Hello from the Caviste:

Summer is just on the horizon and we have many fresh arrivals in the store for you. It is grüner season - so we have featured four lovely Grüner Veltliners that will delight and refresh you this season. Fun events are coming up for you as well:

First is our second rosé tasting, Tuesday, May 21, 4:30-6:30, see below for our line-up.

We also have Paul Bright, Director of the Wake Forest University Art Galleries, who will chat and provide a presentation on Dread Scott's All African People's Consulate from the 2024 Venice Bienniale Art Exhibition. Wednesday, May 22, 5:30. We will have special wines by-the-glass to honor the event.

Spanish Tapas night is Thursday, May 23, 6pm, presented by Peter Bedrosian of Bobby Boy Bakeshop. The menu is fantastic! It includes two glasses of wine, pairings selected by yours truly.

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- paprika pork rinds -
- assorted crostini -
boquerone | garlic scape | cured egg yolk
 chorizo | apple
- summer squash -
red pepper | chevre | morcilla
- white bean salad -
favas | orange | red onion | herbs
- pressed sandwich -
mushrooms | manchego | orange marmalade
- spanish tortilla -
romesco | charred scallions | fried bacalao | lemon aioli
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We look forward to seeing you soon.

Rosé Tasting
Tuesday May 21, 4:30-6:30pm
*$5 fee, waived with bottle purchase
Joanna and Alice will be pouring!

Gavoty, Cigale | Provence, France | Grenache, Cinsault
Aphillantes, Nymphea | Rhone, France | Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvedre
Heidi Schrock, Tour de Rosé | Burgenland, Austria | Field Blend
Pascal Reverdy, Rosé | Sancerre, France | Pinot Noir

Artist Chat

Spanish Tapas Night
Thurs, May 23, 6pm RSVP
*$90, includes two glasses of wine
with Peter Bedrosian and Bobby Boy Bakeshop

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- paprika pork rinds -
- assorted crostini -
boquerone | garlic scape | cured egg yolk
 chorizo | apple
- summer squash -
red pepper | chevre | morcilla
- white bean salad -
favas | orange | red onion | herbs
- pressed sandwich -
mushrooms | manchego | orange marmalade
- spanish tortilla -
romesco | charred scallions | fried bacalao | lemon aioli
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- Feature wines -

Grüner Veltliner
 

We have been on a Japanese maple trees kick lately. The kaleidescope of colors and diverse shapes / personalities (with names like "Cynthia's Crown", "Shiraz", "Tattoo", and "Hefner") charm us with snapshots of nature -- season to season, year to year.

The grape, grüner veltliner, does the same for us in a glass. 

Grüner has different personalities depending on where they are grown. While mostly planted in Austria, the diversity of soil types and climate reveal terroir (a sense of place) through this varietal. It can be herbal, delicate, crisp, or ripe, waxy, fragrant, and beguiling. It can age like Chablis in the hands of the right producer and take on complex layers of flavors. A true under-the-radar wine. We invite you to take a tour - four producers from different regions and soil types and see for yourself why this is one of our go-to whites.