Washington Wine and Spirits Spring Into Wine
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HE WEATHER IS WARMING UP, AND WE HERE AT Washington Wine and Spirits are ready to Spring Into Wine! We have four events on each Thursday in April that will showcase wines from around the world, help you learn about more about tasting and enjoying wine and even meeting an award winning winemaker!
Meet a Winemaker First up, we have a meet and greet with Jeff Gaffner of Saxon Brown Wines on Thursday, April 5th from 4:30-7:00. With Saxon Brown, Jeff Gaffner has parlayed his longstanding grower relationships, developed as a consulting winemaker, into a line of small, site-driven bottlings that celebrate his favorite vineyard sites. Jeff began his career at Chateau St. Jean, under the tutelage of renowned vintner Richard Arrowood, who Jeff credits with teaching him the importance of being as passionate about growing the grapes as making the wine. While at Chateau St. Jean, Jeff was part of the winemaking team responsible for the winery’s celebrated 1996 Cinq Cepages, which was named Wine of the Year by Wine Spectator Magazine. Jeff launched Saxon Brown to focus on small single vineyard bottlings reflecting his preference for elegantly structured, well balanced and age worthy wines. Over time, Jeff expanded Saxon Brown’s vineyard-focus with small offerings from both established and emerging vineyard sites, including Durell, Gap’s Crown and Green Acres. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Washington Wine and Spirits. Tasting and Continuing Education with Carol Dreyfus Next up, we will be having a sensory class taught by Mrs. Carol Dreyfus on Thursday, April 12th from 6:00-8:30. This is going to be an amazing learning experience to help develop your sense of smell. We will be smelling many different items and then sampling wine with those same aromas to help you pick up the subtle intricacies that make wine such a personal sensory experience. Mrs. Dreyfus will also be hosting a Wine 101 Rainbow tasting on Thursday, April 26 from 6:00-8:30. This tasting will have some great examples of wines from around the world and many different styles of wine. We will be tasting a rosé, which is created by juicing red grapes and then allowing the juice to soak with the skins for a very short period, usually only two to three days. As soon as the juice begins to 8 APRIL 2018 | WWW.BAYOULIFEMAG.COM
take on the beautiful pink color the winemaker desires, the skins are removed and the juice is allowed to ferment, creating delicious rosé. Following that, we will have a Riesling from Mosel in Germany. Mosel is known for their many award winning rieslings that rate as some of the best and most versatile wines in the world. Our next wine will be the Prémices Beaujolais. The Prémices is easy drinking, and the lightness and elegance of this wine is balanced with a healthy dose of minerality and complexity that make this one for serious gamay drinkers. For our fourth wine, we will be sampling the Surh Mosaique Red Blend. This beautiful red blend is a great example of how Napa Valley can produce wines very similar to the incredible wineries on the right bank in Bordeaux, France. This wine begs for some aeration to open up, so you can enjoy it over many hours or better yet over two days! Last but not least, we will be sampling a late harvest Sauvignon Blanc. This amazing wine explodes with apricots, nectarines, apple cider, saffron spice and vanilla. The sweetness is balanced with perfect acidity, and the finish goes on forever. Ken Wright Wine Sale Starting on Thursday, April 19th, we will be having an amazing sale featuring nine different single vineyard Oregon Pinot Noirs from Ken Wright Cellars! We will be offering the following vineyards: Bonnie Jean(94 pts), McCrone(94 pts), Savoya(93 pts), Shea(93 pts), Tanager(94 pts), Canary Hill(93 pts), Carter(90 pts), Guadalupe(92 pts), and Freedom Hill(91 pts). Come get a bottle or two while they last! It’s grilling season, so don’t forget about our Doe’s Eat Place steaks available for purchase right here at the shop! We thank you for all of your continued support for Washington Wine and Spirits and for supporting downtown Monroe! 6 oz Filet - $9.75 14 oz Bone-In Filet - $39.99 20 oz Ribeye - $21.24 1.5 lb T-Bone - $20.99 2.5 lb Porterhouse - $39.98 2-5 lb Sirloin - $9.99/lb
10 oz Filet - $16.24 1.5 lb Bone In Strip - $20.99 2 lb Bone In Ribeye - $35.98 2 lb T-Bone - $27.98 3 lb Porterhouse - $47.97