| Hey Free Rangers, It’s actually been quite a bit more comfortable summer than oppressive summer out there recently, but David Lee Roth has come up a bunch lately, hence the subject line. And while David Lee Roth was clearly a world class mess, and Eddie the shredder was always the driving force in and of Van Halen, let’s not pretend that the band was worth a damn without the former. The fully ready for primetime incarnation with Sammy Hagar at the front was already a caricature of itself before they ever took a stage. And then the latter made more millions selling mediocre tequila to dude-bros who don’t know any better, and then sold that company to Campari (nice work if you can get it). I’m proud to say that to the best of my knowledge, we’ve never been asked for that one (which is good because we’d never carry it)… though now that I think about it, I do recall a young dude, a few years back, sheepishly asking for that label, quickly adding that it was part of a gag gift. We still didn’t have it for him, but enjoyed a chuckle at the expense of said wealthy butt-rocker. Totally unrelated, these middle months are such a strange time in our little neighborhood. There are long stretches during which a sizable proportion of our local regulars disappear to places with fewer trucks and busses, leaving us at the whim of tourists and other transients to our town. Though occasionally some of those travelers are you lovely out of town e-mail listers, with whom we always enjoy catching up. While NY wine- especially Long Island- is still a bit of a punchline in much of the mainstream wine world, these snooty Europhiles really don’t know what they’re missing, and at this point the joke really is on them. Though in fairness, there are still those who drink primarily west coast American wine who are also missing the boat on the crushed grape delights of our fair state. We recently tasted with an old friend a pile of current releases from Channing Daughters, a small (Long Island) producer of high quality wine and vermouth, and we picked up a couple of the standouts: PetNat Bianco and PetNat Rosso, both delicious dry, balanced sparklers, equally as comfortable with or without food. Take a discount on 1 bottle each, or a greater discount on 3 of each, as detailed below. Otherwise, for our favorite in quality per dollar NY wine, check out the 4-pack which includes 1 bottle each Channing PetNat(s) as well as Paumanok Cab Franc – the classic dry Cab Franc from the North Fork of Long Island- and Red Tail Ridge Dry Riesling– a lower acid beautifully subtle dry white from the Finger Lakes. As always, please feel free to buy these now, while we’re offering the discount, and we’ll gladly hold them for you until you’re back in town. (!) Click here for the hidden sale page(!) sale: retail: Channing Daughters PetNat 2-pack: $48 $58 Best of NY 4-pack: $85 $105 Channing Daughters PetNat 6-pack: $129 $174 *** Online exclusive! *** *** This week only! *** Cheers, Jack Proprietor Free Range Wine & Spirits P.S. Free Range E-mail Archive |
