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Quality and Consistency
We strive to offer you the best of what’s out there in cheese, wine and beer. It’s a daunting job, as there are hundreds of cheeses, and thousands of wines and beers available to us here in the Bay Area.
If we make a wrong choice and select an item that doesn’t resonate with our customers, it’s not a huge deal (but it does take a while for that item to leave the shelves).
When we do find a product that we like, it’s not surprising that we’ll carry more selections from that producer. There’s several brands in the shop that we support in this way. For example, we carry many wines imported by or distributed by Jorgé Ordoñez, Swirl Wine Brokers, Eric Solomon, and Fran Kysela.
And that’s why you see so many cheeses from Rogue River Creamery in our cases, and so many wines from Ridge and Owen Roe on the shelves.
Last night, Carol and I went to a wine dinner at Dopo on Piedmont Avenue with Robin Shay, assistant winemaker and export manager at Feudi di San Gregorio, a small, world class winery located in Southern Italy.
We already carry their Falanghina, Greco di Tufo (two great aromatic varietals from Southern Italy) and two cuvées of their Aglianico, and have featured two of their wines in our wine clubs. We tasted through their lineup, and discovered several more of their wines that will have a home on our shelves.
All of the wines are well balanced, and have a sense of place (terroir) that’s unmistakable.
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