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February First Friday Wine Tasting
Friday, February 3rd | 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Join us to help raise money for the Rockford Area Arts Council. We will sample 24 different wines from around the world. Admission is a $15 cash or check donation to RAAC.
SHOP FROM HOME
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WE'LL BRING IT TO YOUR DOOR!
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CHEESE FEATURES
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Pastorale Blend
Sale $15.99 Reg. $17.99
Red from paprika with a pleasant balance of earthiness and touches of crunchy grana.

Espresso Bellavitano
Sale $12.99 Reg. $14.99
The cheese-makers hand rub freshly roasted coffee into sweet, sugary BellaVitano wheels aged to creamy perfection.

Cracked Black Peppercorn Cheddar
Sale $9.99 Reg. $10.99
Renard's starts with a milk yellow cheddar and infuses it with the fresh, savory bite or black peppercorn.

Bright Meadow Cheddar
Sale $16.99 Reg. $18.99
Steckler uses 100% grassfed milk fresh from their own Dutch Belted dairy herd to make this delicious cheddar.

7-year White Cheddar
Sale $17.99 Reg. $19.99
This is an intense and concentrated yet with a pleasing balance of sweet and sharp, plenty of crunchy grana. Pair with a red or port wine.
Distillery of the Week:
Willett
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Kentucky Vintage Straight Kentucky Bourbon
Sale $36.99 Reg. $39.99
Available in very limited quantities, this whiskey is the result of the knowledge and skills handed down from one generation of mater distillers to the next for five continuous generations of Kentucky craftsmen who have mastered the art of distilling the finest quality Kentucky Bourbon. We are proud to recommend this "Vintage Bourbon". This Original Sour Mash is made with pure limestone water and only the finest natural ingredients. Aged for many long years in select new charred oak barrels until fully maturity is reached.

Pure Kentucky Straight Kentucky Bourbon
Sale $42.99 Reg. $47.99
This extraordinary Bourbon is the result of generations of the master distiller's fine art of distilling. Pure Kentucky is an all natural product. Made with all natural ingredients and pure limestone water, it is a true masterpiece among Kentucky's finest Bourbons. Aged in select new white oak barrels in traditional open rickhouses in the heart of the Bluegrass region until fully mature. We hand-bottle this Bourbon in very limited quantities, one small batch at a time. It is Pure Kentucky-Bourbon Extraordinare!

Johnny Drum Straight Kentucky Bourbon
Sale $42.99 Reg. $47.99
Handmade in the heart of the Bluegrass, Kentucky's famous Bourbon country. Containing only the finest natural ingredients and aged to the peak of maturity. Yielding a bouquet, character, and taste found only in this Bourbon. This is our Private Stock, the proudest achievement in the art of Bourbon making. The character and flavor of this superb sour mash whiskey never varies. The method of production has remained unchanged down through four generations of the same family of master distillers. Produced in limited quantities to insure the finest quality possible in our old family tradition.

Rowan's Creek Straight Kentucky Bourbon
Sale $49.99 Reg. $54.99
Rowan's Creek takes its namesake from the creek that still runs through our little distillery. Back in the late 1700s when John Rowan first settled about these parts, whiskey makin' was the order of the day. John went on and made a name for himself as a well respected judge and statesman. The judge is long since gone, but the creek that still bears his name is still carrying the best limestone spring water there ever was for making good bourbon, so you know the whiskey makin' is still going on. Try a sip of it, straight up in a snifter, or add a dab of branch water if you like. Either way, it's the very best there is.

Noah's Mill Straight Kentucky Bourbon
Sale $59.99 Reg. $64.99
One of the most lush and rich Whiskeys on the market. The nose is walnuts, prunes, and floral notes. The palate mimics the nose with walnuts, prunes, spices, intertwined with lavender and balanced with the perfect amount of acid, that leads you down a path of lingering burnt caramel.

Willett Pot Still Kentucky Straight Bourbon
50mL Bottle: $8.99
750mL Sale $54.99 Reg. $59.99
Handmade by master craftsmen using time-honored methods in the art of distilling, handed down from one generation to the next. Made from pure limestone spring water, carefully selected grains and proprietary strains of yeast.
WINE OF THE WEEK

Stark-Conde
Stellenbosch
Jonkershoek Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon
2019
$23.99
reg. $26.99

92 Points Wine Spectator
This medium- to full-bodied red presents a pure beam of dark, ripe black currant fruit underscored by a streak of spicy minerals. Offers accents of vanilla bean, rose hip and orange peel, which add to this version's expressive character. Tightly coiled and well-knit at first, this is a concentrated wine that opens nicely in the glass.
PORT WINE SALE
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How To Make Port

Making Port is much like any other winemaking process; grapes are harvested, crushed and fermented with yeast to produce wine.

Additionally, fortified wines are made by adding brandy or other distilled spirits to the grape must before all the sugar has been converted to alcohol. And this process is known as fortification, which helps preserve the natural sweetness of the grapes and increase its alcohol content.

