Weekly Specials 03/30/2026
Red Wine of the Week
Quinta do Cardo
Beira Interior
Castelo Rodrigo Superior Vinho Tinto
Normally $19.99 /
Now on Sale for $15.96
Alicante Bouschet, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca (Castelo Rodrigo DO)
How It’s Made:
Quinta do Cardo, in Portugal’s Beira Interior region, makes this red from sustainably farmed, organic grapes, from the highest elevation vineyards in Portugal. With vines aged between 25 and 90 years old, they lie on gentle slopes that stretch across a plateau near the Serra da Marofa mountain range, some 2400 feet above sea level. While the grapes bask in sunlight, the altitude keeps the temperature cold, allowing the grapes to slowly mature.
Why We Like It:
This red gives you bright cherry fruit at the start of the sip that deepens into dark, almost tobacco-like, luxury that, in turn, quickly fades into an acidic finish. You get the fruit of a full-bodied wine but the character of a lighter bodied refresher. We wonder if it’s the Alicante Bouschet balancing out the Tourigas. (Is there a winemaker in the house?)
White Wine of the Week
Caves Messias
Santola
Vinho Verde
Normally $12.99 /
Now on Sale for $10.96
Loureiro, Pedernã (Vinho Verde DO)
How It’s Made:
Caves Messias grows the grapes for this Vinho Verde in granitic soil (which predominates the Vinho Verde region), forcing the grape vines to grow deep roots to find nutrients and moisture. These difficult soils lead the vines to produce more concentrated berries than soils with more nutrients and that have better moisture retention. Caves Messias balances out the acidity that the granitic soil also produces with a low temperature fermentation that brings out the fruit in the grape berries.
Why We Like It:
There’s always a place in the world for a good Vinho Verde. The Santola is off-off dry with a pleasing acidity that mixes with its light bubbles — one of our favorite spritzy whites.
Beer of the Week
Unibroue
La Fin du Monde
Normally $13.99 / $3.49
Now on Sale for $12.96 (12oz 4P bottles)
Abbey Tripel (9% ABV)
How It’s Made:
Chambly, Quebec’s Brasserie Unibroue introduced La Fin du Monde (“the World’s End”) in February of 1994 after over a year of research. Styling it after Tripels brewed by Belgian Trappist monks, Unibroue spiced it with coriander and refermented it in the bottle, following tradition. Breaking ground, it was the first Tripel style ale to hit the American market. Unibroue named it in honor “of the French explorers who, when they discovered North America, believed they had reached 'the end of the world.’ ”
Why We Like It:
Dry and complex with an underlying yeastiness, this Tripel style ale really benefits from the coriander, which conspires to provide a mandarin orange note to this classic brew. If only just for the name, La Fin du Monde is the perfect beer when you’ve come to the end of things … or maybe even the beginning.