Weekly Specials! 03/24/25
White Wine of the Week
Weingut Höllerer
Reid Ganslgraben
Kamptal Grüner Veltliner
Normally $19.99 /
Now on Sale for $15.96
100% Grüner Veltliner (Kamptal DAC)
Where It’s Made:
Northeast of Vienna is the Kamptal wine region. With almost 300 wineries, it’s one of Austria’s premier wine regions. Kamptal features sunbaked vineyards, steeply terraced around the Kampt River. Though they produce a variety of grapes, they are mostly known for their Rieslings and Grüner Veltliners. The Höllerer family has been running their Kamptal vineyards and winery since 1808.
Why We Like It:
It’s just what we want in a Grüner. There’s a nice fruit balanced by a peppery acidity for structure and a dry finish.
Red Wine of the Week
Souleil Vin de Bonté
Le Rouge
Normally $17.99 /
Now on Sale for $14.96
65% Syrah, 35% Grenache (Vin de France)
How It’s Made:
Based in southern France, along the Mediterranean Sea, the friends behind Souleil Vin de Bonté get the grapes for this wine from a certified organic grower in the region. After destemming the grapes, they macerate and ferment them in stainless steel.
Why We Like It:
Usually southern French Syrah / Grenache blends lean more on the Grenache and are heartier affairs. However, Le Rouge flips the balance. The winemaker’s dedication to stainless steel preserves the grapes’ acid, giving this red a fresh lightness appropriate to looking over the Mediterranean shore.
Beer of the Week
Belleflower
Scrugsy
Normally $19.99 /
Now on Sale for $18.96 (16.9 oz can four-pack)
New England IPA (7.1% ABV)
How It’s Made:
Portland, Maine’s Belleflower Brewing Company stays in Maine for the malt for this, its flagship IPA. They get their base malt from Maine Malt House in Mapleton and follow it up with flaked oats from Blue Ox Malt House in Lisbon Falls. They then bitter and dry-hop with “a generous dose” of BRU-1 and Enigma hops.
Why We Like It:
This is just what we want in an NEIPA. Belleflower leaves the beer sweet so that you get the full run of the pineapple and stone fruit from the BRU-1 and Enigma hops, and that sweetness comes from good malt, not from lactose. All that and, yes, the beer is named after the “legendary pup” on the label.
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