As your liquor store in Knoxville, we try to keep updated with all things liquor related. Here’s what got us researching lately: In wine terminology, the words “varietal” and “variety” are often used interchangeably even though they mean two very different things.
A variety is simply a variety of grape vine and should be treated as a noun.
Varietal is adjective referring to a product itself that is composed of a specific variety.
Varietal Wine
This is made from a single grape variety or a dominant variety with smaller amounts of others blended in. The legal percentage in order to label a bottle and sell in liquor stores as a specific variety differs across the globe. This is to preserve the integrity of the final product.
Oregon state law requires winemakers to use at least 90% pinot noir grapes in order to label it as pinot noir. Other varieties like syrah, cabernet sauvignon, and merlot only need to contain at least 75% of the named variety. This is the same for all wines in California.
However in Burgundy, almost without exception, the whites are required by French law to be 100% chardonnay and the reds 100% pinot noir. European laws tend to be stricter to establish tiers of quality.
Drop by your local liquor store in Knoxville and pick out your favorite bottle of wine – be it varietal or not!
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Campbell Station Wine & Spirits, Always of Good Cheer! Your Friendly Farragut wine and liquor store ! Conveniently located on the West End of Turkey Creek in Farragut. It is our pleasure to assist in picking the perfect wine or liquor for your enjoyment. Visit us today and check out our full inventory that includes popular, premium, and even extremely rare wines and spirits. Don't forget we also sell beer, mixers and other wine accessories. Visit our website www.campbellstationwine.com or call 865.966.7122
After picking out your favorite bottle at your liquor store or wine store in Knoxville, the quality of how you serve is now in your hands. Serving wine at certain temperatures can and will affect the way it tastes which is why there are ideal temperatures for each kind. To help you out, here are 3 rules to serve as your wine temperature serving guide:
Serve your wine at the right temperature
1.) Sparkling wine should be served ice-cold
About an hour or so before opening, leave your bubbly in the freezer until it’s about 40-50 degrees cold. An alternative would be to place it in a bucket of ice for 30 minutes. This is because the ice-cold temperature will help keep the bubbles fine rather than foamy. Once opened, keep it on ice.
As a liquor store, we get a lot of questions about wine. A common misconception we hear for serving red wine is that it has to be at room temperature. Bear in mind that “room temperature” can mean vastly different things in other parts of the world. We recommend slightly cooling it by placing it in the fridge for an hour before serving, just until it’s about 60-70 degrees. If you need it sooner, you can keep it in the freezer for about 15 minutes. After opening, let it cool down by leaving it on the table instead of on ice.
Should you require any assistance or more information, drop by your local liquor store or wine store in Knoxville and they’ll be happy to help!
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Campbell Station Wine & Spirits, Always of Good Cheer! Your Friendly Farragut wine and liquor store ! Conveniently located on the West End of Turkey Creek in Farragut. It is our pleasure to assist in picking the perfect wine or liquor for your enjoyment. Visit us today and check out our full inventory that includes popular, premium, and even extremely rare wines and spirits. Don't forget we also sell beer, mixers and other wine accessories. Visit our website www.campbellstationwine.com or call 865.966.7122
3 Rules For Serving Every Type of Wine At The Right Temperature
You know how it goes by now. You’re heading out to a bar with some friends, with the idea of having a crisp, refreshing Gin and Tonic when you get there. Then when you arrive, you’re handed something that tastes nothing like what you hoped. It’s warm, flat, and rapidly getting worse. They call this a Gin and Tonic? You can do better at home!
And you should! If you’re wondering how you can make the perfect Gin and Tonic then Campbell Station Wine & Spirits, your local liquor store in Farragut will give you all the instruction you need.
In an effort to save money, many bars and similar establishments aren’t putting the effort into preparing their cocktail ingredients and are left serving subpar drinks as a result. Using warm gin, barely frozen ice and a flat tonic is not the way to make the perfectly refreshing drink!
How to make the Perfect Gin and Tonic
Really, there’s not all that much you can do with a two ingredient drink to ruin it, so how are bars all across the country managing to hand over a subpar concoction every time? It’s all in the preparation, or lack thereof, that’s how!
If you’re partial to liquor and like a regular Gin and Tonic, the chances are you’ll already have everything you need ready to go. If not, head down to your local Farragut liquor store and pick up a bottle of your favorite gin. Pick up the tonic water and either lemons or limes from the supermarket. Once you’ve got everything you need, you’re ready to make your drink!
