Wine Wednesday: Schiavenza Dolcetto d’Alba
Happy Wine Wednesday, everyone! 🍷
This week, we’re highlighting the Schiavenza Dolcetto d’Alba, a stunning example of Italian winemaking. This vibrant red wine comes from the picturesque hills of Piedmont, where tradition and exceptional terroir unite.
🍇 Tasting Notes:
Rich and fruity with flavors of black cherries, violets, and a touch of spice. Its velvety texture and balanced acidity make it equally delightful for pairing with food or enjoying on its own.
🍴 Perfect Pairings:
Pair it with fresh pasta, hearty risottos, or a simple charcuterie board for a meal to remember.
About Schiavenza:
Located in Serralunga d’Alba, the heart of Piedmont’s Langhe district, Schiavenza was founded in 1956 by brothers Vittorio and Ugo Alessandria. The name “Schiavenza” comes from the local dialect for sharecropping, reflecting the estate’s agricultural roots. Today, it’s run by the second-generation Alessandria sisters, Enrica and Maura, alongside their husbands, Luciano Pira and Walter Anselma.
Sustainable Winemaking:
Schiavenza practices organic farming, using no pesticides or herbicides. Cover crops like clover and mustard greens maintain vineyard balance and naturally limit yields. Harvesting is done manually, guided by lunar phases. In the cellar, only native yeasts are used for fermentation, which takes place in cement cisterns with 20–25 days of maceration. The wines are then aged in traditional large Slavonian oak casks (botti), allowing their character to fully develop.
Sourced from 2.2 hectares of vineyards in Serralunga d’Alba, at elevations of 370–400m, the estate’s vines range from plantings as old as 1965 to as recent as 2006.
Why You’ll Love It:
The Dolcetto d’Alba is a perfect fall wine—rich, comforting, and versatile. Stop by the shop or visit our website to discover this lovely bottle for yourself!
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Wine Wednesday
Happy Wine Wednesday, everyone! 🌿🍷 This week, we’re spotlighting the @monteriocellars Skin-Contact Vermentino!
Monte Rio Cellars offers a beautiful revival of old-school California wines, focusing on organic farming and low-intervention winemaking. Their approach makes them some of the most exciting wines coming out of sunny California! ☀️🍇
Owner and winemaker Patrick Cappiello, based in Sebastopol, CA, brings us this stunning Vermentino—now available on our shelves!
Fermented spontaneously with whole-cluster grapes in stainless steel and concrete, and aged in neutral oak barrels, this wine is made naturally with moderate alcohol, high acidity, and freshness at its core. 🌿 This 100% Vermentino from Lodi is skin-fermented in open-top tanks for 30 days, with the cap submerged by hand twice a day. The result? A truly handcrafted Orange Wine! 🍊
Expect vibrant aromas of apricot blossoms, black tea, and tangerine, balanced with a silky, rich finish—ideal for skin-contact wine lovers. ✨🍷
Shop online or swing by the store to grab a bottle. Cheers to the rest of your week! 🥂
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Wine Wednesday! Birichino Malvasia Bianca 🌞
Wine Wednesday
Happy Wine Wednesday everyone! This week we’re chatting about one of my favorite aromatic white wines from California. Birichino Malvasia Bianca.
Birichino Malvasia Bianca, a perfect balance of perfume and poise, crafted with care by Alex Krause and John Locke. Founded in Santa Cruz in 2008, Birichino draws on their four decades of experience making wine in California, France, Italy, and beyond. 🍇✨
Sourced from the sandy shale soils of Loma del Rio on the western flank of the Santa Lucia Range in Monterey, this wine showcases fruit from family-owned, own-rooted 19th and early 20th century vineyards. 🌞🍷
Using nighttime machine harvests and 12-14 hours of skin-maceration, the aromatic potential is maximized. Fermented low and slow in stainless steel, then rested on its fine lees for 4-5 months.
This wine has a delightful blend of floral elegance and zesty freshness. 🍋✨ This crisp white wine brings bright citrus notes, fragrant jasmine, and a hint of tropical fruit, making it the perfect companion for sunny afternoons and light meals. 🌞🍷 #Birichino #MalvasiaBianca #WhiteWine #WineLovers #CrispAndBright #SantaCruzWines #HandcraftedWine #WineLovers #MontereyWines"
Happy Wine Wednesday everyone!! This week our 🌟 Wine Wednesday Spotlight is Borealis Pinot Noir from Oregon! 🍷This exquisite Pinot Noir captures the essence of the Oregon terroir with its vibrant cherry and raspberry notes, complemented by subtle earthy undertones. Perfect for cozy nights or dinner parties, this wine promises to elevate any occasion.Join us this week as we delve into its flavor profile and share pairing tips! What’s your ultimate food match for Pinot Noir? Let us know in the comments! #WineWednesday #WinklerAndSamuelswine #BorealisPinotNoir #Wine #WineLover #WineEnthusiast #WineCellar #WineCollection #buffalo #buffalove #winecommunity
Happy Wednesday everyone!
This week we’re chatting about Manuel Cantalapiedra, 'Lirondo' Verdejo Spain $23
Verdejo is usually a simple, easy-drinking, fresh, fruity orange wine. A natural wine from the Rueda region just north of Spain, it's made in a style that gives it funky, floral, spicy flavors. It is made without any sulfur and with some grape skin contact to the juice, which makes the wine cloudy and a bit dark in color.
Cheers to another summer weekend!!
Happy Wednesday everyone! This week we are chatting about a delicious rosé vermouth that we recently brought in, from Istine.
This vermouth uses a base of 100% Sangiovese rosé from Chianti, and is distilled in partnership with the Bordiga distillery in Piedmont. In addition to the Tuscan wine, the following botanical herbs are used: angelica, orange, gentle wormwood, wormwood, cardamom, coriander, cassia, dittamus, fennel, gentian, lavender, Kina, mint, quassio, rose, sage, rosemary, elder, satureja, linden, thyme, violet.
Drink it pure, straight at room temperature or on ice with lemon zest or, even better with kumquat. $47
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