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INSIDER PICKS
June 01, 2014 - June 30, 2014
Don't miss out on these “Insider Picks.” Personally picked by our Portfolio Managers (buyers for wine, spirits, beer, and refreshment beverages), these are over-delivering, up-and-coming, new and exciting products. To find these up-to-the-minute Portfolio Manager favourites, visit your nearest BC Liquor Store.
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Wine Tasting Tips from Stile Brands - Part 10
Tasting Tips - Part 10
Harmonious
A harmonious wine has all of its flavors seamlessly integrated. It’s quite possible, especially in young wines, for all the components to be present in the wine in good proportion, but they stick out. They can be easily identified, but you can feel all the edges; they have not blended together. It’s a sign of very good winemaking when a young wine has already come together and presents its flavors harmoniously.
Join us for a tasting of the finest wines from the Stile Brands Portfolio. See you in store -Ciao
Friday, July 12 Hours 3 to 7pm
Saturday, July 13 Hours 2 to 6pm
South Fraser Liquor Store
40 - 32500 South Fraser Way
Abbotsford, BC V2T 4W1
Phone: (604)870-5919
Featured Wines
+ 847608 Three Wind Syrah
+086256 Mionetto Brut
+607325 Di Majo Norante Sangiovese
Wine Tasting Tips - Part 9 Evaluating By Taste..Balanced
Wine Tasting Tips from Stile Brands - Part 9
Balanced
A balanced wine should have its basic flavor components in good proportion. Our taste buds detect sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
Sweet (residual sugar) and sour (acidity) are obviously important components of wine. Saltiness is rarely encountered and bitterness should be more a feeling of astringency (from tannins) than actual bitter flavors.
Most dry wines will display a mix of flavors derived from the aromas, along with the tastes of the acids, tannins and alcohol, which cannot generally be detected simply by smell.
There is no single formula for all wines, but there should always be balance between the flavors. If a wine is too sour, too sugary, too astringent, too hot (alcoholic), too bitter, or too flabby (lack of acid) then it is not a well-balanced wine. If it is young, it is not likely to age well; if it is old, it may be falling apart or perhaps completely gone.
..to be continued.
Join us for a tasting of the finest wines from the Stile Brands Portfolio. See you in store -Ciao
Friday, June 21th – Hrs 3 to 7 pm
Saturday, June 22th – Hrs 2 to 6pm
Wine Tasting at Sardis Liquor Store
7544 Vedder Rd Unit A
Chilliwack, BC V2R 4E7 Phone: (604)858-9609
+491860- Domaine Gayda Grenache
+556746- Lurton Pinot Gris
+607325 - Di Majo Norante Sangiovese
Stile Brands...the love of a classic Martini..!
The classic Martini is one of the drinks that every bartender should know. There are many ways to make a Martini: gin or vodka little or no vermouth, stirred or shaken and an olive or lemon twist garnish. One drink, so many options.
Many other drinks are referred to as a Martini. Although this recipe is the original, we must go along with society in some respects and here is one more of those Martini recipes.
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Ingredients:
• 2 1/2 oz gin
• 1/2 oz dry vermouth
• 1 green olive or lemon twist for garnish
• Orange or Angostura bitters(optional)
Preparation:
1. Pour the ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice cubes.
2. Stir for 30 seconds.
3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
4. Add a dash of orange or Angostura bitters if desired
5. Garnish with the olive or lemon twist.
There are many variations on the classic martini that are a personal preference:
• Dry Martini- Traditionally uses more dry vermouth, however recent trends define a Dry Martini as using little or no vermouth.
• Bone Dry or Desert Martini- No vermouth.
• Gibson - Garnish with a cocktail onion.
Join us for a tasting of Broker's Gin from the Stile Brands Portfolio.
See you in store -Ciao
Tasting with Martin Dawson from Broker’s Gin
Thursday June 6th Hrs 4 to 6pm
Alberni and Bute Liquour Store
768 Bute Street Vancouver, V6E 4H6
(604) 660-4572
Friday June 7th Hrs 3 to 7 pm
Saturday June 8th Hrs 2 to 6 pm
Commercial Drive Liquor Store
1520 Commercial Dr
Vancouver, BC V5L 3Y2
(604)660-9088
Saturday June 8th Hrs 2 to 6 pm
39th and Cambie Liquor Store
5555 Cambie St Vancouver, BC V5Z 3A3
(604) 660-9463
Italian Days are coming!!
