K&L Tastings: Exploring Skin-Contact (aka “Orange”) Wines, Tasting 2016 Bordeaux Classics
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Special Tastings and Events The rosters are set for this week's in-store tastings, so please mark your calendars for an afternoon (or two) of fascinating and fun exploration with fellow wine and spirit lovers and our K&L staff. Please read below for more details on our upcoming events. In-Store TastingsThursday, June 19th Culver City: Cachaça Bela Friday, June 20th All Stores: Exploring Skin-Contact (aka “Orange”) Wines Saturday, June 21st All Stores: A Look Back: Tasting 2016 Bordeaux Classics Culver City: Bardstown Bourbon Sunday, June 22nd San Francisco: Nikka Whisky Experience: From the Barrel & Beyond Redwood City: Woodinville Whiskey Culver City: Lodestar Whiskey Exploring Skin-Contact (aka “Orange”) Wines Friday, June 20th  Did you know that an orange wine is simply a white wine made like a red—fermented on its skins, which imparts color, texture, and tannin often absent from conventional white winemaking? In fact, long before stainless steel and temperature control, winemakers fermented white grapes in this manner, crafting deeply expressive wines rooted in time-honored tradition. This tasting explores the revived world of skin-contact wines that include ancient Georgian traditions which rely on qvevri (pronounced: kweh-vree), large egg-shaped clay vessels buried underground for fermentation and aging. As well as bold, modern expressions that embrace native yeasts and minimal intervention that create unique, delicious characteristics. These wines may break with convention, but they don’t sacrifice quality and clarity—each glass tells a textured, unexpected, and thoughtful story of place and process.
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A Look Back: Tasting 2016 Bordeaux Classics Saturday, June 21st  While all eyes are on the newly released 2024 Bordeaux vintage, this Saturday our Bordeaux Buyer, Ryan Moses, is offering a special treat: a thoughtful selection of 2016s—wines that have quietly developed character and complexity over nearly a decade of aging. The 2016 vintage offered growers a long, even growing season and a dry, sunny harvest that yielded wines with freshness and clarity of structure. This tasting offers a chance to experience how those qualities are showing today, across distinctive appellations and some prominent house styles.
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Wednesday, June 25th - Beers of Germany (San Francisco + Redwood City Only) |
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