Annual Mardi Gras Ball & Cajun Cook Off Challenge @ The Secret Wine Cellar

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Annual Mardi Gras Ball &
Cajun Cook Off Challenge
Saturday, February 22, 2020 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

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*Usable Cover will be $15 at the door or $10 if you pay cover online up to 12 hours prior to the event per person.

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Mardi Gras Ball

Come enjoy the Tastes of New Orleans, samples of classic cajun dishes and King Cake. Keeping in tradition of Mardi Gras celebrations, if you’re lucky enough to find the baby in your piece of the King Cake, you get a specialty selected bottle of wine. Kevin is cooking up his favorite jambalaya recipe, get you taste buds ready. The Gifted Ferret has also created a special Mocktail just for this event. This event wouldn't be right if we didn't do our door prizes that come straight from the French Quarter, so be prepared. Get ready for a colorful event full of beads and lots of fun!

We invite you to cook and share your favorite cajun dishes.

 

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We encourage everyone to dress for Carnival, door prizes throughout the evening. 

Schedule of Events:

Upon Entry:    Beads, Beads and more Beads! Pick a few from our Bead Tree!

First Tasting:    Be sure to get your Door Prize Ticket (Must be present to win)

6:45pm:    Door Prizes

7:00pm:    King Cake Contest (If you find a baby in your piece of cake you win a specialty selected bottle of wine)

7:15pm:  Door Prizes

7:40pm:  Crown the King & Queen of the Ball (Best Dressed Bragging Rights)

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Reservations are requested.

 

Tasting Selections:

 

Dr Konstantin Frank Dry Riesling - New York - $20.00

Dr Franks Dry RieslingFinger Lakes, New York

DESCRIPTION:

The Dry Riesling has a classic pale straw color with a crisp green hue. The nose shows typical Keuka Lake minerality with fresh lemon citrus and apple with an intriguing blossom aroma. The palate shows wonderful tight acid that balances out the fruity residual sugar enhancing the floral and bringing out the bright tangerine flavors. The palate also displays the slatey mineral characteristics that typify Dr. Frank's Rieslings. Serve with all fin fish and shell fish.

VINIFICATION:

The fruit was harvested by hand during the cool hours of the morning and cold pressed. The juice was then cold settled and fermented at low temperatures with specially selected German wine yeasts. A long slow fermentation enhances the fruit aromatics.  The fermentation was arrested just prior to dryness to balance the grape's natural acidity.

PAIRING:

Serve with all fin fish and shell fish. This wine has great ageing potential.

AWARDS:

2010- New York Wine & Food Classic: Double Gold
2010- Long Beach Grand Cru Wine Competition: Gold
2010- Los Angeles International Wine Competition: Gold, 94 Points
2010- Golden Nose Wine Competition: Double Gold
2011- BTI World Wine Championships: Gold, 90 Points & Best Buy
2010-Finger Lakes International Wine Competition: Gold

 

Ciavolich Ancilla IGT Chardonnay - Italy - $16.67

Ciavolich Ancilla IGT Chardonnay

Chardonnay is an international wine.

We used a single grape variety and we will get a fresh and aromatic wine with good body and structured.

Vinification of the grapes from the new vines grown on trellises in Loreto, planted in 2011, started in 2014.

These grapes are fragrant and undergo gentle pressing.

The must goes into cryomaceration and then into temperature controlled fermentation.

The wine ages in stainless steel vats until February or March and then bottled.

Some notes: bright straw yellow. Elegant hints of tropical fruit. In the mouth it’s full and fresh. Goes well with spaghetti with pachino tomatoes and shrimps.

 

Maison Albert Signature Syrah-Mourvedre Rose - France - $15.00

Maison Albert RoseAppellation: Indication Géographique Protégée Pays D’Oc

Soil: The Domain is located in the heart of an abundant «garrigue» nearby the Mediterranean shore. The soils are mainly limestone with some sandstone, red clay and shale. Mediterranean climate with strong sea influence.

Grapes: Organic Syrah and Mourvèdre.

Harvest: Mechanical harvest.

Yield: 40 hl/ha

Vinification: Direct pressing and low temperature fermentation in stainless steel tank. Maturation on the lees.

Alcohol: 12,5 %

Tasting: This blend of Syrah and Mourvèdre rosé, light and round, presents aromas of roses, red fruits, and strawberry candy. Ideal for an aperitif, or to serve with charcuterie or grilled meats.

