Posts Tagged ‘World Cup’

Go team USA! Our wines of support.

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

charles roseOur team has made it through the 90 minutes without a win nor loss and this is quite a huge feat for the underdog team USA, well my team anyways, not sure who everyone else is rooting for around the shop. And how fitting a wine to pair with this historic match up game between US and UK is the Charles & Charles 2009 rose from Washington state. It’s 100% syrah made with minimal skin contact and minimal fuss, resulting in fresh fruit and acidity reminiscent of Provence. The cool US flag label is a design done by  a Nashville poster shop.

line 39

Another home team wine we opened was a California Cab from Lake County,CA called Line 39- named after the latitude where great wines are made across the globe. This wine from the Cecchetti Wine Company, just north of Napa, is full of bright red fruits and a smooth med body that is easy to drink on its own.

Both of these wines paired very well with the game we had on in the shop. Great for calming game-time anxieties and for revving up the spirit.

SOCCER FEVER

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

soccerbarthez We have the soccer fever here at Maslow6!

We’ll be tasting wines every day to represent the teams playing and our friends from many distributors will be joining the fun to pour for you and educate you on the wines we select.

Maslow6 loves celebrating wines from all over the world and this is a great opportunity to share our selections with you. We even have wine from Uruguay which is a sure winner.

It all starts Friday, we’ll be tasting two amazing wines from South Africa. The Stellekaya Cabernet Sauvignon Stellenbosch, from South Africa’s winemaker of the year Ntsiki Beyela. This is one of my favorites. Complex full-bodied, dark fruits, and a bit of cedar.

Oh and speaking of cedar, we’ll also be trying a new white in the shop from Cederberg South Africa- the Bukettraube (name of the grape). It’s a rich white wine with notes of honey, dried apricots, and just so darn unique.

Let’s toast to USA and hope they make it level two. USA! USA! USA!