Category Archives: Learn About Wine

Perfect Holiday Wines for Gifts, Dinners & Parties

Visit our Providence wine store for wonderful selection of festive wines, great for easy gifts and for all of your holiday celebrations this season. Watch the Bottles Wine Manager, Nick, give his advice and recommendations for wines that are great to give as hostess gifts, bring to parties, and that pair wonderfully with holiday dinners.

If you are in the area, look for our holiday wine display, full of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Sauvignon. These make great holiday gifts and easy choices for any celebration this season.

BV napa valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is a recognizable grape, and are generally nice, sturdy, structured wines. BV Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is loaded with classic cherry flavors and sturdy tannins, making it an easy grab if you are attending a party and need a hostess gift.
Pouilly Fuisse marie antoinette

Marie Antoinette Pouilly-Fuisseé will please any white Burgundy or Chardonnay fans. With an elegant label, Pouilly-Fuissé is rich, round, and elegant, with minerals and white flowers.

underwood cellars pinot noir oregon wine

Underwood Cellars Pinot Noir is great for parties, and is from Oregon. Reasonably priced, this delicious Pinot Noir is medium-bodied with dry, earthy fruit.

Feel free to contact us for wine selections, food pairings and anything else!

New Zealand Wine Video

Learn more about New Zealand wines in this Bottles video. To coincide with a New Zealand wine feature in store, we created this video full of photographs and information to introduce you to different wineries in the region. If you are in the Providence area, be sure to stop by for one of our Skype wine tastings, where you can video chat with the winemaker as you sample the wine.

New Zealand wine has been around since the 1800s, but due to its location, the rest of the world was unaware. In the 1980s, wines from New Zealand began making a name for themselves, especially with their Sauvignon Blanc wines. Currently, Pinot Noirs from the Central Otago region are starting to be noticed. In the video, Nick, our wine expert, gives his review on a Central Otago wine.

New Zealand Wine Review Video

Almost every winery in New Zealand is sustainable and environmentally conscious. They practice methods such as soil management and vine nutrition. These environmentally friendly practices are not the quickest or cheapest way to make great wines, but supporting these vinters is one small way to make a global impact through our daily life.

New Zealand wines Yealands

 

Wine Feature: Sancerre

Introducing our regular review of quirky and unique findings from wine enthusiasts here at Bottles, a wine store in Providence, RI. Let’s start off with this somewhat obscure wine, red Sancerre.
red sancerre wine store providence
You might be familiar with white Sancerre, perfect for hot weather with its cool, clean, and bright flavors, but this grape also has a dark side. By law, red Sancerre must be made of Pinot Noir in the Sancerre wine region of France. Beware, California Pinot drinkers. This wine is not what you might expect from a Pinot.
Red Sancerre is very food-friendly, dry, and earthy with wild strawberry flavors and well integrated tannins. Hippolyte Reverdy Sancerre is great for those who enjoy rare, classic wines made in a traditional style, using 400 liter wooden vats and grown at a 400 year old vineyard.
Cheers!
Bottles Manager