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DECEMBER 2014 Oces24 1/41 85 Mpage2 8:54AM 11/24/14 Womcnews1214b WOMCNews1214b 11/24/14 8:54 AM Page 1 Wines evaluated last month: 289 • Rejected: 244 • Approved: 45 • Selected: 12 DECEMBER 2014 WOMCNews1214b 11/24/14 8:54 AM Page 2 What’s New This Month? oping this newsletter finds you and yours healthy and in prosperity. I handpicked a few of our gifts that H might be great last minute gifts. (but looks like you thought of them weeks ago.) 6 MONTH CLASSIC SERIES GIFT MEMBERSHIP The gift that makes everyone smile, this is the club that started it all—I mean really started “wine to your door.” The founding feature of Wine of the Month Club is the Classic Series. First shipment arrives in a handsome burgundy linen gift box and is accompanied by a personalized gift card. 4 Months: $149 (plus applicable state taxes) 6 Months: $223 (plus applicable state taxes) 12 Months: $446 (plus applicable state taxes) o excited! I so love #5GP $223 FREE SHIPPING & HANDLING finding the great wine values we find and being 2014 S able to bring them to TREASURE TROVE you…and the travels Our 6-bottle treasure chest of wine is our perennial best that have ensued and the seller. Our wood box adorned with ancient sailing routes interesting people and wines. pleases all who receive it. Brass studs accent this treasure And now we have embarked on chest that is used as a decorative piece long after the wine is gone. DECEMBER a new travel, sort of a virtual travel that has me energized to Gift includes: VillaAtuel Syrah (Argentina), Opolo Merlot bring the best again. Our new (Paso Robles, CA), Four Star Red Blend (California), Maddalena Pinot Grigio (Monterey, CA), Kunza Sauvignon website www.giftbasketsplus.com Blanc (Chile), and Red Autumn Chardonnay (California). Guaranteed to arrive in has come to be and I can’t tell pristine condition with a waiter’s corkscrew and wine pouring discs. you how much fun it has been #TAFB $99 FREE SHIPPING & HANDLING seeking the best items from the best vendors….names like Mrs. Fields and Godiva; small ULTIMATE INDULGENCE boutique food purveyors to This gorgeous copper gift basket vies for the top slot large companies known for each year. Not only stuffed with all the great food items their quality…all here in a nice we taste each year, but a wonderful ice bucket, table neatly organized website. accessory or garden planter. You’ll be a hero when you give this gift. Check it out…here is a secret. Use the code ThankYou10% for Gift includes: Triada Malbec (Argentina), Four Star Red Blend (California), Peralta Pinot Grigio (Washington), a 10% discount! Salud! Opolo Merlot (Paso Robles, CA), Cheese Straws, Mud Puppies, Olive Oil Flatbread, Cherry Tart Crostini, Chocolate Wafers, Cheddar Cheese Bar, Cocoa Nibs, Belgian Truffles, and Chocolate Roll Wafers all in a Copper Metal Paul Kalemkiarian Bucket. Owner/Cellarmaster #EIB $155 FREE SHIPPING & HANDLING INSIDE THE TASTING ROOM THIS MONTH What's new 2 Facebook 14 Classic Series: Gabarda Tempranillo 3 Limited Series: Domaine de Servans Grenache 15 Classic Series: Raices Airen 4 Limited Series: Clos Monicord Bordeaux 16 Classic Series: Oak Grove Syrah 5 Limited Series: Clos Monicord White Bordeaux 17 Classic Series: Vegan Chardonnay 6 Limited Series: Paco and Lola Albarino 18 Classic Series Earlier Selections 7 Limited Series Earlier Selections 19 Cellar Notes 8 For Members Only 20 Vintners Series: paf Alicante Bouschet 9 Gifts & More 21 Vintners Series: Antawara Pinot Gris 10 Recipe: Salmon in Bengali Mustard Sauce 22 Vintners Series: Inheritance Petite Sirah 11 Recipe: Roast Lamb with Herbs 22 Vintners Series: Martin Rey Sauvignon Blanc 12 Tasting Notes 23 Vintners Series Earlier Selections 13 The Cork Board 24 1-800-949-9463 • www.WineoftheMonthClub.com 2 WOMCNews1214b 11/24/14 8:54 AM Page 3 CLASSIC DECEMBER NEW! View This Tasting Video 2014 abarda is a project of their grapes. Of course, that seeks to not all grapes like these G highlight the wine conditions, which are why it expression of Cariñena, a has taken centuries to quan- land of history, know-how, tify which ones and learn and passion around the wine how to deal with different, world. Style, innovation and and difficult harvests. creativity are the key words that sustain and reinforce Tempranillo is the main this ambitious project to be grape here whose character one step forward. has a very Spanish soul and a touch of the oak, which The legendary Ignacio Marín brings out its length and CLASSIC Winery continues to work silky texture. This grape is a Tempranillo towards being a point of bit of an anomaly in that it (Temp rah NEEYO) reference in Cariñena. comes off rather light in His wide its youth 2012 SERIES experience in incredibly the sector is well. Older Gabarda Carinena, Spain reflected in its