| Pink Diamonds
The source of their pink color is greatly debated in the gemological world The price can range from thousands of dollars to $multi millions. But if you are just in the market for a dreamy pink color, *** Guilhem Rosé 2019 *** *** $11.99 *** |
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| OK. You (me) could definitely sit and watch this stuff ALL day long. No crime there. Do it. But you can DO GOOD while loafing!
WINERY TASTING NOTES: Born from the cold and windy slopes of the Santa Lucia Highlands, ONE DOLLAR OF EVERY BOTTLE OF LUCY SOLD |
Contact for MetroWines: Gina Trippi
Start Planning Travel Now!
http://www.bbc.com/travel/
First Step in immersion is to get a head start NOW vicariously.
Call our Vicarious Travel Expert,
Andy Hale, Director of The Asheville School of Wine,
and plan a customized class!
(828) 575-9525
The planning process calls for a wine that is exciting, slightly exotic but mainstream.
You must remain reasonable and keep your wits about you yet stretch.
Both Brett and Andy agree this bottle of white is the ONE!
Cantayano Verdejo 2017 
This delivers a deep, complex bouquet with bags of personality, revealing a nose of pear,
peach stone, wild fennel, beeswax, saline and a nice herbal touch of lemongrass.
On the palate, wine is pure, focused and very full-bodied for Verdejo, with a rock solid core, excellent minerality, fresh acidity and outstanding length yet with a youthful finish.
You may call young winemaker, Manuel Cantalapiedra, a rebel or even a freedom fighter
but most importantly he is a farmer with a clear vision for the style of Verdejo he wants
to make in Castilla y Leon. He shares a passion for this grape with his father, who he named
the winery after, and with his neighbors, but this is where the common interest ends
and the rebellion begins. Harvesting later, organically and from single vineyard plots,
his wines demonstrate power and finesse in equal measure.
*** $19.99 ***
From the Metro Wines Real Estate Department
The entrance to this Beverly Hills Spec House includes a 15 foot waterfall.
Asking $39 Million. https://www.wsj.com/
Turns out the Virus is generating "a lot of interest" as people have realized
they might be inside their houses "for a while." Of course! Build a waterfall!
We think we can give you the same feeling for a lot less!
Cool. Clean. Sparkling. Dry. Exciting. Gorgeous in glass!
This is an extraordinarily unique blend of Portugeiser, Dornfelder and Pinot Noir.
It has a bright, fragrant nose, super creamy mousse with pretty strawberry fruit flavors accented by a hint of lemon zest and a dry, refreshing finish.
It is great on its own, but has the body to complement a variety of foods,
making it an excellent and versatile choice for entertaining
or substituting for a waterfall.
Teaching Moment: Portugeiser: A red Austrian, Slovenian wine and German wine grape found primarily in the Rheinhessen, Pfalz and wine regions of Lower Austria and Slovenia. Despite its name, there is no evidence that the varietal is from Portugal. Usually results in a DRY red wine.
From Savio Saores Selections $16.99
Start the Day Off Right!
WAKE UP!
Light Sparkling "Dry Creek" Zinfandel
Pét Nat, short for Pétillant Naturel, is French for “natural sparkling.”
This method of making sparkling wine pre-dates the traditional champagne method,
where one takes a fully fermented dry wine and adds yeast and sugar to cause
a secondary fermentation. Instead, the Pétillant Naturel method transfers wine
that is still in its first fermentation to the bottle. This allows the native yeast
to continue fermentation within the bottle and produce carbon dioxide
which creates the delicious bubbles we all love.
Passion fruit and Bing cherry come off the nose of this wine with a distinctive,
wet gravel minerality. Lively in your glass, the wine continues to open
to more complex flavors and aromatics. The palate evokes
a traditional Champagne in weight and fineness of bubbles.
Easy-drinking with fruit forward youth. Fun. Zippy Acidity.
Not new to shop but when it's right, it's right.
$21
*** WAKE UP ***
"Many wine lovers have yet to get to know the more distinguished
rosés produced stateside." Lettie Teague, Wall Street Journal
BIG "White" DEAL of The WEEK
Familie Bauer Gruner Veltliner 
Perhaps no wine says late Spring/Early summer like Gruner Veltliner.
Fresh and fruit forward with a hint of effervescence. Featuring zippy, high toned fruit
and minerality busting out all over. Grapes grown organically
in the centuries old rich soil near the Danube River make for a wine
that presents crisp acidity and solid citrus flavor with a touch of white pepper.
Food friendly but also super easy drinking.
Litre for $14.99 @MetroWines
*** Edible Garden ***
You still have time to build a garden that YOU CAN EAT!
https://www.starnewsonline.
growing-together-incorporate-
All those herbs and most delicious vegetables.
let's select something versatile and earthy.
RAW made its debut @MetroWines last year. Smashing Success.
You bought more than 10 cases. Very popular. Good news! New vintage is IN.
