask the folks at Enoteca, and we are happy to track them down for you. Especially hard to find and specialty products! Simply fill out this form and we will do the hunting.
Casa Ventura Spanish Wine Tasting This Weekend
Start the weekend out right at Enoteca - Fine Wine & Beer!
This Friday from 4-7 Enoteca will be hosting Laura Stiff of Casa Ventura Imports as she shares a delicious selection of wine from Spain. We want to give you the opportunity to “try before you buy” so we offer a flight of wine for a low cost. Taste a flight (2 oz. each of 5 wines) for $10 per flight, and follow up with a glass. We will be tasting Saturday from 12-7 as well, which is a great time to beat the rush.
Castelo de Medina Verdejo 2007 (D.O. Rueda, Spain)
Castelo de Medina is an amazing wine with a very good structure and terroir in both nose and mouth. Castelo de Medina is fresh, lively and very aromatic, filled with fruits like pears, mangos, pineapple, lemon and mineral notes typical of the Verdejo grapes. It is really fresh and it has a nice structured body, balanced with crisp and nice acidity and also some citric hints. This is a great wine for all kinds of appetizers, seafood or chicken, paella and tapas. Verdejo was used in the past for “solera” wines, very aged and over oxidized, but nowadays, the young Verdejos are fruity and easy, fresh and crisp with good body. One of the best value Verdejos you’ll find!
100% Verdejo
[Member: $12.59 / Retail: $13.99]
Casa de Illana Joven 2006 (D.O. Rivera del Júcar, Spain)Casa de Illana Joven has very intense aromas, absolutely fruit forward, with wonderful, explosive ripe strawberries, raspberries and black cherries. In the mouth, it is a burst of fruit and freshness, very pleasant and with a long lasting, nice finish. This is a perfect wine for your barbecue events. It goes great with meats, but also with cream sauces, seafood pastas and PIZZA! It is a very versatile wine, a great pairing for any tapas dish!
85% Tempranillo, 15% Syrah
[Member: $16.19 / Retail: $17.99]
Mercedes Eguren Tempranillo-Syrah (Vino de La Tierra de Castilla, La Mancha, Spain)
An absolute wonder! This 50/50 blend of Tempranillo and Syrah is a true delight. This wine boasts intense aromas of deep ripe fruits, floral touches and hints of cinnamon and coffee. In the mouth it is potent and well structured with a great balance of fruit and oak. This wine is aromatic and fruity to the mid palate before a finish marked by its aging in first-class wood.
50% Shyraz, 50% Tempranillo
[Member: $13.49 / Retail: $14.99]
Finca La Estacada Tempranillo 2006 (Vino de la Tierra de Castilla, Spain)
Finca La Estacada 6 months uses an excellent selection of Tempranillo grapes for this amazing value wine. Its deep red and purple color indicates strength and youth. The aromas of this wine are very intense and fruit forward, with blackberries, black currants and some minerals and balsamic notes showing a strong terroir. In the mouth, it is powerful, fleshy and yet refreshing with firm, round tannins and an excellent acidity. Perfect for all kinds of meats, pasta, rice dishes and “tapas”. 88 Points Wine Advocate
100% Tempranillo
[Member: $12.59 / Retail: $13.99]
Bodegas Tabula Damana Crianza 2004 (D.O. Ribera del Duero, Spain)
Damana Crianza is a wine to fall in love with. The quality of it and the value that it represents will make you go crazy for it. Darker than its little brother Damana 5 and more concentrated in aromas, it shows dark ripe fruits like blackberries and plum skin and also lilacs, chocolate mouse and the minerals of its land. A wonderful wine that you won’t forget that shows the real Ribera del Duero, with its fruit and its minerals and its power.
[Member: $29.69 / Retail: $32.99]
Pricing disclaimer.
Around the World in 30 Days - August Wine Tastings
August has a great line up of wine tastings coming!
Friday, August 1st and Saturday August 2nd, we will be tasting the August Wine Club wines, which include selections from the Northwest, South America, France, California, and Italy.
Friday, August 8th and Saturday August 9th, we will be hosting an expert on French wine, Lee Anderson of Chloe Imports, as he shares a selection of great French wines focusing on the stellar 2005 vintage.
Friday, August 15th and Saturday August 16th, it’s off to the Spanish speaking world of South America as we try some Argentinian and Chilean wines with Debbie Keller.
Friday, August 22nd and Saturday August 23rd, we’ll continue the Spanish speaking theme, but this time with wines from Spain. Casa Ventura Imports brings some excellent flavors to the table and Laura Stiff from Casa Ventura will be here to share them.