Following fortification, this port is aged in oak barrels for a period of two to three years prior to bottling. And the result of this aging process imparts the sweet and fresh fruity notes. Moreover, the winemaking process includes filtering; thus eliminating its capacity for further maturation while keeping its vibrant ruby color.

What Are The Two Types Of Port

Tawny port is aged for a longer period than ruby port. During this aging process, it develops an amber color and has a nutty flavor with hints of caramel. The tannins in tawny port are less intense than other varieties of red wine, making it smoother to drink.
It’s typically served with desserts such as crème brulée or chocolate mousse but can also be enjoyed on its own as an after-dinner drink. 

On the other hand, Ruby port is not aged for nearly as long as tawny port (usually two years or less). As such, its flavor tends to be much fruitier and fresher than tawny port, with notes of blackberries and cherries on the palate. 
And it also has higher levels of acidity, making it ideal for pairing with cheeses such as blue cheese or brie.

Tawny Port

Taylor Fladgate
30 Year Old
Tawny Port
$124.99 reg. $139.99
95 Points Wine Spectator
 This is lovely, displaying warm date, toffee and persimmon notes entwined with sesame oil, green tea and ginger flavors. Shows a lovely interplay of sweet and dry, with flashes of hazelnut cream and juniper contrasting each other on the long and deep finish.

Warre's
Otima
20 Year Tawny Port
$39.99 reg. $44.99
94 Points Jeb Dunnuck
An outstanding wine that epitomizes everything that is great about asuperbly balanced Twenty Year Old Tawny; the translucent coppercolored tone of the wine is matched by the beautiful soft nutty aromasgained by a full twenty years ageing in seasoned oak casks. Otima 20Years is rich and delicate, but never cloying; the tannins and acidityensure balance and perfect length

Hardy's
Whiskers Blake
Classic Tawny
10 Year Old
Australia
$19.99 reg. $22.99
Rich tawny colour with amber hues and dark red tints. The bouquet displays nuances of rich fruit, coffee, chocolate, raisins and nutty aromas. This classic Australian Tawny exhibits a smooth palate and mellow with good length and a dry finish. Classic rancio characters are also evident in this flavoursome wine.

Ruby Port

Quinto do Noval
Noval Black Reserve
Porto
$19.99 reg. $21.99
91 Points Robert Parker
'Black' is a new blend produced from classic varieties that do not make it into the Quinta do Noval vintage. There are ripe blackberries, tar, smoke and orange liqueur on the nose that takes time to open. The palate is medium-bodied, very sleek on the entry, fleshy black fruits, sloe, spice and just a hint of white pepper, leading to a very focused finish.

Fonseca
Bin 27
Reserve Porto
$19.99 reg. $22.99
90 Points Wine Spectator
Fonseca Bin No. 27 was created over a century ago for family consumption, and only released commercially in 1972. It is produced primarily from wines from Fonseca's own quintas in the Cima Corgo and thus shows an exceptional quality and consistency from year to year. Blended from reserve wines selected for their intense fruit character and depth of color, Fonseca Bin No. 27 spends four years in large wood vats prior to bottling. Although it may improve slightly with bottle age, Bin No. 27 is ready to consume when bottled. It does not require decanting, as a cold precipitation prior to bottling prevents any "crust" from forming. Its well-knit structure, rich, velvety full body and luscious blackcurrant and cherry flavors, also evident in the nose, carry into an intense, lingering finish. Bin No. 27 should be served at room temperature either alone or with simple, classic last courses and desserts. It is best consumed within two weeks after uncorking.

Porto Kopke
Fine Ruby
Port
$17.99 reg. $19.99
Hand-picked at the optimum time, the grapes are then destemmed, crushed and converted into wine through a process of careful maceration to extract their colour, tannins and aromas, enhanced by constant churning during fermentation. This takes place in stainless steel vats at a controlled temperature, between 28-30°C, until the right degree of sweetness (baumé) is achieved. At this point, grape brandy is added to create the final fortified wine. Obtained by the blending of wines of different harvests, with different levels of maturation in stainless steel and wood for a minimum of 3 years, the result is a rich and aromatic wine, with the perfect level of sweetness.

Quinta Da Romaneira
Fine Ruby
Porto
$15.99 reg. $17.99
Vivacious ruby color. Intense aroma of red fruits and woodland flowers. In the mouth it is elegant and balanced, velvety with an agreeable and persistent finish.
BEER OF THE WEEK
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Lagunitas
Willettized Imperial Stout
Rye Whiskey Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
$13.99
4pk btl

Brewer's Notes:
Our friends over at Kentucky’s own Willett Distillery have one kind of barrel: wood. And they put two things in them: Bourbon and Rye. We were fortunate enough to get some of their Bourbon barrels, and we put a special coffee-fied version of our Imperial Stout in them.

