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Say Vino: 5/29/07
By Don Wils
 Say
Vino is is published every Tuesday evening. It contains wine
news, opinion, and special sales info for our subscribers. Say
Vino is available by email or at our website, schaefers.com,
and it is also posted in our store.
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The Champagne That Beat Dom Perignon And Roederer Cristal For
Only $66.67 A Bottle!!!
Here's a rare and limited opportunity for you to acquire one
of the world's finest Champagnes, Laurent-Perrier
"Grand Siecle" Brut NV, for an unheard of price. Now
through June 4, 2007 (unless sold out sooner) we will be
selling this prestige cuvée at 3 bottles for only
$200.00! That works out to only $66.67 a bottle!
According to our research, this is the lowest price in the
United States and more than 20% below the typical Chicagoland
price of $90.00.
In his International Wine Cellar newsletter, Stephen
Tanzer rated this exquisite wine an outstanding 94-points and
ranked it ahead of such luminaries as Dom Perignon, Roederer
Cristal and Krug Grand Cuvée among others. He described the
Grande Siecle as follows: "Medium straw color, with a vigorous
mousse. Wonderfully expressive aromas of white flowers, peach,
fresh pear, sweet butter and exotic magnolia blossom.
Concentrated and deep, with fresh ripe apple, red currant and
fruitcake flavors accented by a strong chalky note. This
manages to be dense and lively at the same time, with a
remarkable range of flavors. Powerful and almost painfully
concentrated on the very long finish. This cuvée, which is in
a new, black bottle with a small black label, is based on 1996
juice, with the addition of wines from 1995 and 1993, and may
be the finest Grand Siecle cuvee I've yet encountered."
Remember, this offer expires June 4, 2007 unless sold out
sooner. Order yours today. A limited number
of handsome gift boxes are available. We reserve the right to
limit quantities.
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Chardignon Cote De Brouilly
Say-Vino price $13.97
 From
one of the nicer villages of Beaujolais, this is an
outstanding example of a great vintage in Beaujolais, with
bursts of nice flavor, a wonderful light body, and a
delicate elegance and surprising length! Purple in color
with shades of ruby and with a bouquet reminiscent of irises
and fresh grapes. The taste is peppery and rich with soft
raspberry fruit as well as excellent balance and finesse.
Chillable and highly recommended!!!
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Seven Deadly Zins 2005
Say-Vino price $15.97
 Seven
of Lodi's best gave of their souls and the first fruits of
each of their old vines to contribute to the layered
complexity of this fanciful blend. Soft subtle peppercorn,
licorice, and clove notes merge into a sinful marriage of
deep brambly blackberries and lustful cherries. The finish
is clean on the palate with hints of rich vanilla, cocoa,
and mild tannins.
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Pinky Vodka from Sweden
Say-Vino price $29.97
The world's most beautiful vodka is also the world's first
vodka rosé. Getting its beautiful pink hue naturally from a
blend of twelve delicately balanced flavors, Pinky is a
singular experience with numerous layers of complexity.
Pinky is the most beautiful vodka you will every try.
Each batch is hand-blended by champion wine tasters using
natural and luxurious ingredients, including rose petals,
violets and wild strawberries. It was created to enhance the
taste, look and nose of any vodka-based drink.
This vodka is packed with esters - the delicate top note
flavors that give fresh fruit its vibrant taste. Mix Pinky
with cranberry and you'll experience how it puts the life
back into processed fruit juices. Combine Pinky with soda,
tonic, or just a few ice cubes to transform the standard
vodka fare into a smooth, balanced taste with a floral
finish.
It is to vodka what pink Champagne is to Champagne. Pinky
has set out to create a category, Vodka Rosé, within the
superpremium vodka market. It is not to be mistaken as just
another flavored vodka. As with pink Champagne, Pinky sets a
new standard for vodka.
