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Free Staff Pick Beer Tasting - September 27th - 5:30pm to 7:30pm It's time to taste some beer! This week we are tasting the Green Flash Double Stout out of San Diego CA. I know the Chargers beat up on our Chiefs yesterday. That does not mean we cannot enjoy some of their tasty beer. The Double Stout is made with golden naked oats mashed with dark crystal and robust roasted malts create a luscious black brew with satin smooth finish. An old-world style, done the Green Flash way. Big, bold, flavorful and complex. The next beer is the Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel from Germany. A good example of its kind. Impenetrably dark with a golden-brown gleam when held up to the light, and with a warm aroma and malty taste, while summoning up coffee taste sensations on going down. Stop by Vino Bello and taste these great beers. |
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 Urban Maule Red 2009
The O. Fournier winery holdings are vast, stretching from Ribero del Duero in Spain to Argentina and Chile. They've been around for a while and have had quite a bit of experience making wine in a variety of
different soils, climates, and countries. Their newest project is in Chile, where they are releasing wines under the "Urban" label, a style of wine that they say has "the spirit of the city."
This week's wine of the week is from that new line and is simply called, Urban Maule Red Blend 2009 (Maule is the Chilean valley where the grapes are grown). The winemaker, Juan-Manuel Ortega, is no stranger to the U.S. As a Wharton graduate and former investment banker, he found out that it is a lot more fun making wine than making money on Wall Street.
Urban Maule Red Blend 2009 is one of his newest wines, a
Bordeaux-style blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc, 20% Merlot and 5% Carignan. It offers sweet spice notes in a ripe and fruity body that comes with an easy-to-like price tag. It's solid with flavors of damson plum, black raspberry, red licorice and toasty oak, while stays fresh and focused on the mid palate all the way to the vanilla uptick on the finish. Mark this one down in the "easy to like" category.
Vino Bello Wine of the Week: Urban Maule Red Blend 2009, $14.99.
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New wines are available for tasting from our Napa Wine Station.  2009 Yalumba Riesling $10.99- 2010 Chevalier Muscadet $14.99
- 2007 Val de Sil Godello $19.99
- 2010 Hanna Sauvignon Blanc $20.99
- 2009 Grayson Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon $10.99
- 2009 Velvet Devil Merlot $12.99
- 2009 Urban Red Blend $14.99
- 2009 Apaltagua Carmenere $14.99
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Ask about our Rewards Program next time you visit the store!
Vino Bello is locally owned by Sam & Michelle Monteleone. Sam has worked for the Kansas City Missouri Fire Department for 17 years. Michelle has worked with DST for 17 years. Their love of wine and beer has transformed Vino Bello into the Northlands best Wine Shop showcasing top rated wine & beers that are affordable to everyone.
Vino Bello's Staff includes Dennis Schaefer, John Polzin.
Since 1992, Dennis Schaefer has been the wine columnist at the Santa Barbara News-Press, documenting the continuing progress and the increasing reputation of Santa Barbara County wines in the world marketplace.
In his thirty years in Southern California, he has written about restaurants, food and travel for WESTWAYS, the AAA (Automobile Club) magazine of Southern California, as well as L.A. Style, L.A. Reader, California, Guest West, Savor, The Food Paper, The Wine News, and winetoday.com.
John Polzin earned his B.F.A. in 2002 from Memphis College of Art. He double majored in Photography and Computer Arts. John is responsible for most of Vino Bello's great personalized label designs. John also owned and operated one of Memphis local night clubs which contributed to his great knowledge of wine, beer, and spirits. |
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