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Hours of Operation
Monday - Tuesday, 10am to 6pm
Wednesday - Saturday, 10am to 8pm
(open late this Friday until 9pm)
Calendar 🗓
November 1 (Friday) - Fall Art Walk, which means extended hours and a Friday Night Wine Tasting!
November 2 (Saturday) - An afternoon with Undiscovered Tuscany. Join us as we hear from Gianni about his 2025 trips to Italy, and kick off soup season with a bowl of Pappa al Pomodoro, 12pm-4pm.
November 5 (Tuesday) - The annual Alternative Dinner, 6-8pm. I know it’s election day… the last thing anyone should want to do this night is sit at home and watch the election returns, so make some plans and have a wonderful alternative to spending the night in front of the TV. This is without doubt our favorite and most creative event of the year, so give us a call. Reservations required. [SOLD OUT]
November 21 (Thursday) - Beaujolais Nouveau! French fare and flights, all day long. No reservations required.
November 28 (Thursday) - CLOSED for Thanksgiving.
November 29 (Friday) - BLACK FRIDAY BRUNCH. Chicken & Waffles, Bacon, and fingers crossed... a keg of Goose Island Bourbon County Stout. No reservations required.
December 7 (Saturday) - The annual Champagne Tasting, 6-8pm. Reservations required. [SOLD OUT]
News 🗞
We have not one but two events for you this weekend, my friends. Friday night is the Fall Art Walk in Downtown Findlay. As has become custom, we will be open late until 9pm, and we will have a wine tasting in the store from 5-7pm featuring the wines of Mary Taylor. We carry several of her wines and somehow keep getting more... you may as well call us the Mary Taylor Merchant at this point... we'll also be featuring a local artist, Dona Fraley. Saturday, it'll be the return of Gianni. He will be here to discuss Undiscovered's Tuscany's trips this coming year, so come on down and chat with him if you're at all interested. I've obviously been on several trips with him, and they're fantastic. We will be pouring an Italian wine and serving up bowls of Pappa al Pomodoro, which is a rustic Tuscan bread and tomato soup, hearty and full of flavor. I'm drooling just thinking about it. It looks like our third summer of the year will be over by then, so soup will be just the ticket for a Saturday lunch.
Wine Feature ⭐️
Well it's Halloween... what else would be the feature besides Phantom? Bogle's 2020 Phantom Proprietary Red Blend. It is, after all, a "hauntingly delicious wine." We get it every year just for this holiday. "Phantom, the mysterious apparition of ripe berry and relentless spice, returns to haunt wine lovers. Full of concentration and intensity, this wine will tease, tantalize and linger long after the last sip is gone." Here's a better description... "Full-bodied and jammy, Phantom’s origins of Petite Sirah and Zinfandel emerge from the glass. Spicy pepper and juniper tantalize your senses, while black plums and blueberries emerge on the palate. After aging for over 24 months in 1 & 2 year old American oak, pipe tobacco and clove settle around the finish, long and lingering." You get the jam from the Zinfandel and the spice from the Petite Sirah, and full body from both... if you are a California Zin fan, or even just a Red Blend fan, this is a bottle for you to try -- in fact, at $19.99, grab a few of them for you and your friends to enjoy tonight.
Wine Pick 🥂
This wine may not have a spooky label, but it is orange... that counts as being on theme, right? Borgo Savian 2022 Aransat Orange Wine for $22.99. We tried tried wine recently and really enjoyed it. This is a completely different take on Northeast Italy white wine grapes. "An extremely savory, and nutty bottling from this Friulian producer. From the Italian side of the Slovenian border, Nicola Biasi blends Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc after 90 days of skin contact for this wild, affordable orange wine. Not at all fruity, this wine exhibits notes of bruised peach, tea, and cashews. Sustainably farmed and practicing organic." This is a nice bottle for this fall weather... full bodied, but not as heavy as a red, and great for pairing with some of your more difficult dishes. This is a family-owned and operated winery with three generations currently on staff, which is more and more rare these days, and which we also like to support.
