WINO 101

Hello Friends and Wine Lovers!

This week it’s time for the illustrious, ultra-grand, super-powered, faster than a speeding ticket, Cabernet Sauvignon! It’s a varietal that, if it doesn’t beg for food like Merlot or Chianti, certainly compliments a steak nicely. And steak is Atkins friendly, right? Although, I’m not sure if wine is Atkins friendly.

Okay, just like extra carbs, steak has people worried, with pictures dancing in our heads of stark raving lunatic bovines frothing at the mouth. (I.E. - Mad Cow). There are certainly other perfect matches for Cabs. According a certain wine magazine, squab, pigeon, dove, pheasant, venison, buffalo, boar and ostrich also go well. However, there are those of us in the real world who are trying to avoid mad pigeon disease, know Buffalo is a city in New York, and wouldn’t know a squab if it came up and. . .did whatever it is that a squab does. For those of us, lamb does well with Cabs, as well as pork ribs and cheddar. And let’s not forget chocolate. . .which we all know goes with everything.

So Friday, February 20th, between 4:30 and 9:00 PM it’s:

Cabernet Sauvignon!
di Leonardo 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon, Friuli, Italy
Three Thieves 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon, California (The jug wine people)
Crow Canyon 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon, Obispo County, California
O’Reiley’s 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon, Oregon
Starve Dog Lane 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon, Australia

And the Extra 2:
Owen Roe 2002 Ironbird Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Washington
DiStephano 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon, Washington

A good deal at $10 for the first 5, and $6 for the Extra 2 Premium Pours.
Hope to see you here!
Seize the Wine!

Next week is a Southern Rhone!
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