IL BASTARDO
SANGIOVESE di TOSCANA
There are few regions as picturesque as Italy’s Tuscany. Tuscany is home to legendary wine regions Brunello di Montalcino and Chianti, among others, where the red wine grape Sangiovese is king. The Il Bastardo winery is located in the Rufina area of Tuscany just 20 KM’s outside of Florence in the Sieve River Valley and considered the best area for Sangiovese grapes after the “Classico” Region. Their consulting winemaker, Paolo Masi, macerates the crushed grapes on the skins in stainless steel for 10 days creating a brightly colored fruit forward wine.
Dark Ruby red color, aromatic nose with black berry & spiced cherry notes. On the palate it is medium-bodied with steeped plums, Morello cherry, grilled herbs & dusty tannins & an overall Chianti like fruit finish. This Sangiovese is like a “junior” Chianti through and through. It’s simple, laid back & crushable.
retail $12
pow price $10
What an amazing staff dinner we had, courtesy of @elephantwingskc.
Ameet provided the backdrop to a perfect evening for us. The experience from booking to completion was made to be effortless. The atmosphere that Ameet created was beautiful. His food was beyond authentic & delicious and Ameet was incredibly accommodating to the dietary needs or our group - again, effortlessly. Time flew as Ameet walked us through the evening with his amazing food & stories. We could not have asked for anything more for our annual staff dinner. We cannot wait to do it again with friends and family. We are still telling everyone we know how special the evening was.
A great way to try new wines without even trying? (See what we did there? 😋) Sign up for one of our wine clubs where we select two unique bottles a month!
🐾 Good Dog - $35 per month, plus tax: 2 bottles each month. Be a globe trotter & discover new wines. No rules, just good bottles to drink any day. 😍
🐾 Rescue Dog - $40 per month plus tax: 2 bottles each month. Minimal intervention, organic, biodynamic and natural wine selections from around the 🌎 . 'Nothing added, nothing taken away.'
🐾 Big Dog - $75 per month, plus tax: 2 bottles each month. Some to drink now, some to hold. Small production 💎s. One guarantee, just plain delicious.
🐾 Old Dog - $120 per month, plus tax: 2 bottles of BIG REDS each month. Because you know what you like — no new tricks! 💯
🐾 Spoiled Dog - $100 per month, plus tax: 2 bottles of Sparkling wine every other month. Because you never know when you just want to celebrate a random Tuesday. 🥂
Sign up online now! (Link in bio.) 💻
Also, makes for a great gift! And if you sign up now, you’d have two bottles ready for ya on Feb 15, which is pretty close to a holiday we hear … 💕
Make their tags wag with an Underdog gift card! 🐶
Come and get ‘em in any amount! 🛍
HOLIDAY HOURS:
Crestwood: Today-Thursday 10-7, Friday 10-4 (ish), Saturday and Sunday closed.
Union Hill: Today-Thursday 11-7, Friday 11-4, Saturday and Sunday closed.
Join us TODAY in Crestwood from 1-4 for a @westbottomswhiskeyco tasting with Whiskey Master Distiller, Alex Lindsey! 🥃
A blend of bourbon with 36% Rye content and Rye whiskey with 95% Rye content and a small amount of 15 year old Oloroso Sherry from the Barbadillo Bodega in Spain, you won’t want to miss this! 🤩
🎉 GIVEAWAY 🎉
Tell us your fave wine to sip on during the holidays in a comment below and you’ll be entered to win this beauty of a gift basket that includes 5 canned wines, 5 canned cocktails, and a few Christopher Elbow chocolates. 😋
We’ll randomly select a comment as a winner next Friday, and tag them in the comments below. The lucky winner must be able to pick up at Crestwood. 🚗
So, cross your fingers, comment away, and share that fave holiday wine of yours! 🍷
(And, there are no extra entries for sharing or commenting more than once, but we don’t hate on y’all spreading the Underdog love so … you do you. 🥰)
The @louisdressnerselections vibes are 💪🏼 today
Happy (almost) #beaujolaisnouveau2021 day. We are getting ready for you & it smells like 🍇 🍇 🍒 🍒 up in here!
Prepping for a busy client holiday season. #santasworkshop #uline #boxesonboxes #hashtag
@lofiwine #trousseau #danceparty
🎉 Midwest represent! 🎉
We are super honored to be named one of America’s Best Wine Retailers of 2021 (in the category of Best Genre-Specific Shops for those who are curious) by @wineenthusiast. With most of the other winners located on the coasts, it’s fun to see little ol’ Underdog in the middle of the map there, huh? 👀
Thank you to all of our amazing staff, wine club members, customers, reps, distributors, families, for loving what we do as much as we do and continuing to let all the underdogs out there shine. You rock, Kansas City. 🌟
And congrats to all the other honorees on the list!
Now the only question is, what bottle (or, bottles, let’s be real here) should we pop to celebrate? 🍾
small production wines, artisan spirits, craft beer & bean-to-bar chocolates all made by real people