Market Items 🛒
*Fresh Wagyu Hanger Steaks, 2pk - $29.99
*Fresh North Atlantic Salmon - $18.99/lb
*Fresh Short Rib Burgers, 4pk - $17.99
*Fresh Oysters - $24/dozen
*Fresh Le Fattorie Fiandino Lou Bergier Pichin Cheese - $22.99/lb
Chicken of the Sea Lump Crab, 1lb - $26.99
Frozen Michigan Family Farms Whole Chicken - $22.99
Frozen 6oz Center Cut Filet Mignon, 2pk - $18.99 Frozen Dry-Aged Prime Strip Steak - $25.99/lb
Frozen Whole Beef Tenderlion, 6-7lb - $76.99ea
Frozen Chuck Prime Burgers, 5pk - $14.99
Frozen Choice Whole Tenderloin - $25.99/lb
Frozen Cooked Osso Bucco Demi-Glace Pork Shanks, 1.5lb - $14.99
Frozen Center Cut Beef Tenderloin Filets, 8oz - $16.99
Frozen Sakura Bone-In French 10-Bone Pork Racks - $8.99/lb
Frozen Duroc Dry Aged Bone-In Pork Chops, 14oz - $16.99
Frozen Duroc Bone-In Pork Chop, Single - $6.99
Frozen Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin - $12.99
Frozen Pre-Cooked St. Louis Ribs - $29.99
Frozen Catelli Ground Veal, 2lb - $11.99
Frozen Lamb Rack, 2lbs - $49.99
Frozen Black Pepper Bacon - $14.99
Frozen Wagyu Hot Dogs, 5pk - $13.99 (1 remaining)
Frozen Rinaldi Italian Sausage, 5pk - $8.99
Frozen Ahi Saku Block Tuna AAA Sushi Grade, avg. 16oz - $19.99
Frozen U-13/15 Raw Jumbo Shrimp Deveined (2lb package) - $39.99
Frozen U-10 Scallops - $29.99/lb
Frozen Lobster Tails, 2pk - $35.99
Frozen Massa Sicilian Style Pizza (Italian Sausage or Roasted Vegetable) - $14.99
Frozen Oven-Roasted Potato Wedges - $8.99
Frozen Au Gratin Potatoes, 2pk/4pk - $4.99/$9.99
Fresh/Frozen Shrimp & Roasted Garlic Ravioli - $10.99 (serving for 2)
Fresh/Frozen Drake’s Pasta Ravioli (Veal or Butternut Squash) - $12.99/lb (serving for 2)
Tribeca Oven Bread (Sourdough or Rosemary) - $5.50
Brioche Hamburger Buns - $3.99
Brioche Hot Dog Buns - $3.99
French Macarons, 12pk - $8.99
New Wine🍷
Bollinger Brut Special Cuvée, France - $99.99 (arriving Friday)
Château Sérilhan Saint-Estèphe, Bordeaux - $29.99 (arriving Friday)
New Beer & More 🍺
Bell's Hopslam, 6pk cans - $15.99
Bell's Expedition Russian Imperial Stout, 6pk bottles - $15.99
Founder's KBS Double Oaked, 6pk bottles - $23.99
Homestead Beer Co. Snake Oil IPA, 6pk cans - $10.99
Homestead Beer Co. Tenpenny Amber, 6pk cans - $10.99
Wyndridge Frosted Cherry Hard Cider, 6pk cans - $12.99
Urban Artifact Sugar Plum, 6pk cans - $12.99
Kegs - 1/6 Barrel 🛢
Toppling Goliath Pseudo Sue Pale Ale - $175.99
Homestead Tenpenny Amber - $109.99
Bell's Hopslam (1/4 barrel) - $235.99
Final Thoughts 💬
This is officially the last newsletter before the election. We don't usually speak much on politics here, but I will do one thing, and that is to ask you all to please do your civic duty and vote. Vote early (here are the hours leading up), vote on November 5 (here you can search your polling location), whatever floats your boat, but remember that it is a real privilege that is unfortunately not a guarantee these days and that many around the world do not get. As I say, vote early, vote often 🇺🇸
Cheers from all of us here at the Wine Merchant!
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