First Friday Cocktails featuring Bruichladdich Distillery

First Friday Cocktails featuring Bruichladdich Distillery

Friday, March 2, 2012
7:00pm until 9:00pm
Gentleman, it’s your turn; we are finally having a Scotch tasting! Stop by between 7-9 for some inspiring and completely authentic Islay (“eye-luh”) Single Malt Scotch from Bruichladdich (“brook-laddy”), as well as their new product, The Botanist Gin. Here are some links to the products we’ll be featuring:

Rocks Un-Peated Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky: http://www.bruichladdich.com/shop/classic-whisky/classic-bruichladdich/rocks

Laddie 10 Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky:

http://www.bruichladdich.com/shop/classic-whisky/classic-bruichladdich/10-year-old

Organic Islay Single Malt Scotch Whiskey:

http://www.bruichladdich.com/shop/classic-whisky/uber-provenance/the-organic-2010-multi-vintage

Botanist Gin:

http://www.bruichladdich.com/shop/gin/the-botanist-islay-dry-gin

Bruichladdich Distillery truly represents what we love in spirits and wine; their products truly express passion and provenance using only the best ingredients and minimal intervention for superior distillation. Read their progressive philosophy here: www.bruichladdich.com/

Want to brush up on your Scotch pronunciation?
www.esquire.com/features/drinking/scotch-pronunciation-guide-5836909

See you there!

THIS IS AN ALCOHOL TASTING. 21+ WITH VALID ID ONLY.
CONSIDER BRINGING A DESIGNATED DRIVER AND NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE!

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IT’S ALL ABOUT BALANCE…

I never understood balance in a cocktail until Josh Rosenmeier made me a couple at Stockade Tavern, a classic American bar in Uptown Kingston. These people are geniuses, and Josh blew my mind with the sherry-based Flor de Jerez cocktail; it was exactly what I would have ordered had I known what it was! Amontillado sherry, Jamaican rum, apricot liquor, lemon juice, simple syrup, and bitters. Perfection! If that wasn’t amazing enough, he then made me a Barnum Cocktail; it was a touch sweeter and gin-based (with apricot brandy. lemon juice, bitters), but the progression from the Flor de Jerez was brilliant. Stockage Tavern is heavenly and gets 1000 stars in my book. Do not miss it.

http://stockadetavern.com/

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Wine & Lucky Chocolates Tasting 2/11/12

Our annual wine & chocolate tasting is this Saturday! February 11, from 4-7pm.  As always, our good friend Rae Stang from Lucky Chocolates will bring us some of her most popular chocolate barks and we’ll pair them with wines we love. We’ll be tasting a dry, light, intensely floral Barbera from Monferato in Piedmont, Italy, and a wildly delicious sparkling Muscatel from Spain.

As in past years, we are offering a 10% discount on your wine purchase when you spend $25 at Lucky Chocolates. Lucky is offering the same discount when you spend $25 here. Offer valid through Valentine’s Day.

See you Saturday!

This is an alcohol tasting. 21+ valid ID required. Consider bringing a designated driver and NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE!

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FIRST FRIDAY COCKTAILS WITH ST-GERMAIN

FIRST FRIDAY WITH ST-GERMAIN
FRIDAY, February 3 2012
7-9pm

Join us for a St-Germain cocktail party this Friday! Our SG rep Melissa will teach us to make their signature “Hummingbird” with Prosecco and the far more masculine “Traditional Elder-Fashioned,” a remake of the the Old-Fashioned.

What is St-Germain, you ask? It’s a French liqueur made from the hand-picked flowers of the Elderbush. The liqueur smells and tastes of fresh, white flowers and sweet lichi nuts and blends with everything! Bake with it, mix it with beer, bathe in it… ask anyone who has ever tasted the stuff–it’s amazing!

www.stgermain.fr

21+ with valid ID only.

We encourage you to bring a designated driver and NEVER drink and drive!

Facebook Event Link:

http://www.facebook.com/events/180145948757465/

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WINES FOR THANKSGIVING TASTING & “DELIGHT” ART OPENING

 

SATURDAY, 11/19
6-9PM

We’re pairing our first ever art opening with our annual favorite wine tasting. The pairing choices are endless for traditional thanksgiving foods but we’ve narrowed it down to four wines: two winter whites–a round, peachy, voluptuous Viognier from France’s Cotes du Rhone and an unusual but delicious blend from Italy’s Piemonte region that tastes like ripe apples and pears, dry honey, lemon, and, well, beer (so interesting and so delicious!), a primeur Beaujolais (or Beaujolais Nouveau) from a favorite producer, and a dense, earthy, alive Grenache from a much-loved, artisanal California producer. PLEASE NOTE THE UNUSUAL TIME OF THIS EVENT.

Also meet Zzoe Rowan, a Saugerties artist, whose “mixed-media, whimsy, and watercolor” will hang on our walls for a month-long showing of his work. As we cannot sell art (by State Liquor Authority rules), we will provide the space for local artists to showcase their work and make 100% of the profit from their own sales. It’s nice to do something that is not based on income–it’s just a quality of life benefit for us and a way to promote local art.

 

 
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A single year

There’s so much significance to a single year–another birthday, a great vintage, a considerable amount of time, a young child’s entire lifetime, or a quarter of it or… a single point of reference. This is for me–for all of us–the one year anniversary of the loss of our first store.

It was weather similar to today, wet and warm with a breeze. The fire sirens were so constant–alarming–at 730 in the morning; I sat straight up in bed. And then the phone started ringing. As I ran out to get my phone from the car, I smelled the smoke… from 5 blocks away. I had to stay home because Isaac was asleep, and we thought it better to let Jordan go and assess. 10 minutes later I knew it was all gone. Then I didn’t want to go at all… like watching a loved one die. The smell was gruesome. To be honest, I went into that store only once after the fire; sometimes ignorance is preferable.

Three months after the fire we were open in a new and better location. The generosity of so many astounds us, and we remain humble and grateful. There were a couple of folks whose kindness made it possible for us to reopen quickly and dozens and dozens of others whose kindness saw us through the months we were closed. We thank you all so so much. The good news is our business is up over 10% and continues to grow. The Village is busier than ever and there is no question that Saugerties is flourishing despite all the craziness in the world right now. Amazing.

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WELCOME TO OUR NEW SITE

 


This is my first post on what will hopefully become our permanent site.  It’s been nearly a year since the fire that devastated our sweet little shop, and I’m finally getting to updating. This site represents our new wine shop at 102 Partition Street. I owe hometown shop owner Ashley Drewes of Sugartown Vintage Boutique (www.sugartownvintageboutique.com) a debt of gratitude for creating a site and sending me the link, which was the impetus I needed to get this project started. However, in normal control-freak fashion, I needed to do it all by myself and have spent the last day learning the basics of  WordPress; it’s hard to get ANY easier than this interface, really. I will continue to work on this site, change the theme (often probably), add e-commerce, etc., but for now the basic info is here.  THANK YOU, ASHLEY.

We (I speak for Jordan and Isaac too) continue to be astonished by the generous support we receive from the fantastic Saugerties business community and our amazing customers. We could not have rebuilt without all of you and are eternally grateful. We love you, Saugerties.

See you soon,

Suzanne

 

 

 

 

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