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Wine Tasting News Friday, April 15, 2022 5:00-8:00pm

Josh North Coast Chardonnay Reserve Country: USA State: California Grapes: 100% Chardonnay ABV: 13.5% Winemaker’s Notes: The wine is elegant, crisp, and well-balanced resulting from the region’s warm, sunny days and cool nights influenced by its close proximity to the Pacific Ocean. The nose of this wine showcases bright citrus, lemon, and peach. On the palate, flavors of lemon zest, peach, and vanilla with a lingering, pleasant finish. Wine Enthusiast This fruity and buttery wine is soft and supple, offering plenty of apple and vanilla flavors on a medium body that's balanced with modest acidity.-Jim Gordon Pairings: Enjoy this wine with toasted mixed nuts, seafood risotto, roast chicken with butternut squash, baked ham with pineapple, or pasta all’Arrabbiata. Our Price: $16.00

Decoy Pinot Noir from the Duckhorn Portfolio Country: USA Region: California Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir Aging: Aged 10 months in 100% French oak 30% new ABV: 13.9 Winemakers Tasting Notes: This alluring Pinot Noir offers beautiful layers of black cherry, currant, and strawberry, with subtle notes of rustic forest floor and spice. On the palate, it is soft and silky, with balanced acidity framing the vibrant berry flavors and carrying the wine to a long, lush finish. Wine Enthusiast 92 Classic Pinot flavors of red cherry, black tea and lightly toasted oak come together beautifully in this balanced, nuanced wine. Fruit, woody spices and light tannins converge on the palate and linger on the finish. -Jim Gordon The 2019 Decoy Pinot Noir exhibits excellent purity and trueness of this grape variety. This wine brings pleasing aromas and flavors of strawberry preserves and chalk. Pairing: A charcuterie board of herbed cheese, salami, marinated green olives, apples and salty crackers, smoked or baked ham, grilled or roasted lamb or grilled salmon, Our Price: $20.00

Pertinace Langhe Nebbiolo Country: Italy Region: Piedmont Grapes: 100% Nebbiolo ABV: 14% Aged: 10 months in small American oak barrels Winemaker Notes: Intense ruby-red with violet highlights. Fresh and clean on the nose with lush aromas of cherry and red raspberries. Well-balanced and elegant with a well-structured acidity. James Suckling 91 Lightly jammy strawberry and raspberry character to this fresh young nebbiolo. Medium-bodied with firm, fine tannins and persistent fruit, helped along by citrus acidity. The greatest excitement around wines such as Langhe Nebbiolo is not only the drinkability compared to fellow territorial teammates like Barolo and Barbaresco, but also the bang for your buck and Pertinace Langhe Nebbiolo delivers! Pairing: cold cuts and cheese platters, pasta with meat/game sauce, pizza, pot roast, grilled beef, rosemary-infused rack of lamb or rib roast. Our Price: $23.00

George Dickel 8 Year Bourbon Proof: 90 (45% ABV) Mash Bill: 84% corn, 8% rye, 8% malted barley Dickel Bourbon is a handcrafted, small-batch bourbon that's been aged 8 years and blended to perfection. The liquid boasts sweet initial notes of vanilla leading into bright hints of cherry and orange before being balanced by almond toffee and oak. At 90 proof, bourbon enthusiasts can best enjoy Dickel Bourbon neat or on the rocks, in addition to mixing it into some of their favorite cocktails, like an Old Fashioned. Whiskey Advocate #5 Top 20 Whiskeys of 2021 Score 93 "Nicole Austin hasn’t rested on her laurels since George Dickel Bottled in Bond won Whisky of the Year in 2019, continuing to create great and affordable whiskeys at Cascade Hollow Distillery. This is notably a bourbon rather than a Tennessee whiskey, though the criteria for the two styles mostly overlap. The nose is nutty and well spiced, with caramel corn, toasted pecans, cinnamon graham crackers, cherry tart, and butterscotch candies. There is a friendliness to the palate that makes it ideal for outdoor imbibing, with notes of spearmint, mixed berries, nougat, and honey. Big spice on the finish makes this a memorable sip. "—Ted Simmons Our Price: $33.00

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