Make up some ice cube, giving them the chance to freeze overnight if possible so they’re fully frozen when you come to use them.
Slice up either the lemon or lime and put the slices in a bowl in the refrigerator, ready to add to your drink later on.
Put your tonic water and Gin in the refrigerator, too. Some people recommend keeping your liquor in the freezer, if you’d prefer to do that then by all means, do so.
Those are your preparatory steps; although they may seem unnecessary, they’re imperative to getting the highest quality, most refreshing drink possible.
When you’re ready for your drink, it’s time to mix everything together. We recommend leaving the ingredients to chill for a few hours before use:
Take a small glass and add in as many ice cubes as you fancy
Pour over some of your chilled gin; just enough so that it’s not too strong
Fill your glass the rest of the way with the chilled tonic water
Put in a slice of lemon or lime, whichever you prefer. Lime will give the drink a softer, sweeter flavor.
That’s all there is to making the perfect Gin and tonic! Just make sure your ingredients are all chilled before using them, and you can’t go wrong.
Just as a side note, if you’re not sure which Gin is the best, you can always ask the friendly staff at Campbell Station Wine & Spirits. They’ll be happy to point you in the right direction.
The Perfect Gin & Tonic
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Campbell Station Wine & Spirits, Always of Good Cheer! Your Friendly Farragut wine and liquor store ! Conveniently located on the West End of Turkey Creek in Farragut. It is our pleasure to assist in picking the perfect wine or liquor for your enjoyment. Visit us today and check out our full inventory that includes popular, premium, and even extremely rare wines and spirits. Don't forget we also sell beer, mixers and other wine accessories. Visit our website www.campbellstationwine.com or call 865.966.7122
So 2015 has finally clocked, and we are ready to
face it heads on! At Campbell
Station Wine & Spirits, we have already started our month-long
exclusive sale with more than 100 items on sale throughout January 2015. But
here's also a list of cocktails to help you kick-start the new year from your favorite wine and liquor store in Farragut!
Sunset Prosecco Float Ingredients 2 small scoops blood orange sorbet (or flavor of your choosing) About 4 oz. of prosecco Mint sprig
Method
1. Using a melon baller, scoop the sorbet into a champagne flute. 2. Top with prosecco, pouring slowly. Stir. 3. Garnish with a mint sprig.
Method
Add
the orange-flavored liqueur, honey and strawberries to a food processor
and process until smooth. Fill the chilled glasses halfway with the
strawberry mixture and then fill the rest of the glass with Champagne.
Tom CollinsIngredients
2 oz gin 1 oz lemon juice 1 tsp fine sugar 3 oz club soda 1 maraschino cherry 1 sliced orange
Method
In
a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin, lemon juice, and
sugar. Shake well. Strain into a collins glass almost filled with ice
cubes. Add the club soda. Stir and garnish with the cherry and the
orange slice.
MojitoIngredients10 fresh mint leaves 1/2 lime, cut into 4 wedges 2 tablespoons white sugar, or to taste 1 cup ice cubes 1 1/2 fluid ounces white rum 1/2 cup club soda
MethodPlace
mint leaves and 1 lime wedge into a sturdy glass. Use a muddler to
crush the mint and lime to release the mint oils and lime juice. Add 2
more lime wedges and the sugar, and muddle again to release the lime
juice. Do not strain the mixture. Fill the glass almost to the top with
ice. Pour the rum over the ice, and fill the glass with carbonated
water. Stir, taste, and add more sugar if desired. Garnish with the
remaining lime wedge.
Don't forget to pop into our wine
store at 707
North Campbell Station Road Farragut, TN 37934 for the ingredients!
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Campbell Station Wine & Spirits, Always of Good Cheer! Your Friendly Farragut wine and liquor store ! Conveniently located on the West End of Turkey Creek in Farragut. It is our pleasure to assist in picking the perfect wine or liquor for your enjoyment. Visit us today and check out our full inventory that includes popular, premium, and even extremely rare wines and spirits. Don't forget we also sell beer, mixers and other wine accessories. Visit our website www.campbellstationwine.com or call 865.966.7122
Thanksgiving is right around the
corner and your favorite liquor store in Farragut, Campbell
Station Wine & Spirits thought to offer you suggestions for great
Thanksgiving cocktails. Thanksgiving dinner is a night of fun with an
atmosphere full of love. This means we need to be very selective in our
ingredients and make sure we don’t go over on the alcohol levels and spoil the
event. But at the same time, every party needs some good drinking so here’s
what we suggest to you:
1. Pumpkin Pie Martini: This is a favorite for a
lot of people because it has it all: vanilla, chocolate and pumpkin puree!
