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Check out this month's issue of ¡Salud! for deals on spring wines, extraordinary beers, and lively spirits. Download your copy or pick one up in stores and discover some of our favorite seasonal beverages and unique cocktail recipes.
Local love! Our Fresh to Market coffee comes from our friends at Equator coffees who roast their sustainably sourced beans locally in their certified green facility in San Rafael. This woman-owned company is committed to quality and sustainabilty and it shows in every cup!
Join us for a day of cheese! Make your whey through some of our favorite curds. A wide variety of cheese whizzes from around the world to our own backyard will sample some of their favorite cheeses along with some new ones! Save 25% on all cheeses sampled (more than 100 cheeses!).
The first time I tasted Creminelli Salami, it was love at first bite! I mean, what’s not to love? All–natural ingredients; humanely raised, vegetarian–fed animals; and time–tested, authentic Italian recipes, some of which are rumored to date back to the 1600s.
With warmer weather comes Al Fresco dining, what better way to enjoy your meal and great company than with lively Sauvignon Blanc. Grown throughout the world, this expressive grape produces many different styles of wine depending on where it is cultivated.
We love Malbec, and Argentina's Catena Winery is the gold standard for this varietal. It's a beautiful wine with great concentration of black fruits, well-integrated tannins, bright acidity, and a long finish. The 2010 vintage now in stock is rated 91 Pts by The Wine Advocate. Pairing nicely with grilled beef, this wine is available for $19.99, save $8.00.
The local crop of asparagus tends to peak in April, and we’re proud to source locally grown, organic asparagus fromDurst Farmsin Yolo County. This fourth–generation farm is located in an area of California called Hungry Hollow, at the mouth of the Capay Valley. The unique microclimate and soil there provide the perfect environment for growing delicious–tasting asparagus.
If you think these tamales taste as authentic as the ones sold from little street–corner carts, you’d be right: Texas Tamales started as a home business, sold first from the owners’ own kitchen, then from a street cart, and now they’re available in our stores! We carry five delicious varieties:
Ready to make some jam or jelly? We suggest using Pomona’s Universal Pectin, a 100 percent citrus pectin with no added sugar or preservatives that jells reliably with low amounts of any sweetener.
This might just be the coolest new product in our wine department! Stack Wines were created by three wine enthusiasts who met while working on their MBAs at UC Irvine. They consist of four individually packaged, 187 ml, plastic stemless glasses, which they call Vinoware. These special glasses snap together, with a total volume that is equal to the traditional 750 ml bottle of wine.