100% Barrel-Aged, 0% Stainless. Brewed using every highly roasted malt we could get our hands on and coffee from our buds at Chicago’s-own Metropolis coffee. Aged in Bourbon & Rye barrels from our friends at Willett Distillery.
A chocolatey, coffee-y, smoky, Bourbon-y beast of a barrel-aged thing. Word.

Toasting barrels does a lot for flavor—here it’s tons of vanilla character. A beautiful complement to chocolate. Darker malts bring a lot to the table, including a rich chocolate flavor & color. Think of your favorite dark chocolate, then imagine it in liquid form! Coffee goes into the base beer, bringing a depth of flavor to the product before it even sees barrels. That coffee sticks around and plays with the overall beer character it picks up while aging, making it a smooth criminal.
NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER SPOTLIGHT
Big Drop Paradiso IPA
$9.99 | 6pk 12oz can
Non-alcoholic IPA.
This Citra-hopped IPA radiates citrus fruit from the moment you pour it to the second you finish that last sip with a satisfied sigh. The bright, sharp twist of bitterness on the end makes you want to dive back in for one more.

Big Drop Pine Trail Pale Ale
$9.99 | 6pk 12oz can
Non-alcoholic Pale Ale
A delight for the senses, this brew delivers on all levels. Rosy floral aromas are immediate as you pour, with a light and limey citrus bite on the palate and a balanced but obvious bitterness to finish.

Guinness "0" Zero Irish Stout
$8.99 | 4pk 16oz can
The Guinness with everything except the alcohol. Guinness 0.0 boasts the same beautifully smooth taste, perfectly balanced flavor, and unique dark color of Guinness, just without the alcohol. The resulting product is a stout that is unmistakably Guinness, just without the alcohol, featuring the same dark, ruby red liquid and creamy head, hints of chocolate and coffee, smoothly balanced with bitter, sweet and roasted notes.

Krombacher NA Weizen
$9.99 | 6pk btl
Premium German Wheat innovatively dealcoholized.
Krombacher Weizen NA pours a cloudy amber with a fizzy, creamy texture. Full-bodied, fruity and effervescent with that renowned wheat beer flavor. Refreshing and isotonic.

Untitled Art NA Italian Pilsner
$9.99 | 4pk 12oz can
Salute! An Italian Pilsner is a hoppier version to your standard Pilsner, and we love them! We made this non-alcoholic version with Hallertau Mittelfruh and Strata Hops.

Untitled Art NA Mango Dragonfruit Fruited Sour
$9.99 | 4pk 12oz can
Non-alcoholic version of a malt beverage. Brewed and fermented with real mango, pink guava, and red dragon fruit. All flavor, minus the alcohol.


-Sparkling Water-

Lagunitas NA Hoppy Refresher
$5.99 | 4pk 12oz btl
This IPA-inspired sparkling beverage is a fresh take on an old tradition... a zero-alcohol, zero-carbohydrate, and zero-calorie refresher made using everything we know about hops. It's a variation on a theme of 25 years of edgy brewing at the edge of brewing. Beer listens!
It's chock-full of Citra, Equinox, and Centennial hops, as well as some natural flavors and a pinch brewer's yeast to biotransform-ate the hops to just the right flavor.

Noon Whistle Hop Water
$8.49 | 4pk 16oz can
Months of recipe formulation, rigorous quality testing and multiple design revisions have led us to this very moment. Our Hop Water is here! We hand selected hops with very fruit-forward flavor profiles, leading us to this zenith of refreshing, juicy zero calorie, zero alcohol beverages.
NEW BEER ARRIVALS
2nd Shift Dissatisfied TDH DIPA
$12.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Central Waters Cassian Sunset BA Imperial Stout
15.99 | 4pk

Central Waters Mocha Frappe Milk Stout
$9.99 | 4pk 12oz can

Drekker Braaains: Mango, Lime, Coconut Smothie Sour
$5.50 | 16oz can

Drekker Please Accept Our Sacrifice Of Fruit Pizza Fruited Sour
(strawberry, blueberry, kiwi orange, cream cheese frosting, sugar cookies)
$5.50 | 16oz can

Drekker Morning Ritual Coffee Milk Stout
$15.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Drekker Marionberry Cobbler Smoothie Sour
$5.50 | 16oz can

Half Acre Daisy Cutter Pale Ale
$11.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Hoosier Roll The Fruit: Apricot Jelly Sour
$6.00 | 16oz can

Middle Brow Little Crush Hazy IPA
$11.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Perennial Prism Saison: Sultana
$11.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Tripping Animals Ma, He Did It! Hazy TIPA
$6.00 | 16oz can



-SELTZER-

Lulz R+R Smoothie Seltzer
$16.99 | 4pk 12oz can


-NON ALCOHOLIC-

Noon Whistle Hop Water
$8.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Untitled Art NA Hazy DIPA
$9.99 | 4pk 12oz can
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