Valentines Day- A day for wine and love.
I have a few wine suggestions for this wonderful day. (or for any other time of the year)
As a husband I always like to make sure my lady is happy. I have a sure wine choice for most women. Late Harvest Riesling, Riesling is a sweeter white that is sure to satisfy most ladies (or men).
If your date is a more seasoned wine drinker I have a few seductive selections for a big Valentines Day.
Chocolate Box Shiraz-$18.99ea. This is a big bold Barossa Valley Shiraz from Australia. It has hints of coffee, chocolate, blackberries and spice, with a bold finish. This is a great one for grilled meat and dark chocolate.
Layer Cake Shiraz-$17.99ea. Again this is a 100% Australian Shiraz brimming with Raspberry fruit and a long layered finish. It's a great choice with dark chocolate or fondue.
Menage A Trois Red- $12.99ea. If you are feeling a little daring, spring this little jewel on your loved one. It may be your lucky day. This is a blend of Cabernet, Merlot, and Zinfandel. This wine is fruit forward with fresh ripe jammy fruit and silky soft on the finish. It is an easy drinker. I love this little wine, it is sure to peak whatever you desire.
I hope these suggestions will make your Valentines Day a special day.
Thank you for your business.
Until next time, drink more wine.
Tim Miles - Premium Wines & Spirits
"Explaining the Miles of Wine"
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Showing posts with label Wine related. Show all posts
Friday, February 12, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
A small business mans prospective on wine in grocery stores
A small business mans take on wine in grocery stores.
Our wonderful state of Tennessee is broke and our legislature is looking for a quick fix to our economic woes. (Of course over spending is never an issue) The state Senator from my city Murfreesboro, TN Senator Bill Ketron-R has gone to great lengths to push several bills under the false pretense that selling wine in grocery and convenience stores will solve part of our states growing economic problems. They claim that the tax revenue will flow from the heavens due to increased sales of wine and the tax revenue generated.
As you may know I am a small retailer of wine and liquor located in Murfreesboro, Tn. We are a small city of around sixty thousand residents and home to a mid level state college. I have owned my own small business for nine years and have serviced many customers for all of their wine and spirits needs.
It is my opinion that everyone of legal age that has wanted a bottle of wine has been able to buy one in our state, thus wine in grocery and convenience stores will not increase the amount of drinkers of alchohol. I have seen this theory proven time and time again. Every time a new wine store opens all it accomplishes is to divide the exsiting customer base, I am living proof of this theory as more stores have opened in the same general area of my store over the past several years. (Our esteemed city council supports unlimited wine and liquor store growth within Murfressboro city. This is another sore subject for a later time)
Of course Senator Ketron has had overwhelming support from the well financed grocers association because they are hungry for another untapped profit center. The grocery chains could care less wether they are selling diapers or wine as long as the bottom line and profits are supported.
We as wine retailers are few of the last truly small independent businesses allowed. We support lots of families and charities in local communities throughout Tennessee, most of our money is spent throughout our communities and not sent to a huge out of state corporate office to be spent where the major stockholders see fit. We really do care about the products we sell and we strive to give the highest level of customer service and ethics to our community.
If this issue happens to come to a referendum I urge you to please VOTE NO for wine in grocery and convenience stores. It may appear good for the initial tax revenue but it is bad when small businesses are driven out because half of their sales are taken away by major chain stores.
Thank you for your time.
If you like what we do please tell your friends.
Until next time, drink more wine.
Tim Miles - Premium Wines & Spirits
"Explaining the Miles of Wine"
www.chillwineandliquor.blogspot.com
Our wonderful state of Tennessee is broke and our legislature is looking for a quick fix to our economic woes. (Of course over spending is never an issue) The state Senator from my city Murfreesboro, TN Senator Bill Ketron-R has gone to great lengths to push several bills under the false pretense that selling wine in grocery and convenience stores will solve part of our states growing economic problems. They claim that the tax revenue will flow from the heavens due to increased sales of wine and the tax revenue generated.
As you may know I am a small retailer of wine and liquor located in Murfreesboro, Tn. We are a small city of around sixty thousand residents and home to a mid level state college. I have owned my own small business for nine years and have serviced many customers for all of their wine and spirits needs.