RAW has no additives and no manipulation.
Pale pink in glass, aromas and palate of strawberries, raspberries and white flowers.
Made in Spain. $15.99 @MetroWines!
DEAR ABBY: I'm in my mid-30s and have just been married for the first time. I chose not to take my husband's last name for several reasons. I have a child from a previous relationship who shares my name; I have a unique name that I love; and I am established in a career in which name recognition is important. I am also an older bride. Unfortunately, I didn't discuss it with my husband before the wedding, although I did explain my reasoning later.
We participate in a lot of activities as a couple where our names are written out, and people often ask me why I have a different last name. My husband is really bothered by it and hates when people bring it up. I want to make him happy and make these situations less uncomfortable, but I refuse to change it. Am I being unreasonable? How do I approach these awkward situations? Should I take his name in social situations but just not legally? -- LOVING MY NAME IN PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR LOVING: Many women these days have more than one identity and more than one name. If you are asked in a social situation why you didn't adopt your husband's name, an appropriate response would be that you are established in your career and felt changing it would be disruptive. However, I see nothing wrong with allowing yourself to be identified as "Janie Smith" ("Howard Smith's" wife) on invitations, place cards, etc. if you're OK with that. While most men these days would not be bothered by the fact that you have different names, it may make your husband feel better, and you might even come to like it.
And We Will NOT Let You, Virus, Delay Spring!
Lindsey Taylor has designed this "May Bouquet"
of Japanese Ranunculus and a bit of Larkspur,
to capture the colors of "Ella"
a 2007 painting by Gerhard Richter.![Ella [163] » Art » Gerhard Richter](https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/FmyAhjdjHBIrkLh-ZDD2kA1wQTlnAgfpWOsB6J5d4p5g3qg2xPLDuY-RSnfJpOB9PRPgdId4bO95n5yyqE12vHvRaDweeLmnv-Doytqt8t3ZzJyWCuI=s0-d-e1-ft#https://www.gerhard-richter.com/datadir/images_new/xlarge/19649.jpg)
And to complete the scene:
"A dry and crisp rose wine made with Gamay grapes. Gamay from Beaujolais
with fruitiness, a balanced acidity and minerality, is a perfect varietal to make
a dry French Rose. The nose is very savory, characterized with red berries
and candy notes freshly picked. Finish is fresh and elegant." Winemaker
Out of Stock at TrinagleWine online
but just as well because it was $17.99
$14.99 @MetroWines
By Gina Trippi
Not a lot of research has been done on the tipsy pet because most pets find the taste of alcohol unpleasant. Without an opposable thumb and access to the liquor cabinet, how does a pet get into alcohol anyway?
A significant number of pet owners indulge in giving a sip to calm the pet down. And during the chaos of a social gathering, pets can get into mischief, including alcohol. If your pet gets a snoot full, the effect is either a little buzz or, in extreme cases, a trip to a veterinary hospital.
Although your pet is not likely to take more than a sip of wine, certain mixed drinks contain ingredients presenting a sweet taste that might appeal to the pet palate. Sometimes these other ingredients—chocolate, raisins or macadamia nuts, for example—are dangerous in and of themselves. You should also take care to secure household products such as mouthwash or hand sanitizer, both of which contain ethanol. And be careful placing unfinished drinks in the garbage can.
The type of alcohol does not matter. It’s the amount that is of concern. Wine is not necessarily better than bourbon. “Pound for pound, it’s the ethanol that gets you,” says Dr. Christine Ritter of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. “Light beers are the least dangerous since their alcohol content is less, followed by craft beers, wine, hard liquors and, finally, grain alcohols.”
And watch for hidden sources of alcohol in foods, like certain flavorings, including vanilla and almond, and for spices that might contain essential oils like cinnamon. “That can be irritating to the gastrointestinal tract,” says Dr. Ritter. As the effect of alcohol is governed by weight in humans, so it is in pets. “A dog weighs substantially less and is not used to consuming alcohol,” says Dr. Ritter. “So the processes that break down alcohol are not regulated in a dog in the same way as in a person who consumes alcohol once in a while.”
Rover.com, a website dedicated to all things dog, further explains: “Dog livers aren’t built to process alcohol, and while some dogs may not show any overt signs of distress when imbibing the fruit of the vine, if too much is ingested, serious health problems could arise.” Grapes themselves are known to be extremely toxic to some dogs.
But what happens if your pet does imbibe? Doctors say that the pet could have a gastrointestinal upset and possibly become wobbly. Other symptoms can include increased thirst, increased urination, lethargy and disorientation. In severe cases, you may see muscle tremors, paralysis, extremely slow and shallow breathing, seizure and loss of consciousness.
In mild cases, doctors say pets generally recover with time and no other treatment. But if you think that your pet could have ingested a large amount of alcohol or is starting to show worrisome clinical signs, seek immediate veterinary care. In other words, pets should stay on the wagon!
