Why not start your long Labor Day  weekend with us?  We are featuring all new wines this Saturday & Sunday; all with very reasonable price points for your weekend festivities!

First on the menu is a Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc that was recently featured on the “Today Show” as the perfect wine to beat the heat by Food & Wine Magazine’s Wine Guide 2010. (that segment also happens to feature our Famega Vino Verde as another tasty thirst quencher).  We have one French wine on the menu – a nice, dusky  Rose that pairs well with grilled meats, fruit, cheese or many picnic favorites.  We also have a new California Pinot Noir which, according to the Wine Enthusiast (March 2010), feels “rich and silky in the mouth, with flavors of raspberries, cherries, cola and spices.”
Finally, we will finish with French oak barrel aged Merlot – red berry and plum flavors along with notes of espresso and cassis and a lingering finish to pair well with grilled meats and game. Hope to see you this weekend!  Saturday and Sunday; 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.  $5 to taste all four.

On the menu this weekend are a nice dry white table from Austria, a new dry Rose from France, a Malbec from France (which they are pouring by the glass at the just opened Jean-Robert’s Table) and a classic red blend from Provence.  Sat. & Sun. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $5 to taste all 4.

Since the forecast is for another brutally hot weekend, we thought we would mix it up a little this weekend and offer TWO white wines, a rose and finish up with a nice, smooth California Syrah!

Here’s the lineup:  a fun Italian white table wine (slightly sweet and a little effervescent), a refreshing white blend from Australia (combination of five grape varietals)  a dry Rose from France and a new Syrah from California’s Paso Robles area (90 points, The Wine Advocate AND marked down to $14.99 from $27.99!).  Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1; 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.  $5 to taste all four!

Viva Italia! This weekend we are featuring three wines from Italy and one from France. The Italian ones include a Verdicchio, a Barbera d-Asti and red blend from the southern region. We will also feature a white Cotes-du-Rhone from France. $5 to taste all four. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Happy Fourth of July weekend!  We will be open and tasting on Sunday, July 4th!  Stop by before your holiday cookout to sample and bring home a little wine or beer to share with family and friends.

This weekend we are tasting three wines from California and one from New Zealand. We will start off with a nice, crisp citrus-infused Sauvignon Blanc from California -  refreshing in this hot weather.  The second wine is a Viognier from Loredona – we’ve tasted their Riesling and Pinot Grigio before and everyone has loved them.  The third wine is a new Pinot Noir from New Zealand – lots of vibrant black cherry and plum notes and great with grilled meats!  Finally, we will finish with a Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Valley – if you are having steak with your grill out, this is the wine you want to go with!

Tasting is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.  $5 to taste all four wines; no reservation necessary.

Treat Dad to a special wine tasting this weekend. We will have all Burnet Ridge wines to sample: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel and Purple Trillium. Winemaker Chip Emmerich will be on hand to help pour on Saturday. The tasting is both Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $5 to taste all four wines.

And we are back to wine this weekend!  We have a fruity, crisp and slightly sweet Riesling from the Willamette Valley in Oregon, a new Pinot Noir from New Zealand and a new Rioja from Spain.  Finally, in honor of today’s start of  World Cup soccer championship play, we have a wine from the tournament’s location – South Africa.  This white blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay, is also new to the shop.

We also wanted to remind everyone that for Father’s Day weekend (which is NEXT WEEKEND), we will be featuring Cincinnati’s very own Burnet Ridge wines.  Winemaker Chip Emmerich will be on hand to help pour on Saturday but we will feature the wines both Saturday and Sunday.  Bring Dad on down!

Finally, we have a special treat for one of our upcoming Tuesday tastings – Jean-Pascal Lacaze – winemaker for  Domus Aurea, Penalolen, and Vina Pargua – will be on hand to sample his wines on Tuesday, June 22.  We will have some food on hand to sample as well. 5 – 7 p.m. $10 per person.

The neighborhood will be bustling again this weekend and we would like to suggest that you come taste wine in addition to enjoying the Second Annual OTR/Gateway summer celebration on Saturday and the Findlay Market Annual Garden Festival on Sunday.

We have a couple of lovely Italian wines this weekend (a Cortese and a Barbera from the Piemonte region of Northern Italy), a new French Sauvignon Blanc and a lovely California Central Coast Zinfandel from a fairly new winery. Cheers!