First and foremost, I have started seriously on my You Tube channel once again. I finished up episode 305 if you would like to check it out…Please do, it means a lot to me. Also, if you wouldn’t mind subscribing to my You Tube channel I would be deeply grateful. I’ve settled into my new place and I’m done with my vacation. No excuses now. I plan on three episodes a week, hopefully Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I will try to make them informative and entertaining.
For some bizarre reason, I have been asked if we sell brandied cherries for Manhattans so many times, I can’t count them. I was even sent an email with said request. I have worked at Kings Market for over thirty years, and have never been asked about brandied cherries until now. What’s up with that? Can anyone clue me in? Was there a book written or a celebrity show where brandied cherries for Manhattans was promoted? For those of you thinking to come in and ask me, the answer is NO. We do not sell them, and I am not sure where one can find them. Amazon perhaps?…Just Google it.
Pick of the month. Every month I select a wine to feature for the month that I stack in the front of my department. I taste a ton of wine before I pull the trigger on this pick. It has to meet certain criteria. One, it has to be good…Duh! Two, it has to fall into the 80% category. Another words, I feel that at least 80% of the people who purchase it will more than likely enjoy it. Three, it has to be a good value. I shoot for under fifteen bucks, but it has to deliver like it’s twenty. There’s a lot of work that goes into this pick, and it never ceases to amaze me how many ask me if it’s any good. Seriously? Folks, it wouldn’t be my pick of the month if it was crap.
Valentines Day. This is a celebration that is almost impossible to pick wine for. First off, wine is so subjective. Second, most people go out for dinner that night, so wine is not purchased (in a lot of cases) for consumption that night. I suppose there is the romantic out there that brings home flowers and a bottle of bubbles for their sweetheart. That’s my target audience. I feature a bottle of sparkling wine for that very person. This year it is the ever popular Antech Brut Sparkling wine from Limoux, France. it’s a good sparkler at a great price. Another one that I recently discovered is both clever and delicious. It is Je T’Aime (I love you in french), Brut Rose` also from Limoux, France. It’s eighteen bucks, it has a cool name for your Valentine and it is well made juice. Could you ask for more? If your Valentine is a red wine drinker, I chose a Tempranillo from Spain called Tridente. It has a guy with a bow and arrow on the label which smacks of Cupid (at least I hope most get the reference). Great juice at a great price. Who knows, with picks like these, you might get lucky.
Cheers!
Stan The Wine Man
