Wines of Pleasure vs. Wines of Experience
What you get and what you miss come from what you seek
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Matt Kramer-Wine Spectator
I have come to the conclusion-and you may very well disagree based on your own experience-that wine lovers eventually fall into one of two camps. Simply put, you either want your wine to give you pleasure or you want your wine to deliver an "experience."
Now, I recognize that the two camps are not mutually exclusive. A "wine of experience" can also be a "wine of pleasure." That acknowledged, the dichotomy is no less real.
I know a guy who, having deep pockets, almost exclusively drinks exceptionally high quality wine. In other words, he drinks daily, as a matter of course, the world's greatest and most famous wines.
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Stay Young With The Health Benefits of Red Wine
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While your health-freak friends spend hundreds of dollars on weird miracle fruit juices, you can sit back and relax. As it happens, your red wine habit might just be the key to staying young longer.
The health benefits of red wine are greater than you might think. Besides having antioxidants, fermented foods are good for digestion and alcohol itself has also shown some surprising traits over long-term moderate use. Discover the health benefits of red wine and how much you should consume to live well.
Red Wine Has More Antioxidants Than Açaí Juice
Red wine is full of polyphenols including proanthocyanidin; a powerful antioxidant. In fact, some red wines have more antioxidants than commercial grape juice, raw blueberries and even miracle fruits like Açaí.
In the fruit juice category, a full-bodied red wine will even beat pomegranate juice.
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Savi Provisions - Buckhead
3655 Roswell Road NE
Atlanta, GA 303442
404.523.2300 March 23, 2015
www.saviprovisions.com
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Winery Tasting with Ambassador Liz Green
 Tuesday
March 24th
7:00 - 9:00pm
Join us for a tasting of the portfolio of Willamette Valley Vineyards. Joining us will be Liz Green, Brand Ambassador of the the winery. This tasting we will sample, the following wines:
WVV Riesling
WVV Pinot Blanc
WVV "Whole Cluster" Pinot Noir
WVV Estate Pinot Noir
WVV "Tualtin" Single Vineyard Pinot Noir
WVV "Elton" Single Vineyard Pinot Noir
This will be a fantastic tasting of some of the finest Pinot Noir out of the Willamette Valley. RSVP via reply to this email or by calling the store at 404.523.2300.
Cost of Event:: $20
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2 Winemakers - One Night
Benovia Winery & Kale Winery
Thursday
March 26th
7:00pm - 9:00pm
 Benovia Winery is a small producer of hand crafted wines with a winemaker who has a celebrated history in the wine world. Started in 2005 by people passionate about wine with the goal of doing whatever it takes to make great wine.
Mike Sullivan, a Sonoma County native, our winemaker, was awarded the honor of being named Wine Personality of the Year in 2002 by Robert Parker of the Wine Advocate. He was also named Winemaker of the year by Ronn Wiegand of Restaurant Wine.
 In 2008, Kale and his wife Ranko set out to create Rhône inspired wines from extraordinary vineyards in Northern California under their own label, Kale Wines. Specializing in small production, handcrafted wines, Kale utilizes new technologies as well as ancient techniques to express the unique vineyards' most delicious characteristics.
These will be wines you wont want to miss! RSVP via reply to this email or by calling the store at 404.523.2300.
Cost of Event: $20
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Scotch Tasting with
Glenmorangie & Ardberg
Distilleries
 Friday, March 27th
7:30pm to 9:30pm
Join
Edmund Amoye, GA Retail Manager for Moet Hennessy USA (a subsidiary of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton) for a wonderful evening of some of best Scotch Whiskey in the World. Edmund will be guiding you through the following whiskeys:
- GLENMORANGIE ORIGINAL - A 10 year old single malt produced by marrying the elegant spirit that emerges from Scotland's tallest stills, with first and secondfill American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels.
- GLENMORANGIE LASANTA - Matured for ten years in American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels before being wood finished for an additional two years in ex-Oloroso Sherry casks and further finished in renowned Pedro.
- GLENMORANGIE QUINTA RUBAN - The darkest and most intense whisky in the Glenmorangie range, Quinta Ruban has spent ten years maturing in American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels before being transferred into specially selected Ruby port pipes from the Quintas or wine estates of Portugal.
- GLENMORANGIE NECTAR D'ÒR - Aged for ten years in American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels before completing its final two years in hand selected, ex-wine barriques from Sauternes. Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or has won multiple awards including IWSC 2013 Gold and San Francisco World Spirits 2014 Gold.
- ARDBEG 10 YEAR OLD - Revered by connoisseurs around the world as the peatiest, smokiest and most complex of all the Islay malts. Non-chill filtered for maximum flavor. Jim Murray Whisky Bible: Best Scotch Whisky of the Year, 2008 & 2012; 97 points
- ARDBEG UIGEADAIL - A special vatting that marries Ardbeg's traditional deep, smoky notes with luscious, raisiny tones of old ex-Sherry casks. Jim Murray Whisky Bible: 97.5 points
- ARDBEG CORRYVRECKAN - A portion matured in New 'Virgin' French Oak casks for spice, balanced with Ardbeg matured in ex-Bourbon American Oak casks, adding sweetness. Jim Murray Whisky Bible: 96.5 points
RSVP via reply to this email or by calling the store at 404.523.2300.
Cost of Event: $30
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