GREETINGS BEER, WINE & SPIRIT LOVERS,

Welcome to the February edition of the Liquor World Traveler.

We raced thruough January and are quickly getting thru this winterless-winter which is fine by us.

Stop by Liquor World and pick up your Superbowl Party supplies. Check out the Food Network's 50 Superbowl Snacks for Superbowl Sunday.

We have many new exciting wines and beers that have just come in to Liquor World.

As always, we will be tasting a variety of wines at our in-store tasting bar Thursday - Saturday afternoons.

We appreciate you,
Kent Starr

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Kim's Voluptuous Valentine Wine Picks

Primo Amore Moscato

"This refreshing and fruit Moscato wine comes from the warm Southern vineyards of Puglia. Primo Amore, or first love expreses the joy of discovery experienced when a wine drinker first encounters the sweetness amd enticing fragrance of the delicate wine." ~Winery Notes



Gnaughty Vines Zinfandel

Gnaughty Vines’ Old Vine Zinfandel is made exclusively from grapes grown in the prized Dry Creek Valley appellation of Sonoma County.  Gnaughty Vines sources its fruit from just five vineyards, each offering a distinctive personality to the unique blend. The result is a balanced, complex and full-bodied Zinfandel deep garnet in color with aromas of spice, cherry and raspberry. On the palate are the unmistakable notes of plums and blackberries, with a hint of spice on the finish to tickle the back of the throat.  

With substantial structure and balance, this Old Vines Zinfandel is the perfect complement to the heartiest of dishes, yet its delicate dance of aroma and flavor makes it an admirable sipper all by itself.

Splendore
Tempranillo (Ribera del Duero)

Dry on the nose, with balsam shavings, pepper and secondary red fruit aromas. The palate has a choppy, fairly hollow feel and then short flavors of plum and berry. Spice and mint notes work the finish, which is mellow.

Cherry Pie Pinot Noir

This Cherry Pie is rich and fat while not over extracted. It is one of our richest in red fruits, black plums, hints of wet earth and pebbles. Naturally black cherry abounds in one of our most aromatic and layered Cherry Pies to date, clearly this wine will be very hard to resist and pairs well with a very large range of foods. “Basically it is kick ass” says Winemaker Jayson Woodbridge.

Stella Rosa

Stella Rosa comes from a little town in Northern Italy where delicious sparkling wines are very common. Everyone drinks them. They knew this little secret for years and told no one.  Originally, Stella was a red blend. Stella came to America a few years ago and everyone fell in love with this racy semi sweet Italian red wine.

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OTHER Ooo La la Valentine Treats!

Sensous Taste...
X-Rated Fusion Liqueur

Award-winning X-Rated Fusion Liqueur is a unique, exotic fusion of ultra-premium French vodka and 100% pure, organic fruit juices including rich blood oranges from Provence in France, with a tease of mango and passion fruit from Brazil. Drink pink and discover why it's called X-Rated.

French Kiss

1.5 parts X-Rated Fusion Liqueur
1.5 parts Skyy Vodka
Shake over ice and serve in a martini glass. Drizzle black raspberry liqueur down sides of glass.

A Belgian Love Affair
Seduction by Ommegang

An Ommegang Limited Edition Ale Belgian-style porter with chocolate and Liefmans Cuvee Brut kriek.

Ommegang Seduction is lovingly brewed with six dark malts. Chocolatier Callebut provides the chocolate, while Liefmans brings the cherries. This international romance is consumated with a full body, alluring aromas and flavors of Belgian chocolate, and tart
cherries. Seduction is an ale to be lovingly embraced.

Beautiful, rich and smooth, roasty and malty throughout, Seduction offers balanced chocolate-cherry notes, a bit of caramel sweetness, and a long, slow finish. Seduction is welcoming and warm-hearted, gently hopped and harbors no bitterness, leaving only a lingering glow.

