Blog Post
Wine(s) by the jar.
July 15th, 2010 by Jeff Segal
Our current glass list, in case you’re interested…
Focused
These are Heart’s by the glass picks of the moment.
Sherry (for grandma)
The David Foster Wallace of the wine world. Brilliant but misunderstood.
La Cigarrera Manzanilla – $7 Like drinking the sea. But better.
Gutierrez Colosia Elcano Fino – $7 Cate Blanchett elegance at a Jamie Lee Curtis price.
El Maestro Sierra Fino – $10 Saltier than Evelyn Waugh.
El Maestro Sierra Amontillado – $13 Maldon, almonds, ham, smoke, butterscotch and sex.
Gutierrez Colosia Sangre y Trabajadero Oloroso – $9 Nuttier than Nick Nolte.
Sake
Sake is so damn good. It makes everything better. Put it in your mouth (an original Heart haiku).
Tentaka Hawk in the Heavens Junmai – $13 Mushroom, Truffle, Earthy Funkiness.
Kasum Shiboritate Namazake Genshu – $14 Nuts, Apples, Watermelon Seed.
Ohyama Tokubetsu Junmai Nigori – $8 Cotton Candy, Rosemary, Served On the Rocks.
Bubbles + outsiders
Serious fun.
2009 Puzelat KO Rose – $9 A striking French woman that hasn’t showered since her berry picking expedition.
2009 Bisson Ciliegiolo Rose – $11 A serious as shit (amazing) rose. Call it blush and get smacked.
2009 Trabanco Cosecha Propia Cider - $5 How ‘bout them apples? Drink this all day.
2007 Fremont Brut Cider Par Nature Les Greniers – $9 Smells like a horse farm, tastes like (funky) perfection.
German Gilabert Brut Cava – $9 Champagne – Snobbery = Cava.
2008 Pinon Vouvray Brut Non Dose – $12 Smoke, minerals and fizz.
2008 La Grange Tiphaine Nouveau Nez – $12 I am on a 24 hour Chenin Blanc diet.
2009 Andrea Calek Blonde Petillant – $14 Appley soul wine made by a mohawked French badass in a trailer.
Philippe Bornard Tant Mieux Ploussard Petillant Rose – $14 Absurdly good. The ultimate desert island wine.
HM Borges 5-year Madeira – $9 Can kick the shit out of $100 ports with its eyes closed.
White
From bestdealever to crazyassmofo.
2008 Closerie des Lys Blanc – $6 Our unbelievably good (and cheap) house white.
2006 Branger Muscadet Terroir les Gras Mouton – $8 Proof that Muscadet ages like George Clooney.
2007 Salomon Sal’mon Steinterrassen Riesling – $12 For the kids that tried to eat rocks.
2007 St. Pauls Pinot Bianco Exclusiv Ploetzner – $10 An ideal matrimony of tropical fruit, minerals and body.
2008 Valli Unite Bianchino – $9 Veuve Clicquot sans bubbles.
2008 Ferrando Erbaluce di Caluso La Torrazza – $11 Someone. Please. Help. Us. Stop. Smelling. This. Wine.
2007 Tournelle Terre de Gryphees Chardonnay – $12 The Jura’s version of white Burgundy. Astonishing.
2008 Puzelat La Tesniere Touraine – $12 Christmas as a wine. Pine needles, honey, gingerbread and apple pie.
2008 DeMorgenzon Chenin Blanc – $14 Charlize Theron beauty, J. M. Coetzee intellect, Nelson Mandela power.
2007 Coenobium Rusticum Lazio Bianco – $16 A crazy orange wine made by Cistercian Nuns.
Red
From Bota juice to liquid ether.
2005 Tarantas Tempranillo/Cabernet Crianza – $6 The kind of wine you could drink from dusk ‘till dawn.
2009 Tournelle L’Uva Arbosiana Ploussard – $11 A summer red if there ever was one. Utterly charming.
2007 Garrey Mercurey Vieilles Vignes – $14 Ever wonder why red Burgundy ruins lives and dashes fortunes?
2009 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Cheverny Rouge – $9 Village Burgundy meets Village Beaujolais. Chaos ensues.
2008 Tavijn Ruche di Castagnole – $12 Maybe the most floral wine ever. Like red Gewürztraminer.
2007 Occhipinti Frappato – $15 Sour cherry, raspberry, stone, peat moss, Earl Gray, salt and basement.
2008 Alta Maria Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir – $14 Smokey The Bear’s least-favorite wine.
2008 Darnaud Crozes-Hermitage Mise en Bouche – $12 Real Syrah – black pepper, smoked meat and violets.
2005 Le P’Tit Paysan Monterey County Meritage – $12 If Steinbeck drank wine aboard Rocinante, it’d be this.
2006 Guttarolo Primitivo Murge – $16 If BP sold this wine, we’d still buy it. Zinfandel par excellence.
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