Weekly Specials! 05/05/25
White Wine of the Week
Chéreau-Carré
Château de Chasseloir
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie
Normally $21.99 /
Now on Sale for $17.96
100% Melon de Bourgogne (Muscadet Sèvre et Maine)
How It’s Made:
Chasseloir’s vines range from 35 to 120 years old. The sustainably farmed Melon de Bourgogne for this wine comes from relatively young vines (average 40 years old). After fermentation, Chéreau-Carré ages the wine on lees for six to nine months.
Why We Like It:
This Loire Valley white is charming! You still have the touch of minerality that should be a staple of Muscadet Sévre et Maines, and that’s great. At the same time, the fruit really presents itself. They balance nicely. One of us on tasting this wine said, “This is type of wine I could drink all summer long!”
Red Wine of the Week
Illuminati
Riparosso
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Normally $19.99 /
Now on Sale for $15.96
100% Montepulciano (Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC)
How It’s Made:
Illuminati Wines, run by the Illuminati family (Yes! The family’s name is “Illuminati!”), takes all the grapes for this Montepulciano from one, single, sustainably farmed vineyard. They macerate for 14 days in stainless steel tanks and then age the wine for eight months in Slavonian oak casks. Finally, they let the wine spend another two or three months in the bottle.
Why We Like It:
Using grapes from different vineyards can give needed character to single variety wines. Using grapes from only one vineyard can give you a focused presentation of the grape, but you better trust your grapes! The Riparosso features deep, dark berry fruits resting in deeply embedded tannins. We get notes of currant and a little cocoa on the back end. Unembarrassed to not be light-bodied, this Abruzzo red isn’t for the faint of Montepulciano heart.
Beer of the Week
Lost Generation
Beauty in a Glance
Normally $14.99 /
Now on Sale for $13.96 (16.9 oz can four-pack)
Kölsch-Style Ale (4.8% ABV)
How It’s Made:
DC’s Lost Generation Brewing Company shakes up your traditional Kölsch approach by using Callista hops. Callista is a new German hop developed by the Hop Research Center in Hüll. It has mild bittering properties but imparts fruit notes like stone fruit and raspberries.
Why We Like It:
This beer is either inspired or a denigration depending on how much of a Kölsch purist your are. The choice of the Callista hop is the key. The Callista hop’s fruit notes blend with the traditional “grapiness” that you’d expect, giving the brew a whole different spin without totally leaving Kölsch-land. The Beauty in a Glance is a really accessible Köslch — good for people who are new to the style but, we think, still appealing to its fans.