Early Weekend Grab Bag

Your blogger will be unavailable for the next couple of days, so we're wrapping up the week a little early.

Events in Lawrenceville

This weekend features a modified wine tasting schedule. We're exclusively tasting wines from Josh Cellars, and there will be custom labeling available, making this a great gift opportunity. The tasting hours are expanded: 3-6pm on Friday, and noon-3pm on Saturday.

Please click here to see the full Event calendar.

Events in Woodbridge

It's a pretty big weekend in Woodbridge. We start with our regular Friday wine tasting, which runs from 4-6pm. Click here for the menu.

The main event, of course, is on Saturday. We're hosting a Skinnygirl Cocktails In-Store Bottle Signing with Bethenny Frankel, the founder of Skinnygirl Cocktails, Wine and Vodka, from 3-5pm. Please see our website for important updates.

Before we link to the full calendar, we want to note that one of the big events for next week is the Bridal Show and Wine Tasting on Wednesday, June 10. This in-store event is being produced by Elegant Bridal Productions. Please click here for more information on this fun evening.

Next week also includes a beer tasting and a Bloody Mary tasting. Yes, it's a week that you definitely want to make time to visit our store. Click here for the full Event calendar.

New Products

Pitagora Red Wine Blend. When Francis Ford Coppola’s grandfather, Agostino, was a child growing up in the small town of Bernalda in Southern Italy, he often played among ancient Greek ruins in nearby Metaponto, where thousands of years earlier stood a school run by the legendary Greek scholar Pythagoras — Pitagora in Italian. Known today for his mathematical theorem (a2 + b2 = c2), Pythagoras was more than a mathematician; he was a philosopher who sought new ways of understanding the world through mathematics, astronomy, and music theory.

Growing up in the footprint of this legend, Agostino developed a talent for mathematics and music, and his Pythagorean curiosity about the nature of how things work went on to influence each generation of the Coppola family.

With flavors of briary blackberries, juicy plums, and black currants, Pitagora is a robust red blend of Syrah, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Petite Sirah. Selected lots were aged in a combination of French and American oak for 15 months, with the blended wine aged for 12 months.

Limited availability, at $20.99 in the Bottle Club®.

Infinity Cabernet Sauvignon is produced in the Alexander Valley, which is part of Sonoma County, CA. It's a rich and profound Cabernet that has hints of cocoa and cassis in the nose with a superb intensity, and yet it is very elegant on the palate. Infinity shows well integrated tannins and a finish that is long, lingering and oh so satisfying.

Available for only $17.96 in the Bottle Club®.

Neshaminy Creek Highwater Hefeweizen. Our version of an authentic Bavarian wheat beer. Brewed with nearly 60% white wheat, Pilsen malt, and a touch of Munich for color and flavor, we ferment this beer with an authentic German Hefeweizen yeast that gives it a distinctive

fruity banana flavor and aroma matched with a light spicy clove finish. German Hallertau and Tettnanger hops are used exclusively in this brew making this beer as truly German and authentic as possible for a beer brewed outside of Munich. Extremely limited availability.

The Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale. This Farmhouse Ale traces its roots to the small rustic breweries of Southern Belgium. The word Saison comes to us from the French language and it means Season. Lightly spiced with Organic Ginger, Orange Peels, Black Pepper and Grains of Paradise, this brew promises to quench your thirst on the hottest of days.

AROMA: One of the most aromatic beers we make. It's rooted in an explosion of spices (notably the Ginger and Orange Peel) which are partnered with the phenols from our Saison yeast. The nose of the beer is overwhelmingly spicy and fruity from the spice additions. 

TASTE: The first sip always begins with a sweet malt expression that is immediately overwhelmed by the yeast flavors and peppery spices that we have employed. As the beer fades, a slight tartness pervades and develops in a slightly acidic finish making the beer that much more refreshing.

It's gift season. Father's Day and college graduations, for example. For a review of some of our great gift options, please click here.

See you Monday!