Wines Of Wildwood

Celebrate our 7th anniversary with us!  Come by 6-8 p.m. this Friday, December 9th for our best open house of the year, with more wine, more food, giveaways and surprises.

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Everyone had a great time at last week’s blind red wine tasting class.  Four attendees were able to correctly identify 4 out of 8 types of wine.  Impressive! First place for flavor:  Decoy Zinfandel. Next was Line 39 Petite Sirah and third place, Layer Cake Primitivo (a Zinfandel clone).  Come in and try these great, customer recommended wines!

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This Saturday, November 26 is National Small Business Saturday.  Everyone is enouraged to think big and shop small.  Your locally owned hometown stores:

• Put .68 of every dollar back into your local economy
• Account for 65% of all new jobs
• Support local community schools and charities
• Employ local residents

So why shop at Wines Of Wildwood? We know it’s tempting to just grab a bottle of some mass-produced something while ricocheting through big box and grocery stores, but following is why you should buy your wines from us:

1. Better prices: Grocery stores will have one or two “loss leaders” to tempt you, but generally their prices are higher than ours…even those “special” yellow tag prices are often higher than our regular prices.
2. Better selections:  Big box stores offer mass-produced wines for the masses. We have more than 1,000 different wines (about 5,000 bottles) all carefully chosen with our customers’ tastes and wallets in mind.
3. Higher quality:  We steer away from factory wines and bring you much higher quality, smaller production wines from highly acclaimed, mostly family-owned vineyards worldwide.
4. Better wines for any wallet:  If you have only $10 to spend on a wine, we can find you something much better that doesn’t even have a kangaroo or bare feet on it.
5. Better service:  First, there is some! We greet and help each and every customer, and because we love our jobs, it’s a fun, happy place to shop. Bring in a menu, your likes and price range, and we’ll help you find the perfect wine match. 

Of course, we also hope that you will consider how important it is where you spend your money. We are a local, family run hometown business that helps make Wildwood Wildwood. We hope to see you many times during this holiday season and beyond.

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Go against the grain, swim upstream, stand against the herds….and just say no!  No to malls, black fridays, lines, crowds.  Come by your favorite hometown wine shop this Friday, November 25th and enjoy our biggest  sale of the year.  Take 30% off all wine accessories in the store.  If you can’t eat it or drink it, it’s on sale.  All this, plus free wine sampling from 12 – 4 p.m.  Ahh, so civilized…

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Champagne taste on a real person budget?  Try Cava, a delicious Spanish sparkler, many under $15 bucks!  Cavas are made  just like a Champagne, with those tingly tiny bubbles and creamy taste.   Marquis de Gelida is a great one, and cute bottle, too!

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Drop by Wines of Wildwood from 6-8 p.m. this Friday, November 11th for our Happy Holidaze Open House.  More wines (20, last count) more vendors (4) more fun (!) and the chance to meet Spanish winemaker Carmelo Camara. Grab you friends and drop on by.  $10 at the door, free to Wine of the Month Club members.

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Hurry!  We just had a last minute cancellation for our Paella party 7-8:30 p.m. tomorrow night (Friday, September 30th).  We have spots for two lucky wine fans to watch and learn how traditional paella is made, then enjoy it with eight fabulous Spanish and Argentine wines.  $30 per person.  Call 636-405-0800 before the spots are gone.

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Drop by anytime 6-8 p.m. this Friday, September 16 and sample 15 fabulous wines.  Highlights include store manager Michelle Rowe’s new favorite, Emmolo Merlot ($31.99) a high quality wine that’s big and rich, yet sophisticated, with dark fruit flavors and just a hint of smoke. $10 at the door, free to Wine of the Month Club members.

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Grilled Skirt Steak with Salsa Verde

Total Time: 35 minutes plus 4 hours marinating

Servings: 4

Ingredients: Steak

1/4 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

2 tablespoons finely chopped rosemary

2 tablespoons finely chopped thyme

4 garlic cloves, minced

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

2 pounds skirt steak

Ingredients: Salsa Verde

1 packed cup parsley leaves

1 packed cup basil leaves

1 packed cup mint leaves

2/3 cup capers, drained

2 large oil-packed anchovy fillets, drained and chopped

1 garlic clove, chopped

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 teaspoon sugar

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Hot smoked paprika, for sprinkling

Directions:

1. In a small bow, combine the parsley, rosemary, thyme, garlic and olive oil.  Spread the mixture all over the steak.  Cover and refrigerate on a platter for at least 4 hours or overnight.

2. In a food processor, combine the parsley with the basil, mint, capers, anchovies, garlic, mustard and sugar and process to a paste.  With the machine on, slowly pour in the olive oil.  Season with salt and pepper.

3. Light a grill.  Scrape most of the marinade off the steak and season the meat with salt and black pepper.  Grill over high heat for about 3 minutes.  Turn the steak and grill for 2 minutes longer, until browned outside and medium-rare within.  Transfer the steak to a cutting board and let rest for 3 minutes.  Thinly slice the steak against the grain and sprinkle with smoked paprika.  Pass the salsa verde at the table.

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