SF Local Blog: Wine & Spirits Stories, Events, Offers and more

We hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful Presidents Day off doing fun things. We're happy to see a lot of faces we normally see only once in awhile around the shop today. We've got plenty going on this week, both tasting and newsletter-wise, that should keep everyone coming back!

Love is is the air and that means wine should be in your glass. That's right, it's Valentine's Day! If you're just being reminded now, don't worry...we've got you covered. Here's what we've got going on this week.

We try to share these special events with you as often as possible. And just last Friday we had a great one! Many of our friends and neighbors joined us to taste with Paola Rinaldi, the winemaker at Barolo’s Francesco Rinaldi e Figli. It was magical.

Welcome to a new weekly blog series! Here, we will take an even deeper dive into one of our favorite wine stories of the week. A shorter version of this story was featured in our newsletter just yesterday.

Today's featured wine: The 2016 Langhe Nebbiolo from Luigi Oddero.

To put it simply: this wine is nearly Barolo, in quality, if not in name. You’re bound to regret it if you don’t stock up now!

It’s clear wine is in. This is certainly true on the biggest Sunday of the year. Leave the Miller lite to your buddy, instead bring something that you know will please a crowd. And, if we’re going to drink wine while watching the game (or just the halftime show), why not choose wines to pair with the most popular game day food? 

Classic Super Bowl spreads are the greatest hits of American comfort and fast food. It’s Thanksgiving for snacks: pizza, chicken wings, nachos, chili dogs and pretzels. 

Whether you're a sports fan or not, you'd have to be living under a rock to not know that our 49er's are headed to the Superbowl! So get ready now for the parties yet to come and get your bottles now.

Tired of your Dry January yet? We though so! Jump on in to the shop for a splash of some tasty wines this week and don't miss out on our newsletter!

Happy New Year! We sincerely wish you all success and happiness in 2020 and thank you all for your valued business. In the face of all that is going on the world, the wine tariffs being the least of all worries, we are still optimistic that this will be a fantastic year for all of us. Join us in toasting this new decade and the new start that it promises.