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Join us for some sips, snacks and a tour of our new Waltham Showroom! Grand Banks has been helping the Northshore with their residential and commercial projects for over 30 years, and we are so happy to finally be open in the Waltham community and to have a home base to serve our new and existing Metrowest clients. All are welcome, we hope you can join us!
September 14- 15 10am – 2 pm
1484 Main Street Waltham, MA
We hope to see you there! If you can’t make it, we’d be happy to schedule an appointment to set up a time to vist.
FINE WINE TASTING @ SAVOUR WITHCHELSEA OF VINEYARD ROAD WINES
Vineyard Road is an importer and distributor of fine wines from around the world, based in Framingham, Massachusetts. Since 2000, they have offered high-quality and high-value wines that reflect their soils of origin. Some of their estates have been around for only 5 years. Others have been making wine for more than 500. Vineyard Road specializes in small production and artisanal producers who work in concert with the land to produce wines of distinct and authentic character.
WINES
La Calcinara Clochard, Marche,Italy
Varietal: 90%Verdicchio, 10% ChardonnayAlc.13%
Located in the rolling hills of Ancona in the Marche, on the eastern coast of Italy, La Calcinara is headed up by the Berluti siblings, Paolo and Eleonora. Their energy, enthusiasm, and love of wine is infectious. Their 12 hectares of vines and olive groves are farmed organically, and they make their wine with minimal intervention, using only very low additions of SO2 at bottling. This wine is named “Clochard,” which means vagrant in French, because it is made with Verdicchio vines that lie outside the Verdicchio Castelli DOC boundary. On the nose, Clochard has notes of lime zest, spring hawthorn and apple blossom, with a touch of cardamom. The palate is zippy, with flavors of lime juice, a gentle bitter and creamy almond note, and briny freshness, finishing with a long, yellow-pepper accented tang.
Pairs well with anchovies, shellfish, and fish dishes. $21.99
Troupis Holy Mania, Mantineia, Greece
Varietal: Moscofilero Alc.13.5%
The Troupis family has a long history of work in agronomy dating back to the ’70s where vines, fruit bearing trees and flowers have been grown and sold from their nursery in Mantineia. Over time, their efforts in the cultivation of vines grew into the desire to share their passion with others. Troupis Winery is located in the heart of Mantineia in the Peloponnese at an altitude of 700 meters in the region of Fteri. Tasos Troupis, supported by his children, has created a small-capacity production and wine-making family business; they produce and bottle wine exclusively from their estate vineyards, which total approximately 16 acres.
On the nose, Troupis’ crisp Moscofilero displays the slight perfumes of the surrounding Arcadian underbrush and bramble, along with jasmine and rose. On the palate, citrus fruit combines with violets, spices and the intense acidity with which Moscofilero has become synonymous. The wine has a long, complex mineral finish.
Pairs well with cucumber salads, chicken dishes, Greek fish soup. $21.99
Rings Pfalz Riesling 2020, Germany
Varietal: Riesling Alc.13.5%
The Rings winery, part of the Palatinate top wineries league, is nestled in the sun-kissed Palatinate, in the middle of the wine-growing community of Freinsheim. For over a decade now, the new generation of the Rings family has been passionately focused on organic production of high-quality dry wines. The brothers Andreas and Steffen took over responsibility for the winery from their parents in 2008. In 2015, the winery was included in the VDP (Association of German Prädikat Wineries) and was awarded 4 grapes in the Gault-Millau Wine Guide in 2017.The Riesling pours crystal clear, with aromas of grapefruit, apple, and peach. On the palate, it is full, with hints of citrus, apple and peach, ripe acidity, and minerality on the dry finish.
Pairs well with sushi, spicy foods, salmon.$21.99
Pra Morandina Valpolicella 2020, Veneto, Italy
Varietal: Corvina Alc. 12.5%
Graziano Pra followed his father and grandfather into the wine business, studying oenology, and taking over the family winery in Soave in the early 1980s. After searching for the right site, Graziano began the new millennium by fulfilling his long-held ambition and purchasing a 13-hectare vineyard near Mezzane in eastern Valpolicella. He farms the land organically, using no chemical treatments. During September and October, the grapes are harvested, de-stemmed and pressed, and left to macerate and ferment for 15 days in vertical vats. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in stainless steel followed by 3 to 6 months’ maturation in Allier oak casks. This is a vibrant, fragrant Valpolicella with intensity yet delicacy from the low yields of the Morandina vineyards. Bright red berry aromas with notes of wild thyme lead to a fresh, sappy wine with layers of raspberry leaf, licorice and cherry. It has a juicy, fresh yet silky mouthfeel and a balancing acidity that combine for a long finish.
Pairs well with grilled vegetables, seafood stew, risotto, roasted chicken. $24.99
Castello di Potentino Sacromontino 2021, Tuscany, Italy
Varietal: Sangiovese Alc. 14%
Run by the Greene family, who are British transplants to Italy, as an old-fashioned Residenzad’Epoca, the Castello di Potentino warmly welcomes visitors all year round. The Castle is also a fully functioning farm. They make their own award-winning wines and olive oil and love to forage for local ingredients in the fields around the castle. Their Sacromontino is medium garnet in color, and shows aromas of red cherries, tomato leaf, espresso, and oregano on the nose. The palate is medium bodied with flavors of cherry, blueberry, and black tea spices. The wine has fine-grained tannins and marked acidity, and the finish is dry and earthy.
