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Two Tastings This Week!

6/5/2019

 

South African Wines

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Wednesday, June 5th
5:00 - 7:00

We've added a great mid-week tasting for your enjoyment and education!  Tonight we welcome back Zingo Munger of Cape Classics, a Triangle area native and long time friend of Hope Valley Wine.  Through Cape Classics, Zingo represents many of our favorite and best selling South African Wines.  With 350 years of wine making under their belts it is odd to call South Africa a 'New World' wine, but they are still very new to many US consumers.  The political history of Apartheid and the sanctions levied because of it made the wines from this region difficult if not impossible to find in America for quite some time.  In the last two decades, South African wines have taken a quantum leap forward. 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of their young democracy and we celebrate this milestone by underscoring just how far their wine industry has advanced since its readmission to world trade in the 1990s.  We hope you can join us this evening for some stellar wines.

Raats 'Original' Unwooded Chenin Blanc
Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2018

Bayten Sauvignon Blanc
Constantia, South Africa, 2017

DeMorgenzon 'DMZ' Rosé
Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2018 

 
Kanonkop 'Kadette' Cape Blend
Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2017 

 
Braai Cabernet Sauvignon
Western Cape, South Africa, 2018


New South American Wines

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Saturday, June 8th
4:30 - 7:00

Wines out of South America have been one of our top categories for all eleven years we've been open.  Many of the bottles of Argentine and Chilean wine have regularly been some of the best values in the store, and often over deliver for the price.  For all their popularity, though, it has been a small handful of grapes that account for the large majority of sales from these two countries  - Malbec from Argentina, Carmenere from Chile, and Cabernet Sauvignon from both.  We do still love wines made of those grapes, and they definitely helped get these countries on many wine drinker's radar, but there are numerous other grapes which thrive and make compelling wines from these areas.  This Saturday, we are going to try to introduce you to some new favorites!  Brazos Imports have some fantastic offerings made of grapes you may not have heard of before, or at least may not associate with either of these South American countries.  We hope you can join us this weekend to move beyond Malbec, cut out the Carmenere, and discover some of the different wines of Chile and Argentina.
 
Prisma Sauvignon Blanc
Casablanca Valley, Chile, 2018

Reunion Torrontes
Cafayate, Salta, Argentina, 2017

Prisma Pinot Noir 

Casablanca Valley, Chile, 2017

Via Revolucionaria Bonarda 'Pura'
Mendoza, Argentina, 2018

Bodega El PorvenirAmauta 'Absoluto' Tannat
Cafayate, Salta, Argentina, 2018


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