It is my opinion that everyone of legal age that has wanted a bottle of wine has been able to buy one in our state, thus wine in grocery and convenience stores will not increase the amount of drinkers of alchohol. I have seen this theory proven time and time again. Every time a new wine store opens all it accomplishes is to divide the exsiting customer base, I am living proof of this theory as more stores have opened in the same general area of my store over the past several years. (Our esteemed city council supports unlimited wine and liquor store growth within Murfressboro city. This is another sore subject for a later time)
Of course Senator Ketron has had overwhelming support from the well financed grocers association because they are hungry for another untapped profit center. The grocery chains could care less wether they are selling diapers or wine as long as the bottom line and profits are supported.
We as wine retailers are few of the last truly small independent businesses allowed. We support lots of families and charities in local communities throughout Tennessee, most of our money is spent throughout our communities and not sent to a huge out of state corporate office to be spent where the major stockholders see fit. We really do care about the products we sell and we strive to give the highest level of customer service and ethics to our community.
If this issue happens to come to a referendum I urge you to please VOTE NO for wine in grocery and convenience stores. It may appear good for the initial tax revenue but it is bad when small businesses are driven out because half of their sales are taken away by major chain stores.
Thank you for your time.
If you like what we do please tell your friends.
Until next time, drink more wine.
Tim Miles - Premium Wines & Spirits
"Explaining the Miles of Wine"
www.chillwineandliquor.blogspot.com
Friday, January 29, 2010
The most important accident in wine.
The most important accident in wine;
It is hard to believe that we could live without White Zinfandel. The majority of new wine drinkers today begin drinking White Zinfandel. This pretty pink wine is a clean light sweet easy drinking quaffing wine that is perfect for first time wine drinkers. It is lower in alcohol than traditional wines, thus it is easy for first timers to drink without feeling the effects of higher alcohol wines.
White Zinfandel is really produced from red grapes. In the early 1970’s. At the Trinchero Family Winery (Sutter Home) in California. The winemaker was producing Red Zinfandel and decided to pour off some of the early fermented juice. He stored it in some storage barrels in the barn for several weeks until he could decide what to do with the juice. He was about to return the juice to the Red Zinfandel fermentation, until he opened it and found it was pink and sweet. At that time White Zinfandel was born.
Sutter Home began bottling and selling this mistake juice in their tasting room and discovered that people couldn’t get enough. From this point the rest of the story is history. Production continued to grow throughout the years, and now Sutter Home White Zinfandel is imitated by all is on every restaurant wine list and is sold in every wine store.
If you want to expose people to wine that have never drank wine before White Zinfandel is a great place to start.
Until next time. Drink more wine.
Tim Miles- Owner Premium Wines & Spirits –
"Explaining the Miles of Wine"
It is hard to believe that we could live without White Zinfandel. The majority of new wine drinkers today begin drinking White Zinfandel. This pretty pink wine is a clean light sweet easy drinking quaffing wine that is perfect for first time wine drinkers. It is lower in alcohol than traditional wines, thus it is easy for first timers to drink without feeling the effects of higher alcohol wines.
White Zinfandel is really produced from red grapes. In the early 1970’s. At the Trinchero Family Winery (Sutter Home) in California. The winemaker was producing Red Zinfandel and decided to pour off some of the early fermented juice. He stored it in some storage barrels in the barn for several weeks until he could decide what to do with the juice. He was about to return the juice to the Red Zinfandel fermentation, until he opened it and found it was pink and sweet. At that time White Zinfandel was born.
Sutter Home began bottling and selling this mistake juice in their tasting room and discovered that people couldn’t get enough. From this point the rest of the story is history. Production continued to grow throughout the years, and now Sutter Home White Zinfandel is imitated by all is on every restaurant wine list and is sold in every wine store.
If you want to expose people to wine that have never drank wine before White Zinfandel is a great place to start.
Until next time. Drink more wine.
Tim Miles- Owner Premium Wines & Spirits –
"Explaining the Miles of Wine"
The good bad and ugly of wine closures.
The good, the bad, and the ugly of wine closures.
If you have never expierenced a corked (stinky moldy smelling) $100 bottle of wine you haven't lived. It's no fun to prepare for a special occasion and open the only special bottle you have and it be corked. There are a few reasons why this could have happened. Cork is a natural product harvested from tree bark; it may have imperfections and voids that allow air in the bottle, from poor quality control. Some corks hold bacteria called tca (short for a long scientific chemical name) which will make your wine taste like moldy newspaper smells. I have heard rumors that as little as 5% and as much as 20% of all wine shipped from wineries are bad because of cork taint.
