So, below are the six wines that we’ll be pouring during our Natural Wine Week blowout partay on Friday, August 27th, from 7:00pm-11:00pm. Each will be paired to a set of music in half-hour segments, and while that wine is being featured, it will be 50% off by the glass!

Check it:

- 2008 Thierry Puzelat La Tesniere Touraine
- 2009 Christian Venier Gris Gourlaouen Rose
- 2006 Julien Courtois Originel
- 2009 Mouressipe Cacous
- 2007 Occhipinti Nero d’Avola Sicilia Siccagno
- 2006 Paolo Bea San Valentino Umbria Rosso

Unfortunately, we’ll be keeping the music pairings to ourselves. But you’ll get to hear them soon enough.

Love,

Heart

Opening Reception August 18, 7 – 11pm

Showing through September 20

Exhibiting Artists:

Darwin Bell
Dan Brazelton
Dayman Cash
Armand Emamdjomeh
Jessica Fairbanks
Alicia Griffiths
Michael Kebbekus
David Klein
Aaron Scott
Kiffanie Stahle
Silvia Stocco
Trish Tunney
John D White

Take a sneak peek at a few of the works that grace wine goers this month at Heart!

…for new (improved) mason jars!  We are now using mason jars made by Bormioli Rocco, an Italian glass maker that dates back to 1825.  The jars (see below) are based off the figure of the Roman Amphora, the original wine vessel.  Their Amphora-like shape allows both the wine (and beer/cider/sake) to breath and you to easily stick your muzzle in there for a sniff.  And they’re still cool as hell, equally as adept at raucous, alcohol-fueled gatherings as at romantic (communal) trysts or family dinners.

Come drink.

As part of San Francisco Natural Wine Week, the week that celebrates America’s best natural wine locale.

Heart presents -

MAKING NATURAL WINE FUN AGAIN: A PARTY.

A night of revelry loosely organized around natural wine.

For one night, forget cultured yeasts, SO2 counts, horses, volatile acidity and navel-gazing wing nuts.

We at Heart are throwing a party celebrating the fact that natural wines taste better and make us feel better about devoting our lives to a beverage.

Kid Gorgeous will throw down mad beats all night in 30-minute segments, each paired to a different natural wine that we’ll be highlighting.  When the music is playing, the wine it’s paired to will be flowing like water, at industrial plonk-like prices.  When the music stops, get a new glass.

We’ll also have a bunch of natural food (naturally) floating around to pair up with the wine of the moment.  Oh, and puppets.  That’s right, puppets.

The music & wine pairings will remain top secret for now.  But expect them to be life-changing.

See you there.

Love,

Heart

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.

June 29: We turn Japanese with Hapa Ramen

The kitchen sink.

Bubbles

2008 Isastegi Apple Cider, Spain $19
NV German Gilabert Cava, Spain $24
2008 Fremont Cidre Brut Par Nature Les Greniers, France $27
2009 Andrea Calek Blanc Blonde Petillant, France $38
NV Bermejo Espumoso, Spain $54
NV Larmandier-Bernier Tradition Extra Brut Champagne, France $73

Whites

2008 La Closerie des Lys Les Fruitieres, France $20
2006 Claude Branger Muscadet Terroir Les Gras Mouton, France $25
2008 Valli Unite Bianchino, Italy $25
2009 La Clarine White Rhone Blend, California $27
2008 Darting Pfalz Kabinett Riesling Trocken, Germany $31
2007 Domaine Bourillon-Dorleans Vouvray Demi-Sec, France $32
2008 Bisson Bianchetta Genovese U Pastine, Italy $33
2005 Campolargo Branco Arinto, Portugal $33
2008 Thierry Puzelat La Tesniere Touraine, France $33
2008 Gerhard Rheingau Riesling Kabinett Trocken, Germany $33
2004 Domaine Mittnacht-Klack Rosacker Riesling, France $35
2007 Peillot Roussette du Bugey Altesse de Montagnieu, France $35
2008 Hogl Gruner Veltliner Schon Federspiel, Austria $36
2008 Angiolino Maule Sassaia Bianco, Italy $37
1999 Lopez de Heredia Vina Gravonia Rioja Crianza Blanco, Spain $38
2008 DeMorgonzen Chenin Blanc, South Africa $38
2008 Grosjean Pinot Gris Vigne Creton, Italy $40
2007 Monastero Suore Cistercensi Coenobium Rusticum, Italy $43
2006 Phillipe Bornard Savagnin Chassagnes Ouille, France $46
2007 Brundlmayer Steinmassel Riesling, Austria $47
2006 Domaine Michel Briday Rully 1er Cru, France $52
2005 Phillipe Bornard Savagnin Les Marnes, France $53
2006 Thierry Pillot Premier Cru Chassagne-Montrachet, France $81

Reds

2005 Tarantas Crianza, Spain $20
2008 Hofer Zweigelt, Austria (1L) $23
2005 Fiore Dedalo Ciliegiolo, Italy $29
2007 Weinhof Scheu Spatburgunder Trocken, Germany $29
2007 Le Rocher des Violettes Cot Vieilles Vignes, France $31
2008 Tavijn Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato, Italy $33
2005 Le P’tit Paysan Meritage Monterey County, California $34
2008 Breton Chinon Beaumont, France $35
2008 Andrea Calek Babiole VDP de l’Ardeche, France $35
2007 The Coastview Vineyard Syrah, California $35
2005 Cavallotto Barbera d’Alba Cuculo, Italy $37
2008 Occhipinti SP68 IGT, Italy $37
2006 Casina di Cornia Chianti Classico, Italy $37
2007 Philippe Garrey Mercurey Vieilles Vignes, France $37
2008 Alta Maria Vineyards Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir, California $39
2007 Chamonard Morgon, France $39
2004 Bric Cenciurio Langhe Nebbiolo, Italy $39
2007 Axel Prufer Le Temps des Cerises Un Pas de Cote, France $41
2007 Puffeney Arbois Pinot Noir, France $43
2007 Occhipinti Frappato IGT Sicilia, Italy $43
2008 Foillard Morgon Cote du Py, France $43
2006 Guttarolo Primitivo Antello Gioia Colle Murge, Italy $43
2006 de Trafford Cabernet Sauvignon, South Africa $44
2006 Foti I Vigneri Etna Rosso, Italy $47
2007 Dard Ribo Saint-Joseph Rouge, France $51
2005 Ferrando Carema Etichetta Bianca, Italy $53
2004 Antoniolo Gattinara, Italy $53
2003 Bric Cenciurio Barolo, Italy $74

