Cures For Thirsty Thursday

We know that it was a bit of a challenge for some people to get to work today. You should consider treating yourself to one of our new arrivals as a reward. Here's a quick preview of what's new, or what's about to arrive.

Locations by Orin Swift

Dave Phinney is the winemaker behind the Orin Swift brand. Wines like The Prisoner and Saldo  received critical acclaim, and sold briskly. His newest project, Locations, aims to take the best grapes from a given area and make a great wine.

For example, French wine tradition is such that grapes from Bordeaux would never be found in the same bottle as grapes from the Rhone region. For Locations France, however, the grapes are sourced from some of the finest locations throughout France. Grenache from the Roussillon, Syrah from the Rhone, and assorted Bordeaux varietals have been sensibly blended in an original style that showcases the best of what this historic land has to offer.

Look for Locations France, Italy and Spain in our stores within the next couple of days. Only $16.96 in the Bottle Club®.

Joel Gott Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

Here's another trusted wine name, Joel Gott (and when you visit Napa, lunch at Gott's Roadside is a must), delivering an outstanding Pinot Noir from Oregon. 

The 2012 Joel Gott Oregon Pinot Noir has aromatics of raspberry, blueberry, tart cherry, and violets with hints of sweet cedar and spice. On the palate, lush fruit flavors lead to soft, velvety tannins on the mid-palate and a well-balanced finish.

This is 100% Pinot Noir, sourced from the Willamette Valley. The vineyards are flanked by low rolling hills with the Oregon Coast Range to the west and the Cascade Mountains to the east. The cooler climate stresses the vines, creating smaller, more concentrated fruit clusters. Low yields helped to create a more intense, concentrated, complex wine with more flavor, color and tannin. The distinctive minerality in the wine comes from the valley’s volcanic soil and silt.

Only $20.99 in the Bottle Club®.

Orphan Barrel Whiskey

For the whiskey lover, we have a very limited amount of a couple of amazing, extremely allocated, bourbons on hand.

The Orphan Barrel Whiskey Company was started to share barrels of rare and delicious whiskey, hidden away and nearly forgotten in the back of rickhouses and distilleries.

Stories of these lost whiskeys have become the stuff of legend. Their goal is to bottle these rare, small offerings for the world to try.

Every Orphan Barrel is hand bottled in Tullahoma, Tennessee, to ensure that these rare whiskeys are treated with the care they deserve – because some of them will only be available once. And once they're gone, they're gone forever.  

Blustery, boastful, and unapologetic, Old Blowhard Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey has been around too long to suffer fools. In the warehouses of mass-production, you might say there isn't much room for a whiskey full of flavor and big on personality. For 26 years, this well-traveled whiskey has been demanding attention, too bold to play well with others.

Character this powerful has a way of crossing folks, and that's just fine. The flavor of this extraordinary whiskey is exuberant and rich with undertones of smoke and honey. The finish is dry and spicy, with a hint of orange peel.

A whiskey like this doesn't come around all that often. Only a very small amount of Old Blowhard exists, and it will only be made available once. After the last bottle of this release has been sold, it's gone for good, once again to become but myth and legend...

45.35% ABV.

Twenty years in American Oak will make your average spirit a bit mellow. Take all the fight out. Well this here is no ordinary spirit, and twenty years is long enough to pick up a trick or two. For one barrel in particular, it was long enough to develop the gift of a silver tongue. The old rickhouse hands had it written off as a rumor. A character so smooth, it could clean out the card sharps and take the shirt off a traveling salesman's back.

But the rumors were true. And when the chips are in, a smooth operator can be mighty persuasive indeed. One sip of Barterhouse Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and you just might find yourself forgiving Robert Johnson for trading his soul to the very devil himself. 

45.1% ABV.

You already know how difficult it is to get your hands on Pappy. If you enjoy bourbon, don't let the Orphan Barrel pass you by. Check with the store manager for current availability.