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This
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The Perfect
Wine for Everyday
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Navarra
Tsolda Red
HISTORY:
Navarra land of Great Wines:
Navarra has enjoyed, from the earliest times, before as a Kingdom
and now as a Statutory Community, excellent vineyard an first-class
wines, produced by the experience and know –how of this winegrowers.
Situated in a privileged geographical area, between Bordeaux and
Rioja, its climate and soils are especially suited for cultivating grapevines.
There are two distinctive factors which make Navarra wines
special:
1º The special natural characteristics of the area, types of soils
typical of the. Mediterranean, around the Ebro river and its affluent, with a
great variety and richness of nuances, inclination of its slopes, etc. are
circumstances which make the perfect ripening of its grapevines possible.
2º The millenarian tradition of grapevine cultivation and its
vinicafiction, where the genuine and skilled winemaking process have
been transmitted from generation to generation.
A. Wines with tradition.
Not very long ago, a group of researchers were able to identify in
Navarra, plants of the primitive and original
"vitis silvestris". This vegetal matter, whose antiquity may bee evaluated in five million year, has been
identified in only a few places in the whole world.
TASTING
NOTES:
In view of its good balance, this wine can be drunk during the first 2 or 3 years. You will enjoy the
colors of its youth and its excellent fruit for the first two years. Later on, the wine enters a long, serene period of maturity during which it becomes smoother while retaining its liveliness.
FOOD PAIRINGS:
An excellent companion to traditional
"pinchos" and "tapas".
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OUT
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Barossa
Jack Shiraz
Another Exclusive
offering from Pond Point
Extremely
Limited & Only
at Pond Point !
Made
with grapes from
vineyards strung along
a winding five-mile
section of the Barossa
hills. The
violet-and-blueberry
scent leads into sweet
black- cherry flavors.
Loaded with black
raspberry, cassis
fruit and beautiful
purity. You experience
notes of chocolate and
spice. This wine is
rich, shows good depth
and complexity and
drinks more like twice
the price. Barossa
Jack is one of four
new wines from Pure
Love Wines. Coming
from Jayson
Woodbridge, the
prestigious winemaker
that brought you
Hundred Acre. 100%
Shiraz.
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Cakebread
Sauvignon Blanc & Chardonnay !!!
Get
yours while you can !
Founded
in 1973 by Jack and Delores Cakebread, this
family-owned winery includes sons Bruce, the
winemaker, and Dennis, who is responsible for
sales and marketing. Cakebread Cellars
produces Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay,
Chardonnay Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon and
Rutherford Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, all
made from Napa Valley grapes.
Our
very aromatic Napa Valley Chardonnay
offers delightfully forward aromas of ripe
pears and apples, with intriguing scents of
guava and banana. On the palate, the wine
boasts a full, fleshy texture and rich, ripe
flavors balanced by subtle, spicy oak tones
and an excellent underpinning of acidity.
Delicious now, this very flavorful Napa Valley
Chardonnay will gain additional bouquet and
complexity with 18-24 months of further bottle
age. - Winemakers notes
Cakebread's
interpretation of this wine is a classic
expression of the varietal, with aromas of
fresh pink grapefruit, mineral, and stone
fruit. On the palate, the flavors mirror the
aromas. Refreshing and lively fruit acids with
hints of mineral, gooseberry, melon and
grapefruit all contribute to this wine's
overall crisp impression. The wine's lovely
fruit intensity and subtle vanilla oak notes
carry into the clean, persistent finish.
WINE NEWS:
From Home
Page
Holiday (or
anyday) Cocktail Buffet
Ideas for a simple, perfect buffet, with decadent foods, Champagne and more
bY Laurie Woolever
A cocktail-hour buffet is a great way to entertain during the holidays. You can indulge your guests in a variety of specialty foods that are rich in both tradition and flavor, and with some smart planning and savvy shopping, you
won't have to spend all day cooking. Below,
you'll find some suggestions for creating a buffet menu around three central ingredients: foie gras, ham and blue cheese, plus a list of great wines to match.
Foie gras: This high-fat, high-priced and occasionally controversial (yet incredibly delicious) foodstuff is available to home cooks in various formats, including
pâté, mousse and bloc, which Wine Spectator features editor Owen Dugan says
"is the most convenient and lasts longer … . A toasted slice of brioche and some sweet fruit on top … and
you're ready for your most discriminating
guests." In addition to brioche and fruit preserves, you can offer other types of breads or crackers, cornichons and a dish of coarse sea salt that guests may use to suit their own tastes.
Sauternes is the ideal match for foie gras. Its sweetness is tamed and its flavor made more complex in combination with the foie, and both food and wine have a luxuriant mouthfeel. See our list below for two recommended and recently reviewed Sauternes.
Blue cheese and Port are a natural match.
Blue cheese: Blue cheese is, at its best, a creamy yet crumbly cheese with strong and often salty flavors. The characteristic blue and green
"veins" in the cheese come from a mold, often a variety of penicillium, that has been encouraged to spread through the cheese, giving it its typically strong flavor. There are several varieties of blue cheese produced in many countries, including intensely flavored Cabrales and Picón, from Spain; buttery, relatively low-salt Fourme
d'Ambert and pungent Roquefort, from France; creamy Gorgonzola, from Italy; and sharp, grassy Shropshire, nutty Stilton and mild Wensleydale Blue from England and the United States. Serve blue cheese with whole shelled walnuts, lightly toasted raisin bread, sliced fresh pears or Granny Smith apples, and dried Turkish figs.
Port makes a classic match with blue cheese, especially Stilton.
"The Stilton-Port match is so perfect that nothing else can touch
it," says Dugan, adding, "They key into each other, the fruit and the acidity in the wine and the salt and the cream in the cheese bringing out latent flavors. …Call it piquant, call it umami, but definitely call some friends and don’t stint on the
product." See our list below for two recommended and recently reviewed Ports.
You can't go wrong with ham and sparkling wine.
Ham: Ham makes good sense for holiday entertaining—it can be served hot, cold or room temperature, it’s widely available, it appeals to palates both childish and urbane, and it complements a wide variety of other foods and beverages. As with blue cheese, the existing variety and provenance of ham is impressive, including American country ham, Spanish Serrano, Bayonne ham from the French Basque region, Italian Prosciutto di Parma and Prosciutto di San Daniele, and Westphalia and Black Forest hams from Germany. Serve ham with freshly baked biscuits, a high-quality grainy mustard, pickles, a tangy fruit chutney or relish, and green salad with vinaigrette to round out al that richness.
As for what to pour, ham has an affinity for Sherry, rose, Pinot Noir and other light-bodied reds, but it also works well with sparkling wine, which just makes perfect sense at this time of year. See our list below for eight recommended sparkling wines, and have a happy new year!
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