Wines BTG

Question 1

What are our sparkling wine options by the glass (btg)?

Answer 1

We have 3:
White/Brut: 2015 Jane Ventura Cava Brut Nature from Spain $14
Brut Rose: NV Karanika Sparkling Xinomavro Rose from Greece $18
Orange: 2017 Domaine Glinavos Sparkling Debina “Paleokerisio” from Greece $16

Question 2

What are our white wine options btg?

Answer 2

2017 Tetramythos Roditis from Greece $13
2016 Koutsoyannopoulos Assyrtiko from Greece $16
2016 Domaine Eden Chardonnay from California $15
2018 High Valley Sauvignon Blanc from California $13

Question 3

What are our Rose wine options btg?

Answer 3

2018 Domaine Zafeirikas Limniona Rose from Greece $13

2018 Bermejos Listan Negro Rose from Canary Islands, Spain $16

Question 4

What are our red wine options btg?

Answer 4

2017 Macedon Pinot Noir from Macedonia $16
2018 Neri d’Avola / Perricone from Sicily $12
2016 Thymiopoulos Xinomavro ‘Uranis’ from Greece $20
2017 Mazzocco Cabernet Sauvignon from Sonoma, California $18

Question 5

What other wine/style of wine would you describe Cava as being similar to?

Answer 5

Champagne. Although it is made from different grapes than Champagne, the wine is made in “traditional method” for sparkling wines, with a second fermentation taking place in the bottle. It is very dry, fresh and complex.

Question 6

What other wine/style of wine would you describe the Sparkling Xinomavro Rose as being similar to?

Answer 6

Rose Champagne. It mostly reminds me of a Champagne made from Pinot Meunier, a soft and plesant grape with a straitforward fruitiness and excellent acidity. The Xinomavro (the black grape used to make this wine), adds some structure to the wine, being a tannic and full bodied red grape- making a long lingering bubbly wine with an excellent finish.

Question 7

What other wine/style of wine would you describe the Roditis as being similar to?

Answer 7

Chablis, Muscadet, Pinot Grigio or Aligote. This is excellent mineral driven wine, for people looking for a wine that ‘is not fruity’. It is a good replacement for unoaked white wines done in a minimalistic style, light, fresh and crisp, moderately aromatic with aromas of crushed herbs and oyster shells.

Question 8

What other wine/style of wine would you describe the Assyrtiko as being similar to?

Answer 8

Semi-aromatic whites, such as Sauvignon Blanc, Albarino or Pinot Grigio. The wine is not quite as bright and aromatic as Sauvignon Blanc, and not as bitter as Pinot Grigio, but has just barely ripe peachy notes, salinity, and hints of white flowers.

Question 9

How would you describe our Chardonnay BTG?

Answer 9

Clean and round with lemon, apple pear notes without being too buttery or oaky. It has the weight of California Chardonnay without the flabbiness you sometimes encounter.

Question 10

What other wine/style of wine would you describe the Zafeirikas Limniona Rose as being similar to?

Answer 10

Provence Rose

Question 11

How would you describe our Pinot Noir BTG?

Answer 11

Macedon Pinot Noir is from the country of Macedonia. It is light and cheerful, with sage and cherry aromas and a perfume of desert herbs. For people who like light-bodied Pinot Noirs.

Question 12

What other wine/style of wine would you describe the Xinomavro as being similar to?

Answer 12

Italian Nebbiolo from Piemonte. High altitude and arid, the Xinomavro grape grows in an environment suited to producing thin-skinned varieties. Bright tart cherry, tobacco, leather, spice and lavender notes are carried on the frame of the vessel, lending itself to the more delicate flavors of orange peel, truffle and smoke - All characteristics that Nebbiolo shares.

Question 13

How would you describe our Cabernet Sauvignon BTG?

Answer 13

A classic California Cabernet Sauvignon, a big wine with dense ripe fruit, a potpourri of red and purple floral aromas, graphite, and sweet baking spices. This wine has a fair amount of new French oak on it, and comes from the Alexander Valley in Sonoma - One valley over from the famed Napa Valley of Napa County.

Question 14

How would you describe the Liatiko dessert wine btg?