Italian Day on the Drive! Sunday, June 9, 2013 from 12pm to 8pm on Commercial Drive, Vancouver BC! Italian Day on The Drive embraces everything that is Italian: food, music, fashion, dance, art, sport, history and community.
Stop by and say hi on June 9th!
Ciao
Tasting Tips with Stile Brands - Part 9
Tasting Tips Part 9 - Evaluating by Taste.
Balanced
A balanced wine should have its basic flavor components in good proportion. Our taste buds detect sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
Sweet (residual sugar) and sour (acidity) are obviously important components of wine. Saltiness is rarely encountered and bitterness should be more a feeling of astringency (from tannins) than actual bitter flavors.
Most dry wines will display a mix of flavors derived from the aromas, along with the tastes of the acids, tannins and alcohol, which cannot generally be detected simply by smell.
There is no single formula for all wines, but there should always be balance between the flavors. If a wine is too sour, too sugary, too astringent, too hot (alcoholic), too bitter, or too flabby (lack of acid) then it is not a well-balanced wine. If it is young, it is not likely to age well; if it is old, it may be falling apart or perhaps completely gone.
Join us for a tasting of the finest wines from the Stile Brands Portfolio. See you in store -Ciao
Friday, May 24 – Hrs 3 to 7 pm
Saturday, May 25 – Hrs 2 to 6pm
Kelowna Orchard Park Liquor Store
109-1835 Dilworth Drive
Kelowna, BC V1Y 9T1
(250)861-7337
Featured Wines
+847608 Three Winds Syrah 2012
+073932 Mionetto Il Moscato
+331652 Colle Secco Montepulciano
Ten facts on Gin...we bet you never knew!
We did a little digging...and wanted to share some important fact on our favorite cocktail mix!!
1. Gin is for cocktails - not on its own
2. More classic cocktails made with gin than with any other spirit
3. Holland made gin first
4. London dry gin is not always from London
5. One man deserves recognition
6. A martini means gin
7. Gin can be used for medicinal purposes
8. Gin is flavored vodka
9. The Philippines drinks the most gin
10. Saying you don’t like gin is like saying you don’t like sauce
Join us for a tasting of Broker's Gin from the Stile Brands Portfolio.
See you in store -Ciao
Tasting with Martin Dawson from Broker’s Gin
Thursday June 6th Hrs 4 to 6pm
Alberni and Bute Liquour Store
768 Bute Street Vancouver, V6E 4H6
(604) 660-4572
Friday June 7th Hrs 3 to 7 pm
Saturday June 8th Hrs 2 to 6 pm
Commercial Drive Liquor Store
1520 Commercial Dr
Vancouver, BC V5L 3Y2
(604)660-9088
Saturday June 8th Hrs 2 to 6 pm
39th and Cambie Liquor Store
5555 Cambie St Vancouver, BC V5Z 3A3
(604) 660-9463
Wine tasting Tips -Part 8 Evaluating By Taste.
Wine Tasting Tips Part 8
Evaluating by Taste
It’s finally time to taste! Take a sip, not a large swallow, of wine into your mouth and try sucking on it as if pulling it through a straw. Ignore the stares of those around you; this simply aerates the wine and circulates it throughout your mouth.
Again, you’ll encounter a wide range of fruit, flower, herb, mineral, barrel and other flavors, and if you’ve done your sniffing homework, most will follow right along where the aromas left off. Aside from simply identifying flavors, you are also using your taste buds to determine if the wine is balanced, harmonious, complex, evolved, and complete.
...too be continued.
Join us for a tasting of the finest wines from the Stile Brands Portfolio.
See you in store -Ciao
Friday May 17th – Hours 3 to 7pm
Saturday May 18th – Hours 1 to 5pm
Semiahmoo Liquor Store
1711 152nd Street #149
Surrey, BC V4A 4N3
(604)542-3990
Featured Wines
+73932- Mionetto IL Moscato
+331652- Tollo Colle Secco
+432369- Mionetto Frizzante Prosecco
Wow thats a lot of wine!!
Life is good!
-Ciao
Tasting Tips with Stile Brands - Part 7
Tasting Tips - Part 7
Secondary Aromas
Young white wines and young sparkling wines may have a scent very reminiscent of beer. This is from the yeast.