Gina Trippi is the co-owner of Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte Street in Asheville. Committed to the community, Metro Wines offers big shop selection with small shop service. Gina can be reached at gina@metrowinesasheville.com or 828.575.9525.
*** From Carol Shelton ***
Rendezvous with friends over a bottle of chilled dry rosé, the name of our Rendezvous Rosé.
Created from the “pink” juice off of red Carignan grapes a full three days after crushing them,
fermented cold like a white wine to retain every drop of crisp strawberry fruitiness.
Winemaker: Winemaker's Notes: Light cranberry color, juicy strawberry-watermelon
fruit aromas, nice mineral, nice lift of springflowersand fresh zest from cara-cara oranges,
tangy vanilla creme frache on strawberry shortcake! Refreshingly crisp and dry,
mouth-watering actually. Great with almost any food, from sushi to salmon to Bbq!
Don't forget it's Big, Bold Partner!
Wild Thing 2016 Old Vine Zinfandel $21
Stock up on Rosé for your wedding now. Hang in there. It's going to happen!
2018 Villa Wolf Pinot Noir Rosé is made with fruit from vineyards farmed expressly for the purpose
of producing a true rosé ( "Weissherbst" in German). Only perfectly ripe, healthy grapes are selected.
Upon harvest the fruit is given a brief maceration (four to six hours) to extract a lovely salmon color
from the Pinot Noir grapes. Villa Wolf presents explosive aromas and flavors of strawberry,
watermelon, along with plums and raspberry and concludes with a zippy finishes!
Villa Wolf was part of our Great Rosé Compare&Contrast Tasting Box. Few bottles left. Hurry!
Just over 11% alcohol. $12.99 @MetroWines and Vivino is still looking for it!
Teaching Moment: A Word About Rosé 2018 and Back:
NYT Wine Critic Eric Asimov says when yo pull a Rosé from last year:
"You thought rosés were only good for summer? That is true for ordinary mass market rosés,
which are not made to last and decline as the first leaves begin to fall.
But well-made rosé not only endures, it improves.
A good wine shop ought to have a selection of these sorts of wines in April."
And David Ridgeway, Head Sommelier, Tourd'Argent in Paris says:
"Rosé wines are growing up. They are becoming drier and more terroir-oriented,
with a capacity to age that had not been explored until now."
From the Winery, Kokomo
Pét Nat, short for Pétillant Naturel, is French for “natural sparkling.”
This method of making sparkling wine pre-dates the traditional champagne method,
where one takes a fully fermented dry wine and adds yeast and sugar to cause
a secondary fermentation. Instead, the Pétillant Naturel method transfers wine
that is still in its first fermentation to the bottle. This allows the native yeast
to continue fermentation within the bottle and produce carbon dioxide
which creates the delicious bubbles we all love.
Passion fruit and Bing cherry come off the nose of this wine with a distinctive,
wet gravel minerality. As you look at the wine in your glass it continues to dance
and open up to its more complex flavors and aromatics. The palate on this wine evokes
a traditional Champagne in weight and fineness of bubbles;
however the easy-drinking, fruit forward youth of the wine makes it very quaffable.
Very Limited Distribution. $26 at Kokomo Winery.
$24 @MetroWines
$24! HURRY! Call (828) 575-9525.
Treat Yourself. Nothing says Peace like Rose Granit!
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News Release: Monday, March 9th, 2020
News Release: Monday, March 9th, 2020
Selecting wines for your wedding can be daunting. So many choices. Let us help you manage the situation with "not more choices just better ones!" Call Kristen at 828-575-9525.
"Purchase Paralysis"
This is the condition that results when you are faced with too many choices.
Bed Bath and Beyond seeks to cut the clutter:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/
tries-to-declutter-its-stores-
(Edina on the left. Patsy on the right)
A while back, there was a BBC Show about two aging, hedonistic groupies
that spend their days drinking and shopping.
While being driven to Harrod's to buy milk, Edina, abundantly familiar with choices,
says "I don't want more choices, I just want better ones."
And that is what you get @MetroWines!
A curated collection of wines from around the world that fits
every interest, price point, occasion and recipe.
We are Absolutely Fabulous Approved!
To prove the point, a better choice among the many,
we suggest "E" from España, one of the Locations Wines.
According to John Kerr of The Asheville School of Wine,
"E is a rich, full bodied wine with European flavors." $21.
Robert Parker says 93 Points: Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
If you judge wines on how they taste and the degree of pleasure they offer,
they are all incredible efforts. The three new cuvees I tasted are among the finest wine values one could hope to find. Moreover, there are 50,000 cases of each, no easy feat given the grapes Phinney has accessed and the quality he has turned out. As of now, Dave Phinney might be my “value winemaker of the year” candidate. P.S. It’s too expensive for this report, but I am including it as an hommage to what Dave Phinney has achieved. If there are better wines for under $20 a bottle in the world today,
please share that information with The Wine Advocate.
