Super Bowl weekend is almost upon us. Beer may be considered the drink for sports events, but wine can also be an excellent addition to your game day spread. Come join us for a free tasting and get some tips on the best wines to serve!

CALERA CHARDONNAY
This Central Coast Chardonnay is a bright and balanced wine. Playful smells of hybiscus and pineapple greet you, while flavors of apple and lemon curd finesse your palate. Oak aging has imparted this wine with soft, juicy texture and a bright sweet-tart finish. Delicious and easy drinking!

MICHAEL DAVID PETITE PETITE
A blend of 85% Petite Sirah and 15% Petit Verdot, offering a joyous explosion of color and fun! It is a substantial, dense, full-bodied, whopper style of wine loaded with pure black fruit and vanilla flavors that coat the palate. It reveals remarkable richness with a finish that is slightly dry and seems to linger.

REVELRY REVELER
This Washington red wine is composed of Bordeaux varietals (Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot), with each vintage determining the ideal blend. Ripe blue fruit, baking spice and dark chocolate flavors are supported by chalky tannins and a firm acidity. Enjoy this wine in front of a warm fire with a cheese plate.

REVELRY CABERNET SAUVIGNON
This Columbia Valley Cabernet provides a profile of ripe red berries, plum and sweet vanilla. 14 months in new oak lends this wine defined tannins and balanced structure. Medium to full-bodied and boldy flavored, this wine is balanced in a way that makes it effortlessly drinkable, both with food and on its own.

Join us for some fantastic wines today from 3-7 pm! Here’s what we’ll be pouring:

KUMEU RIVER CHARDONNAY
This Australian Chardonnay is split 75/25% stainless steel and French oak. This allows the wine to maintain a purity of fruit character while still having body and complexity. A lemon-lime nose guide you into a palate of fig and white peach with a flinty minerality. Refreshing and cleansins, enjoy with with light bites or seafood.

MARTIN RAY SONOMA PINOT NOIR
This wine is an excellent reprentation of a classic Sonoma Pinot Noir. The nose is rich and intense with notes of blackcherry, elderberry and dried rose petals. The palate is lush and juicy with flavors of cherry cola and dark earth undertones. French oak aging adds underlying hints of vanilla and toffee. Delicious and quaffable!

MARTIN RAY RESERVE NAPA CABERNET SAUVIGNON
This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is aged 16 months in French oak barrels. Strong and structured, this wine offers a bouquet of cherry, cassis, violets and exotic spices. The palate is medium bodied with well-structured tannins and a graceful, lingering finish.

NORTON PRIVADA
This 91 point wine (Wine Advocate) is a blend of 40% Malbec and 30% each Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Intense and complex, bright red fruits mingle with notes of smoke and coffee. Fine, velvety texture and a cleansing acidity make this wine a fine companion to roasted meats and strong cheeses.

Come warm up with a great red wine tasting flight. We’ll be pouring from 3-7 this afternoon. Hope to see you there!

SHARECROPPER PINOT NOIR
With Owen Roe’s Sharecropper wines, they work in partnership with local farmers who provide grapes and then receive a share of the profits from the wine sales. This Pinot Noir has brilliant aromas of fresh strawberries and cherry pie. The palate is lush with subtle tannins and mouthwatering acidity. Rich flavors of dark berries and plums mingle with notes of dried herbs, cocoa and vanilla. Drink now or put away for several years and see the depth and richness evolve.

GRAZIANO ZINFANDEL
Mendocino, one of the northern-most wine growing regions in California, has long been known for producing powerful, complex Zinfandels. This vintage shows a deep, inky purple color and offers a rich nose of boysenberry, plum and cedar. The palate has generous mouth-feel and ripe flavors of plum, cherry cola and an earthiness that is unique to this region and its rusty red soils. Open this bottle with richly flavored meats and pungent cheeses.

MT VEEDER CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Napa Valley represents the epitome of New World Cabernet production and Mt Veeder does that reputation proud. This wine is intensely colored with a nose of blackberries, dried herds and warm spice. The palate is lush and soft with fine, velvety tannins and ripe flavors of blackberry pie, cassis, dark chocolate and spiced vanilla. I enjoyed this wine during the holidays with a roast tenderloin of beef and it was a stellar pairing!