Ingredients
2 ounces vanilla vodka
2 ounces white creme de cacao
1/4 cup heavy cream
1.5 tablespoons of pumpkin puree (pie mix)
1 dash of ground nutmeg (for garnish)
Powdered graham cracker (for the rim) Preparations
Rim two martini glasses with crushed graham
cracker. Fill a shaker with ice and add the vodka, creme de cacao, cream and
pumpkin puree. Shake well until it’s chilled. Strain into the martini glasses.
Sprinkle the ground nutmeg on top for garnish.
2. American Pie Cocktail: Relive the epic movie
with friends with this easy cocktail!
Ingredients
2 cups ice
1/2 cup whiskey
1/2 cup apple liqueur
1 cup cranberry juice
Sliced apples, for garnish, optional Preparation
Add to shaker, ice, Canadian whiskey, apple
liqueur and cranberry juice. Pour into 2 rocks glasses, garnish with a slice of
apple, if using, and serve.
3. Apple Cider Shandy: Another easy-to-make classic
combining two components of Thanksgiving: apple cider and beer!
Ingredients
4 bottles lager beer, chilled (recommended:
Heineken)
1 bottle sparkling apple cider, chilled Preparation
Slowly pour the beer into a 10-cup capacity
pitcher and slowly add the sparkling cider.
Pour the shandy into frosted glasses and
serve immediately
These recipes are easy and will help you hold for a great
night of fun and games! Make sure to cross-check your shopping list with our
list of specials and featured products at www.campbellstationwines.com or pop-in at our
wine store in Knoxville!
Cheers-
Campbell
Station Wine & Spirits, Always of Good Cheer! Your Friendly Farragut
Liquor & Wine Store! Conveniently located on the West End of Turkey
Creek in Farragut. It is our pleasure to assist in picking the perfect
wine or liquor for your enjoyment. Visit us today and check out our full
inventory that includes popular, premium, and even extremely rare wines
and spirits. Don't forget we also sell beer, mixers and other wine
accessories. Visit our websitewww.campbellstationwine.com or call 865.966.7122
Ever wanted to know about the history of wine making? We know you love
to drink it, but how did it all start? We've got a bit of interesting
history right here from your friendly Farragutwine and liquor store!
It
starts with agriculture in Western civilization. The earliest evidence
of a fermented drink (from grapes at least) dates back to China 7000
BC. The first cultivation of wild grape vines was known to happen in coastal and southern Turkey. The oldest known official winery was in Armenia dating back to 4100 BC.
It
became more widespread soon after that in the Near East (Mesopotamia,
Israel, Egypt). Then the Greeks, Romans, and the Mediterranean areas
were the first to cultivate full plantations.
It's all Greek to me?
Believe it or not, the altered consciousness produced by wine is considered "religious". The Greek god Dionysus (god of the grape harvest,
winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, religious ecstasy and theatre)
was one reason the Greeks considered themselves to be fulfilling a
religious good deed when drinking wine!
Wine for all of Society!
During
the 15th century and forward as part of the European expansion
(exploration and global mapping of the world) wine production and wine
consumption became a part of main stream society and popular vineyards,
plantations, and wineries became known around the world.
Now we've talked about religion and wine, how about love and wine?
In
Persian legend, King Jamshid had banished a lady of his harem. She
became so sad and distraught from this she contemplated suicide. She
went to the king's warehouse and found a jar marked "poison" (it had the
remnants of grapes that had spoiled and had been deemed undrinkable).
After drinking the fermented wine, she got her spirits lifted! She took
the drink to the king and he became so enamored with this new drink he
accepted her back into his castle and declared all grapes grown in his
land would now be devoted to wine making!
Cheers-
Campbell
Station Wine & Spirits, Always of Good Cheer! Your Friendly
Farragut Liquor & Wine Store! Conveniently located on the West End
of Turkey Creek in Farragut. It is our pleasure to assist in picking the
perfect wine or liquor for your enjoyment. Visit us today and check out
our full inventory that includes popular, premium, and even extremely
rare wines and spirits. Don't forget we also sell beer, mixers and other
wine accessories. Visit our website www.campbellstationwine.com or call 865.966.7122
