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Hours of Operation
Monday - Tuesday, 10am to 6pm
Wednesday - Saturday, 10am to 8pm
Calendar 🗓
October 23-24 (Fri-Sat) - Weekend Special: Chicken Spinach Artichoke Pizzas
November 3 (Tuesday) - Alternative Wine Dinner, 6-8pm. 5 edcourses, 4 wines, no politics allowed. Reservations required. (Seats still available!)
November 4 (Wednesday) - Bar closed 4:30-close for a private event.
November 6 (Friday) - Fall Art Walk, 5-9pm.
November 14 (Saturday) - Second Saturday, special TBD.
November 19 (Thursday) - Beaujolais Nouveau!
November 26 (Thursday) - Closed for Thanksgiving
December 5 (Saturday) - Champagne Tasting. Reservations required. (Full - waitlist only)
December 25 (Friday) - Closed for Christmas.
News 🗞
The specials continue this weekend with Chicken Spinach Artichoke Pizzas. Slow roasted and juicy chicken se up and served on top of a small or a large pizza with a creamy spinach artichoke spread and mozzarella. I made a version of this on Monday for the Mollydooker event and was impressed with just how tasty it was, so I think a pizza will be just the ticket. After all, what's better than a weekend pizza? Also important to mention, a new delivery of Italian Leather Purses has arrived from Florence!!! I've been waiting for this to show up for weeks, and it did not disappoint. If you're looking for a good gift for a friend, sister, mom, daughter, or heck even to treat yourself. Pure Italian leather, and at least for now lots of colors and several styles to choose from, though I'm sure that won't be true for long...
Wine Feature ⭐️
Something I think many of you will enjoy, the Caymus 2022 California Zinfandel, $37.99 a bottle. Caymus of course is one of the biggest names in wine, especially when it comes to Napa Valley, but they've extended beyond those borders. If you recall the Caymus California Cabernet that we had last year, this is similar to that in that the grapes are sourced from all over California... Napa, Lodi, Monterey, and on. Truly representative of the entire state and the Zinfandel it can produce. My good friend Ken said this about the wine: "This slightly opaque and dark ruby colored Zinfandel from Caymus opens with a black cherry and boysenberry bouquet with hints of shortbread and wintergreen. On the palate, this wine is full bodied with integrated medium acidity. The mouthfeel is balanced, round, and dense. The flavor profile is a boysenberry and cherry Twizzler blend with notes of mushroom and oak. We also detected hints of stone dust, black pepper, and thyme. On the finish, its flavors, acidity, and moderate dusty tannins are nicely extended." 'Tis the season for big, bold reds, and this one hits the mark.
Wine Pick 🥂
One of our best selling wines last year during the holiday season is back, the Chateau German 2022 Côtes de Bordeaux. We tasted this again just to make sure we still like it, and honestly? It might be even better than last year. It's a classic Bordeaux blend of 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Cabernet Franc from the Côtes de Castillon area of the Right Bank, just east of Saint Émilion. On the palate, "Blackberry, blackcurrant, blueberry aromas with toasted notes. Authenticity of the terroir through the tannic structure and fruitiness of the wine. The nature of the sandy-gravelly soil acts as a flavor enhancer and is found in the minerality of this wine." A little spice from the oak rounds it out perfectly. With 92 points from Wine Enthusiast, this is the absolute definition of a bargain at $16.99 a bottle.
Oyster Selection 🦪
We haven't had these in a while, Acadian Pearls from the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick, Canada. They are plump, with soft meat, a sweet brine, and a gentle mineral/iodized finish reminiscent of Mediterranean clams.