Sweet and Other

2008 Bisson Ciliegiolo Golfo del Tigullio Rose, Italy $31
NV H.M. Borges 5 year Madeira, Portugal $27
2008 La Morandina Moscato D’Asti, Italy $32
NV Langlois Cassis, France $44
NV Chikurin Junmai Ginjo Sake, Japan $47

Sherry

NV La Cigarrera Manzanilla 375ml $22
NV Juan Sebastian Elcano 375ml $22
NV El Maestro Sierra Fino 375ml $25
NV Colosia Sangre y Trabajadero Oloroso 375ml $26
NV El Maestro Sierra Amontillado 375ml $37

If you didn’t get to make it to the opening of Transplants, works by Kevin Earl Taylor, Ben Venom and Jon Casey Clary, then check out the pictures we captured of the art and the wine drinking. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the arts!

With that said, we at Heart have an oft-rotating little Reserve List for the risk-takers and the hedonists out there.  Here is our latest version.

P.S. – All these wines have been cellared perfectly, so it’s basically like playing roulette without ’0′ or ’00′.

Irregular beats.

1999 Cameron Chardonnay Abbey Ridge Reserve – 80

1999 Evesham Wood Pinot Noir Estate Le Puits Sec – 110

1995 Michele Castellani Amarone I Castei Campo Casalin – 140

1995 Mauro Sebaste Barolo Prapo – 140

1996 Giuseppe Traversa Barbaresco Sori Starderi – 110

1997 Don Tommaso Le Corti Chianti Classico – 80

1997 Castello Di Fonterutoli Chianti Classico – 110

1997 Alessandro Brero Barolo – 150

1997 Marchese De Frescobaldi ‘Nipozzano’ – 60

1997 Poggio Amarelli Chianti Classico – 60

1997 Messer Pietro Di Teuzzo Chianti Classico Riserva – 80

1997 Tramonti Chianti Classico – 45

1999 Cosimo Taurino’s Patriglione Rosso Salento – 120

2000 Tassinaia Castello Del Terriccio – 90

2001 Tramonti Chianti Classico – 45

1996 Paul Justine Champagne Brut 1er Cru – 140

1996 Pierre Damoy Chapelle Chambertin Grand Cru – 290

1999 Henri Clerc Puligny Montrachet Les Combettes – 160

2000 Chateau Maurac Les Vignes De Cabaleyran – 80

2003 Domaine Paul Autard Chateauneuf Du Pape – 90

Works by Ben Venom, Jon Casey Clary, and Kevin Earl Taylor

Opening Reception: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 7-10pm

Heart Wine Bar and Art Gallery is proud to introduce Transplants, an exhibition of the perspectives of three artists, Ben Venom, John Casey Clary, and Kevin Earl Taylor, and their illustrious journey to the Bay Area. The show will explore a collaborative impression of the natural world and its relation to the uninhibited state of the human mind; a purely organic experience. We at Heart look forward to sharing this event with you on May 12, 2010, from 7pm to 10pm.

Ben Venom is a self-proclaimed “visual commentator on the unique culture of the Southern United States.” Perhaps this makes him an expert on the lifestyle engulfed by Southern comforts. Nevertheless, at this current point in time, Venom is a Transplant from the down-home dirty south to the wind-whipping dirty streets of San Francisco. In the Transplants show, Venom will employ a multi-faceted collaboration of elements on screen-print, with cyanotype, tea, and resin, taking a nod to nostalgia; the collection brings to mind 1978’s Michael Cimino film, “Deer Hunter” with Robert De Niro. Ben Venom’s works are deeply rooted in Southern culture, as “politics, racing, and heavy metal” all play an integral role in his ever-expanding opus of creativity.

Jon Casey Clary explores the visual limits of the monotonous. It is the place we call home, the surrounding of our everyday in which Clary evokes such mysticism in his works. Clary takes advantage of the tools he has been given, whether it be a brush, a camera, or a computer, and harnesses their every worth; redirecting the gift of his influences, he can expound a world all his own. In his compositions, Jon Casey Clary draws forth the curious milieu of a celestial world, and reminds the viewer of all that is so unattainable in reality.

Kevin Earl Taylor extracts from the ephemeral, paying homage to the “chaotic and incomprehensible” of the “human paradigm” as it relates to the natural state of being. He has exhibited paintings around the world and is published both nationally and internationally. For Transplants, three artists will come together from different ends of the spectrum, employing an intimate and somewhat vulnerable migration to the Bay Area as means of self-expression. Kevin Earl Taylor’s works examine life-like creatures in a morbid, dream-like state, utilizing colors that draw from a personal intimacy with the everyday natural world in order to animate “a parody…offering visual depiction of this all at one grotesque, lovely, and hilarious production.”

Check out some more pictures from our photo shoot for Transplants at Heart.