Friday Tasting – July 9

- All Italian -
Our way of delivering high quality wines from around the world to our valued customers at the best possible prices is Wine World Direct.

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NV Carra Pulcinella    $10.99    $9.89
Prosecco Frizzante; Italy – A crisp sparkler has apple fruit flavors and good body preceeding a dry finish. With less alcohol and fewer bubbles than fully sparkling wines, this is an ideal apéritif.

08 Conti     $8.99    $8.09
Pinot Grigio; Italy – Elegant and crisp with citrus hints and Summer meadow freshness. A wonderful aperitif or partner to summery salads or white fish dishes.

08 Bisci Matelica    $15.99    $14.39
Verdicchio; Italy –  Intense, tasty, fresh, quite balanced, slightly dry ending. Serve with seafood, fresh cheeses.

08 Piane Di Maggio      $8.99    $8.09
Montepulciano; Italy – Balanced tannins with supple roundness and attractive blackberry and plum flavors and long finish. Serve with grilled or roasted lamb, pasta with meat sauce, roasted meats or cheeses.

08 Tenuta Curezza      $9.99    $8.99
Prine Salento; Southeast Italy – Full-bodied wine with intense black cherry, cola, blackberry jam and mineral flavors and a long finish on fruit. Perfect with pizza, pasta, roasted or grilled meat, sausage and aged cheeses.

07 San Nicola      $15.99    $14.39
Primitivo; Southern Italy –  Primitivo is a clone of the Zinfandel grape of California. A richly fruited wine that has flavors of blackberry, cherry and raspberry with a hint of spice and an earthy core.

07 Correggia     $18.99    $17.09
Barbera D’Alba; Northern Italy/Piedmont –  Full flavors of plum, blackberry, and blueberry. No oak, all fruit.

05 Grasso      $18.99    $17.09
Nebbiolo Langhe; Northern Italy/Piedmont – Generous dark fruit, roasted coffee beans and sweet toasted oak in a fairly full-bodied style of Nebbiolo.

08 Scavino Rosso Da Tavola      $17.99    $16.19
Red Blend; Northern Italy – A concentrated flavor of red berries and black pepper good acidity. ripe finish, smooth tannins and very good persistence.

09 Bosio Moscato D’Asti      $11.99    $10.79
Frizzante/Dessert; Italy –  Sweet, warm and well-balanced it remembers jasmine flower in the finish and orange blossom.

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Friday night from 5 to 7 pm. $10 per person with an instant $5 rebate toward the purchase of one of the featured wines.  Wine World also offers a 10% discount on straight or mixed cases. Cheese plates are available during the tasting for $5 at our Destin, Grand Blvd. & WaterColor locations. Selections subject to change without notice.

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