Our latest newsletter:  Autumn 2009

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Febraury 28th 2010: We have a small amount of the rare Rodenbach Vintage 2007 for sale. Like Rodenbach's fantastic "Vin de Cereale", this is unblended Rodenbach, taken from a single barrel at "cask strength" (7%ABV). Quite full-bodied, with a fine balance between tart cherry flavors and oak character. One of Rodenbach's most impressive releases!

Febraury 14th 2010: Schneider's Aventinus Eisbock is back in stock! This strong German eisbock is one of the finest examples of the style: intensely malty and full-bodied. Highly recommended.

January 31rd 2010: We are proud to offer a selection of high-quality Australian wines in our webshop: from the producer Schild Estate, located in the Barossa valley, we have a stunning 2005 Shiraz for sale, one of the best Shiraz expressions we have ever tasted: full-bodied, with impressive length and an caleidoscopic taste profile with flavors of ripe cherry, vanilla, rich spices and licorice. Awarded with 93 points in the Wine Spectator. Coonawarra-based producer Reschke made a Cabernet Sauvignon called "Bos" with very low grape yields from old vines in 2002, and briefly aged it in 90% tight-grained French barrique and 10% first use American hogsheads. The result is a incredibly concentrated wine, dark colored and with strong Cabernet Sauvignon flavors. We highly recommend this wine but we only have a small amount of bottles available. From Parri Estate, a small producer in the Southern Fleurieu, we offer another potent red wine, a Shiraz/Viognier blend from 2005 which is decidely more fruity and has less oak-character than the previous two wines. Intense flavors of red berries end with soft, rounded tannins on the finish.

January 30th 2010: Our selection of British beers has expanded greatly: have a look in the British sections of our webshop. Especially interesting is the rare new series of Scottish brewery Harviestoun's whisky-barrel aged ales. Harviestoun have aged an 8%ABV dark ale (brewed in what is their intrepetation of pre-20th century imperial stout/porter recipes) in several different barrels that were once used to age Highland Park whisky: one barrel that was used to make the 12 year-old HP, one 18 year-old and a 30 year-old. Harviestoun's series consists of three different bottles, each aged in one of those barrels. Tasting them side by side is highly recommended! Also, fellow Scottish brewery Brewdog's Paradox imperial stouts, another couple of impressive whisky-barrel aged dark strong ales, are back in stock, although in limited quantities.

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