The solution to these quality control problems is the screw cap (Stelvin closure). When you go to your wine store look around, you will see more and more quality bottles of wine with a screw cap. Screw caps are no longer the sign of a cheap bottle of ripple that the wino on the corner is buying. Screw cap closures have been embraced by lots of great quality wineries. These closures ensure freshness of the wine every time.
The downside of the Stelvin closure. Most wines marketed in stores are made to age till you get home. There is no track record for the use of Stelvin closures on high-end ageable wines. To bottle age a wine it must have some level of breathability through the cork, we just don't know how the wine will age. Twenty years from now we may open one of these wines and it may be as fresh as the day it was bottled. Only time will tell.
In my opinion some wines are supposed to have corks, classic wines that are made to age and develop should always have a cork, but if you buy these wines you take the chance of one being bad every once in a while, that is part of the challenge of being a collector.
If you have questions about different closures please consult your wine professional, but don't be afraid to buy a wine with a screw cap.
Until next time. Drink more wine.
Tim Miles – Owner Premium Wines & Spirits –
"Explaining the Miles of Wine"
If you have never expierenced a corked (stinky moldy smelling) $100 bottle of wine you haven't lived. It's no fun to prepare for a special occasion and open the only special bottle you have and it be corked. There are a few reasons why this could have happened. Cork is a natural product harvested from tree bark; it may have imperfections and voids that allow air in the bottle, from poor quality control. Some corks hold bacteria called tca (short for a long scientific chemical name) which will make your wine taste like moldy newspaper smells. I have heard rumors that as little as 5% and as much as 20% of all wine shipped from wineries are bad because of cork taint.
The solution to these quality control problems is the screw cap (Stelvin closure). When you go to your wine store look around, you will see more and more quality bottles of wine with a screw cap. Screw caps are no longer the sign of a cheap bottle of ripple that the wino on the corner is buying. Screw cap closures have been embraced by lots of great quality wineries. These closures ensure freshness of the wine every time.
The downside of the Stelvin closure. Most wines marketed in stores are made to age till you get home. There is no track record for the use of Stelvin closures on high-end ageable wines. To bottle age a wine it must have some level of breathability through the cork, we just don't know how the wine will age. Twenty years from now we may open one of these wines and it may be as fresh as the day it was bottled. Only time will tell.
In my opinion some wines are supposed to have corks, classic wines that are made to age and develop should always have a cork, but if you buy these wines you take the chance of one being bad every once in a while, that is part of the challenge of being a collector.
If you have questions about different closures please consult your wine professional, but don't be afraid to buy a wine with a screw cap.
Until next time. Drink more wine.
Tim Miles – Owner Premium Wines & Spirits –
"Explaining the Miles of Wine"
Wine and food pairing 101
Wine and food pairing 101
Rule #1 - There are no rules…
You all have heard the standard answer from people that really have no answers. White wine goes with chicken and fish, and red wine goes with red meat…
Although this principal is somewhat true I like to pair my wines with sometimes off the wall foods. I may drink a chard with cheddar cheese or pizza. I may have a really expensive and rare Bordeaux with Krystals (as we did recently at a friend's house). It all depends on my mood at the time.
The moral to this story is, drink what you like with what you like to eat, there are no truly correct answers. Every palate is different and new experiences can lead to some of the greatest and most memorable moments in our lives. If you would like to properly pair your taste to a wine style, don't hesitate to ask a wine professional for suggestions. That's what we do.
Until next time. Drink more wine.
Tim Miles – Owner Premium Wines & Spirits –
"Explaining the Miles of Wine"
Rule #1 - There are no rules…
You all have heard the standard answer from people that really have no answers. White wine goes with chicken and fish, and red wine goes with red meat…
Although this principal is somewhat true I like to pair my wines with sometimes off the wall foods. I may drink a chard with cheddar cheese or pizza. I may have a really expensive and rare Bordeaux with Krystals (as we did recently at a friend's house). It all depends on my mood at the time.
The moral to this story is, drink what you like with what you like to eat, there are no truly correct answers. Every palate is different and new experiences can lead to some of the greatest and most memorable moments in our lives. If you would like to properly pair your taste to a wine style, don't hesitate to ask a wine professional for suggestions. That's what we do.
Until next time. Drink more wine.
Tim Miles – Owner Premium Wines & Spirits –
"Explaining the Miles of Wine"
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