Dedalus Club 25

Every month you’ll get two bottles of wine picked by the Dedalus tasting panel.  For Club 25, we’re on the lookout for cool, distinct wines that will give you great bang for the buck.  We’re constantly tasting wines from up-and-coming regions, wines made from interesting grapes, and by interesting people – you’ll always have something [...]

Wine 101 Series – Putting It All Together

Sunday August 23rd from 1:00 -2:00 at 1/2 Lounge.
$15.00 / Person

Call or stop by the shop to reserve your seat.  The class will be held at the 1/2 Lounge on Church Street.

Blanco Nieva Verdejo 2007 – Spain’s Challenge to Sauvignon Blanc

The Blanco Nieva 2007. Here is another Spanish wine with good manners — a white made from the verdejo grape in the high plain of Rueda, northwest of Madrid. The summer is long and hot; grapes are harvested at night for freshness. Verdejo has grown into one of Spain’s leading white wine varieties. Blanco Nieva [...]

Wine Review – Yves Culleron Syrah

The northern Rhône produces the world’s finest expression of the syrah grape.  The famous districts include Côte-Rôtie (the “burnt or roasted hillside”), St.-Joseph, and Hermitage.  These wines will put a dent in an AIG bonus.  But there is good news: just west of the Rhône river, the region known as Collines Rhodaniennes also produces marvelous [...]

Palacios Petalos Bierzo

Since the time of the Cistercian monks and the Romans before them, Bierzo in the far northwest corner of Spain has produced wine from the mencia grape.  The wine is inky dark and idiosyncratic.  The grapes grow on steep hillsides in soil which is quartz and slate.  Many vines are a century old.
Pétalos 2006 is [...]