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JULY/AUGUST 2014
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DRINK CULTURE
What I'm DrInkIng noW:
Jeff Lyon, co-owner/
operator of
ird Rail in San Francisco
I'm really in a slow sippin', boozy cocktail
phase right now and enjoying a cocktail called
12 Angry Men, made with Rittenhouse rye,
Green Chartreuse and Gran Classico. I really
like how the herbs and bitter components
of the Chartreuse and Gran Classico play
so nicely with the tough-guy power of the
Rittenhouse rye. It's like you took a painting of
a lush forest and put it in a splintery old woody
picture frame, then hung it on the wall on a
rusty railroad spike.
12 ANGRY MEN
2 oz. Rittenhouse rye
½ oz. Green Chartreuse
½ oz. Gran Classico bitter
3 Dashes Regan's orange bitters
Stir, serve in an Old Fashioned glass on one
large ice cube. Garnish with a thin orange slice.
The Chloe Wine Collection is a
new elite portfolio of superpremium
wines sourced from some of the
world's finest wine-growing regions.
The Chloe wine portfolio was
developed by veteran winemaker
Georgetta Dane and includes a
Sonoma County chardonnay, a
Valdadige D.O.C. pinot grigio, and
a red blend from California's North
Coast designated Red No. 249. The
Chloe Wine Collection is available
for a suggested retail price of $16.99
per bottle.
PRODUCTS
Santa Rita wines, imported from
Chile into the U.S. by Palm Bay
International, has released new
vintages of three of its luxury wines.
Santa Rita Triple C 2008 ($39.99
suggested retail), from the Maipo
Valley, is 55% cabernet franc, 30%
cabernet sauvignon, 15% carménère.
Santa Rita Pehuen 2007 ($69.99), from
Colchagua Valley and Maipo Valley,
is 95% carménère and 5% cabernet
sauvignon. Santa Rita Casa Real 2010
($84.99), from the Maipo Valley, is
100% cabernet sauvignon.
Excelsior Wines has introduced
Amado Sur chardonnay from
the Trivento estate in Argentina's
Mendoza region. The wine
combines 78% chardonnay with
12% pinot grigio and 10% viognier.
Amado Sur loosely translates to
"Southern Love," an allusion to
the affinity between the featured
grape varieties and the climate
and growing conditions in the
Andes Mountains foothills. It
retails for a suggested price of
$15 per 750-ml. bottle.
