| February 10, 2010 |
Volume: # 3 Issue: # 6
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Sun Singer NewsLove
- a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction
of the
heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle,
cheeks to glow,
blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker.
---Anonymous
Valentine's 2010: 'In the Name of Love'
February 12, 13 &14th
Hey
guys, the Super Bowl is over and this is the week for romance! Do you
have the picture? Please, no mention of the Olympics until after your
Valentine's duties are done!
We invite you to make Sun
Singer part of the romance for Valentine's weekend of February 12, 13
& 14th. We're looking forward to dressing up the Cafe. Our Chef
Sherry has created new delights for the occasion. They'll be romantic
music, enticing wines and love stories playing. We just need you to make the scene complete. No winter isn't over 'til it's over, but we're going to warm things up for this weekend. Won't you join us!
We've Got Class!: Wine 102 & 103
We'll be offering Wine 102 on Tuesday, February 23rd. Wine 102
will add greater depth and complexity to your knowledge and experience
of wine. We're also proud to announce that Brian Bowman has developed Wine 103
which is scheduled to debut on Tuesday, March 30th. We've been looking
forward to the final leg of this trilogy for some time, and you can be
sure that Brian will not disappoint. Wine 103
will focus on food and wine pairing, and more details will be
forthcoming in the newsletter, or skip to the Sun Singer Events pages
by clicking here! The class is filling up quickly so please make your reservations today by calling 351-1115. Read all about Wine 102 in the article below.
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To Your Health,
Mark, Jackie & the Sun Singer Staff
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| Valentine Focus:
Valentine's is our first opportunity to indulge after the Christmas-New Year's holidays. It's a reminder of the warmer times to come so why not push the envelop at bit. Below you'll find a listing of our top 7 treats ready and waiting to help you celebrate with the chubby little guy and his arrows.
Lindt Lindor Truffles
Exquisitely creamy chocolate and artistic mastery combine to
create our Lindor Truffle with an irresistibly smooth center guaranteed to melt
the heart of every Valentine.
Toffee by Audra
Definitely the most sensuous toffee in the world. Audra's is available in milk and dark chocolate and melts like butter in your mouth. A sweet, crunchy butter candy brimming with whole almonds, double coated with gourmet chocolate and dusted with crushed pecans.
Bissinger Chocolate & Wine Tasting Collection
Discover the art of pairing wine with chocolate by inviting your Valentine over to enjoy one of Bissinger's newest additions. The Collection includes three bars each of
38%, 55%, 60% and 75% cocoa mass solid chocolate.
With the chocolates comes a tasting card with information on pairing a
variety of Bissinger's chocolate products with wines, including sparkling,
viognier, chardonnay, pinot noir, merlot, cabernet, and port. These chocolates, some wine could make for a memorable Valentine's day or night. Trufflz!Many flavors are available including Chocolate, Champagne, Raspberry, Mocha, Toasted Almond, Hazelnut, Toffee Caramel and the three most popular listed below:
 R. J Soft Eating Licorice - Raspberry & Black
Since not everyone likes chocolate, the delicate, "soft eating" texture makes it easy to enjoy this
satisfying licorice. R.J is definitely the best that licorice has to offer. Angelic Gourmet Decadent Dippers
Each Angelic Gourmet Decadent Dipper consists of two pretzels joined as
one, dipped in fanciful chocolates and lavishly topped with mounds of
fresh fruit, nuts, candies and/or toffees. Flavors include Peanut Butter Cup, Caramel Pecan, Caramel Toffee Crunch and All That! Give in to the urge and nibble this one together!
Dulce de Leche by el Semillero, Argentina
The Argentinians do it right. One taste of this creamy dulce de leche will send your taste buds reeling. Argentina's favorite product, made from milk, sugar, and
vanilla, this luxurious caramel sauce is ideal for filling crêpes, topping ice
cream and fruit, in cakes and pastries and your imagination is your only limit.
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Sensational Saturday Tasting
In The Name Of Love! 
Saturday, February 13th
12noon - 4:00 p.m.
Price: FREE!
Romance is in the air with Sun Singer's Valentine's Day celebration. Join us at Sun Singer this Saturday from Noon until 4pm to seduce your palate with wines that will bewitch, beguile and bewilder your valentine.
Sun Singer offers complimentary tastings every Saturday afternoon between 12noon - 4:00pm. We invite you to join us each and every Saturday afternoon as we explore the many pleasures of the palate!
Click here for a complete list of Saturday's tasting.
P.S. We offer a great lunch in our Wine Bar Cafe. Stop by for the fun, stop by to refresh and refuel. Join us for 'Lunch and a Taste' every Saturday at Sun Singer.
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From the Cellar:
New This Week
@ The Wine Bar
New wines February 2nd at the Sun Singer Wine Bar.
Always changing, always something new to try!
Valentine Wine!
 Terra Valentine Cabernet 2006
Spring Mountain, Napa Valley, California
2 ounce $6.75 5 ounce $13.25 bottle $51.
Terra Valentine takes winemaking to a new level-about 2,100 feet above the Napa Valley. Terra Valentine is blessed with two vineyards, Wurtele and Yverdon, both vineyards have been farmed using sustainable practices since 2001. While the mountain sites present challenges; including accessibility, diversity of soils, ripening, and hand labor, they reward the effort in wine filled with intense flavor and color.
The nose opens with bright fruit, currants, spice, bittersweet chocolate, cedar and lead. Jubilant fruit and bright cola berry follows with notes of caramel, dried fig and sweet cherry tannins.
