Wine of the Week! 10/02/23

[The Castaign Family] now has 54 hectares and makes wines that are meant to be easy to drink and to share. All have names of various creatures. Aux Valses Des Papillons means ‘the waltz of the butterflies,’ exactly the kind of name you want a ballet suite or a southwestern French wine to have. This organically grown three-way white blend is exactly as bright and fresh as the name suggests …”

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Beer of the Week! 10/02/23

“Harold Budd was an acolyte of ambient music who was one of those “musician’s musicians” — your kids aren’t listening to him… but people like XTC’s Andy Partridge, the Cocteau Twins, and …Brian Eno were. Of course, Budd also had a loyal following of non-industry fans. Among them are the people at Brooklyn’s Grimm Artisanal Ales, who brewed this beer in memoriam …”

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Beer Spotlight!

“Oktoberfest continues in Munich, so it continues here at Market St. Wine. Welcome to another of our Oktoberfest beers! Each year, we look for a new and interesting Oktoberfest beer, one we’ve never carried before. This year, it comes from Warwick, NY — the Drowned Lands Winnow …”

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Wine of the Week!

“This wine is 50% Roussanne, 30% Grenache Blanc, 20% Viognier, all organically farmed. Thought to be native to the northern Rhône, Roussanne is a key white wine grape there. It is much less a player in southern Rhône wines, which makes it notable that the De Mercurios decided to give it the lion’s share of this white …”

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Wine of the Week 09/11/23

“Refosco is a family of grapes native to the Veneto and neighboring regions in the northeastern part of Italy … [Di Lenardo is] among our favorite value Italian wineries. Their wines are sustainably produced and made without oak aging. They are expressive and straight forward, perfect for everyday meals and gatherings …”

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Beer Spotlight!

“Founded in 1989, Boulevard Brewing Company is based in the Missouri side of Kansas City. Their Whiskey Barrel Stout is a year-round offering which we’ve avoided, because we feared, like other whiskey barrel stouts that we’ve had, that it would be thin. Boy, were we wrong …”

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