Some dessert wines smell strongly of honey; this is evidence of botrytis, often called noble rot, and is typical of the very greatest Sauternes.
Chardonnays that smell of buttered popcorn or caramel have most likely been put through a secondary, malolactic fermentation, which converts malic to lactic acids, softening the wines and opening up the aromas.
Older wines have more complex, less fruity aromas. A fully mature wine can offer an explosion of highly nuanced scents, beautifully co-mingled and virtually impossible to name. It is pure pleasure.
Nonetheless, the effort to put words to wine aromas helps you focus on, understand and retain your impressions of different wines. You want to build a memory bank of wine smells and their meanings. That is where the language of wine can add value to a wine tasting event. Learning to talk the talk, if not carried to extremes, helps to dispel some wine myths, such as the confusion surrounding descriptions on wine labels. Have you ever known anyone to ask why a winery added grapefruit to its gewürztraminer and raspberries to its zinfandel? The fact that these are simply descriptive terms is not always understood.
to be continued...
Friday, May 3rd, 2013 – Hrs 3 to 7pm
Saturday, May 4th, 2013 – Hrs 2 to 6pm
143 Kelowna Westbank Westbank
2475 Dobbin Rd Westbank, BC V4T 2E9 (250)768-7394
Featured Wines
+847608 Three Winds Syrah 2012
+556746 Lurton Pinot Gris
+331652 Colle Secco Montepulciano
Wine Tasting With Stile Brands - Part 6
Tasting Tips - Part 6
Wine Barrel Aromas
If you smell toast, smoke, vanilla, chocolate, espresso, roasted nuts, or even caramel in a wine, you are most likely picking up scents from aging in new oak barrels.
Depending upon a multitude of factors, including the type of oak, the way the barrels were made, the age of the barrels, the level of char and the way the winemaker has mixed and matched them, barrels can impart a vast array of scents and flavors to finished wines. Think of the barrels as a winemaker’s color palette, to be used the way a painter uses tubes of paint.
Join us for a tasting of the finest wines from the Stile Brands Portfolio. See you in store -Ciao
Friday, May 3rd, 2013 – Hrs 3 to 7pm
Saturday, May 4th, 2013 – Hrs 2 to 6pm
143 Kelowna Westbank
Westbank
2475 Dobbin Rd
Westbank, BC V4T 2E9
(250)768-7394
Featured Wines
+847608 Three Winds Syrah 2012
+556746 Lurton Pinot Gris
+331652 Colle Secco Montepulciano
I’m down with anyone who’s going to try to go organic and keep land viable - shout outs to wineries doing really cool green things.
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Tips on Tasting - Part 5
Tips for Tasting Wine from Stile Brands - Part 5
Smell continued...Flowers, Leaves, Herbs, Spices & Vegetables
Floral aromas are particularly common in cool climate white wines like riesling and gewürztraminer, and some Rhône varietals, including viognier.
Some other grapes can be expected to carry herbal or grassy scents. Sauvignon blanc is often strongly grassy, while cabernet sauvignon can be scented with herbs and hints of vegetation. Rhône reds often show delightful scents of Provençal herbs. Most people prefer that any herbal aromas are delicate. The best wine aromas are complex but also balanced, specific but also harmonious.
Another group of common wine aromas might be characterized as earthy. Scents of mushroom, damp earth, leather and rock can exist in many red wines. A mushroom smell can add nuance; it can also help you determine a possible grape or place of origin of the wine. Too much mushroom may just mean that the grapes failed to ripen sufficiently, or were from an inferior clone.
The scent of horse or tack room leather can be an accent, but too much can indicate brettanomyces.
Scents of earth, mineral and rock sometimes exist in the very finest white and red wines. These can be indications of “terroir”—the particular conditions of the vineyard that are expressed as specific scents and flavors in the finished wine.
to be continued...
