Friday Grab Bag

Our favorite blog post of the week! We cover a number of different topics in our weekly wrap-up, so let's get to it.

Events

We offered a pretty detailed preview of our upcoming events in yesterday's blog post. Click here to read that post. We'll give you the headlines here.

                                                   Lawrenceville:

Today: wine tasting, 4-6pm. Staff picks.
Saturday: wine tasting, 2-4pm. Lafite Around the World
Wednesday, 10/29: Weyerbacher Small Plates & Samplings, in-store, 6:30pm
Thursday, 10/30: spirits tasting, 4-6pm
Click here for the Events page in Lawrenceville

Woodbridge:
Today: wine tasting, 4-6pm. Staff picks.
Saturday: wine tasting, 1-3pm. Staff picks.
Sunday: Ladies Night Out, 7:30pm-9:30pm. Free admission with advance RSVP; benefits Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
Monday, 10/27: Bruichladdich educational tasting. Two sessions-one at 6:30pm, one at 8pm. RSVP.
Wednesday, 10/29: Wine Dinner at Dominic's Italian Restaurant in Avenel.
Click here for the Events page in Woodbridge

New Products

This category also includes items that may have been out of stock for a while, or are rarities. For example:

Veuve Clicquot La Grand Dame. The color is luminous, sparkling gold with amber highlights.

There is plenty of effervescence. The fine, light bead swirls up slowly and gracefully. The first nose reveals a definite mineral base, with noble fruit (white peaches, bergamot) and remarkable intensity.

On agitating, the bouquet becomes gourmand and voluptuous with hints of brioche, nougat, vanilla, frangipane and jasmine.

We have an extremely limited supply of La Grand Dame in this beautiful wooden gift box.

Neely Pinot Noir. "The Pinot Noir grape varietal inspires unique interest among wine enthusiasts worldwide. The challenge and potential of cultivating Pinot Noir in our unique Spring Ridge micro-climate, at the northernmost edge of the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation, was exciting, and in 1997 we planted our first 3 acre Pinot block, Hidden."

Neely Pinot Noir typically scores 90 or more points from the Wine Advocate. Look for the Hidden Block, Picnic Block, and Upper Picnic Blocks.

Also look for:
Hibiki Whisky, 17 year old and 21 year old. Limited availability.
Classic Malts: Specialty packages of Oban, Lagavulin, Dalwhinnie, Cragganmore, and Clynelish.

Ripped from the Headlines

Old school moonshiners continue to distill their unique products in the hills. Click here to read about modern-day bootleggers.

What a modern moonshiner uses. From the article.

Have a great weekend!