|
New Summer Hours in the Wine Cave
|
|
An extra hour to enjoy Maggie Malick Wine Caves!
|
|
Now you can enjoy Maggie Malick Wine Caves after work this summer!
The Wine Cave has extended hours:
- 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily - Monday, Thursday,Friday, Saturday & Sundays.
Enjoy live music 2-5 p.m. on the Wine Caves patio during summer weekends.
Later this summer, she'll also be introducing her new Albariño - a crisp, dry white wine, and dry Petit Manseng, known for its aromas of tropical fruits. Both are estate grown.
Watch Maggie's Facebook and Twitter pages for Albariño and dry Petit Manseng public release dates!
|
|
Get Maggie's Wine at a New Location!
|
|
Select wine varieties available at Leesburg Vintner
|
|
Maggie realizes that, sometimes, it isn't convenient for wine lovers to get to the Wine Cave to stock up on her award-winning wines.
Select varieties of Maggie's wines now are available at the
Leesburg Vintner, 29 S. King St., Leesburg, where owner Mike Carroll
has been selling bottled wines in his shop for almost three decades.
Mike is stocking Maggie's Petit Verdot 2014 (a silver medal winner in the Virginia Governor's Cup), Cabernet Franc 2012 (a reserve class champ in the Eastern International Wine Competition), Viognier and Petit Manseng.
|
|
June is Wine Club Pick-up Month
|
It's time for Maggie's summer 2017 Wine Club release!
The June pickup includes the Meritage 2014 - a gold medal Finger Lakes International and silver medal Virginia Governor's Cup winner!
Maggie's complete Wine Club June release is:
- Meritage 2014
- Albariño 2016
- Tannat 2014
Maggie will start billing credit cards on June 1, for the new Wine Club release.
Not a Wine Club member? It's free to join! You save 15% on Maggie's award-winning and exclusive members-only wine releases throughout the year. (She release 12 bottles throughout the year at a rate of 3 wines per quarter.)
Plus, you receive a free tasting OR glass of wine for yourself and a guest every time you visit the Wine Cave AND save 15% on all your wine purchases. Enjoy exclusive events throughout the year, too!
|
|
Hurry! Half-Price Wine is Almost Gone
|
Get 50% off, when you buy a case (12 bottles) of:
Or, enjoy a 30% discount on a 3-pack of any of the varieties:
- 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon - 3 bottles for $34
- 2011 Tannat - 3 bottles for $42 (silver medal at 2014 Indy International Wine Competition)
- 2014 Melange Blanc - 3 bottles for $30
- 2014 Chardonnay - 3 bottles for $32
|
| Dock Dogs compete June 30, July 1-2 |
Join us at the Wine Caves pond June 30 and July 1-2 for the Dock Dogs National Wildcard event competition.
Dock jumping, also known as dock diving, is a dog sport in which dogs compete in jumping for distance or height from a dock into a body of water.
Chesapeake DockDogs, the local chapter of the premier canine aquatics competition, built a regulation 40-foot dock at the Wine Cave pond specifically for jumping competitions.
Do you think your dog is a contender? Visit ChesapeakeDockDogs.com for more competition times and i
nformation. Wine Caves
pond p
ractice dates are June 3,
July 15 (Lab Fest Demo/Practice), Aug. 5 and Sept. 23.
The competition is part of the Regional Affiliate Club of
DockDogs. Members include people and dogs from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Check the DockDogs website, if you are considering attending a practice, meeting, or event.
|
|
Misunderstood: Wine Dryness vs. Tannins
|
|
If you're confused by the two, you are in good company!
|
 |
|
Recognizing the difference between a wine's dryness and its tannins are some of the basic characteristics to develop, if you enjoy wine.
Dryness
One of the first terms that people learn about wine is
"dryness" - and it is one of the most misunderstood!
Dryness actually refers to the wine's sweetness. The more dry it is, the less sweet the wine. That's because the natural sugars in grape juice are converted to alcohol, as a byproduct of the fermentation process. (Remember your high school biology class on fermentation? Here's where that lesson pays off!) Sometimes, the winemaker stops the fermentation process before the yeast has time to consume all the sugar, leaving the wine slightly sweet with residual sugar.
Wine is only considered dry if the winemaker has allowed all the sugar to be consumed by the yeast during fermentation.
Tannin
Tannin - a natural compound in the skins, seeds and stems of wine grapes - can add bitterness to wine.
The longer the skins, seeds and stems soak in the juice, the more tannic characteristics they impart on wine. This explains why red wines have stronger tannin than white wines.
Wine tannin most commonly is associated with red wine, although white wines have tannin from being aged in wooden barrels.
Tannin often is confused with dryness because it can create a dryness, or puckering sensation, in your mouth.
|
|
|
