| June 23, 2010 | Volume: # 3 Issue: # 25
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Sun Singer News
"Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne."
~ Dorothy Parker
 WHATEVER THE WEATHER / Electra Wine SlushiesDon
your capris or sun dress, add a broad brimmed hat and sunglasses and
come to Sun Singer to beat the summer heat and slake your thirst with
our newest addition at the Wine Bar - Quady Electra Wine Slushies. Quady Winery has specialized in aperitif and dessert wines since 1975.
Our slushies are made from their lower alcohol Electra wines and what a
delight they are! Available daily on the patio and in the Wine Bar Cafe.
To Your Health,
Mark, Jackie & the Sun Singer Staff
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Sensational Saturday Tasting
Si, Espana!
Saturday, June 26th
12Noon - 4:00 p.m.
Price: FREE!
The fact is, it's neither hard nor expensive to add a reasonable selection of
Spanish wines to add interest and variety to your cellar. Probably the best
advice is to keep it simple, but varied. This Saturday we'll be trying a number of selections that would make a perfect beginning cellar. Break free Saturday afternoon for some fun and relaxation at Sun Singer - it's our specialty!
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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Sunsational Summer Specials
Who puts the sunshine in Summer?
That's right, it's Sun Singer and
our Wine Bar Cafe!
To celebrate Summer and those lovely days on the patio, we're offering a series of weekly specials with special pricing
to refresh, refuel and delight. Join us inside or out on the
patio...it's summertime and the living is easy!
Jump here for specials. |
 From the Cellar:
At the
Wine Bar!
Sun Singer offers more than 30 wines by the glass every day of the week. Here's a sampling of this week's selections
at the Sun Singer Wine Bar.
Browse this week's complete list? Click here!
Special Feature
Like the sophisticated gentleman bandit of the late 1800's who criss-crossed Northern California robbing stagecoaches, Black Bart
serves as the Krupp Brothers' label for its wild-yet-sophisticated
Rhone-varietal wines.
KRUPP BROTHERS 'Black Bart' Marsanne 2006,
Stagecoach Vineyard, Napa Valley, California
97% Marsanne and 3% Viognier. Aged 11 months in French oak. Lifted nose, displaying wonderful complexity-honey suckle, jasmine tea,
almond kernels, fennel, lemon and crushed stones. The palate is full
and balanced, flavors of citrus, peach, apricots and a steely
minerality.
2 ounce $5.50 5
ounce $11
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For the Love of Whiskey:
NEW WHISKEY
in STOCK!
According to Alfred Lord Tennyson, "In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love"...and whiskey, we'll add! This Spring, we've been working to bolster our whiskey collection, and we think we've come up with some prominent new choices.
ROUGHSTOCK Montana Whiskey
Nestled at the base of the Bridger Mountain
Range in beautiful southwestern Montana,
RoughStock Distillery is quietly hand crafting the First Best Whiskey in the Last Best Place.
RoughStock Montana Whiskey doesn't taste like
anything out there. The taste profile is a blend between
an unpeated single malt European whiskey crossed with a high end Bourbon. With great malt and grain flavor from the barley that you'll find in a
good European single malt and the fuller finish from using the
brand-new barrels that impart all of those good caramel/vanilla/fruit notes you
find in premium Bourbons, you get the best of both worlds!
 KOVAL Boutique Distillery
Koval Distillery is in a little storefront on North Ravenswood Ave.,
just south of Foster, directly across from the Metra tracks, in the
Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. Their products are certified both organic and kosher, and they are a 100 percent grain-to-bottle producer. They are making grain spirits primarily. They have five white whiskeys (but don't tell anyone, it's illegal!),
each made from a different grain: rye, wheat, oats, spelt and millet. This is white whiskey in the eau de vie style; a very clean spirit with a light but distinctive flavor of the underlying ingredient. Though subtle, that flavor is deep and well constructed.
Koval Midwest Wheat:
Banana, floral notes with a hint of honey.
Koval Rye:
Round, smooth, warm, floral undertones,and a hint of vanilla.
