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Last minute Thanksgiving wines
You have the turkey in the brine and your cranberry relish is done but where is the wine? WINE WORLD & SPIRITS will be open on Thanksgiving day from 11am – 1pm. Just open long enough to get last minute Thanksgiving wines and still time for our staff to get home to celebrate with friends and family. What to buy for your festive feast? Arnie Millan will tell you that “Wine World staff will say any wine can be a Thanksgiving wine!” To prove his point Arnie has selected a sparkling wine, a white wine, a rosé and a red wine to grace your table. French white wine from Languedoc-Roussillon – 2011 Domaine Lafage Cotes du Roussillon Cuvee Centenaire, a Grenache blanc – Rousanne blend for only $14.99 French Provencial rosé – 2011 Domaine Sorin Cotes de Provence Cuvee Tradition is on sale for only $11.99 French red wine from Beaujolais – Marcel Lapierre Vin de Pays de Gaules Raisins Gaulois on sale for only $12.99 French sparkling rosé wine - Antech...
Sangiovese Suggestion for Thanksgiving Wine
Just because Turkey is considered “white meat” you don’t have to drink white wine with your turkey this Thanksgiving. In fact a red wine might go better with many of the dishes on your Thanksgiving table. Many Washington State Sangiovese wines are a perfect fit – the aroma of these wines are usually bursting with cherry, raspberry and pomegranate. Sangiovese will pair well with a moist turkey breast but it will be great with the darker meat like turkey thighs. This red blend wine often has the acid and fruit to complement your cranberry side dish. This wine can be a little sharp if using an Italian Sangiovese for a large group, but domestic versions usually are known to have a more mouth pleasing soft, lingering finish. It has the body to marry with your potato dishes from garlic mashed, oven roasted, or au gratin potatoes. Sangiovese is soft enough to please before you start eating, and yet just bold enough with some structure to entertain the real red wine lover at your Thanksg...
Tequila at Wine World and Spirits
Tequila bottles are awesome. Designers take the uniqueness of the tequilas they are designing for and they create the most interesting and eye-catching bottles. These bottles are great for displaying around the house and they’re fun to collect. I went around the Wine World & Spirits tequila section looking for some of the best high-end tequila and tequila bottles in Seattle. I had fun checking out the Kah Tequila skulls, the beaches of Manana, the black Stallion, and the normal looking Scorpion Mezcal. We have tons of other tequilas here at Wine World. Definitely come in and check them out....
Vodka
You know what’s cool about working at a giant wine, liquor, and beer store in Seattle? Pretty much everything. We have a lot of fun here at Wine World & Spirits. There’s always tons of wild events going on. We’ve done grape stomping, parades, movie nights, and tango dancing in the last few weeks. At one of the events, we had the chance to meet Ian MacNeil from Glass Distillery and we ended up chatting about one of the best vodkas in Seattle. See him talking about Glass Vodka at Wine World here. We’ve been working on expanding our vodka and high end vodka selections over the last few weeks. Definitely check out Crystal Head Vodka, Purgatory, Ink, Blue Water, Blavod, Black Sam, and Mud Puddle. If you like the flavored vodkas, we have a huge selection!...
The Best place to buy Scotch in Seattle
Wine World and Spirits is the best place to buy scotch in Seattle! We have over 250 Scotches on our shelves. Back when we first decided to carry Spirits, we had our customers come in and fill out post-it notes with requests for what they would like to see in our store. Our Spirits team then went through those notes and special-ordered every one of those Scotches that we could find. Come in and check out our wall of scotches. We are the best place to buy high end Scotch in Seattle! If you don’t see something that you are looking for, definitely ask our liquor guys about it. We might be able to special order it for you! If you want to check out some of the selection that we have, try the Spirits page or contact us for more information...
Ian MacNeil’s Glass Vodka is HOT!
Ian MacNeil from Glass Distillery visited Wine World & Spirits with his new, sexy “Glass Vodka!” This gorgeous small batch vodka is amazing and for a super premium vodka it seems it should be selling for way more than $49.95. Never one to shy away from the spotlight or quietly accept convention, Ian wanted Glass Vodka to represent a taste for curious rebellion. They have spared no expense in his ultra-high end new distillery in the SODO area of Seattle. For the story and more on Ian and glass, click here! Watch a brief video of Ian at the Northwest Distillers Guild tasting in October of 2012 at Wine World & Spirits by clicking here!...
Carlo Mondavi comes by Wine World w/ 2009 Continuum!
Yesterday we go to meet the next in line of the famed Mondavi family from Napa and got to try the awesome 2009 Continuum Red Wine from Napa! This is an amazing, lush, structured world class wine, Bordeaux style “Meritage” blend for $160. Lay it down or decant it now on a special day…click here to buy it now. And click here to watch the video of this handsome new face on the wine scene in California! ...
Perfect Picnic Glassware: Riedel Stemless
Wine World is having a sale on the STEMLESS sets of Pinot, Chardonnay, Cabernet, and Martini Riedel glasses. Normally these would be for sale at $35.99. We’re selling them for a limited time for only $24.99 for a set of two (glasses). Wine World & Spirits owner David LeClaire took a set of these stemless Riedel glasses to the beach over the weekend. Watch as he explains why you should own some of these fantastic glasses. Come into the store and get some today! “The finest glasses for both technical and hedonistic purposes are those made by Riedel. The effect of these glasses on fine wine is profound. I cannot emphasize enough what a difference they make.” (Quelle: Robert M. Parker, Jr. The Wine Advocate) Riedel glasses are timeless pieces of art. Designed with the idea that every drinking experience should be unique, they make drinking wine or spirits an adventure....
July 2012 Hot Buys
July is heating up with hot buys at WINE WORLD and Spirits. While Lenny was checking out the wine in Spain, the Wine World staff were looking for hot buys in beer, spirits and wine. This month staff picks are prominently featured in our July 2012 Hot Buy Sheet...
2010 Rotie Cellars Dre
Wine World and Spirits is happy to say that we’ve managed to get our hands on a few cases of Dre 2010 from Rotie Cellars. Ben Reece from Corfini Cellars: Dre is short for MourveDRE. This 100 case lot hails from Alder Ridge block #34 which is perched about 500 ft. above the Columbia River in the Horse Heaven Hills AVA. This quaint little spot is ideal for Rhone varietals such as Mourvedre due to its high heat indices, constant wind flow and insulation from the river preventing catastrophic winter freezes. Inspired by some of the great old producers of the Rhone Valley, Sean Boyd decided to take a chance and bottle this as sort of an homage to their go-to-end-of-the-day Mourvedre heavy blends. Soft red fruits and mineral on the nose followed by a lively and surprisingly “bright” portrayal of the characteristic dark fruits inherent to the varietal. Though savory and gamey notes persist throughout, the wine resists the urge to be one dimensional and carries a superb balance of f...
