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Welcome to City Wine's Email Newsletter
347 South Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80246
Phone: 303-393-7576 ~ Fax: 303-393-1725
Tell Your Friends -- City Wine Goes Electronic
Our monthly newsletter is now by email only.
We will send out paper newsletters occasionally, but from this time on
the monthly specials, mixed cases, articles, and tasting announcements
will be via email or available on our web site.
Each month, we offer our Email Customers hand selected wines with tasting notes.
Buy a single bottle or a mix or match case and you receive
special pricing on those wines because you are our Email Customer.
Don't miss out on our wine events at our partner restaurants The Truffle and Manhattan Grill.
We win awards for our great wine selection.
Looking for a special gift for the person that has everything?
Look no further, we have a very limited, hard to find,
selection of prestigious wines.
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December Mix and Match
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Reds |
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Clos de Portetes 2000 Graves
Deep, masculine scents of tobacco, graphite, cassis.
Full bodied. To be enjoyed with hearty foods or cellared for 5 to 10 years.
Price before discount.
$17.99
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Chanteleuserie Bourgeuil 2003
Peppery black cherry and herbs. A terrific cabernet franc.
Wonderful aromatics and mouth feel. Give this beauty a whirl with
Middle Eastern cuisine or even Salmon.
Price before discount.
$12.99
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Trumpeter 2002 Merlot, Argentina
Great value in soft, well proportioned red. Nice versatility.
88 points Wine Spectator
"Dark and brambly for a Merlot, with blackberry
and currant flavors and a muscular finish"
Price before discount.
$9.99
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Main 2002 Dornfelder
Now for something truly different.
Supple, friendly red is just the thing for sausages and stews. Sehr Gut!
Price before discount.
$15.99
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Beringer Knights Valley 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon
A steal! It is unusual to find this celebrated wine below $25.
Rich, ripe and ready to drink. Vanilla, cocoa and dark fruits galore.
"Sandwiched between Sonoma’s Alexander Valley and the
northern end of Napa Valley, Knights Valley is known for its
warm temperatures, volcanic soils and incredibly high-quality
Cabernet Sauvignon."
Beringer.com
Price before discount.
$17.99
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Whites |
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2004 Douglas Green Sauvignon Blanc
Bang! The citrus and fruit jump out at you from this youthful and zesty wine!
"Colour: Clear pale straw with a green tinge.
Nose: Alluring green pepper, fig chalky mineral aromas layered
with a tropical fruit melange of pineapple and granadilla,
typical of this variety.
Palate: Dry bracing crispness on entry followed by fresh
green pepper and a tropical fruit intensity that is well
integrated with a zesty acidity and a lively aftertaste.
Overall: A light bodied dry white wine with bracing flavours
that refresh the palate with bold intensity of fruit and a
delicate aftertaste."
Wine.CO.NZ
Price before discount.
$12.99
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Le Pigeoulet 2003
Produced similar to a white Chateuneuf du Pape!
Toasted nuts and butter on the nose a piquant finish.
Rich fish dishes and creamy sauces.
Price before discount.
$12.99
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2002 Petit Chapeau Macon
Chardonnay with a mineral component.
Notes of subtle forest scents and ripe apples.
Versatile wine!
Price before discount.
$12.99
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Marquis de Caza 2003
Pretty flavors of dried fruit and nuts. Very user friendly and well priced for easy consumption
Price before discount.
$8.99
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2003 Armstrong Ridge Chardonnay
Party Chard. Soft understated flavors of pear, vanilla and spice. Easy to appreciate and well priced.
Price before discount.
$7.99
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Looking for a great holiday present?
City Wine has bottles of some of the most sought after wines available anywhere.
Supply is very limited, so call us at 303-393-7576 to confirm availability.
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Heitz Martha's Vineyard
Heitz Martha's Vineyard - Magnum
Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon
Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon
Silver Oak Alexander Valley
Heitz Fay Vineyard
Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Margaux
Château Latour - Magnum
Château Petrus
Château d'Yquem
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Argentina
Europe was devastated by a root eating aphid, phylloxera in the mid 1880s.
Hundreds of thousands of Spanish, French, and Italians left Europe and headed to Argentina.
During this period, Argentina established an agricultural school,
upgraded the Mayan aquaducts, re-planted European varieties, and finished a main highway
from the wine producing Mendoza to the crossroads of trade, Buenos Aires.
At the turn of the twentieth century, the ground work was laid for producing wines
worthy of the global wine market.
But Argentina didn't enter the market with the rest of the "New World" wine producers.
Initially it was choked off from the rest of the world by its government.
Later, its economy, once one of the richest in the world, was in shambles
when the likes of California, Australia, and New Zealand
started turning heads in the global market. Its European-like estates, once graced with noble grapes,
were now replanted with prolific, uninteresting, work-horse varietals.
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During this time Argentina was producing considerable amounts of wine.
Most of its wine was drunk domestically.
Impressive, considering it had been ranked fifth in global wine
production for all of the twentieth century.
Yet another reason why Argentina didn't enter the global market at that time; it had no need to.
Lifestyles have changed in Argentina.
People now drink less wine and are willing to pay more for it.
The excess from the decline in domestic consumption is exported,
mostly to the United States. The quality of the wine has improved too.
The winemaking community tore up the workhorse varietals and
looked once again to the grapes of their homeland.
They planted cabernet sauvignon, malbec, and merlot from Bordeaux,
chardonnay and pinot noir from Burgundy, dolcetto, barbera, and bonarda from Piedmont,
and tempranillo and torrantes from Spain.
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Malbec, the meek Bordeaux varietal, roars with finesse and flavor
when grown in the foothills of the Andes. Malbec is Argentina's flagship
offering, boasting notes of ripe cherries and hypnotic smoke.
Argentina's rugged terrain, controlled irrigation, and varying altitude
offers grapes the kind of struggle that produces top-quality wines.
Whether it is an inexpensive bottle for everyday drinking or a limited
production, cellar worthy bottle, Argentina offers an interesting array of wines.
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Herb and spice pairing chart:
Flavoring that dish with fresh herbs and spices?
Keep this general gauge in mind when thinking of the wine.
Bay leaf, parsley nutmeg
Mustard, clove, ginger, sage
Dill, parsley, clove, nutmeg
Mint, black pepper, curry
Basil, oregano, nutmeg
Thyme, chives, fennel, orange
Mint, sage cinnamon
Dill, sage, clove, ginger
Garlic, oregano, black pepper
Dill, lemon thyme, cumin
Tarragon, rosemary, juniper, white pepper
Tarragon, thyme, black pepper, clove
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Cabernet sauvignon
Chardonnay
Chenin Blanc
Gewurztraminer
Merlot
Pinot Gris
Pinot Noir
Riesling
Sauvignon Blanc
Semillon
Syrah
Zinfandel
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Follow this link to a complete listing of events offered by City Wine.
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The Critics Agree
"Best Wine Store for Value" -- Rocky Mountain Region Wine and Spirits 2001
"Best Wine Store" -- Westword, Best of Denver 1995, 1998, 1999
"Top Wine Store" -- 5280 Magazine
"Recommended for Champagne" -- Rocky Mountain News
"Top Notch Wines" -- Denver Post
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City Wine is conveniently located at
Colorado Boulevard and Alameda
across the street from PetsMart.
1. Take I-25
2. Exit at Colorado Blvd
3. Go north to Alameda
4. City Wine is on the
westside of South Colorado Boulevard
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347 South Colorado Boulevard
Denver, Colorado 80246
www.citywine.com
303-393-7576
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