Agavero Tequila

100% blue agave tequila, blended with natural damiana flowers. Created over a century ago and still hand-produced. Agavero can be used as a fine sipping liqueur or a delicious addition to coffee and cocktails.

Tasting Notes:
Nose: Rich spicy agave, verbena and pepper aromas.

Taste: lightly sweet, medium-full body of reposado tequila agave, charred green pepper and medicinal bark and herb flavors.

Color: Pale burnished copper color

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FEBRUARY COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH....

Courtesy of Agavero.com

 

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NEW! Naughty Syrah
Reynolds Family Winery, Napa Valley


Limited production wine. Incredible deep blackberry with hints of leather and exotic spice.

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ATTENTION BEER LOVERS....
NEW BREWS AT LIQUOR WORLD...

Charlville Box of Chocolate

It's Difficult to express Love's nuances, much like the complexity of this Belgian style Chocolate Quad. You Might use a Box of Chocolate to express your love, we use it to demonstrate our passion for great beer. ABV: 10.50%

Rogue Good Chit Pilsner

Good Chit Pilsner is made with Rogue Farm barley that we Floor-Malted in small batches. Floor Malting is an, old fashioned, 8 day process that includes steeping, germination, raking, roasting, bagging and hands on love 24 hours a day. “Chit” refers to the start of the rootlets that emerge from the embryo of the kernel once steeping is complete and germination begins.

13º PLATO, 40 IBU, 77 AA, 6º Lovibond

 

Rogue First Growth Single Malt Ale

Single Malt Ale and all Chatoe Rogue brews are all GYO Certified, First Growth, Appellation products made with hops and malt from our Department of Agriculture's Hopyard and Barley Bench.

Single Malt Ale has a malty aroma and is deep golden in color with a dense creamy head. It is medium bodied with a lush rich maltiness from the Dare™ malt.

12º PLATO, 35 IBU, 77 AA, 10º Lovibond

 

BACK IN STOCK....

Rogue Oregasmic Ale

OREgasmic Ale is brewed with all First Growth Oregon hops and malt grown on Rogue’s own micro hopyard and barley farm.

Orange-amber in color, malty aroma, spicy fruity hop flavor with solid malt background and lingering finish.

15º PLATO, 40 IBU, 76 AA, 6º Lovibond

 

Boulevard Chocolate Ale

Chocolate Ale is full of surprises, beginning with a glowing amber hue. The aroma is given over to earthy, fruity cocoa, with just a hint of hops. Smooth layers of dark chocolate intertwine with threads of caramel, vanilla, and nutty malt as the flavor warms and rounds to a bittersweet finish.

Color (EBC) 41, Bitterness (IBUs) 24, Original Gravity (Plato) 20, Terminal Gravity (Plato) 4, Alcohol (ABV) 9.1%

Anchor Christmas Ale

Each year since 1975, Anchor Brewing creates a distinctive Christmas Ale, available from early November to mid-January. A rich, dark spiced ale, our secret recipe is different every year—as is the tree on the label—but the intent remains the same: joy and celebration of the newness of life.

Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest

The cornerstone of our Harvest series is the beer that started the modern-day fresh hop ale phenomenon in America, our original Harvest Ale.

Created in 1996, Harvest Ale features Cascade and Centennial hops from the Yakima Valley in Eastern Washington. These hops are harvested and shipped as “wet” un-dried hops—the same day they are picked—to our brewery in Chico where our brewers eagerly wait to get them into the brew kettle while their oils and resins are still at their peak

ABV 6.7%, Beginning Gravity 16.5 Plato, Ending Gravity 4.0 Plato, IBUs 60-65

'Dig' Pale Ale from New Belguim (Spring Seasonal)

Unearth your bottle-opener because this Pale Ale is something you can Dig.

Sorachi Ace hops provides a fresh Spring zing with incredible lemon aroma. Nelson Sauvin is next in line with bursts of passion fruit, mango and peach.

American favorites, Cascade and Centennial round out this crisp, clean Pale Ale.

ABV 5.6%, IBUs 36