Shaky Bridge Gewürztraminer '08, Central Otago, New Zealand
Lifted aromatics of lavender, brown spices, ginger and apple, perfectly balanced in an off dry style. A classically styled spiced Gewurztraminer profile, offset by Central Otago minerality and
an exceptional mouth feel.
Santi Apostoli Pinot Grigio '08, Veneto, Italy
Delightfully clean, fruity wine with a nice citrus flavor and a delicate,
full taste.
Sea Biscuit Chardonnay '07, Mendocino, California
Rich complex fruit flavors abound, with an underpinning
of pleasant oak aromas, all supported by bright acidity.
Ciconia Tinto '08, Portugal
A blend of 60% Aragones 30% Syrah and 10% Touriga National,
a dark inky color, a meaty and earthy nose, the palate starts with
quite a bite of blue fruit with a little aniseed, and then some
cinnamon plus good acidity to back it up.
Meeker '12th Rack' Zinfandel '06, Sonoma, California
A bright nose of brambly blackberries with cocoa dust, this Zin
shows no mercy as it runs the palate with tart blackberries,
creamy coffee-vanilla richness, and a solid tannin structure.
Hess 'Allomi' Cabernet Sauvignon '07, Napa Valley, California
Ripe flavors of cherries, plum and currant mingle with hints of
nutmeg and graphite, with a slight toasty oak component.
Silky, youthful tannins are coating on a rich, textured mid palate, continuing on a lingering finish.
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We've Got Class!
Wine 102: Evaluation & Terminology
Tuesday, February 23rd 
7:00 - 9:00pm
Our Price: $20/person
Do you read tasting notes and wonder how they can be so specific? Do you want to be able to put into words what you taste? If so, this seminar is for you! Join us at Sun Singer as we continue to de-mystify the world of wine. Wine 102 will show you the tasting process and help you develop a style of wine talk.
We'll expand on the basic wine terminology and flavor components of wine taught in Wine 101. We will discuss how wines are rated and explain several systems. There will be handouts on a wine rating system and a listing of wine words. The final part of the seminar will focus on developing your own personal wine language.
We strongly suggest that you have previously attended Sun Singer's Wine 101. Wine 102 will assume a basic knowledge of wine varietals, their characteristics and basic tasting technique.
Learn more about our seminars here.
Sign up today by calling Sun Singer at 351-1115.
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| Cook Italian Tonight:
Lucini Italia was determined to produce the very best sauces. To start they undertook a culinary journey through the Italian countryside in search of quintessential regional recipes. What they discovered was an uncompromising reliance on high-quality yet simple fresh ingredients. Based on this same philosophy, Lucini® sauces are carefully handcrafted in small batches using the best extra virgin olive oil, fresh herbs and plum tomatoes. Lucini Italia does not add sugar, synthetic cheese, dehydrated herbs or milk, or anything artificial.
Rustic Tomato Basil
This regional Tuscan recipe begins with fresh plum tomatoes and fresh summer basil. Traditionally served with capellini pasta and enjoyed with a light-bodied red such as a young Pinot Noir wine.
Hearty Artichoke Tomato
This regional Puglian recipe from Italy's southern coast begins with fresh plum tomatoes and fresh artichokes. Traditionally served with farfalle or conchiglie rigate pasta and enjoyed with a young Sangiovese wine.
Rustic Tomato Vodka
Northern Italian recipe balancing the richness of two types of cheese and cream with fresh tomato, and a touch of vodka. Toss with farfalle pasta and pair with a Nebbiolo wine.
Enjoy these sauces on top of Rustichella d'Abruzzo traditional handmade pastas available at Sun Singer. Mangia! | |
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From the Heart
Il Coure 2004
Cabernet Sauvignon
This is Cabernet Sauvignon blended for
depth and structure and a touch of Merlot for finesse and charm. This
wine is rich yet soft with layers of black cherry, currant and
chocolate. Cooperage was in small French and American oak barrels.
"... delicious,
sweet, oaky, full-bodied, satiny-smooth wine with a long, soft, lush
finish. It is hard to find a high-class, concentrated Cabernet
Sauvignon of this quality for under $20 a bottle."
- Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate
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#1 Whiskey
for Valentine's '10
Stranahan's
Colorado Whiskey
Awarded 'Artisan Whiskey of the Year' by the Malt Advocate just in time for Valentine's giving.
Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey is not a Bourbon or a Scotch, it is a
Straight Rocky Mountain Whiskey made from 100% malted barley and aged
in heavily charred, 100% new American white oak barrels for a minimun
of 2 years.
A batch consists of 12 hand selected barrels married together
and cut to exactly 94 proof (47%) using Eldorado Springs bottled water
and is non chill filtered.
You can take heart that Stranahan's was the first and is the only micro distillery in
Colorado and the Rockies dedicated to making a true handcrafted,
premium whiskey.
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ON SALE!!
Lolita Valentine's
Martini Glasses
Santa Barbara Ceramics does it again in a big way with this spectacular line of Valentine's martini glasses. Each glass has a drink recipe painted on the bottom!
Thess glasses have been retired, so get them while you can!
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Can't stand to be inside any longer?
Stop by Sun Singer and warm up with these Hot Cider,
Hot Cocoa and
Coffee drinks.
Dutch Apple Cider
Hot Apple Pie
Peppermint Patty
Vanilla Seduction
Tight Sweater
Snow Plow
the descriptions.
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