top of page
Search
Writer's pictureDan Matheny

Bye, Bye July!

We’re up for hopefully a better and safer month for all for August.

For both customer and employee safety we will be asking that all please provide facial covering while in the store.

Hours and operations will be Monday thru Saturday.

10:00 – 6pm.

WINE NEWS…

We’ve brought plenty of new wines this week for you to try and we’ve got a few bargains coming next week that will definitely surprise and excite all!

Dan’s Wine Feature

Burgess Cellars Topography is my feature for this week, while I only have a few of these bottles I can always get more. Steve Burgess of Burgess Cellars explained the name as an homage to the property his family has been making wine on for the last 50 years. All high slope, hillside property in Napa allows this vineyard to produce great wines, their flagship Cabernet is the perfect example. Topography is comprised of 62% Merlot, 20% Malbec, 10% Petit Verdot and 8% Syrah allowing this big red to be a classy and quafable wine with valley suppleness and a mountain core. For $45.99 you can enjoy a great Napa Valley Red that’s full of bright red fruit, cherry, raspberry, floral, bramble and tea leaf, with notes of cherry cola, a hint of vanilla, all great flavors with a well balanced acidity. Plus, it will go great with this week’s Surf and Turf food special

Dan’s Wine Pick

My pick is Frogs Leap Shale & Stone 2018 Chardonnay, we tried this wine for an upcoming event and even though it wasn’t chosen, it was chosen by me! Four decades of wine making at Frogs Leap allows the original owner and his team to produce some of Napa Valleys best wines. Shale and Stone is certainly no exception. Having visited Frogs Leap a few years back I became a big fan, owner and winemaker John Williams began his career at none other than Stag’s Leap and began practicing his new found craft at a 100 year old falling down property known as the Frog Farm. John and Larry Turley produced their first batch of Chardonnay from the property in a hot tub, bottled it and celebrated their new venture with copious amounts of hot tub chard and a wonderful dinner a new valley restaurant Mustards…John no longer uses the hot tub method, nowadays it’s 5 days in barrel and then promptly placed in concrete vats for sur lie storage and aging until he determines it’s release. For $29.99 you can see what 40 decades brings to the table and taste this experience of a Napa Valley institution. I’m pretty sure that this wine will pair perfectly with any of the new seafood’s we brought in this week.

FOOD NEWS

Food Feature of the Week

Surf and Turf this week!! Choice Beef Tenderloin and 6 oz Cold Water Canadian Lobster Tails, now that’s a phenomenal food feature.

PROVISIONS…

Apparently I brought in a few new items this week and it’s pretty much all seafood. Cod, Swordfish, Lobster with reorders on Scallops and Barramundi makes this a down by the sea kinda week!

Beef Tenderloin Whole Fresh -$15.99lb

Canadian Cold Water Lobster Tails 6oz - $10.99

Fresh Home Made Pasta Sauce 12oz - $4.99

Ranch Girl Ribeyes Fresh $12.99 lb

Fresh CAB “Prime” Steak Burgers 4pk - $9.99

Bone in Pork Loin 1lb hand cut chops- $5.99

Pork Tenderloin 2pk - $10.99

Bay of Fundy Salmon 2-8oz fresh cut filets -$16.00lb (SOLD OUT)

Rinaldi Italian Sausage 1lb 3pk - $5.99

Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs - $2.99lb

Cod Loin Frozen - $10.99lb

Swordfish Loin - $10.99lb (Only 1 Left)

Barramundi Asian Sea Bass Frozen 7-9oz cryovac filet $8.99

Saku Block Ahi Tuna AAA Sushi grade $14.99 per block

Scallops frozen – $18.99lb

Hummus 8oz - $3.99

Olive Tapenade 8oz -$3.99

Marcona Almonds 6oz $6.99

Beemster 18 Month Aged Gouda $9.99

Firehook Rosemary Sea Salt Baked Crackers - $6.99

Spicy Feta Spread 8oz - $5.99

Burrata 2-4oz balls - $8.99

Pesto 6oz – $3.99

Sun-dried Tomatoes 6oz - $3.99

Truffle Pasta -$5.99

Trophie with Pesto Genovese Pasta -$8.99

Caper and Paprika Marinara Pasta -$8.99

Askinosie Artisanal Chocolates from around the world- $9.00

And, of course if you need a few Idaho Potatoes - $1.00…

Six Barrels available:

Brew Dog Lost Lager

Mad Tree Psychopathy

Wines

Burgess Topography Red Blend 2014, California $45.99

Frogs Leap Chardonnay 2018, California $29.99

Blueyes Retinto 2018, Argentina $10.99

Longavi Gulp Chenin Blanc 2019, Chile $21.99

Domaine Sainte Rose La Vie En Rose 2019, France $16.99

Brunilde Di Menzione Aglianico Del Vulture 2016 Italy $19.99

Roncho Blanchis Collio Pinot Grigio 2018, Italy $14.99

La Casa Dei Fiori Prosecco NV, Italy $10.99

Little Blue Plavac, 2016, Croatia $14.99

Beers

Jackie O’s Facts Machine 4pk Cans $11.99

Jackie O’s Light Out Late 6pk Cans $10.99

Narangansette Fresh Catch 6pk Cans $9.99

Flying Dog Snake Dog 6pk Bottle $10.99

Maine Lunch Single Bottle $6.99

Unity Vibrations Tart Raspberry 4pk Cans $16.99

Rhinegeist Wowie 6pk Cans $9.99

Founders Rubaeus 6pk Cans $9.99

Cigar City The Benwood 4pk Cans $10.99

Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Hazy Unfiltered 6pk Bottles $9.99

Final Thought

Life goes on… Stay safe, follow the rules and drink heavily! That’s the best I can offer for this weeks final thought, I’ve been following this mantra now for the past four and a half months and it seems to be working. Eat well, drink well and please be safe.

Please, please continue safe practices and please bring a mask when you come visit us at the store.


Cheers from all of us here at The Wine Merchant

288 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

Comments


bottom of page