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Jim Barry "Lodge Hill" Shiraz 2005
Say-Vino price $15.97
Jim Barry bought the Lodge Hill vineyard in 1977 and devoted
all but a small parcel to Reisling. That remaining small area
of Shiraz produces an outstanding wine year after year. Jim
Barry Lodge Hill Shiraz is 100% Shiraz, deep red in color with
purple hues. It is medium full in body with moderate acidity
and soft ripe tannins. This bold red offers rich aromas and
flavors of dark cherry, plum, pepper, leather, vanilla,
spices, and mint. Aged in French and American oak (29% new
oak), it is nicely balanced to enjoy now and over the next 7-9
years.
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Once Every 17 Years
 Don't
feel like cooking up something fancy just to enjoy the delicious
but rare cicada? Try this simple yet exotic pasta recipe:
- 2 cups blanched cicadas
- Butter to sauté
- 2 cloves crushed garlic
- 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh basil, or to taste
- 1 Lb of your favorite pasta
1. Melt butter in sauté pan over medium heat. 2. Add garlic
and sauté for 30 seconds 3. Add basil and cicadas and continue
cooking, turning down the heat if necessary, for 5 minutes or
until the cicadas begin to look crispy and the basil is wilted.
4. Toss with pasta and olive oil. Sprinkle with Parmesan if
desired. Yield: 4 servings. Recipe by Janet Stein Carter |
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Barbecue Season is Here!
It's barbecue season and is there anything better on the
grill than ribs? No forks, no linen, just meat on a stick, sauce
on your face. But just what kind or ribs? Baby backs? Spare
ribs? Country ribs? St. Louis cuts? Riblets? And just what the
heck are McRibs, anyway?
Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn is writing a book named "Amazing
Ribs" and his website,
AmazingRibs.com, is a trove of info for anyone
who loves cooking outdoors. On the page "The
different cuts of ribs" he clears up all the
confusion over the different cuts. If you really want to vastly
improve your ribs, his buying guide to smokers is unparalleled,
but if you don't want to go to the expense, he will show you how
to make competition quality ribs on a
standard
backyard gas grill or
charcoal grill.
There's lots of good tips and techniques as well as recipes
for sauces and even Chinese Char-Siu ribs (it is the Year of the
Pig after all).
My recommendations that go along great with Barbecue Ribs
are Jim Barry Shiraz and Seven
Deadly Zins.
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Old Vine Zinfandel Barbeque Sauce
 In
honor of barbequing season officially arriving (and in honor
of Don's favorite wine!), below is our favorite recipe: Old
Vine Zinfandel Barbeque Sauce. We like to use Windmill Old
Vine Zin as it has a lot of juicy fruit which works
well in this recipe.
And if you don't feel like making your own, our favorite
barbeque place these days is Merle's in 
downtown Evanston (sorry, Hecky!) - they offer a huge array of
side dishes as well as numerous main course options and, best
of all, takeout is only a few minutes away which means we can
head home and pop open a bottle of Zin from our cellar.
Current favorite is actually the Chateau Montelena
mentioned last week - it's got wonderful flavors of spicy dark
cherry and pepper and even given its 14.6% alcohol level, it
doesn't feel 'hot'. Enjoy! Ben and Barbara Rooks
Old Vine Zinfandel Barbeque Sauce
- 1 bottle of Zinfandel
- ½ cup + 3 heaping T of seedless blackberry or raspberry
jam
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3 T balsamic vinegar
- 2 T tomato paste
- 1 t each paprika & hot sauce
- pinch of ground cloves
- <1 t kosher salt
- ¼ t freshly ground pepper
- 1 T honey (or more to taste)
Heat the wine to a boil in a heavy, non-reactive saucepan
over med-high heat, reduce heat to a simmer and cook until
reduced to about half, ~25 minutes. Add jam, stirring until
combined, cook about 5 minutes. Stir in ketchup, tomato paste,
hot sauce and spices; cook, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes.
Season with salt & pepper; add honey if desired. Set aside to
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Your Friends at Schaefer's
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