Join us for a tasting of the finest wines from the Stile Brands Portfolio. See you in store -Ciao
Thursday, April 18th, 3pm-7pm
Park Royal Liquor Store
570 Park Royal North
Park Royal Shopping Centre
West Vancouver, BC V7T 1A1
(604)981-0011
Featured Wines:
+374769- Anna Spinato Prosecco
+206490- Viticio Berre
Friday, April 19th Hrs 3 to 7pm
Saturday, April 20 Hrs 2 - 6pm
Richmond Seafair Liquor Store
Featured Wines
+491860 Domaine Gayda Grenache
+154609 Three Winds Viognier
+560821 Deakin Estate Shiraz
April 19th – Hours 3 to 7pm
April 20th - Hours 2 to 6pm
Vernon Liquor Store
4900 27th Street
Unit 245A, Village Green Mall
Vernon, BC V1T 7G7
(250)503-3610
+491860 Domaine Gayda Grenache
+206490 Viticcio Bere Toscana
+556746 Lurton Pinot Gris
Tips for Tasting -Part 5
Tasting Tips with Stile Brands -Part 5
Sniff Continued - Fruit Aromas
If there are no obvious off-aromas, look for fruit aromas. Wine is made from grapes, so it should smell like fresh fruit, unless it is very old, very sweet, or very cold.
You can learn to look for specific fruits and grapes, and many grapes will show a spectrum of possible fruit scents that help you to identify the growing conditions—cool climate, moderate or very warm—of the vineyard. ..more to come!
Next Wine Tastings April 18-19th
Vernon Liquor Store 4900 27th Street
Featured Wines:
+491860 Domaine Gayda Grenache
+206490 Viticcio Bere Toscana
+556746 Lurton Pinot Gris
Park Royal Liquor Store
570 Park Royal North
Featured Wines:
+374769- Anna Spinato Prosecco
+206490- Viticio Berre
Richmond Seafair Liquor Store
10 - 8671 No. 1 Rd
Featured Wines
+491860 Domaine Gayda Grenache
+154609 Three Winds Viognier
+206490 Viticcio Bere Toscana
Tips for Tasting - Part 4
Tasting Tips with Stile Brands -Part 4
Wine Flaws
First, you want to look for off-aromas that indicate a wine is spoiled. A wine that is corked will smell like a musty old attic and taste like a wet newspaper. This is a terminal, unfixable flaw.
A wine that has been bottled with a strong dose of SO2 will smell like burnt matches; this will blow off if you give it a bit of vigorous swirling.
A smell of vinegar indicates VA (volatile acidity); a nail polish smell is ethyl acetate.
Brettanomyces—an undesirable yeast that reeks of sweaty saddle scents. A little bit of “brett” gives red wines an earthy, leathery component; but too much obliterates all the flavors of fruit.
Learning to identify these common flaws is at least as important as reciting the names of all the fruits and flowers. And it will also help you to understand your own palate sensitivities and blind spots. Discovering what you recognize and enjoy is key to learning how to choose wine on your own.
Featured Wines:
+491860 Domaine Gayda Grenache
+154609 Three Winds Viognier
+206490 Viticcio Bere Toscana
Join us for a tasting of the finest wines from the Stile Brands Portfolio. See you in store -Ciao
Friday April 12 – Hours 3 to 7pm
Saturday April 13 - Hours 2 to 6pm
Abbotsford Signature Liquor Store
40 - 32500 South Fraser Way
Abbotsford, BC V2T 4W1
(604)870-5919
Tip for Tasting. Part 3
Tips for Tasting. Part 3
Evaluating by Sniff
Now that you’ve given the wine a good look, you’re ready to take a good sniff. Give the glass a swirl, but don’t bury your nose inside it. Instead, you want to hover over the top like a helicopter pilot surveying rush hour traffic. Take a series of quick, short sniffs, then step away and let the information filter through to your brain.
There are many guides to help you train your nose to identify key wine fragrances, both good and bad. There are potentially thousands of aroma components in a glass of good wine, so forget about finding them all. Naming all the fruits, flowers, herbs and other scents you can trowel out of the glass can be a fun game, but it’s not essential to enjoying and learning how to taste wine. Once you’ve taken a few quick, short sniffs of the wine, try to look for the following aromas, which will help you better understand the wine’s characteristics.
more to come..
Join us for a tasting of the finest wines from the Stile Brands Portfolio. See you in store -Ciao
Friday April 12 – Hours 3 to 7pm
Saturday April 13 - Hours 2 to 6pm
Abbotsford Signature Liquor Store
40 - 32500 South Fraser Way
Abbotsford, BC V2T 4W1
(604)870-5919
+491860 Domaine Gayda Grenache
+154609 Three Winds Viognier
+206490 Viticcio Bere Toscana
