Monday: Closed

Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 9pm

Sunday: 11am - 6pm



UPCOMING EVENTS

FULL EVENTS CALENDAR HERE

April Wine Tasting Club: Vertical Tasting of Castello di Bossi Corbaia 1996, 1997, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019

Tuesday, April 16th | 5:30 - 7:00 PM

Wine Tasting Club meets every third Tuesday of every month. Our staff will organize the tasting by varietal, appellation, or region. Each tasting will consist of 6 to 8 wines and will be tasted blind. The blind tasting format is guaranteed to provide ample opportunity for lively discussion and learning. Cost: $20 per person. Only 12 spots available per month.

Advanced reservation required over the phone or in person.

Last Friday Tasting Series Benefiting Alpine Kiwanis Club

Friday, April 26 | 5:30 - 8:00 PM

Join us to help raise money for Alpine Kiwanis. We will sample a variety of wine, beer, and spirits from around the world. Admission is a $20 cash/check donation to the Alpine Kiwanis Club.

First Friday Wine Tasting Benefiting KFACT

Friday, May 3rd | 5:30 - 8:00 PM

Join us to help raise money for KFACT: Keeping Families And Communities Together. We will sample 24 different wines from around the world. Admission is a $20 cash/check donation to KFACT.

Wild & Otherwise: Saison, Farmhouse & Wild Ale Tasting

Saturday, May 11th | Time TBD

Save the date! Details to be announced.

As we embark on some exciting plans for 2024, 

we are looking to add to our team.

Read more about it here!

Our physical store may be closed Mondays, but our webstore is always open!

We're offering an incredible webstore incentive for any wines purchased exclusively on Mondays. Enjoy 20% off all wine with the code MONDAYFUNDAY.

Non wine items are welcome on your order, but the discount will only apply to wine.

Please remember that since we are closed Mondays, all online orders will be fulfilled on Tuesday during regular business hours.

Code Valid Monday Only

ARTALE

FOOD & WINE

TOUR OF SPAIN WITH 

THE CONTINENTAL DRIFTER®

CLICK HERE or the image above for all the details of this Experience

BOOK NOW Deadline is April 30th!

ARTALE FOOD & WINE TRIP TO SPAIN

October 3rd -11th 2024

Ralph Velasco is a Rockford resident who has been organizing and leading tours around the world for more than 15 years (and his trips are all 5-star rated). He has a more than 50 percent client repeat rate and group sizes range from just 6 - 10 participants maximum. 

Rest assured that the main focus of these incredible trips is the food, wine, spirits, and other historical and natural highlights of each of the places he visits, as is meeting the locals and being immersed in the authentic culture.

Accommodations are in unique properties such as a private 11th-century castle in France's Dordogne; a former private family villa in the Spanish hilltown of Laguardia in the Rioja region; and/or a gorgeous wine estate in the Douro Valley or boutique hotel in the center of Porto, Portugal.

To meet the demand of charities interested in our popular

First Friday Wine Tastings, we are launching a new tasting series that will take place on the last Friday of each month.

If you are familiar with our First Friday tastings, then you'll be right at home with our Last Friday tastings.

In addition to wine, this new series will also offer beer and spirits.

Same 3 table format, same time frame, same donation price!

Full Details Here

NEW CHEESE

Säntis

Grisom Dairy & Creamery

$19.99

This week we have a delicious new cheese from Missouri's Grisom Dairy & Creamery.

Säntis is modeled after the Appenzeller cheese. It is named after the iconic mountain in Eastern Switzerland where the Appenzeller is traditionally produced. This raw milk cheese is made with spring milk and is aged for a minimum of 60 days. During the aging it is washed in a special herb and local beer solution which helps give it flavor.

This Creamy cheese is only available for an exclusive amount of time each year!

WINE OF THE MONTH

APRIL WINERY

MATTHEWS WINERY

Matthews

Columbia Valley

Washington

Sauvignon Blanc

2022

$29.99

reg. $34.99

91 Points Wine Spectator

The 2022 Matthews Columbia Valley Sauvignon Blanc is yellow jasmine in color with flecks of green. Intense aromatics of starfruit, lemony sorrel leaf, juicy green pear and mandarin orange open to honeysuckle and linden flower. Followed by flavors of lemon curd, oyster shell, candied orange peel and flint, this medium-bodied, balanced wine has refreshing acidity. It finishes long with briny and stony flavors that are taught and textural.

Matthews

Columbia Valley

Washington

Claret

2020

$29.99

reg. $34.99

93 Points Wine Enthusiast

Dark berries, bramble, and cola give way to sandalwood and vanilla bean. Red and black fruits, cocoa, and black tea on the palate. Polished tannins and well-balanced acidity leave a lasting finish that intrigues.

