August 2011 • Vol. VIII

Homemade BBQ Sauce

The Three Amigos

Chef Michael Burke from The Garage shares his BBQ Sauce recipe on Page 4

This year’s Fall Arts Festival labels feature work from painter Dwayne

Harty

Big palate in a small package

Inside This Month

Check out wineliquorbeer.com/wotm

for recipes, tasting notes & more

2011 Fall Arts Festival Wines Have Arrived

Chef Michael Burke from the newly redesigned Garage restaurant (formally Burke’s Chophouse) in downtown Jackson, Wyoming shares his BBQ sauce recipe. Smother some chicken, ribs, or brisket with this sauce and pair with our $20 red wine, the NxNW Cabernet Sauvignon.

Now available at The Liquor Store & Wine Loft, and online at www.wineliquorbeer.com, are the 2011 Fall Arts Festival Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Every year, the Fall Arts Fest releases two wines to commemorate the occasion and celebrate a local artist. This year’s labels feature the painting Strength & Vulnerability from artist Dwayne Harty. The Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival is widely recognized as one of the premier cultural events in the Rocky Mountain West. Thousands of art enthusiasts are drawn each year to experience the diverse artwork and breathtaking natural surroundings that make Jackson Hole a leading cultural center. The 2011 Festival will take place September 8-18,2011.

This month’s three wines for $35 set include the Angels Landing Pinot Noir, 6th Sense Syrah and Sensual Malbec. You save 20% off the regular price, a $10 value!

This month’s $20 white wine selection is a 375ml bottle, but don’t think it has small flavor. Read why winemaker Frederich Magnien considers this vintage to be the perfect example of his Chablis Forets

February 2013 • Vol. XXVI

February Letter From The Liquor Store Staff...What’s there to love this Valentine’s Day? The Liquor Store’s Wine of the Month Club will

surely have something luscious waiting for you! ‘Tis the holiday to celebrate those you love, and why not the wines you love, too? Everybody has a favorite, so take the time to revel in a bottle of something you hold dear to your heart, or open your eyes to new love in the wine

department. Nothing evokes Valentine romance like a specially picked bottle of wine. We’re constantly keeping things fresh with the WOTM Club, all while maintaining the quality, variety

and convenience you adore. Whatever you choose to do this Valentine’s Day, let TLS help you choose the right wine for the occasion.

Up and Coming Events You Shouldn’t Miss At .

February VIP Tasting - Sake with Sake Expert Nick RamkowskyMarch VIP Tasting - Burgundy with Certified Sommelier Zach Padilla

April VIP Tasting - Bordeaux with Certified Sommelier Zach Padilla

Inside This Month

Up and Coming events at The Liquor Store

$20 Red Wine - Torres Celeste Crianza - 2007

The Three Amigos• Almansa Terra Grande Reserva - 2008 • Almansa Terra Grande Crianza - 2008• Montebuena Rioja - 2010

• Some of the many free January Community Events!

Recipe of the Month is Crockpot Pork Roast Dinnerby Renee V. Bruch, Graphic Designer of the “Wine of the Month”

Produced from 100% Tempranillo grapes, which are hand harvested from the Montebuena vineyard. Brilliant deep ruby red color, fruity aromas. Montebuena Red has a spicy vanilla bouquet and is smooth and fruity in the mouth with some well-integrated secondary nuances, full-flavored and a persistent pleasant finish.

Ratings“(100% tempranillo, raised entirely in American oak): Vivid ruby. Ripe cherry and blackcurrant on the nose and in the mouth. Pliant and seamless in texture, with good heft and back-end energy. Finishes smooth and sweet, with fine-grained tannins providing shape and grip. Still on the young side but this wine drinks very well with an hour or so of decanting; it’s an excellent value for Rioja.”- Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar (September 2012), 90 pts

A blend of tempranillo, monastrell and cabernet sauvignon, aged in American oak. Fresh red berry and floral aromas are complemented by notes of vanilla, mocha and white pepper. Supple, spicy, open-knit

raspberry and cherry flavors show good clarity but are a tad thin in the mid-palate.

Ratings“While the wine is promising and reasonably tasty right away, it is a bit tart and reserved, benefiting from

an hour in a decanter (no sediment). Then, in a lighter full body, the flavors deepen to the elderberry or choke cherry of Mourvèdre, the purplish Bing cherry of Cabernet and slight red fruit punch, maybe from the Tempranillo, still with plenty of black raspberry acid. While I’m excited by the nice representation of

Mourvèdre, I do find it a little tart and bitter. Overall, I’ll give it a qualified “thumbs up.” I think it would be good with meaty dishes that would bring out its fruit and balance its acid and bitterness.”

Montebuena Rioja - 2010Regular Price $12.99

Almansa Terra Grande Crianza 2008

Regular Price $13.99

Almansa Terra Grande Reserva - 2008Regular Price $15.99

This is Terra Grande Crianza, Almansa, Spain, 2008, finished at 14% alcohol. It is a blend of 50% monastrell (mourvedre), 30% tempranillo and 20% cabernet sauvignon. In the glass it is a deep

ruddy red with some bricking at the edge.