Answer 14

Like a tawny port or aged Banyuls, this is made from late harvest red grapes that are then pressed as raisins. The color is bricking red, due to the age of the wine, and the flavors are that of dried figs and candied tangerines, with a black walnut finish.

Question 15

What is the name of our Cava?

Answer 15

Jane Ventura Cava 2015

Winery) (Style) (Vintage

Question 16

What is the name of our Sparkling Rose wine?

Answer 16

Karanika Xinomavro Brut Rose

Winery) (Grape) (Style

Question 17

What is the name of the Sparkling Orange wine?

Answer 17

Domaine Glinavos ‘Paleokerisio’ Debina 2017

Winery) ‘Fantasy Name’ (Grape) (Vintage

Question 18

What is the name of our Assyrtiko

Answer 18

Koutsoyannopoulous Assyrtiko 2016

You can pronounce that, can’t you?

Question 19

What is the name of our Roditis?

Answer 19

Tetramythos Roditis 2017

Winery) (Grape) (Vintage

Question 20

What is the name of our Chardonnay?

Answer 20

Domaine Eden Chardonnay 2016

Winery) (Grape) (Vintage

Question 21

What is the name of our Greek Rose?

Answer 21

Domaine Zafeirikas Limniona Rose 2018

Winery) (Grape) (Style) (Vintage

Question 22

What is the name of our Pinot Noir?

Answer 22

Macedon Pinot Noir 2017

Winery) (Grape) (Vintage

Question 23

What is the name of our Nero d’Avola?

Answer 23

Centopassi Nero d’Avola / Perricone “Giato” 2016

Winery) (Grape) Fantasy Name (Vintage

Question 24

What is the name of our Cabernet Sauvignon?

Answer 24

Mazzocco Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Winery (Grape) (Vintage

Question 25

What is the name of our Xinomavro?

Answer 25

Thymiopoulos Xinomavro ‘Uranos’ 2016

Winery) (Grape) Fantasy Name (VIntage

Question 26

What is the name of our Liatiko?

Answer 26

Domaine Economou ‘Oikonomoy’ Late Harvest 2006

Winery) ‘Fantasy Name’ (Style) (Vintage

Question 27

What wine is the Domaine Glinavos?

Answer 27

Ask your guest for clarification on this one- we have 2 wines currently btg from this winery. We have the Sparkling Orange Debina and also the Vlahiko from them.

Question 28

What wine is the Jane Ventura?

Answer 28

That’s our Cava, from Spain.

Question 29

What wine is the Karanika?

Answer 29

That’s our Sparkling Rose of Xinomavro, from Greece

Question 30

What wine is the Koutsoyannopoulous? (You probably won’t be asked this question, but just in case)

Answer 30

That’s our Assyrtiko from Santorini, Greece.

Question 31

What wine is the Tetramythos?

Answer 31

That’s our Roditis, from Peleponnese Greece.

Question 32

What wine is the Domaine Eden?

Answer 32

That’s our Chardonnay, from Santa Cruz, California

Question 33

What wine is the Zafeirikas?

Answer 33

That’s our Limniona Rose, from Thessalia Greece

Question 34

What wine is the Macedon?

Answer 34

That’s our Pinot Noir, From Macedonia, the country

Question 35

What wine is the Mazzocco?

Answer 35

That’s our Cabernet Sauvignon, from Sonoma, California

Question 36

What wine is the Thymiopoulos ‘Uranos’?

Answer 36

That’s our Xinomavro, from Macedonia, Greece

Question 37

What wine is the Domaine Glinavos?

Answer 37

Orange Sparkling Debina, from Ionnian Penninsula, Greece

Question 38

What wine is the Oikonomoy?

Answer 38

Late Harvest Liatiko, from Crete, Greece

Question 39

What is our still, orange wine option by the glass?

Answer 39

2017 Il Farneto Spergolam Emilia-Romagna, Italy $15

Question 40

What wine is the Il Farneto?

Answer 40

That’s our orange Spergola from Italy.

Question 41

What is the style of our orange Spergola

Answer 41

It’s fresh and bright and a very easy orange wine for guests not familiar with orange wines. 10% of the grapes are macerated on the skins for 10 days which imparts a little color and pronounced flavor to the wine.