WINE & VINYL WEDNESDAYS: a taste of Spain

WINE & VINYL WEDNESDAYS

Red & White Rioja

"Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures ..." - M.F.K Fischer

Tonight we celebrate the glorious wines of Spain. We'll be tasting a Rioja Reserva (100% Tempranillo), and a less well known, but equally scrumptious White Rioja (100% Viura).

Join us! Cheese by Saxelby's and Music by DJ Ilmo.

at Barramundi
67 Clinton St
NYC

WINES TO BE THANKFUL FOR: FREE TASTING TONIGHT

WINE & VINYL WEDNESDAY AT BARRAMUNDI

Drink a glass tonight, pick up a bottle for the feast tomorrow..

Two wines for Thanksgiving Dinner: California Chardonnay, and Cabernet Franc from France..

It's the day before the Holiday Season gets going, and what is on my mind? Wine. Of course. As in what will we drink with our turkey, ham, buttery root vegetables, gravy and cranberry sauce? I think these two wines will fit very well with the vast array of rich goodies waiting to be consumed tomorrow.

California Chardonnay
Why? Well, most people know it, like it, and it's easy to pick up at the local liquor store, to say the least. Ask for a full bodied version with some acidity. This will stand up to those buttered biscuits, gravy, and the different textures and flavors we will (happily) be facing. Other good white choices are Riesling,  a rich Pinot Gris, or even Gewurztraminer..

Cabernet Franc
This wine will be light to medium bodied, with less tannin than many red wines, making it a good choice for turkey. Cabernet Franc will show flavors of cherry, even cranberry, with hints of leather or tobacco. There's often a good balance of fruit and fleshiness, smoke or spice. A wonderful Autumn wine, and one of my favorites.

Don't show up for dinner tomorrow empty handed- let Wine & Vinyl help... Taste both for free tonight at Barramundi! Ridiculously under-priced at $8 a glass.


DJ Ilmo spins eclectic vinyl to get you in the spirit, Cheese is from our friends at Saxelby's in the Essex Market.




at Barramundi
67 Clinton St

NYC

Cabernets Collide: California vs Chile

WINE & VINYL WEDNESDAYS AT BARRAMUNDI

Walk, Run, or Take a  Cab..

California Cabernet vs Chilean Cabernet

The venerable Cabernet Sauvignon grape is known, and now grown, throughout the world. The French almost always blend it with Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, or  Malbec to create Bordeaux, some of the finest wines in the world. In California, Bordeaux style wines are sometimes called Meritage. 

Cabernet Sauvignon's popularity may be due to the fact that the wine retains some combination of its varietal characteristics, while also showing the influence of where the grapes were grown: cool, windy Monterey often yields Cabs with a stronger vegetal  flavor, while wines from Margeaux have violet aromas. And let's not forget Cabernet Sauvignon's best friend- oak!

Tonight, taste what's alike and what's fabulously different between these new world wines. 

With the vinyl stylings of DJ Ilmo, and Saxelby's brings the cheese!

At Barramundi

67 Clinton St

NYC

WINE & VINYL MOVES TO WEDNESDAY!

Barramundi puts our wine night right where you need it- smack in the middle of the week. Starting this week!

Check back here for our wines this Wednesday!