AR GUENTOTA MALBEC
This 100% Malbec from one of Mendoza’s top regions is made of fruit from 100+ year old vines. This Old Vine fruit ensures a deep concentrated and complex wine. Bright ruby in tone with a nose of blueberry and black berry this is a powerhouse wine. The palate is rich and velvety with a lively acidity and fine tannins. The dark berry fruit continues on the palate with rich underlying notes of aged balsamic and sweet vanilla. Balanced and elegant, this wine has a long, lingering finish.

We’re pouring some fabulous imported wines this week. Come try these delicious and unusual wines!

SCHWARZBOCK GRUNER VELTLINER
Gruner Veltliner is considered the signature grape of Austria and creates crisp, mineral driven whites. Notes of gravel and flint and backed up with citrus zest and fresh green grass. A light, playfully refreshing wine, this is a great companion for seafood and poultry.

RIVETTO BARBERA D’ALBA
Pleasant and versatile, Barbera often goes unappreciated as a serious wine, although it is the most widely planted grape in the Piedmont. Bright, tart cherry and cranberry fruit is underlined by a warm dustiness. A clean acidity and easy-going tannins makes this your go to for any weekday night and an easy companion to nearly any food.

CASTELFEDER BREITBACHER
Made from the Schiavia varietal, this is a brilliantly colored, light-bodied red wine. The palate presents wild berry fruit and delicate violet notes with a lingering toasted almond finish. Easy drinking with fresh acidity and light tannins, mix it up with this enjoyable and unusual grape.

PALAZZO DE LA TORRE
This fabulous Allegrini wine uses the appassimento method, where grapes are dried on mats before being pressed and fermented. The use of these dehyrated grapes results in juice that in increasingly concentrated, with a rich almost syrupy texture. Cherries, blackberries and dried figs mingle with warm baking spice notes and round polished tannins linger into a concentrated finish.

It’s the New Year! Join us by celebrating with our free Friday wine tasting from 3-7 pm. Cheers!

JOSEPH MELLOT POUILLY-FUME
Pouilly-Fume is an area of France’s Loire Valley producing 100% Sauvignon Blanc wines. Pale yellow with gold highlights, this wine offers aromas of ripe mango and tropical melon. The palate is fresh with a vibrant acidity and a clean minerality remeniscent of the limestone and flint soils that were home to the vines. Bright citrus notes abouns on the palate along with a smooth creaminess from 5 months of aging on lees. Enjoy this wine with light cheeses or any variety of seafood dishes.

PICCINI MEMORO ROSSO
This ia modern style red blend composed of grapes from throughout Italy’s top wine producing regions. Bold and fruit forward, the palate is generous with concentrated flavors of black cherries ans figs. Roasted coffee and delicate oak notes develop in the back palate with soft, supple tannins providing structure into the finish.

ANJOLI PRIORAT
The Priorat region of Spain specializes in Garnacha based wines, with this one adding in a little Cabernet, Merlot and Syrah for character and structure. Thenose is fresh and bright with cherry, tobacco and licorice aromas. The palate is medium-ful bodied with soft tannins and rich flavors of black and purple fruits. Pop this open with a roast leg of lamb, or stick it in the cellar for a few years. Either way, you’ll be more than pleased.

CHATEAU PEUCH-HAUT PRESTIGE ROUGE
This Grenache- Syrah blend from the Languedoc region of France is a brilliant garnet color with a lively nose of raspberry, cherry and plumb. Aged in concrete tanks, this wine offers a purity of fruit that is fresh and balanced. Ripe blackberry, juicy plum and hints of dried herbs and licorice round out a dense, concentrated palate with fine tannins and a lingering finish.

There are still seats available for the Pinot Posse Wine Dinner, January 8th at 6:00 pm. Don’t miss out on this spectacular wine and culinary event!

Join us this New Year’s Eve Eve and pick out your celebratory bubbly! Here is what we’ll be pouring from 3-7 pm.

ZARDETTO BRUT
This dry sparkling wine from the Prosecco DOC is made of the Glera grape which provides a wealth of citrus and tropical fruit notes. This purity of fruit is preserved through stainless steel fermentation. The resulting wine offers a delicate nose of white flowers and apricots. The palate is elegant with refined beading and bright flavors of citrus, orange blossoms and stone fruits. A playful, versatile sparkling wine, this should be a staple at any celebration.