Tempranillos, new collection some going Color: " G a b a rda back 50 years Intense red Wines". or so, are still vibrant and Nose: H e h a s f l avor f u l Currant, blackberry developed which is and cedar the perfect something Palate: b a l a n c e most wines of Berry and cherry between his knowledge, the world can’t boast. experience and the with soft tannins newest and most modern This selection has an intense Finish: technologies with respect to cherry-red color with a Long and lovely with the environment. bluish rim and violet glints. a berry and The nose displays highly vanilla swash The human resources in intense aromas of black, ripe Ignacion Marin Winery are Alcohol: fruit and mineral nuances the key of this balance. They 13% which blend well with the have a high professional oak (vanilla, cigar-box and team that contributes their coconut). Oily, rich and own professional experiences Drink now intense on the palate, it from years of innovation, offers a sweetness right through 2017 yet have an eye toward across the mouth, showing tradition, by using the latest great finesse. Well-balanced modern processes that acidity and alcohol, round WOMC RATING guarantee the highest out the freshness along 95 Points quality results. with a cool and mineral The influence of a warm finish and a touch of fine ITEM #: C1214R1IS continental climate that woods. Great with medium- Retail Price: $18.99/each aged cheeses, stewed red features cold winters and hot Member Price: $10.98/each summers along with the clay meats, roast lamb and game and lime soil are the perfect dishes and strong stews like Reorder Price: $7.99/each conditions for maturation red beans with pork. 58% Discount 1-800-949-9463 • www.WineoftheMonthClub.com 3 WOMCNews1214b 11/24/14 8:54 AM Page 4 CLASSIC 2014 NEW! View This Tasting Video he Raices wines are planted surface, at 620,000 DECEMBER produced in Spain by acres, down from 760,000 T Bodegas Fernando acres in 2004 although it is Castro. The Castro family, almost exclusively found in generation after generation, Spain. Bodegas Fernando has passed down the secrets Castro is a family company of making great wines and with a long winemaking their love of their land. This tradition with two genera- tradition and vision has tions working together in the turned Bodegas Fernando development and marketing Castro into a large company, of their wines. currently selling in more than 50 countries. La Mancha is a land known for its arts and crafts, unique Airen Bodegas Fernando Castro monuments, as well as for (A REN) controls 240 acres of vines the adventures of the SERIES 2013 including famous liter- Tempranillo, ary hero Don Raices Airén, Syrah, Quixote of La La Mancha, Spain Chardonnay, Mancha. Any CLASSIC Merlot, and trip to this Color: C a b e r n e t area of inland Light yellow Sauvignon. Spain should Nose: Located in definitely Green apple the Estate include a visit and apricot Los Altos, to its World overseen per- Heritage cities Palate: sonally by the such as Asian pear and lychee Castro family. Bodegas Cuenca with its famous Finish: Fernando Castro is located in Hanging Houses, and Toledo Crisp with floral the heart of the Valdepeñas. with its cathedral and notes and citrus Lying on the southern edge Alcázar fortress. Its four of the Iberian plateau and Archaeological Parks, some Alcohol: clearly defined by the plains of the oldest examples of 11.5% of La Mancha to the north, rock art in Spain, and events the fields of Montiel to the such as the International east, those of Calatrava to Classical Theatre Festival in the west and the Sierra Almagro are also very Morena to the south, Santa fascinating and should not Drink now Cruz de Mudela preserves be missed when visiting through 2015 the cultural and culinary this area. traditions of La Mancha. Our selection offers a pale WOMC RATING Airén is the most important yellow color with light green 95 Points white grape on the property hues plus a very fine aroma offering fresh, clean and of green apple, apricot, and aromatic wines. It is native jams. Very well balanced, ITEM #: C1214W1IS to Spain where it represents light and elegant wrapping; Retail Price: $17.99/each about 30% of all grapes it leaves a persistent and grown. As of 2010, Airén fresh aftertaste, it would be Member Price: $10.98/each was estimated to be the a natural with shrimp in a Reorder Price: $6.99/each world's 3rd most grown light curry sauce. 61% Discount grape variety in terms of 1-800-949-9463 • www.WineoftheMonthClub.com 4 WOMCNews1214b 11/24/14 8:54 AM Page 5 CLASSIC DECEMBER Featured in the CALIFORNIA WINE SERIES NEW! View This Tasting Video 2014 ak Grove Vineyards grapes for our selection was founded in came from, but not enough O 1999 by Jeffrey to call it Paso Robles so it has Dye.
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