Andrew Hilton Wine & Spirits
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We are one of Lethbridge's best wine and liquor suppliers serving Southern Alberta for many years. Our premium quality products include craft beer, single malt scotch, Growler Fills & many more alcoholic beverages. Browse our website to views our classic collection of products.
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There is no specific reason I opened this 2008 vintage Champagne from Hugues Godmé this evening, other than the fact that I wanted to reacquaint myself to this lovely region of France, after all, 2008 was one of the best Champagne vintages in the last 30 years
Pushing aside the obvious notions of celebration affixed to the wine, I found an entire world of reasons to celebrate. Plants are alive, it's almost summer. Its Monday, and I'm happy for it.
This cuvee brings everything you would want. Aromas of peach pit, apricot, cream, red apple peel, and wild strawberry. Wild being the important word here. Its fresh, it stays with your mind and evokes a distant memory.
The pallet is a wave of everything from the nose, mountain strawberry, frothy sea salt, and mineral structure and precise acid. The intense limestone, chalk and marl provide structure and focus, like a spine to guide the lofty fruit.
Champagne is a drink, and a reason to celebrate isn't necessary.... its worth it alone.
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These are consistently VERY highly rated wines, are difficult to obtain, and we have limited quantities of each.
If you love big Aussie wines, stop by and grab a couple before they're all gone !
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- Skin contact Alvarinho from "Anselmo Mendes" Portugual !
-Skin contact Pibot Gris from "A Sunday in August" BC !
- Meinklang "Roter Mulatschak", impossible to resist, immense drinkability from Austria !
- El Tuńel from Itata, incredible power, mindchanging wines from Chile !
The growler station will be open at 2:00PM for all your growler filling needs. We like to ensure that our beer is poured at the absolute ideal temperature of 38 degrees and our fridge is being a little finicky today ! Thank you for your patience and apologies for any inconvenience.
Our growler station will be temporarily closed from 10:00am til 12:00pm for routine maintenance and cleaning. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Cheers
Returning is the super popular Seebrich Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris), a brand new Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) from Weingut Knab, and a new Dry Riesling as well as semisweet Riesling from epic producer Leitz.
It's going to be great ! Come down and try them !
We're very very excited to have legendary Tampa, FL brewery Cigar City in the shop! We now have the exemplary Jai Alai India Pale Ale and the superb Florida Cracker Belgian Style White!
Also new to the store we have Friendship Bracelet Rustic Saison, a collaboration between Yellow Dog Brewery and Four Winds, arguably two of BC's best breweries.
Banff Ave Brewing Company's White Wit, Medicine Hat Brew Co. Grapefruit Radler are also in the shop! And after a brief hiatus we have Founders All Day IPA back in the shop! Swing by and pick some of these excellent beers today!
We have:
- Snake Lake Brewing Company (Sylvan Lake) 'Marina Bay' IPA - $6.95/12.95
- Brewsters Brewing Company (Calgary) Mosaic Pale Ale - $6.95/12.95
- Blindman Brewing (Lacombe) 'Sisters Before Misters' Double IPA - $8.95/16.95
- Common Crown Brewing (Calgary) 'Journeyman' IPA - $6.95/12.95
- Oldman River Brewing (Lundbreck) Cherry Kettle Sour - $7.95/14.95
- Annex Ale Project (Calgary) 'Affordable Gold' Sour Witbier - $7.95/14.95
Come see us today!
Sure, its everyone's 'go-to' for New Years Eve, Birthdays, and Celebrations, but it almost seems ignored outside those contexts. Which is a huge shame.
We love Champagne, and opening a bottle is reason enough to celebrate, anytime really !
Today we are posting to welcome the wines of Hugues Godmé, operating out of Verzeney. We were lucky enough to receive 24 bottles of Vintage 2008, as well as 24 bottles of Blanc de Noir, all from Grand Cru vineyards!
Godmé makes tight, austere, challenging wines, a pleasure for any Champagne geek.
And while we are on the subject, not all Champagne has to be sparkling (although it's very rare not to see it sparkling). Mailly produces a still red, made from Pinot Noir. Its definitely a fun experience to try the lesser known styles from each region !
The new vintage of the White and Rosé just arrived today, and we are extremely excited to try them with you !
Following those is Casa Benasal, a wonderful GSM blend from Spain !
As always, the bottles will be open around 2pm, and will remain available for sampling until 9pm today!
Now that we are through the (inevitable) rainfall and nastiness of the May Long Weekend, spring can properly begin, and we are featuring 4 remarkably fresh and lively wines for the season:
Most of you will know Hexamer for their Quarzit and Trocken Rieslings, but they are actually much more famous for their sweeter wines. This Kabinett, from the Altenberg vineyard is lively and fresh, and would be perfect with sweet BBQ sauces.
Next up, from Angiolino Maule, we have a lightly orange wine called Sassaia. For those of you curious about orange wine, this is a great place to start, as it is very approachable and easy to drink.
Rounding out the whites is the Harslevelu from Meinklang. We have tasted their Gruner Veltliner and Burgenlandweis before, but this native Hungarian grape, mostly used to make Tokaji Aszu, is a beautiful, aromatic, and rich wine perfect for dinner parties.
Finally, we are so happy to have the Rogue Vines Super Itata back at last!!! The “sister wine” to the Grand Itata, this spicy, smoky, and powerful red is just the thing for grilled red meats, or just to have with friends.
Come try these out, it’s a great lineup for a Friday wine tasting!
Of course all these wines are awesome, but we are most excited to welcome back the amazing Weninger "Balf" Kekfrankos! This is a brand new vintage for us, 2017, and none of us have tried it yet !
Come down and try these wines with us!
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