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Wine Talk & Table Talk by Art of the Table
May 11, 2011

FREE WINE TASTINGS

in the store

Friday & Saturday!

 

FRIDAY is a visit from our friends at  

B.Nektar,  

A Michigan Meadery



b nektar

 

 

B. Nektar's Backwoods Cyser (pronounced: Size-er) is just one example of the meads we stock.  This mead is made with unfiltered Michigan apple cider that they pressed and fermented with local wildflower honey. After fermentation it sat around in 12 year old bourbon barrels for 1 1/2 years and then 'back sweetened' with local star thistle and buckwheat honey.

 

This in an example of one of their more sweet varieties.  They range from dry to semi-sweet to sweet and we'll have a variety of things open on Friday.

 

Stop by anytime between 4-7pm

to talk with Ian and try our selections.

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Stop in, you might learn something new... 

...and to think this education is delicious and free!  

 

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SATURDAY is a trip to Domaine de Mourchon,

well at least in spirit!

mourchon 

Domaine de Mourchon... 

  • is set in a secluded valley between the picturesque village of Séguret and Mont Ventoux in the Provence region of France.
  • is small & family owned, the winery was constructed to the highest modern standards
  • is made up of Grenache, Syrah, Carignan 
  • has beautifully terraced hillside vines
  • sees combined traditional and advanced methods of vinification, resulting in a well structured wine with pronounced fruit aromas and strong color.

it will be a grand opportunity to try before you buy!

 

join us this saturday, may 14 

from 11am - 3pm  

 

In Further Sample News...

This week we're helping Stonewall Kitchen celebrate their 20th year by sampling Stonewall products all week.   

Check out the next few days with samples galore including...

Spicy Thai Peanut Salad 

stonewall spicy thai...try it with Rocky Gully Dry Riesling 

 

and another of our favorites on Saturday,

 

Roasted Garlic Onion Jam Pizza 

garlic onion pizza...try it with Domaine Aime Cabernet Franc! 

Fun Foods in Stock 

  • Not only are Dancing Goat cheeses back in stock full force this week, but we now have their "Sojourner", a Tomme style cow's milk cheese.  It's aged nicely and tastes oh so French!

 

  • Zingerman's Pimento Cheese is here...One "everything" cracker and one cornichonsslather of ZPC is all it takes to spread joy around here! 

 

  • We now have our favorite French cornichons back, people have been clamoring for those little buggers to go with our scrumptious Three Little Pigs Mousse Truffee.    
  • Tates cookies have been a hit not only due to their delightful crunch they lend when you eat them but because of the Barefoot Contessa Icebox Cake that is so very popular!  And now we have more than the Chocolate Chip

    tates

    cookies, we now also have Whole Wheat Dark Chocolate Chip cookies and Oatmeal Raisin!