Friday, August 29th and Saturday August 30th, Kevin Olsonberg from Odom will be on hand to share selections from the awesome Antinori portfolio, as we will be featuring Italian wines!
Don’t miss this whirlwind tour of wines of the world, save your Fridays or Saturdays in August for Wine Tasting!
Brews That Have Recently Been Spotted at Enoteca
Enoteca currently sports 900+ unique wines and 300+ unique beers on the shelf. New wine and beer
is arriving every week, and unless we’ve seen you in the last few hours, there’s probably something
new that you may want to know about. Therefore, we want to introduce you to a few new brews.
Russell has taken the time this week to taste each of these beers and offer a few recommendations.
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA (Delaware)
120 minutes of continuously hopping the boil. 1 month of daily dry hopping. 20% ABV. Dare I say DFH has created the hoppiest beer of all time? This beer drinks suprisingly well for that level of intensity. They must have contributed an uber amount of barley malt to balance it out. This week, thanks to Beer Club Member Ethan Anyan, we opened a bottle. I definately gets better as the beer temperature approaches room temperature, but worth starting cold. The beer’s enticing aroma is noticable a room away when it’s simply poured into a glass.
De Dolle Dulle Teve (Belgium)
Dulle Teve means “Mad Bitch” but the U.S. Government doesn’t like that name, so the label now says “Tripel” instead. This is one delicious beer! A Belgian Tripel style, that simply rocks. You can drink it in “fresh” state for three years, and age it up to 10 years to see how it evolves. It’s reported to darken and lose some of its 30 IBU’s of bitterness with a decade. Serve in a Trappist glass or Tulip style.
De Dolle Stille Nacht (Belgium)
Stille Nacht is German for “Silent Night” and is the De Dolle Brewer’s Christmas beer. This one wins the award for “Most unique tasting beer that still tastes incredibly good.”
Achouffe La Chouffe (Belgium)
These crazy Gnomes! This Belgian blondie is a full flavored beer that is perfect for the summer and fall seasons. Try it when you’re feeling gnomish.
Remember the Orphans
Even more orphans have been piled on! The orphan shelf has a lot of great values for Club members.
Several bottles of wine were discovered that have been waiting for a home,
and some beer has even migrated to the orphan shelf.
Club members receive a 20% discount whenever they adopt an orphan. Find it in your heart.
Don’t let them continue in such crowded conditions.
A wide range of very delicious bottles are currently up for adoption. Come peer into the glassed-over eyeballs of these little fellas and see if one of them doesn’t tug at your heart. Pleeeze sir, can I have some more?
Tasting Events Coming Soon
Mark your calendars, Enoteca has a great lineup for the next few weeks. Join us for these excellent tasting events! More details will be available in this newsletter, as well as any changes that might come up.
Friday, August 15th - 4-7 pm
Debbie Keller will be here from IWM to share wine from the up and coming region of South America, including Argentina and Chile. We will taste these wines on Saturday, August 16th as well, from 12-7.
Friday, August 22nd - 4-7 pm
Casa Ventura Spanish Wine Tasting! Join Laura Stiff from Casa Ventura at Enoteca as she shares a great lineup from the value producing country of Spain. We will taste these wines on Saturday, August 23rd as well, from 12-7.
Friday, August 29th - 4-7 pm
Antinori Italian Wine Tasting! Antinori is a great portfolio of Italian wine, and Kevin Olsonberg from Odom will be on hand to share information about them. We will taste these wines on Saturday, August 30th as well, from 12-7.
Friday, September 5th - 4-7 pm
Taste of Club! September Wine & Beer of the Month Club! Club tasting event, taste all the wine club wines! This is a great opportunity to see what the Club is all about, and to see what others are getting in their bins. We will taste these wines on Saturday, September 6th as well, from 12-7.
Friday, September 19th - 4-7 pm
Vin du Lac Wine Tasting! Joan Corsi from Vin du Lac will be at Enoteca to share the unique and interesting wines from Chelan. How about a dry, tart Riesling? Or a sweet Sauvignon Blanc? These folks know how to mix it up! We will taste these wines on Saturday, September 20th as well, from 12-7.
Thursday, October 2nd - 7 pm
Special Thursday Wine Tasting - Raymond from California! Bob Cooper from Raymond Vineyards will be on hand to share his interesting lineup of wines. Maybe we can taste the 93 Point Cabernet, or 96 point Sauvignon Blanc?
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Russell and Sarah
Enoteca - Fine Wine & Beer
208-457-9885
service@corkjoy.com
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