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THURSDAY NIGHT TASTING 6-8PM

Join us and Piper from Bowler Wine from 6-8 tonight for some truly remarkable wines... we've got off-the-charts whimsy and incredible value, you really don't want to miss this one. Killer tunes, cheese from Eastern District, and She-Wolf bread are also on the menu! Bring your friends or meet a date. 

BUCHEGGER 2017 ROSÉ TERRASSEN, KREMSTAL, AUSTRIA

Dandelion has carried this Austrian rosé made by 6th generation winemaker Walter Buchegger for several summer seasons now. It's a beautifully balanced blend of Pinot Noir, Zweigelt and Merlot. The 2017 is open at my house right now (drank it with carrot curry soup!) and I can tell you it's wonderfully soft and creamy with bright but subtle notes of strawberry, peach and grapefruit. An easy breezy wine that I can't imagine anyone not loving. Certainly one to think about buying a case of for all the warm weather parties coming your way. $15! ($13.50/bottle with case discount)

FRENCHTOWN FARMS 2016 "THE PEARL THIEF", CALIFORNIA

THIS WINE! Besides the great bunny label (it's actually named after "the wild hares that pilfer the grapes overnight on Slope 23"), this wine is the color of a creamsicle, the prettiest shade of pale orange. It also smells like a creamsicle, and it tastes like a creamsicle (not as sweet). I know what you're thinking, "I don't want my wine to taste like a creamsicle!" But you do. Just this once. 60% Viognier and 40% Sauvignon Blanc, others get notes of apricot, herbs, wax, melon, lemon... It's delicious and it's a tiny production made by our friends atFrenchtown Farms in the cellar of our other friends at Clos Saron. Come and experience this whimsical wine from North Yuba tonight, it won't be around for long. $35

TERRES DORÉES 2015 FLEURIE, FRANCE

Dinner at FAUN on Vanderbilt this past fall happily reminded us of Jean-Paul Brun's Fleurie. A Cru Beaujolais that is as generous as you'd want it to be but not over the top as some other 2015s can be... perhaps it's Jean-Paul's almost 40 years of experience making wine. He makes wine naturally, though not because of any current trends but because he is "deeply committed to purity of expression of fruit and site". Come taste this wonderful expression of Gamay from Fleurie. Drink it with anything from borscht to spiedinis, it'll dance with just about anyone. $27

CHÂTEAU COMBEL LA SERRE 2016 CAHORS LE PUR FRUIT DU CAUSSE, FRANCE

NOT TO BE MISSED!  FRIDAY LAMBRUSCO PARTY 6-8!

Friday night we will have our dear friend Monika here from Domenico Valentino pouring the Labrusca line up (Bianco, Rosato, and Rosso) from Lini 910. The Lini Family has been making Lambrusco in Correggio since 1910 and Dandelion has been proudly selling it since 2008.

This is not as much of a tasting as it is a PARTY to show their (and our) appreciation for you, the customers, who have shown so much LOVE for LINI.  We've got a few cases of Lambrusco to share and a 6 lb. block of Parmigiano, the party lasts as long as the wine does.