SCOTT PINOT NOIR
Scott consistently produces rich, elegant Pinot Noir. This wine from the Arroyo Seco region of Monterey County is made from low yield vineyards; a method thought to better express the delicate characteristics and terroir influences that make Pinot Noir such an enchanting and often frustrating grape. Medium bodied with bright acidity, the palate is full of sweet and spicy flavors like cherry pie filling, ginger, honey, toasted almonds and vanilla.

ENAMORE
This wine is a collaboration between renowned producers Allegrini (Italy) and Bodega Renacer (Argentina). The blend of Malbec, Syrah, Bonarda and Cabernet Franc is vinified in the classic style of Amarone. The grapes are dried on the vines, losing up to 1/3 of their weight (water). This results in a concentrated, syrupy wine with notes of raisins, ripe berries, dark chocolate and plums. There is a clean and vibrant acidity making this rich, full-bodied wine effortlessly quaffable.

GUNDLACH BUNDSCHU MERLOT
This Merlot comes from the Bundschu family’s 150 year old estate on the southwest slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains. The location of these vineyards exposes the vines to consistent maritime breezes and long hours of daylight, resulting in concentrated and structured fruit. 85% Merlot, additional quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Malbec are sourced from warmer sites to add ripeness and lushness to the wine. The aromas are pleasantly traditional for a Merlot, with violets and blueberry leading into a rich palate of blackberries, licorice and chocolate. Aged 17 months in French oak before release, this is a wine that drinks beautifully now but will continue to age gracefully for several more years.

Due to the upcoming holidays, this week’s tasting will be held on THURSDAY, December 22nd from 3-7 pm. We hope you’ll stop by for some fun festivities. Here’s what we’ll be pouring:

We’ll be pouring three classics from Ferrari Carano’s lineup. Ferrari Carano has been a family owned and operated winery in Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley since 1981. Don and Rhonda Carano have an uncompromising devotion to quality and a firm belief that wine is first created within the vineyard. This philosophy has led them to purchase many outstanding vineyard plots throughout California: an expensive endeavor, but one that allows them complete control of their product over the cheaper alternative of purchasing grapes from a private vineyard. This devotion to excellence has established Ferrari Carano as a continuously reliable producer of quality wine.

FERRARI CARANO CHARDONNAY
This Sonoma County Chardonnay offers the best balance between bright vibrant fruit and rich, creamy oak. Aged in mostly older French oak barrels, the oak influence in this wine is more subtle, offering notes of apple pie, lemon curd and warm baking spice, while sur lie aging brings creamy texture and warm hazelnut notes. Malolactic fermentation is stopped just shy of completion, leaving a crisp, vibrant acidity that leaves you craving another sip. Pour this out with your Christmas turkey or with any wide variety of starters.

FERRARI CARANO MERLOT
Merlot can be a challenge to make, running the risk of becoming an unbalanced, hot, flabby wine. The excellent winemaking team at Ferrari Carano did an exceptional job, despite struggling with warmer than normal temperatures and the need for an early harvest. Gentle handling during fermentation and 15 months of oak aging produced a balanced wine with ripe, juicy fruit and lively texture. Lush blue and purple fruits and enhanced by warm oak spice and hints of vanilla. Velvety, supple tannins support this medium bodied wine through a lingering finish.

FERRARI CARANO CABERNET SAUVIGNON
This full bodied Cabernet is blended with a small amount of Syrah, adding to its rich, deep color and hints of peppery spice in the nose. Classic notes of cassis, dried mint and dusty leather fill out the velvety, lush palate. Bold tannins make this wine an ideal accompaniment to any roasted meat dish.

AMANCAYA GRAN RESERVA MALBEC-CABERNET SAUVIGNON
A great blend of two powerhouse grapes, this is a wine that will evolve as it sits. Rich black and red fruits dominate the nose eventually giving way to a dark earthiness. The palate is rich and vibrant with firm tannins and a lively acidity. The fruit continues on the palate underscored by truffle, dark chocolate and peppery spice. Let it breathe, and then enjoy with a standing rib roast.