Serve at 10/12°C.

 

Cavalier Bartolomeo Dolcetto D'Alba - Italy - $22.32

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D.O.C. status:    July 6th, 1974     dolcetto

Grape:  100% Dolcetto

Position:              South-East

Vineyard:            Solanotto - Altinasso

Total hectares:  0,87 ha

Colour: Ruby red, at times with a purplish froth.

Bouquet:             Winy, pleasantly fruity.

Taste:    Dry, pleasantly bitterish, with a harmonious body.

Alcohol level:     11,5%

Area of production:        37 municipalities in the province of Cuneo. Our wine is produced exclusively with selected grapes from vineyards owned by the wine company located in area around Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of the Barolo area.

Yearly production:           3.500 bottles.

Gastronomic combinations:        Hors d’oeuvre, first courses, meats to the grill.

The Dolcetto d’Alba is a wine with an ample bouquet and structure that thanks to its harmony and completion can satisfy the most delicate of palates. You must to serve it at room temperature so it can present all the agreeable qualities that it can offer.

 

Donati Claret - California - $19.98

DonatiVin Claret2008 LgWeb1100% Stainless Steel Fermented Twice daily punch-downs and pump overs Aging 100% Barrel Aged; 19 months; 19% New French Oak, 3% New American Oak, 78% Neutral Oak.

Tasting Notes Aroma: Aromas of cherry, coffee, and earth.

Palate: Flavors of cranberry, ripe cherry on the midpalate with nice balance of acid and tannin.

Bottling Notes Blend: 47% Cabernet Sauvignon 23% Merlot 14% Malbec 14% Cabernet Franc 2% Petit Verdot

Appellation: Paicines Bottling

Alcohol: 13.8% Alcohol by Volume

 

 

Bonus Taste:

KWV Cape Ruby - South Africa - $17.99

kwv dessert wine

Origin Western Cape.

About the area: South Africa's vineyards are mostly situated in the Western Cape near the coast. This is the southernmost region of the African continent, and has a Mediterranean type climate and diverse soils perfectly suited to quality grape production.

Winemaking Specially: selected grapes were harvested, destemmed and inoculated with yeast. The wine was allowed to ferment until the desired sugar level was reached and subsequently fortied to stop the fermentation process. The wine was then moved to barrels for maturation.

Maturation: 2 - 4 years in a combination of 300 litre and 500 litre French oak barrels.

Varietals: Tinta Barocca + Ruby Cabernet + Souzão + Pinotage.

Wine description: Beautiful dark berry flavours are complemented by caramel, butterscotch and nuttiness. The wine is well balanced, fresh and fruitful with a lingering finish.

Serving suggestion: Serve chilled before a meal or after a meal with cheese.

Wine analysis Alcohol % volume: 17.21 pH: 3.48 Total acidity g/l: 5.11 Residual sugar g/l: 143.73


 

 Royal Purple Passion

 As deliciously shocking as Carnival!royal purple passion

 

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Wine Therapy - Spring/St. Patrick's Sip & Painting
Friday, February 28, 2020 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM

 

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wine therapy glassesWine Therapy is a great way to relax with some wine as your inspiration help you create a hand painted treasure to keep or share as a gift. You will have a choice to paint and decorate a wine glass for drinking use or place a LED Tealight inside and turn it into a candle or you paint a frosted wine bottle Lamp.  

Your creation will be a masterpiece but also functional.  

  

 The door cost is $30 per person and all materials are included (wine too!), pre-purchase your tickets online and get a discount. 

purchase tickets buttonSave $5 per person by pre-purchasing your tickets before the event!

It is highly recommended that you wear clothing that you want to paint in or bring an apron to protect your clothes. 

What's Included:

  • Wine Glass or Frosted Wine Bottle
  • Paint
  • Paint Brushes
  • Instructions from a Local Artist To Help You Create your Masterpiece
  • 1 Bottle of your favorite varitel of our House Wine for Liquid Inspiration (You can Upgrade to any bottle of wine with a price adjustment)
    • Choose of any in stock varietal
      • Pinot Grigio
      • Sauvignon Blanc
      • Chardonnay
      • Pinot Noir
      • Merlot
      • Cabernet Sauvignon
      • Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon
      • Sweet Rose
      • Sweet Red
  • Battery Operated LED Tealight (if you have chosen to use your glass as a candle)
  • Wine Cork with Battery Operated LED Lights (if you have chosen the Wine Bottle Lamp)

     

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