Pairs well with pizza, pasta, and Italian beef stew. This is is a great buy – a full liter for only $19.99!
While you’re in the store, take a look at some of the new beers we have: Maine Beer’s flagship IPA, Lunch; another Maine Beer favorite, Peeper, a smooth pale ale with hints of citrus and some malt sweetness; and one of the best Belgian-style white beers this side of Belgium, Allagash White — made with coriander and curaçao orange peel, it’s lovely on a hot summer day.
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Unique to SAVOUR our three price-value collections, with
each category ($9.99ers – $14.99ers -$19.99ers) offering hundreds of wines
at one price, personally curated by Kathleen, some have limited availability
9.99ers…the quality is taste delivering above-price enjoyment …Value!
14.99ers…exhibiting qualities of complexity…Elevating the Experience!
19.99ers…value laden wines by innovative vintners…Expect Exceptional!
Adding to this Saturday’s wine tasting with Chelsea is Savour’s Everyday Tech Tastings at the North Shore’s Only Digital Wine Machine. Fun to use and enjoy! Taste up to 20 wines with new selections regularly added…& yes, complimentary. Kathleen welcomes your questions for food pairings.
Welcome Your Donation in any amount for Pathways for Children.
Thank You! …Kathleen
For Your Mobile Calendar – July
Savour Wine Tastings!
September 10 – Chelsea Plumber – Vineyard Road Wines
September 17 – Anthony Sciarappa – Carolina Wines
September 24 – Joe Nardone – M.S. Walker – Biodynamic Wines
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Continuing to offer a case discount 0f 10% on wines and all items purchased with the case to all customers. Wine Club members get 5% off on 6 bottles and all items purchased with the 6 bottles. Thanks again for your support!
We continue using our 5 Molekule high performance air purification units that clear the air of 99.9% of viruses, bacteria and allergens every hour, store wide.
We are pleased to continue curbside pickup service
Savour Wine & Cheese l 76 Prospect St. l Gloucester l 978. 282 .1455
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We know what you’re thinking “It’s not even officially fall yet, slow down!” While we want to hold on to these last few days of summer, we have to start thinking about next years parade and we are just too excited that we had to share this new event that’ll not only be another great community gathering but help to raise funds for the 2023 July 3rd parade!
We are looking for businesses, community groups, families and individuals who are interested in donating a decorated tree to be displayed and then raffled off to the public. Creative and thoughtful themes are encouraged and our Horribles Parade Judges will be judging each tree to win prizes as well!!
This weekend will be full of family friendly events and entertainment as well!
Please message us on Facebook or email us at fishtownhorriblesparade01930@gmail.com with any questions or to get more information on how to get involved!
More details about the event to be posted in the weeks to come!!!
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Photo submission deadline extended to Monday, September 19, 2022
A 12-month Gloucester photo raffle calendar will be sold through the Gloucester Rotary that includes a raffle ticket. A winning number will be chosen each week in 2023. All profits from the calendar sales will go to the Gloucester Rotary’s efforts to raise money to support the many community and international activities in which the group is involved. More information: https://gloucesterrotary.org/
Do you sell canned cod fish? I would like to make cod fish patties, but can’t find canned cod fish. Can you help?
Thank you
Denise Carr-DeRamus
My reply-
Try hake or haddock you won’t know the difference
I’d love to tape a segment with seafood professionals where we batter up or make fish cakes with hake, cod or haddock and have them try to identify each one once they’re all ground up and put in a breading.
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Its gotta be a dozen or more years running the men from Phi Kappa Sigma come down to Captain Joe’s for Rush week lobsters.
Tradition. Gotta love it!
If you’re a prospective pledge and you don’t go with PHI KAPPA SIGMA you really need to reevaluate your whole college existence.
Just drop out and become a garbage man already because you’re not college material.
Here they are back in 2008-
I’m not going to mention the name of the place because I don’t slam small family businesses but a place I once considered the kings of the Roast Beef game and the standard to which all other three ways were measured just served me a total turd. Grey meat, cold, barely any jimmy, no crunch on the bun. Barely edible. A 4 on a scale from 1-10. I’m so disappointed and saddened by how far they’ve fallen at the same time that you have places like Jamie’s Roast Beef which is taking the beef game to a whole new level.
I guess the memories from all those late night rendezvous in my late teens in high school will be all that’s left of this once great establishment.
The League of Women Voters of Cape Ann brings so many resources to Cape Ann!
The League:
– works to engage voters at all levels
– supports voting rights
– hosts debates and forums for local and regional political candidates so that voters have accurate, fair, and nonpartisan information about candidates and elections
– hosts nonpartisan forums on current issues and ballot questions
– initiates, encourages, and supports local high school Civics projects
– registers new voters
– supports accurate and nonpartisan voter and election information
– gives scholarships to Gloucester, Rockport, and Manchester/Essex high school seniors each year through our Katherine Gross Nutbrown Scholarship Program
We are raising money for our ongoing work and scholarships.
Please forward to anyone that you think might be interested.
