While we are not currently conducting our weekly tastings, we are offering tasting opportunities, which are reservation-only occasions. Please see our emails, social media pages and our Events page for upcoming tastings and to reserve your space.
We also encourage you to make your own tastings from our Wine Stations. We offer a frequently-changing selection of six red wines, a white wine and a dry rosé in our two stations. Simply purchase a prepaid card, then select the size pour you want (1 ounce, 2 ounce or five- ounce glass pour). This option is available any time we are open, and we offer Happy Hour in the Wine Stations from 4:30 until 6:00 PM each day with all pours half price.
We have some prepackaged snacks available; you are also welcome to bring in your own food or carry out to enjoy in our spacious rooms or deck.
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Featured Wines from Water Tower Fine Wines: Taste a Blast from the past; Gaja!
December 6, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - December 13, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
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Featured Wines from Water Tower Fine Wines: Taste a Blast from the past; Gaja! |
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This week we will offer two wines from Gaja, one that is no longer available for sale, but great to sample and another that we still have a few bottles of but may not last. Gaja is one of those iconic producers in Piedmont.
Gaja’s story began in 1859, when Giovanni Gaja started producing Barbaresco. Since then, five generations of Gajas have been producing wines in Piedmont’s Langhe hills, Giovanni’s son, Angelo (grandfather of today’s Angelo Gaja), was blessed with ambition and vision.
Clotilde Rey, whom he married in 1905, inspired him to establish the tradition to which the Gajas have adhered ever since total dedication to uncompromising quality. Angelo Gaja, joined the Winery in 1961 and combined his respect for the traditions of the Langhe with bold innovations in the vineyards and the cellars.
Today, Angelo along with his family, have been continuing a family tradition that has never stopped since 1859. The Gaja Winery owns 96ha (240 acres) of vineyards in the Barbaresco district – Barbaresco and Treiso – and the Barolo district – Serralunga d’Alba and La Morra. In 1994, Gaja acquired their first wine estate in Tuscany, Pieve Santa Restituta in Montalcino (27ha) of vineyards and Ca’ Marcanda, located in the Bolgheri district in the municipality of Castagneto Carducci. The title “Godfather of Italian Wines” is very common when you Google the word “Gaja”.
The two wines we will offer this week represent the value offerings from Gaja, yet still have all of the quality of the more expensive offerings. Stop in and check out these fantastic wines!
Featured Wines:
Sito Moresco Langhe Piedmont Italy 2009 $69.99 (Vintage unavailable)
Dagromis Barolo Piedmont 2007 $104.99 (limited # available)