The Wine of the week is 2005 El Curato, Toro, Spain (100% Tempranillo) $11.99

This amazing value is one of many gems brought to us from Aurelio Cabestrero, who imports some of the most exciting wines of Spain. It can not be matched in its everyday value. I love Tempranillo for all its many facets. This wine is filled with delicious, pure red fruit, interesting spice and a subtleness that is outstanding. There is no over-ripe or over-extracted elements, which unfortunately has become the norm, to this wine.

Check out what Aurelio Cabestrero say:

“This wine, produced by the Aragon brothers of Cillar de Silos, aims at breaking down the stereotype of Toro wines as very hard, tannic and alcoholic. The goal is to make an intensely fruity wine, pleasant and far from the traditional concept of wines from this zone. Produced from 20-40 year old vines, hand harvested with temperature controlled fermentation in stainless steel and only 4 months in a combination of American and French oak barrels.”

Wednesday Night Seminars are back and we are loving it!

It’s a six to eight thing with your hosts Ben Giacchino and Taylor Carmichael.  We will keep going with the grab bag motif  to give us game time flexibility.

Hugh’s twenty-four buck menus

every night for 5:30, 5:45 and 6:00 reservations

Jan. 24^th to Jan. 30^th

menu A

1.  garlic soup with chorizo, mirepoix, and local egg yolk

2.  grilled lamb sirloin with black olive vinaigrette, couscous with quince membrillo, and sautéed kale

3.  red wine baked pear with shaved Roncal sheep’s milk cheese

menu B

1.  Caesar salad with applesmoked bacon, romaine, garlicky croutons, real parmagiano    

2.  spaghetti with clams, mussels, squid, and shrimp… with chile flake, lemon, garlic, parsley, and crème fraiche 

3.  chocolate polenta cake with honey semifreddo

$24. dollars per person

no substitutions; no swapping between menus; no to-go

the menu options will change at least once a week

eat your vegetables or you don’t get dessert