 SMOKEHEAD Islay
Smokehead is a rich, seaweedy
and intensely peaty whisky. The flavour is fresh, fruity and immense, with
notes of sherry, iodine, toffee, smoke and sea salt all fighting for
recognition.
Like a cannonball - hits the
palate at once with cocoa, peat and some honey sweetness then explodes with
peppery spice and more earthy peat. Spreads to all the areas of your mouth with
more peat and light sweetness. Even more peat, spice,
mandarin - then dries up. When you
think it's all over the peat comes back to hit you again.
A really vigorous whisky not
for the faint hearted ... savour and enjoy!
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O'Fallon's:
Something New,
Something Tried
& True
And what about the hemp?
HEMP. HOP. RYE
"Hemp is a botanical cousin to hops and we use one
that's grown organically," Owens explains. "It's extremely nutritious
and adds a wonderful nutty flavor in the finish. It's a perfect complement to
the rye and to the Cascade, Hallertauer and Summit hops in the beer."
Hemp Hop pours a decidedly hazy light amber color. It smells
of caramel malt, with a bit of butterscotch and a touch of spiciness. It's
pretty heavy-bodied, with plenty of toffee and toasty malt flavors. There's
enough hop bitterness to keep it balanced, but it's not a particularly hoppy
beer in either taste or aroma. The finish is plenty long, and would pair with
food much as a traditional English pale ale would: fish and chips, shepherd's
pie or other classic pub fare.
WHEACH
 Imagine a smooth, clean wheat beer with a touch of peach and you get the idea behind O'Fallon Wheach, their peach wheat beer. Refreshing and crisp, it's perfect for warm summer weather.
Style: Fruit Beer (American Wheat)
Alcohol: 5.1% ABV
Bitterness: 7 IBUs
Color: 3.2 SRM
Grain: Pilsner, White Wheat,
Bonlander
Hops: Glacier
Both O'Fallon's new Hemp, Hop & Rye and Wheach are now available for Summer drinking in the Wine Bar Cafe.
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Upcoming
Events
Saturday, June 26th
Sensational
Saturday
Wine Tasting
12noon - 4:00pm |
| SUMMER
MENU
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We're
bringing back your favorites like the Greek Salad and Greek Nachos. What
would Summer be like without a juicy and satisfying Spicy Italian Sub?
And how about Chef Sherry's latest creation - our new Smoked Salmon Club with Tarragon mayonnaise! Our dessert menu has a new look as well with a luscious Vanilla Creme Brulee. We've also added a Cheese Cake Brownie to appease your Summer sweet tooth. We've even added a fresh and light Banana Cream Pie for a simple
treat anytime! Take a look at all the new additions by clicking here,
but better yet stop by the Cafe and sample it all for yourself. Dine In...Carry Out |
Patio Perfect:
YALUMBA '08
'Y Series' Viognier
South Australia
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$9.99
Reg. $11.99
Bright straw with green tinges, the 2008 Y Series Viognier has aromas that typify this exotic variety, namely jasmine, white peach and honeysuckle. These aromas are mirrored in the palate that displays richness and texture from wild fermentation and lees aging. With a clean, persistent finish,
complemented by some exotic spices, this wine will reward if served with five spice chicken.
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At the Deli:
Pillar's
Old World
Salamis
from Canada
In 1957, Wilhelm Huber opened a small butcher shop in Waterloo,
Ontario. Piller's Black Kassel is still family
owned and operated five generations later, using Wilhelm's recipes & techniques.
Gypsy Salami:
Made from a fine blend of pork. The addition
of cayenne gives this salami a semi-hot spicy flavor.
Mustard Seed Salami:
Made from a lean mixture of pure pork with finely chopped mustard seed
and a hint of garlic.
Old Forest Salami: This salami is a
lean blend of ground pork that - like all Pillar's salamis - is gently smoked over natural beech and
maple hardwood for 7 days and air dried for a minimum of 28 days.
Stop by for a sample at the Sun Singer Deli.
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