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THURSDAY NIGHT TASTING 6-8PM: DANDELION DOES COCKTAILS!

There’s a new cocktail in town called the SUCKERPUNCH, and our amazing amigo, THE REAL BEN CARSON (not that other guy!) will be pouring it behind the Lions Club Bar tonight. And of course, there’s more! In fact the cocktail in question – SUCKERPUNCH – is comprised of a sparkling wine, a very dry sherry & a dry vermouth. We love them all and they all have many uses. You’ll get to try them all on their own, and then - BAM! - cocktail! That’s our kinda punch! Ben himself developed this amazing CONCOCTION but SOMEONE ELSE AROUND HERE (??) named it, on the spot, as a COCKTAIL should be named of course. You can ask us who that was TONIGHT, at the Shrine of Wine when we’ll have WINE, BREAD, CHEESE, VINYL, LOVE, and COCKTAILS!

Caves São João, Espumante Rosado Bruto 2018

This is one of our favorite everyday sparkling sippers, and probably one of the driest sparkling wines we carry. From Portugal, it’s 40% Baga, 40% Touriga Nacional, and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, planted in clay and limestone, just a few miles from the Atlantic. Intense rose petal aromas and bright red fruit with a brilliant cut and a lot of complexity on the finish - floral, mineral, white pepper – seriously fun! Have we mentioned that it’s a good idea to always have some BUBBLES in the fridge? $21

Orleans Borbón, Manzanilla Fina Sherry NV

You know how royalty will keep some wine just for themselves and their friends to party with? Right? Infantes de Orleans de Borbons is owned by the Spanish Royal Family and until very recently, these wines were sold only in very limited quantities outside of the Royal House, which is to say, they kept it locked up for their parties. We really want to go to one of these parties where everyone is chugging sherry and godknowswhatallelseishappening… Yeah, that’s not happening. But we did get to check out their Sacristia in Sanlucar de Barrameda. This is the only town in the world that Manzanilla can come from, because of the natural environment's ability to grow flor, an indigenous yeast that, when developed in this specific microclimate, creates a unique and complex style of Sherry called Manzanilla.  One of the driest wines in the world.  $13

Vermouth Mata, Mata Blanco Vermouth