It's February 10, 2010
and yesterday we sent you an email with the wrong title.
In case you weren't interested with that title, note that it was all about our calendar of samples this week - the week before Valentines Day,
the week there's plenty of sweet 'round here!
And if you are interested in our cheese & wine edition below, read on!
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Two things we're doing a lot of lately:
1. Finding & stocking great cheeses you'll find nowhere else in this entire city. We are completely crazy with joy over our fresh selections this week.
2. Finding & stocking great wines of all kinds - we have begun to work with a few great new importers and they have amazing stuff at amazing prices.
So here are things to
feed your cold selves while warming up in your cozy homes. We hope you'll
take time this weekend to sip and watch some Olympics or celebrate Valentines Day or just
treat yourself while you unwind.
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It's crazy cheese! |
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THE cheese has arrived!!!!
Hard
to find, even harder to resist, the famous Vacherin Mont d'Or is in our cheese case!!!
See those exclamation points? Quite excited.
Made only in
the Swiss Alps,
only in the winter,this cheese is a special treat. The consistency is runny and the taste is
rich and creamy.
This is a cheese to be
enjoyed with the ones you love that love cheese! Make a meal of it spread all over that crusty bread, aside a salad
of beautiful greens and a lovely glass of fruity wine.
May we recommend a white?
Gobelsburger Gruner Veltliner from Austria or a red?
Try the Cusamano Nero d'Avola from Sicily! |
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A
new goat cheese has landed here as well.
Mothais sur Feuille is a beautiful aged goat cheese round atop a
chestnut leaf. Most goat's milk cheeses,
unlike Mothais, are generally ripened in drier and well ventilated cellars. The Mothais is an exception as it is matured
in a very humid cellar with no ventilation.
This is buttery and will quite literally melt in your mouth. We should pair it up for you with a white, the Domaine Boisson Blanc, a French blend of 5 grapes that give you a smorgasbord of flavor. Great for the crisp and the full mouthfeel this cheese desires. Want a red instead? Domaine Astruc Carignan, a bit rustic as it's "old vine". It's rich, though, be ready for wildberry, loganberry, slate and a little dab of coal brickette. yup. yum.
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More great cheese & Prosecco to match! |
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The Guffanti "2
Latti Robiola" is back! This handcrafted
quality cheese is one of the finest Italian cheeses produced today. It is a classic mixed milk - cow and sheep -
surface ripened cheese that comes off as slightly yeasty and strawlike. A young Robiola has a pronounced milky and
lactic flavor with a salty tang on the finish. As it matures the pungent yeast
flavor and aroma will intensify and the paste will become runny around the
edges.
This would be ideal on crusty bread or thick crackers with our Il Follo Prosecco. This Prosecco is one of our favorites bargain bubbles right now - At a low $12.50 price tag, it's bright and fresh with great fruit like peach and honeysuckle and passion fruit on the palate.
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 As we mentioned, we're always trying new things, and recently have begun working with some new distributors with great stuff!
My favorite this week is a new
Mencia/Grenache blend from Spain called Millenium. Bold with slight
dust and lusty from its 3 month American oak barrel treatment, I feel
like this is brimming with dark cherry and blackberry compote in the
undertones. It's magnificent for $13 and from Spain's small farmer
it's a super splash.
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