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Make Something Spéciale from Winexperts
Limited Editions available from The Happy Brewer

 

 

Make Something Spéciale

(for a limited time only)

For a limited time only, The Happy Brewer is offering three great products for you to make and enjoy this autumn. We are pleased to announce the return of Chocolate Raspberry Port and Okanagan Peach Icewine and back by popular demand Blackberry Port.

Blackberry Port
Native to the Americas, blackberries are bursting with intense fruit flavours. Often used to described Cabernet Sauvignon, blackberry aromas are deep and richly fruity. This along with lingering tannins and a gorgeous deep purple hue make it an excellent foil for the broad richness of Port. Bright berry notes lift up this wine making it a superb foil for intense cheeses, roasted nuts and especially chocolate desserts.

Food pairings: Delicious on its own or with any dessert, or server with toasted nuts or shortbread. Oak: Toasted Sweetness: 7 Body: Full Alcohol by volume: 15% -16.5%

Chocolate Raspberry Port
*Gold medal winner at the 2010 WineMaker Amateur Wine Competition*
Hugely popular last year, this wine is bursting with rich, intense flavours, has traditional Port character of warm, rounded cherry and plum, supported by a racy zing of bright raspberry. Perfumed and gently tart with luscious liquid chocolate beguiling with dark, bittersweet aromas of coffee and vanilla.
Toasty hints of oak guide the way to a long rich finish. Excellent within three months, this wine will age gorgeously – if you can keep any that long!

Food pairings: can be enjoyed on its own or with any dessert, or serve with toasted nuts or shortbread. Oak: Toasted Sweetness: 7  Body: Full  Alcohol by volume: 15% -16.5%

Okanagan Peach Icewine Style
*Gold medal winner at the 2010 WineMaker Amateur Wine Competition*
The Okanagan Valley lies in the rain shadow of British Columbia’s Coastal mountains. The region’s very low annual average rainfall means that part of the valley is a true desert! In this climate grapes ripen to perfect intensity with notes of honey, apricot and spice. Winexpert’s Okanagan Peach Icewine style has deep floral notes, stone fruit and perfect sweetness, balanced with sun-ripened perfume of a luscious peach.

Food pairings: can be enjoyed on its own, it’s an excellent accompaniment to earthy ot salty cheeses like Danish Blue or Tilsit, or spicy snacks like tapas or flavourful Asian dishes. Oak: None Sweetness: 8 Body: Full Alcohol by volume: 15% -16.5%

Deadline for Orders: 31st August

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The Region: The Douro valley is Portugal’s premium wine region. Situated along the Rio Douro (River of Gold), the scenery is spectacular and the soil is just about perfect for growing quality wine grapes. The climate is continental, very hot and desert-dry in the summer; cold and wet in the winter. Douro’s most memorable feature is its difficult terrain. Most of the slopes are so steep that the only way to grow anything is by creating terraces, the painstaking construction of dry stonewalls to support the banks of soil.
The Wine:  A blend of Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Touriga Franca, the names may be unfamiliar, but Tinta Roriz is the same grape as Spanish Tempranillo. Together they make an intensely aromatic wine with an impressive depth of fruit and complexity. Black fruits such as cassis along with mulberry and raspberry predominate and are complemented by plums and tobacco, followed by the resinous aromas of violets and rockrose. High tannin levels and good natural acidity mean that the wine has an excellent potential for ageing without loss of structure or balance.
Ageing: This wine will show black fruit, plums and a firm structure of acid and tannins. Six to twelve months will reveal more floral aromas and a hint of ripe berries and cassis.
Sweetness: 0 (dry)