Monday: Closed

Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 9pm

Sunday: 11am - 6pm



UPCOMING EVENTS

FULL EVENTS CALENDAR HERE

May Wine Tasting Club: Theme TBA

Tuesday, May 21st | 5:30 - 7:00 PM

Wine Tasting Club meets every third Tuesday of every month. Our staff will organize the tasting by varietal, appellation, or region. Each tasting will consist of 6 to 8 wines and will be tasted blind. The blind tasting format is guaranteed to provide ample opportunity for lively discussion and learning. Cost: $20 per person. Only 12 spots available per month.

Advanced reservation required over the phone or in person.

First Friday Wine Tasting Benefiting KFACT

Friday, May 3rd | 5:30 - 8:00 PM

Join us to help raise money for KFACT: Keeping Families And Communities Together. We will sample 24 different wines from around the world. Admission is a $20 cash/check donation to KFACT.

Wild & Otherwise: Saison, Farmhouse & Wild Ale Tasting

Saturday, May 11th | 3:00 - 5:00 PM

Our friends from Is/Was and Hopewell join us for an afternoon of farmhouse and mixed fermentation delights. We will also pour a table of some incredible house favorites from Cantillon, Drie Fonteinen, Lambickx, Perennial, Forest & Main, and more!

Admission is $20 and can be purchased in-store, over the phone, or online.

Last Friday Tasting Series Benefiting Sister Cities Association of Belvidere, IL

Friday, May 31st | 5:30 - 8:00 PM

Join us to help raise money for Sister Cities Association of Belvidere, IL. We will sample a variety of wine, beer, and spirits from around the world. Admission is a $20 cash/check donation to the organization.

SAVE THE DATES:

Duckhorn & Kosta Browne Accolades Wine Tasting

Wednesday, May 22nd | 5:30 - 7:00 PM

Join us at SALT. for this exquisite wine tasting featuring high end labels from Duckhorn and Kosta Browne. Enjoy an assortment of hors d'oeuvres fresh from the SALT. kitchen.

Ticket info TBA!

Our physical store is not open on Mondays, but our webstore never closes! Each Monday we will feature unique one-day-only deals available exclusively through our online shop!

*The Monday Club email will be sent out every Monday morning and is separate from our typical weekly newsletter.

As we embark on some exciting plans for 2024, 

we are looking to add to our team.

Read more about it here!

ARTALE

FOOD & WINE

TOUR OF SPAIN WITH 

THE CONTINENTAL DRIFTER®

CLICK HERE or the image above for all the details of this Experience

BOOK NOW Deadline is Approaching!

ARTALE FOOD & WINE TRIP TO SPAIN

October 3rd -11th 2024

Ralph Velasco is a Rockford resident who has been organizing and leading tours around the world for more than 15 years (and his trips are all 5-star rated). He has a more than 50 percent client repeat rate and group sizes range from just 6 - 10 participants maximum. 

Rest assured that the main focus of these incredible trips is the food, wine, spirits, and other historical and natural highlights of each of the places he visits, as is meeting the locals and being immersed in the authentic culture.

Accommodations are in unique properties such as a private 11th-century castle in France's Dordogne; a former private family villa in the Spanish hilltown of Laguardia in the Rioja region; and/or a gorgeous wine estate in the Douro Valley or boutique hotel in the center of Porto, Portugal.

To meet the demand of charities interested in our popular

First Friday Wine Tastings, we are launching a new tasting series that will take place on the last Friday of each month.

If you are familiar with our First Friday tastings, then you'll be right at home with our Last Friday tastings.

In addition to wine, this new series will also offer beer and spirits.

Same 3 table format, same time frame, same donation price!

Full Details Here

CANNED COCKTAILS

Post Meridiem Spirits

Post Meridiem is the story of two old friends (Well, not that old) and a shared moment of inspiration. Sure, any canned cocktail is convenient, but they all tasted like a compromise. That wasn’t good enough for us. Or you.

Turns out making an easy drinking cocktail is anything but easy. We set about scouring the world for the best ingredients, working with local mixology masters, inventing ways to keep real ingredients fresh and even building our own canning line when the industry standard wasn’t good enough.

The result is authentic award-winning, full-strength, real ingredient, really damn delicious cocktails in our signature 100ml cans (Which is the proper size for a cocktail btw). No shortcuts. No excuses. No compromises.

We think one sip will change your entire conception about how good a canned cocktail can be.

The Double Old Fashioned

$4.99 | 100ml

Widely recognized as the first cocktail, the old fashioned is a go-to cocktail for bourbon lovers. The Double Old Fashioned is a three ounce pour of bourbon straight from the barrel, a blend of three bitters, and demerara syrup with a hint of orange zest. A bold cocktail for any adventure.

MADE WITH

Straight Bourbon Whiskey – 3 oz.

Blend of Three Bitters – 4 dashes

Demerara Syrup – 1/3 oz.

Orange Zest Oil

Double Gold Winner

San Francisco World Spirits Competition

2022

Platinum

SIP International Spirits Competition

The Real Lime Juice Margarita

$4.99 | 100ml

A great margarita requires the perfect balance of 3 quality ingredients. The Real Lime Juice Margarita is the only ready-to-drink margarita that uses 100% real lime juice, and that is why it’s the most authentic and refreshing margarita you can enjoy anywhere, anytime.

MADE WITH

Silver Tequila – 2 oz.

Orange Curacao – 3/4 oz.

100% Real Lime Juice – 3/4 oz.

