Anna’s Last Thursday Tasting Aug 25

It is hard to get to all of our local wine tastings, and we have some great ones, weekly! Summer is my busiest time of year which forces me to get a little selective on which tastings I go to. Luckily my schedule allowed me to get to Anna’s Wines & Craft Beer August tasting. Almost always held on the fourth Thursday of the month, it is definitely one to try and get to. Plus the food is catered by one of the best restaurants in town, Alices. 16 wines, all from Spain this month, plus tapas to pair! Actually, you know, don’t come to this tasting, then I don’t have to share as much. All of the wines from the tasting are in the back of the shop (see picture). There were five Wines of Note from this tasting, so I am just going to list them and not go into our usual discussion. All five were also great buys, under $20! The wines were (in no order, just in order that we tasted them): Finca Penamayor Tempranillo Blanco white, Fya 8m Rioja Tempranillo red, Marques de Caceres Garnacha red, and Sangre de Toro red blend. Next week we will touch on classifying Spanish wines and why/how sometimes a Grand Reserve might not be as good as a non-reserve.