Terri’s Wine Favorites

Featured White Wine

Lioco
“Unoaked” Chardonnay
Sonoma County 2010

Glass: 6 oz - $11.50  •  9 oz - $17.25
Bottle: $45.00

Pineapple flavors, lemon blossom, chamomile, chalk, mineral, brisk acidity.

Far Niente
Chardonnay
Napa Valley 2009

Bottle: $95.00

Flavors of pineapple, peach, lemon blossom, green apple, toast vanilla, butterscotch, fruity, spicy, creamy texture.

Try this wine with our Sweet Potato Ravioli to experience a wonderful combination of food and wine. The richness of the Ravioli from the sage brown butter truly enhances the full bodied Far Niente Chardonnay.

Château Routas
Viognier/Chardonnay
Provence France 2008

Glass: 6 oz - $9.00  •  9 oz - $13.50
Bottle: $36.00

Floral nose of honeysuckle, exotic fruits, pineapple, white flowers. Great to drink as aperitif, with seafood, poultry, or vegetarian dishes.

Try this wine with our Chilled Alaskan King Crab Appetizer Accompanied with mâche, granny smith apple, parsnip cream, white truffle vinaigrette, topped with American paddlefish Cavier

Featured Red Wine

Foppiano Vineyards
Estate Bottled Petite Sirah
Russian River Valley 2009

Glass 6 oz - $11.25  •  9 oz - $16.75
Bottle: $45.00

Full bodied, robust, rich wine, blackberry, dark chocolate, anise, white pepper on the nose, fruity aromas are followed on the tongue: blueberry, black cherry, dark toasted hazelnuts, sweet vanilla, long silky finish, smooth tannins.

Enjoy this wine with grilled or roasted meats, lamb, dark chocolate desserts or hearty aged cheeses: Asiago, Gouda, Parmesan Reggiano. Chef Heyer’s Slow Roasted Long Island Duck with forbidden rice, braised kale, dried cranberries, kumquat chutney, honey and clove gastrique pairs  perfectly  with this wine.

Toucan
Zinfandel “Unfined & Unfiltered”
Arroyo Grande Valley 2005

Bottle: $89.00

Bright wild berry fruit spice and forward elegance, cherry, black raspberry and pepper with full long finish: unfined and unfiltered dark fruits, pepper on mid palate, shows tremendous spice.

Pairs wonderfully with the Cervena Venison. The black peppercorn spiciness of the Zinfandel works well with the game.

Louis M. Martini
Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley 2007

Glass: 6 oz - $10.25  •   9 oz - $15.25
Bottle: $40.00

Beautiful dark and red sweet ripe fruits. Blackberry, cherry, currant, mocha,soft oak, vanilla with hint of pipe tobacco. Rich and complex juice that leads to mild tannins and beautifully structured wine.

Try this wine with our Dry-Aged Rib Eye Entrée 21 day aged Rib Eye placed on a bed of fingerling potatoes that are mashed with a smoked cheddar béchamel.. The Rib Eye is topped with a grilled Vidalia oion ring with crispy broccoli, finished with a Bordelaise sauce made from demi, red wine reduction, shallots and poached bone marrow.

Pellegrini Vineyards
Cabernet Franc
North Fork, Long Island 2005

Glass: 6 oz - 10.25  •  9 oz - 15.25

From New York State, a premier grape growing region of the East Coast, the climate and rainfall are parallel to Bordeaux, a 220 day growing season. Most wines produced here are bottled "Unfiltered" which = minimal handling and manipulation = sound wine. This wine is 100% Cabernet Franc which is similar in structure to Cabernet, but not as full bodied, showing fewer tannins and less acid, yet very aromatic and herbaceous. Unlike Cabernet, Cabernet Franc grows in cooler climates and thus ripens early.. In Bordeaux, if the Cabernet conditions are less than perfect, they can savage the vintage by adding Cabernet Franc which is most often blended with Cabernet and Merlot. The first class wine of Cheval Blanc is primarily Cabernet Franc, but most people are unaware of this. The Pellegrini Cabernet Franc has a beautiful color with an intense aromatic nose of violets, ripe raspberry, menthol which leads to a fleshy mouthfeel followed by silky tannins. This is such a great wine, I consider this another Terri Baldwin find that allows you to enjoy a beautiful well crafted wine that is easy on the wallet and most enjoyable on the palate.