Silver

San Francisco World Spirits Competition

Silver

SIP International Spirits Competition

DELTA CANNABIS SELTZER

Delta Cannabis Light

Low potency for the social.

DELTA LIGHT is designed to pack enough punch, without leaving you on the couch. Sometimes we need just a little THC to make every occasion a bit more relaxing. Subtle, and stackable experience. We wanted to bring a convenient and enjoyable form of cannabis consumption to the masses. After years of research and development, we’ve finally achieved our goal. We use all-natural, minimal ingredients to ensure that our product is authentic and safe. And, we’ve partnered with some of the best sources around to bring you only the highest-quality Delta-9 THC.

Tropical Mango | Juicy Watermelon | Squeeze of Lime

$4.99 | 12oz can

$39.99 | 12pk

Euphoric, Relaxing, & Calming effects, Micro-dosing made easy, Zero Calories, Sugar-Free, 5mg Delta 9 THC, 1mg CBD, Designed to be social (more than one drink per session), Minimal & Plant-Based ingredients

WINE OF THE MONTH

MATTHEWS WINERY

Matthews

Columbia Valley

Washington

Sauvignon Blanc

2022

$29.99

reg. $34.99

91 Points Wine Spectator

The 2022 Matthews Columbia Valley Sauvignon Blanc is yellow jasmine in color with flecks of green. Intense aromatics of starfruit, lemony sorrel leaf, juicy green pear and mandarin orange open to honeysuckle and linden flower. Followed by flavors of lemon curd, oyster shell, candied orange peel and flint, this medium-bodied, balanced wine has refreshing acidity. It finishes long with briny and stony flavors that are taught and textural.

Matthews

Columbia Valley

Washington

Claret

2020

$29.99

reg. $34.99

93 Points Wine Enthusiast

Dark berries, bramble, and cola give way to sandalwood and vanilla bean. Red and black fruits, cocoa, and black tea on the palate. Polished tannins and well-balanced acidity leave a lasting finish that intrigues.

Serve with grilled beef sliders, breaded meatballs, and roasted lambchops.

Blend: 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, 1% Malbec

Matthews

Columbia Valley

Washington

Cabernet Sauvignon

2021

$49.99

reg. $54.99

93 Points Wine Spectator

Precise and expressive, with handsome flavors of blackberry, bay leaf and espresso that build richness and structure toward refined tannins.

Matthews

Blackboard

Cabernet Sauvignon

2019

$19.99

reg. $23.99

Beautiful notes of strawberry preserve, blackberries, cinnamon, cocoa powder, milk chocolate and hints of vanilla bean. A full-bodied wine with well-integrated tannins, complexity and balanced acidity.

Blend: 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot

Matthews

Blackboard

Merlot

2019

$19.99

reg. $23.99

Beautiful notes of currants, spice, raspberry jam, strawberry, and pureed plum. Hints of vanilla bean, cocoa powder, and macerated berries carry the palate. A darker fruit wine with soft tannins and surprising complexity. A great window into a warm vintage here in Washington State.

Hofbrau Maibock

$13.99

6pk

Brewer's notes:

Our traditional Maibock is deep amber in color, contains bold roasted malts with a taste of dried fruit, hints of dark caramel and smooth toffee aromas. Overall, a dryish and full body with great depth and a refreshingly earthy hop finish. This over 400 year old recipe won many friends and awards over the years.

Style Notes:

Maibock is the perfect Spring beer: full-bodied but not heavy; malt-forward but not sweet; dry with a hint of zesty hop flair but not very bitter. Maibock is a wonderful transitional beer ushering us out of the dark, heavy beers of winter and toward the lighter, brighter beers of summer. Brewed during the last few cold weeks of winter, Maibocks are left to lager (cold condition) until Spring - with a traditional release during late April, early May. Mai is German for May!

Deep gold to amber in color, Maibock is a fairly strong lager with a typical ABV range of low 6% to 8%. While still full-bodied and malt-forward, Maibock is generally leaner and drier in body with a more pronounced hop note than other Bock styles.

Munich's legendary Hofbrau is credited with the first commercial Maibock dating back to the early 1600's; however, the Maibock of the modern brewing era was likely developed in the early 1800's. Major advancements in malting technology in the 1800's allowed for greater precision over temperature control and thus color development in the drying and kilning of malted barley. It's this technological advancement that made pale-colored malted barley possible and widely accessible, giving rise to lighter-colored beer styles like Pilsner, Pale Ales, and Maibock!

G5 Cicadageddon Hazy DIPA

$18.99 | 4pk 16oz can

G5 Cowboy Competition Rye Pilsner

$14.99 | 4pk 16oz can

G5 Panza de Cerveza Mexican-style Lager

$14.99 | 4pk 16oz can

G5 Windows Cut Deep Hazy IPA

$18.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Drekker Birds Aren't Real Hazy DIPA

$5.00 | 16oz can

Drekker Brains: Ruby Red Smoothie Sour

$5.50 | 16oz can

Drekker Chonk: Blackberry Caramel Sundae Sour

$5.50 | 16oz can

Drekker Fluff Stuff: Strawberry Mallow Fruited Sour

$4.50 | 16oz can

Middle Brow Neighborhood Saison

$10.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Middle Brow Open Crush Hazy IPA

$11.99 | 4pk 16oz can

Noon Whistle Gummypalooza Hazy IPA

$14.99 | 4pk 16oz can

-NON ALCOHOLIC-

G5 Hop In V.1 Hop Water

$9.99 | 4pk 16oz can

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