   |  Newsletter ArchiveFull-Bodied With a Slight Hint of Nokia, Do Judge This Wine By Its Cover, and Poncherello Full-Bodied With a Slight Hint of Nokia, Do Judge This Wine By Its Cover, and PoncherelloSMALL PRODUCTION - NEW ARRIVALS! Leonetti Cabernet, Merlot, and Cabernet Reserve Justin Isoceles Abeja Cabernet and Chardonnay *** Do Judge This Wine By Its Cover: Eric Kent Wine Tasting Well, if you look at the labels below, it's no surprise that the San Francisco Chroniclerated one of the Eric Kent Wines as the #2 Wine label in the U.S. ( click here for the full article).But, most importantly, their winesare asgorgeous as their labels are. Decanter Magazine listed them as "one to watch" in 2007, Wine Spectatorgave the Eric Kent Stiling PinotNoir 2004 a 94 points, andwe"accidentally" open his wines at the bar far too often than we should, just to get another sip. Join us on Saturday, March 24th as we host winemaker Kent Humphrey in the CoWineCo bar. We're really excited to both have Kent as a guest and to share with you one of our favorite new discoveries of the past two years. This will be, without a doubt, one of the best tastings of the year, so grab a spot while you can! Eric Kent Wine Tasting w/ Kent Humphrey Saturday, March 24th 6pm-8pm $20/person 5 selections (pictured below), and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace RSVP to info@cowineco.com or (323) 478-1985 Eric Kent Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2005 Eric Kent Sonoma County Rose 2005 Eric Kent Bennett Valley 'Dry Stack Vineyard'Syrah 2004 *** If you've been into our store before and mentioned you were looking for a fantastic and unique white wine, we have more than likely walked you over to our Sauvignon Blanc section and picked up a bottle of Fiddlehead Cellars 'Happy Canyon' Sauvignon Blanc ($23.99/btl). We've stocked this wine since we opened our doors and it just keeps getting better and better. So recently, we stopped by the Fiddlehead tasting room in the Lompoc Wine Ghettowhich is west of Buelton and Solvang. The Ghetto is a necessary visit for any wine enthusiast. Located in a dank parking lot behind a Home Depotis a series of warehouses as boring and as bland as any storage units you've ever seen. But inside these nondescript doors are some of the best winemakers in the world, slaving away at what will eventually be on your dinner tables --Fiddlehead, Seasmoke, Stolpman, Brewer-Clifton,Longoria, Palmina, Alma Rosa, Foley, Piedrasassi, among others. Fiddlehead Sales Manager, Terence Livingston, walked us through their current releases, tasting from bottle to barrel their Santa Rita Hills, Santa Ynez, and Willamette Valley wines.One thing we love about Fiddlehead even before gulping down their fantastic wines is that they hold back their releases to let them gain a little complexity in the bottle. There's nothing wrong with a 2005 or 2006 Pinot, but it's a pity thatfor an affordable price, you can'tget many Oregon or California pinotsfrom 2003or earlier.If you've ever gotten your mits on an old Burgundy, you know what Pinot can do with age -- the texture softens into velvetyhappiness and complex, subtle flavors unravel on your tongue. It's a rather nice experience to say the least. Well, that brings us to the 2003 Fiddlehead Cellars 'Oldsville Reserve' Willamette ValleyPinot Noir from Oregon, which we now proudlysell in our store ($39.99/btl). Winemaker Kathy Joseph (picture, bottom left) carts thefruit down from Oregon to her facility in the Wine Ghetto (sounds like a logistical nightmare, but running between Santa Ynez and Willamette Valley during harvest was evencrazier according to Joseph). Here are Kathy's notes onthis bottling: "Great color, great spice and great length. This 2003 vintage tames the fruit forward 2002 vintage and brings us back to the dark fruit and briary bits balanced by the earthiness we love in the Oregon aromatic profile. Especially supple and velvety on the palate. Dark cherry and plum notes mingle with hints of currant, cedar and wild sage. An enveloping finish that lingers and lingers. Crafted entirely by hand. Hand picked, hand punched and made to delight the palate. Aged for 15 months in my favorite French oak barrels, 35% of which were new. Cellared perfectly in bottle for an additional 24 months to meld the bright Oregon acidity into silky, foodfriendly goodness." Well, we couldn't have said that better ourselves. And why is the big silver fermenter on the bottom right labelled 'Nokia'? Because the FiddleChicks (what Kathy and her winemaking assistants like to call themselves) name all their stainless steel fermenting tanks and this oneearned its name after Kathy dropped her cell phone intothe open tank and consequently had to drain ALL of the juice outto retrieve it. I thought I tasted ahint of Nokia in the '02. *** Wine Tasting Schedule ***We hold tastings twice a week on Friday nights and Sunday afternoons , and on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays the bar is open for wines by the glass . Please see our calendar for details on any given day: www.cowineco.com/calendar ***
Wine Tasting: The God of Wineor Francis Llewellyn "Ponch" Poncherello? Tonight, Friday the 16th 5:30-8:30pm $15/person 5 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace Please RSVP to: info@cowineco.com or (323) 478-1985 Yes, yes, logic tells you that because today is the first day of Bachnalia,the celebration of the Roman god of wine, we should be celebrating that holiday, but let us offer you an alternative. Without the birth of Eric Estrada on this day in 1949, young men in their thirties would not have dreamt of being motorcycle cops when they grew up, zooming down the vast California highways to the C.H.I.P.S. theme song, their hair-sprayed, feathered hair blowing in the wind. wines Teresa Rais Pinot Grigio, Italy Tres Pinos Viognier, Chile Cusumano Nero d'Avola, Sicily Prieure Saint Sixte Lirac, France Vizcaya Malbec, Argentina Sunday Tasting March 18th 1-4pm $12/person 4 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace Our Sunday tastings will now feature slightly higher-end wine selections. Our Friday tastings get a little too loud to discuss the wines in great detail (we're not complaining), so if wine knowledge is your grail, Sundays are the best tastings for you. Call Sunday for selections. (323) 478-1985 *** See You Soon, John and Jen "It gives me the wimwams to be in a house that's bone-dry." ~ Jean Stafford Eagle Rock, CA 90041 (323) 478-1985 www.cowineco.com *you are on this list because at one point you asked to be, someone else asked you to be, you helped us out, or you just looked at us on the street. Colorado Wine Company, LLC will never share this list with any other entity and will only use it for customer communication and internal marketing purposes. If you would like to be removed from this list, please click UNSUBSCRIBE below. |