On the nose: Poured cool with a brief decant and swirled vigorously, shows light, bright fruit, some purpleness.

From the aroma, seems like this will be tangy and perhaps simple.

On the palate: The primary elements on the palate are in fact surprisingly generous, deep and layered, with chewy

black oak and unsweetened caramel. Some tobacco as it moves to a modest and full finish.

In summary: Overall, rates three stars on the five-star Spirit of Wine scale, with a plus for depth. Good value.

$20 Red WineCeleste was the first Torres wine produced in Ribera del Duero and not in their

native Catalonia. Made from Tempranillo grapes this is a spicy, intense wine tasting of ripe blackberry and cherry fruit. Complexity and a full-bodied it has a very long

finish.The nose has an opulent floral fragrance with ripe red fruits and a hint of cassis. Rose petals, cherry, sweet blueberry, and boysenberry. In the mouth it is ripe and

juicy with flavors of blueberry and boysenberry. The texture is creamy smooth. Tannins are mild as is the acidity; this is borderline “fat”. The finish is a bit hot, but

that’s what you get with such a ripe flavor profile. Due to the fatness and heat this is a little difficult to match with food. But, I like it as a “cocktail” wine or “fireside” wine;

something to drink on its own.

Ratings“A sensational Tempranillo from the Ribero del Duero region of Spain. Everything

Torres creates seems to be pure magic! Well balanced tannins & fruits; gentle spice & dark berry flavours (blueberry, blackberry) characterize this wine.”

Community Events in FebruaryFebruary 1st 2013

Join us for a Free Wine Tasting at the Liquor Store & Wine Loft of Jackson Hole every Friday from 4:00-7:00 pm. Each week we showcase at least 5 wines from a featured region. Come socialize with other

wine enthusiasts, ask questions, and enjoy. We hope to see you there. (307) 733-4466

Through FebruaryJH Winter Wonderland: Town Square Ice Skating from 5:00 pm- 9:00 pm. Skate rentals are $3.00 and

available in the Stage Stop at these times. Free if you have your ownContact: Andria Manoukian at (307) 733-0066 Website: www.JHWinterWonderland.org

Event Details: Enjoy the square lights, snow, and ice skating pond with music, steaming cups of hot cocoaand heated sitting areas. Community Skating Events will be every Friday night from 5:00-9:00 pm and

Saturday and Sunday’s from 3:00-9:00 pm until March 16th (weather permitting).

February 10th - 24th

3rd Annual Jackson Hole WinterFest from 9:00 am-11:00 pm in several locations within Jackson,WYContact: Maureen Murphy at (307) 733-3316 or visit their website for details www.jacksonholechamber.com

The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the 3rd Annual Jackson Hole WinterFest. WinterFest is a two week festival that brings these opportunities together from the Shriner’s All American Cutter

Races to snow sculpting. Many community organizations join together to present a series of events that delights winter enthusiasts who love to be out in the snow as well as those who prefer to spend their time beside a crackling hearth.

February 16th 2013Shriner’s All American Cutter Races from 12:00 pm-3:00 pm at Melody Ranch in Jackson,WY. The Shriner’s All

American Cutter Races are held at the Melody Ranch south of Jackson is an exciting part of Jackson Hole’s yearly Winter Carnival.

Torres Celeste Crianza2007Regular Price $28.99

S O M E O F T H E M A N Y F R E E E V E N T S T H I S M O N T H

• 1 lb. small red potatoes, cut in half• 16 oz. pkg. baby cut carrots

• 1 onion, chopped• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 3 lb. pork loin roast• 1/4 cup Dijon mustard

• 1 tsp. dried tarragon leaves or 1 Tbs. fresh chopped tarragon• 1 tsp. dried thyme leaves or 1 Tbs. fresh thyme leaves

• 1/2 tsp. salt• 1/4 tsp. pepper

• 1 1/2 cups beef broth

Cut onion and mix with the beef broth. Place in the bottom of the crockpot. Add the pork loin roast to the center of the crockpot. Surround with the cut potatoes and carrots. Combine the garlic, mustard and spices. I used 1/2 a cup of yellow mustard in this mixture and reserved a 1/2 cup of high quality garlic Dijon mustard. After pouring the mixture over the roast, I spread the

rest of the Garlic Dijon mustard on top of the exposed part of the roast. Cook for 6-9 hours on low heat. Mine took about 8 hours for the meat to hit 150

degrees F. Remove the roast, cover and allow to settle.

GravyStrain some of the remaining sauce into a sauce pan. Combine 2 Tbs. of cornstarch with a 1/4 cup of sauce until cornstarch is

dissolved and add to the sauce pan. Bring

to a boil and cook until it thickens to a gravy. You may need more

cornstarch depending on how much sauce

you strain.

Recipes From the ValleyCrockpot Pork Roast Dinner

Recipe from Renee V. Bruch, Graphic Designerof the “Wine of the Month” publication.