3 Rules For Serving Every Type of Wine At The Right Temperature

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.

2.) White wine and Rosé should be served cold

White wine and Rosé are meant to be served chilled but not necessarily ice-cold. Store it in a cool place immediately after purchasing it from your local liquor store. If you plan to drink it soon, leave it in the fridge for a few hours or keep it in the freezer for about 30 minutes until it’s about 50-60 degrees. After opening, let your bottle cool on the table and enjoy how the wine’s aroma slightly changes as it cools down.

3.) Red wine should be served cool

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

4 Creative Ways to Serve Drinks on Your Wedding

Feeling a little overwhelmed with wedding planning is a pretty frequent scenario. Chances are you may have overlooked a handful yet important details. But why should you let the exhausting decision-making process ruin that special moment of your life? Instead, let your friendly liquor store in Farragut give you some pretty fun ideas on how to serve drinks on Your Big Day. Campbell Station Wine & Spirits will help you narrow down your options for an ultimate wedding to remember!

There are plenty of liquor selections to consider -- from arrival drinks, meal pairings, and after-party beverages. It is important that there is an ample supply of drinks available at the beginning of the reception until the wee hours of the wedding after-party. Instead of serving drinks the traditional way, why not let your creative juices flow and add an artistic flair to it?

1. DIY signature cocktails

Considered as a trend, signature cocktails that the couple themselves made have become a popular staple on weddings today. A tasty bowl of rosemary-citrus punch or a pomegranate Caipiroska is perfect to get the festive mood started for your guests.  Or, you can let your guests help themselves with custom-made champagne shots where they can choose fruit garnishes!

2. Nibble-sized food & drink pairings

Food and drink pairings are undoubtedly a mainstay in modern weddings. But have you tried miniature versions of them? Yup! Amp up the reception and get your guests dancing while you serve them with nibble-sized proportions of prosciutto and mozzarella paired with port shot glasses.

3. Alcohol-free bars

Don't forget your guests who arrived sober and opt to leave the party still sober! You can prepare a DIY bar featuring infused waters and iced teas for a special portion of your guests who wants to go alcohol-free. Add a rustic feel to your DIY stations by using mason jars for your drinks!

4. Brew stations 

How about beers on wedding receptions? Champagnes and other sophisticated wines aren't just the only liquors to steal the wedding spotlight. For the beer-loving couples and guests, a vintage, DIY brew station will surely complete the wedding reception before the night ends.

Cheers-
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

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Great Drinks Ideas for Thanksgiving!

Drinks Ideas for Thanksgiving

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!


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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

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Wine, Love, and Religion?

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 Farragut wine 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

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