Friday, April 25, 2008

Holy Cannoli!

Sorry for the corny tag line, but its Friday and its just too late in the day not to have a bit of fun. The important thing here is to notice the Italian reference. Which segways us into our real purpose today discussing Italian wines.
We have just stocked our wine racks (not shelves as you see elsewhere, 'cause the corks dry out when the wine is standing up. But you knew that already), with a whole lotta love. While there are too many to actually name, I will offer you the following names, in no particular order:
Paolo Scavino
Mauro Molino
Domenico Clerico
Moccagata
La Spinetta
Corino
If any of these names send off bells in your head then you need to get here fast as our stock is limited. Barolo's, Barbera's and Brunello di Montalcino and even Dolcetto. Rare and exceptional wines from some of Italy's greatest producers.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

In this Dusted Valely. . .

Everyone is crying "recession" and "inflation" these days, but I am not yet convinced the sky has fallen. In fact, we have just received in FIVE great new wines, all under TWENTY DOLLARS! And they all taste great. We have just received in Dusted Valley's Boomtown wines and their STOMP! Cabernet Sauvignon. Why? Well because they taste really good and, well, they taste really good! Chad and Corey of Dusted Valley are good friends of Salumiere Cesario and they came to us with an idea. Their tasting room is too small to handle the volume of cases they go through with Boomtown, people are buying it by the case! They needed an outlet to sell the wine and we keep asking them to get us something unique! Two birds, one stone, problem solved. As for the STOMP! Cabernet, well when they poured it for me, I just couldn't say no to a wine that tastes that great and can retail for $10. Yes $10, again TEN DOLLARS. Seriously. Last time I had a $10 bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon that tasted this good it was in 1991!
We have limited supply of the STOMP! and once it is gone, that's it. NO mas. Fin. Done.
We currently have the following wines:
Boomtown Chardonnay 2006
Boomtown Pinot Gris 2006
Boomtown Merlot 2004
Boomtown Syrah 2006
The whites are $12 ea
the reds $15 ea
All are great value and like I said, taste really good!