Whether you're part of a perfect couple
or you simply enjoy your alcohol perfectly paired,
check out what we have in store for you:
Valentine's Day 2013
Perfect Pair #1
Wine type: Viognier
Winery: D’Arenberg
Wine name: The Hermit Crab
Vintage: 2010
Wine Spectator Score: 89
Origin: Australia
Description:
A spicy, refreshing white, brimming with citrusy pear, nutmeg and
lychee flavors. Lingers easily on the polished finish.
Retail Price: $19.50
Cheese: Gouda
Cheesemaker: VAN KAAS
Origin:Netherlands
Source of milk: Cow
Texture: Semi-Hard to Hard
Price Per Pound:
Description:
· Gouda
cheese is best described as a style of cheese making, rather than a
kind of cheese as it taste depends almost completely on the time it has
aged. In the Netherlands, chunks of young Gouda are often eaten as a
snack with Dutch mustard and are sometimes topped with sugar or apple
syrup. Older Gouda is generally eaten alongside strong pale beers, such
Tripels,
Dubbel,
Trappist,
Oud bruin and
Witbier.
Perfect Pair #2
Wine Type: Chardonnay
Winery: The Wishing Tree
Wine Name: Unoaked Chardonnay
Vintage: 2011
Wine Spectator Score: 86
Origin: Australia
Description: This polished white shows pretty pear and floral flavors, finishing with zip.
Retail Price: $14.40
Cheese: Brie
Cheesemaker: Rosenborg
Origin: Danish
Texture: soft-ripened cheese
Description: A
soft, white cheese with a mild, slightly aromatic taste. It has a soft,
almost spreadable texture. The taste is similar to Camembert.
Price Per Pound: $16.00
Perfect Pair #3
Wine Type: Red Bordeaux
Winery: Petit Chapeau
Wine Name:
Vintage: 2010
Wine Spectator Score: 87
Origin: France
Description:
Good tobacco and warm pebble notes are embedded in the core of damson
plum and black cherry fruit. A light cedar edge marks the finish.
Retail Price: $16.25
Cheese: Cheddar
Cheesemaker: Black Diamond "Grand Reserve" 3 year aged cheddar.
Origin: Canada
Source: Cow
Texture: semi-hard
Description:Robert F. Hart began making this fine cheddar in 1933. The "Grand Reserve" signifies that this cheddar is aged a minimum of 2 years. Made from raw milk, this white cheddar has a sharp, robust, tangy flavor.
Price Per Pound: $21.00
Perfect Pair #4
Wine Type: Rosé
Winery: Toad Hollow
Wine Name: Eye of the Toad Rosé
Vintage: 2011
Wine Spectator Score: 87
Origin: California
Description: Offers pretty floral and smoky raspberry aromas and crisp cherry and spice flavors.
Retail Price: $12.75
Cheese: Stilton Blue Cheese
Cheesemaker: Clawson (established 1911)
Origin: England
Source: Cow
Texture: Creamy coloured semi hard
Description: Our Stilton has a sharp, tangy flavour becoming creamier as it matures. Normally aged 8 weeks.
Price Per Pound: $23.00
Perfect Pair #5
Wine Type: Riesling
Winery: Chateau Ste. Michelle
Wine Name:
Vintage: 2011
Wine Spectator Score: 87
Origin: Washington
Description:
Soft and open-textured, with pretty pear and nectarine flavors that
ride on a delicate frame. Offers just enough acidity to stay fresh.
Retail Price: $12.95
Cheese: Goat Cheese, Chevre’ (Plain)
Cheesemaker: Canyon Ridge Farms
Origin: Tahlequah, OK USA
Source: Goat
Description: Our Plain Chevre' is anything but "plain." This wonderful fresh cheese with the perfect amount of sea sald added is great by itself and absolutely wonderful when added to any of your favorite recipes.
Perfect Pair #6
Wine Type: Moscato D’Asti
Winery: Luccio
Wine Name:
Vintage: 2011
Origin: Italy
Description: Modest, this mixes lemon meringue flavor with hints of grilled peach, candied orange peel and cream.
Retail Price: $12.20
Cheese: Goat Cheese, Honey Almond
Cheesemaker: Canyon Ridge Farms
Origin: Tahlequah, OK USA
Source: Goat
Price Per Pound:
Description: Real honey and real sliced almonds. This cheese is amazingly addictive. Perfect on your morning bagels or your waffles but also excellent as a dessert cheese.
Perfect Pair #7
Wine Type: Cabernet Sauvignon
Winery: Columbia Crest
Wine Name: Grand Estates
Vintage: 2010
Wine Spectator Score: 89
Origin: Washington
Description:
Open-textured, velvety and appealing for the rhubarb pie-accented
currant and floral flavors, lingering on the expressive finish against
fine tannins.
Retail Price: $16.20
Paired With: Dark Chocolate70% Cacao or higher
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Perfect Pair #8
Beer Type: Bock
Brewery: Boston Beer Company
Beer Name: Samuel Adams Winter Lager
Beer Advocate Score: 82
Origin: Massachusetts
Description:
· Appearance:
Pours a deep, bright, dark copper beer, topped with an off-white,
tight, creamy lace with some stick & stay. Carbonation bubbles are
very tight.
· Nose: Quite clean for the boasted spices. Musty ginger, orange, faint cinnamon.
· Taste:
A bit thick, chewy, slick, smooth and malty upfront, with a quick,
crisp, carbonation interruption ... smoothing back into a malty / spiced
character of caramel, burnt sugar, bold and zesty ginger, cinnamon,
toasted malts, sweet orange, orange peel, touch of chocolate, grainy,
earthy and a hint of dates. Flash of hop bitterness peaking with the
orange/citrus flavours. An alcohol presence/spice helps to round of the
flavours, providing balance and a small, but ample, kick. Hop
bitterness, overall, is mild and nicely blended with bit of a raw leafy
feel that scrubs the palate nearer the end. Finish is dry.
· ABV: 5.6%
Retail Price: $9.50/6 pk
Cheese: Le Gruyére
Cheesemaker: Grand Suisse
Origin: Product of Switzerland
Texture: Hard
Source: Cow
Description: Sweet but slightly salty, with a flavor that varies widely with age. It is often described as creamy and nuty when young, becoming with age more assertive, earthy and complex. When fully aged (five months to a year) it tends to have small cracks which impart a slightly grainy texture. Aged 5-12 months.
Perfect Pair #9
Wine Type: Brut Champagne
Winery: Korbel
Wine Name:
Vintage: No Vintage
Wine Spectator Score: 87
Origin: California
Description:
Lively aromas of citrus and cinnamon roll lead to crisp flavors of
apple, tropical fruit and spiced nuts in this fun bubbly.
Retail Price: $14.40
Paired With: Chocolate Covered Strawberries