Serve with grilled beef sliders, breaded meatballs, and roasted lambchops.

Blend: 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, 1% Malbec

Matthews

Columbia Valley

Washington

Cabernet Sauvignon

2021

$49.99

reg. $54.99

93 Points Wine Spectator

Precise and expressive, with handsome flavors of blackberry, bay leaf and espresso that build richness and structure toward refined tannins.

Matthews

Blackboard

Cabernet Sauvignon

2019

$19.99

reg. $23.99

Beautiful notes of strawberry preserve, blackberries, cinnamon, cocoa powder, milk chocolate and hints of vanilla bean. A full-bodied wine with well-integrated tannins, complexity and balanced acidity.

Blend: 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot

Matthews

Blackboard

Merlot

2019

$19.99

reg. $23.99

Beautiful notes of currants, spice, raspberry jam, strawberry, and pureed plum. Hints of vanilla bean, cocoa powder, and macerated berries carry the palate. A darker fruit wine with soft tannins and surprising complexity. A great window into a warm vintage here in Washington State.

Maibock

Maibock is the perfect Spring beer: full-bodied but not heavy; malt-forward but not sweet; dry with a hint of zesty hop flair but not very bitter. Maibock is a wonderful transitional beer ushering us out of the dark, heavy beers of winter and toward the lighter, brighter beers of summer. Brewed during the last few cold weeks of winter, Maibocks are left to lager (cold condition) until Spring - with a traditional release during late April, early May. Mai is German for May!

Deep gold to amber in color, Maibock is a fairly strong lager with a typical ABV range of low 6% to 8%. While still full-bodied and malt-forward, Maibock is generally leaner and drier in body with a more pronounced hop note than other Bock styles.

Munich's legendary Hofbrau is credited with the first commercial Maibock dating back to the early 1600's; however, the Maibock of the modern brewing era was likely developed in the early 1800's. Major advancements in malting technology in the 1800's allowed for greater precision over temperature control and thus color development in the drying and kilning of malted barley. It's this technological advancement that made pale-colored malted barley possible and widely accessible, giving rise to lighter-colored beer styles like Pilsner, Pale Ales, and Maibock!

Hofbrau Maibock

$13.99

6pk bottle

Our traditional Maibock is deep amber in color, contains bold roasted malts with a taste of dried fruit, hints of dark caramel and smooth toffee aromas. Overall, a dryish and full body with great depth and a refreshingly earthy hop finish. This over 400 year old recipe won many friends and awards over the years.

Pipeworks Trot It Out Maibock

$13.99

4pk 16oz can

The G.O.A.T. has returned! In a sure sign of spring our maibock is back! Trot It Out (formerly Tip Top Maibock) is an extremely clean lager with a top notch taste! We brew this buddy to be refreshing with gentle malt and hops.

2nd Shift Bella Birra Italian-style Pilsner

$8.99 | 4pk 16oz can

2nd Shift Dissatisfied TDH DIPA

$12.99 | 4pk 16oz can

2nd Shift Monte Carlo Oatmeal Milk Stout

$10.99 | 4pk 16oz can

2nd Shift Technical Ecstasy Czech-style Pilsner

$9.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Art History Bauhaus North German-style Pilsner

$10.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Art History Good Morning Munich Bavarian-style Helles

$11.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Art History Bluestone Hazy IPA

$12.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Bottle Logic Changing Gears BA Churro Imperial Stout

$29.99 | 500ml bottle

Brooklyn Pilsner

$10.99 | 6pk 12oz can

Half Acre Vallejo IPA

$11.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Hofbrau Maibock

$13.99 | 6pk bottle

Hop Butcher Sweet Home Hazy IPA

$14.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Hop Butcher The Jewels Hazy DIPA

$14.99 | 4pk 16oz can

MoRE Anchovy DDH DIPA

$16.99 | 4pk 16oz can

MoRE Monogatari Gose

$11.99 | 4pk 16oz can

MoRE Rainbow Scoop Fruited Sour

$4.50 | 16oz can

Pipeworks Lizard King Pale Ale

$10.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Pipeworks Ninja vs Unicorn DIPA

$12.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Pipeworks NvU vs The Haze DIPA

$14.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Pipeworks Paper Pilots Tamarind Witbier

$11.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Radiant Check The Score Hazy DIPA

$5.00 | 16oz can

Schlenkerla Eiche Oak Smoked Doppelbock

$5.99 | 500ml bottle

Toppling Goliath Big Suits Hazy TIPA

$5.50 | 16oz can

-CIDER-

Right Bee Muzzle Of Bees

$14.99 | 4pk 12oz can

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