Market Items 🛒
Fresh Hand-Cut Bone-In Ribeyes - $24.99/lb
Fresh Argentinian Chorizo, 5pk - $14.99
Fresh Oysters - $24/dozen
Fresh Red Vodka Caviar, 4oz - $19.99
Hand-Cut Ahi Tuna Steaks - $14.99/lb (call ahead to order)
Sea Wings Canned Crab, 16oz - $25.99
Frozen Center-Cut Beef Tenderloin, 8oz - $18.99
Frozen Wagyu Baseball Sirloins, 8oz - $12.99
Frozen American Wagyu Strip Steaks, 8oz 2pk - $38.99
Frozen Hanger Steaks, 1/2lb - $14.99
Frozen Choice Hanger Steaks, 8oz-2pk - $29.99
Frozen Hand-Cut Prime Ribeyes - $22.99/lb
Frozen Wagyu Stack Burgers, 8pk/2lb - $19.99
Frozen Short Rib Burgers, 4pk - $15.99
Frozen Bone-In Veal Loin Racks - $18.99/lb
Frozen Pounded Veal Leg Cutlets, 1lb (4 per pack) - $18.99
Frozen Ground Veal, 2lb - $21.99
Frozen Smithfield Smoked Spiral Ham, avg. 5-6lb, $10.99/lb
Frozen All-Natural Berkshire Pork Tenderloin, 14oz - $13.99
Frozen Cooked Marinated Pork Shank, 16oz - $9.99
Fresh Frenched Bone-In Pork Chops, 13oz - $12.99
Frozen Duroc Dry Aged Bone-In Pork Chops, 14oz - $16.99
Frozen Boneless Skin-On Chicken Leg & Thigh - $4.99/lb
Frozen Greco Italian Sausage, 4pk - $10.99
Frozen Snake River Farms American Wagyu Gourmet Frankfurter, 5pk - $14.99
Frozen Double L Ranch Hardwood Smoked Burnt End Brisket Dogs, 8pk/2lb - $19.99
Frozen Yellowfin Tuna Saku Block, ~1lb - $17.99
Frozen Jumbo Peeled & Deveined Jumbo Shrimp - $18.99/lb
Frozen U-10 Scallops - $32.99/lb
Frozen Lobster Tails, 4-7oz - $34.99/lb
Frozen Massa Sicilian Style Pizza (Veggie) - $15.99
Frozen Au Gratin Potatoes -$5.99 2pk / $9.99 4pk
Frozen Seasoned Potato Wedges, 1lb - $8.99
Fresh/Frozen Lobster Ravioli - $25.99/lb (serving for 2)
Fresh/Frozen Drake's Butternut Squash Ravioli - $12.99/lb (serving for 2)
Fresh/Frozen Drake's Veal Ravioli - $14.99/lb (serving for 2)
Frozen Baker's Source Roasted Garlic Bâtard Bread - $7.99
Frozen Miner's Demi Glace - $9.99
Frozen French Macarons, 10ct - $10.99
New Wine🍷
Chateau German 2022 Côtes de Bordeaux, Bordeaux - $16.99
Duluc de Branaire-Ducru 2018 Saint-Julien, Bordeaux - $69.99
Pauillac 2022 Grand Vin de Bordeaux, Bordeaux - $64.99
Château Fombrauge 2022 Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé, Bordeaux - $69.99
Señorio de San Vicente 2020 Rioja, Spain - $74.99
L'Ecole No. 41 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon, Washington - $49.99
Domenico Clerico 2021 Barolo, Italy - $64.99
Baron-Fuenté Brut Tradition, Champagne - $54.99
New Beer 🍺
Duclaw Sweet Baby Jesus Peanut Butter Porter, 6pk cans - $11.99
Great Lakes Mocha Blackout Stout, 4pk cans - $24.99
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter, 6pk bottles - $10.99
Jackie O's Really Nelson IPA, 6pk cans - $12.99
Vander Mill Totally Roasted Pecan Cider, 6pk cans - $12.99
Kegs - 1/6 Barrel 🛢
Peroni Italian Pilsner - $148.99
Coronado Weekend Vibes IPA - $128.99
Highgrain Bavarian Hefeweizen - $109.99
La Chouffe Belgian Blonde - $168.99
Final Thoughts 💬
If you're fortunate enough to know Joyce and Ron Strunk, true long term friends of the Wine Merchant, well they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with us today with a private lunch. Truly great folks with some stories to boot. If you see them out and about, give them a hearty congratulations, and if you know them, well give them a call. Happy 60th to both and may you share many more...
Cheers from all of us here at the Wine Merchant!
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