The Human Side of Wine, at a Discount, This Week-End at Andover Liquors

Plenty of wine shops around town give lip service to caring about their customers.

We want to get to know you, they say.

Look how unpretentious we are, they say.

We feel the pain of your budget crunch, they say.

But then they offer faceless communications that are difficult to understand and "sales" that don't save much of anything.

Enter Andover Liquors, for two big reasons that counteract all of the above:

1. Their brand new blog, with entries on topics like the importance of adventure in beer tasting; coveting whiskey; and scary sulfites. Spend just a few minutes on it, and your faith in Real People who write it and live it will be reaffirmed.

2. Their Cash and Carry wine sale that's happening this week-end, May 1 and May 2 only. This one hits you in the sweet spot that is your wallet. Pay cash for any wine and get 21% off. Use a credit or debit card and get 17% off. You get the discount whether you're buying a case or a bottle.

A wine store that gives you a significant discount AND communicates with you on a Real Person level?!

That's worth noting.


WHAT: New Blog and Cash and Carry Wine Sale
WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, May 1 and 2
WHERE: Andover Liquors, 209 North Main Street (Route 28), Shawsheen Plaza, Andover
DISCOUNTS: 21% if paying in cash, 17% if paying with a card

DAILY TIDBIT:

The first written reference to Champagne was English, not French. In 1676, Etherege wrote in praise of "sparkling Champagne" which, as he wrote,

Quickly recovers
Poor laughing lovers,
Makes us frolic and gay,
and drowns all our sorrows.

When One Wine Changes Your Life: Giampiero Bea at The Wine Bottega

Every once in a long while, something happens that spins your world.

You catch a fly ball at Fenway.

A child comes into your life.

You witness an extraordinary act of kindness.

Something like that happens, the clouds part, and the way forward is clear.

For Kerri Platt, that something that spun her world were the wines of Giampiero Bea.

"They're why I'm doing what I'm doing today," Platt says, which happens to be owning The Wine Bottega in the North End, which happens to be where Bea himself will be visiting on Monday evening.

Will Bea's wines spin your world too?

You'll never know unless you try (for free, by the way).

But given Bea's track record for world-spinning, we doubt you'll emerge unscathed.


WHAT: Very special tasting and visit by Giampiero Bea
WHERE: The Wine Bottega, 341 Hanover Street, Boston
WHEN: Monday, May 3 from 5 to 6:45 p.m.
COST: $0


DAILY TIDBIT:

The Paolo Bea Winery is located in the hilltop village of Montefalco in the Umbria region of Italy. It traces its history back to the 16th century. Much of the harvesting is still done by hand, the farming is organic, and the wines are unfiltered. As a result, the wines are exceptionally expressive.

Mid-Week Grand Tasting, at Blanchards

Love it when a local shop throws a wrench into the usual run of things.

Take Blanchards in West Roxbury.

They've decided to have a grand tasting, which is not so unusual.

The unusual thing is that they've decided to do it TONIGHT.

Mid-week.

On your way home.

Tasting -- think Shafer, Caymus, etc -- is free.

Purchases are not, but they are 20% off regular price.

Sounds like it's time to follow suit and throw a wrench into your own usual run of Wednesday-evening things.


WHAT: Grand Wine Tasting
WHERE: Blanchards, 418 LaGrange Street, West Roxbury
WHEN: TONIGHT from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
COST: $0


DAILY TIDBIT:

"American consumers' right to order wine from out-of-state producers and have it shipped to their homes is again under siege, this time in the form of a bill introduced in the US House of Representatives that could end direct shipping of wine, beer and spirits in America and prevent the filing of lawsuits that have previously been successful in overturning discriminatory state laws regarding direct shipping."

-- Linda Murphy, writing on JancisRobinson.com, April 21, 2010

How 96-Point Wines Are a Value at BOKX 109 This Friday

Walk into the Newton Vineyard wine dinner at BOKX 109 on Friday night and they'll hand you a glass (or two, if you ask nicely) of the 2008 Red Label Chardonnay.

Retail price: $20/bottle.

While you're getting settled, catch a server (or two, or three, it won't be hard) and indulge in the passed apps of poached oyster shooters, lobster & ricotta cavatelli, and wing confit.

Once you're seated, they'll place your first unfiltered wine of the night in front of you -- the 2007 Chardonnay -- to pair with the seared Petrale sole with spring peas and morel cream.

Retail price for the wine: $45/bottle.

Then comes the second course with another unfiltered wine -- this time it's the 2005 Merlot -- along with BBQ'd pork belly with Boston baked beans and sweet corn nage.

Retail price for the wine: $45/bottle.

Next up is Newton Vineyard's iconic Bordeaux blend, called The Puzzle (2005) at $78/bottle retail. It's matched up with Long Island duck served two ways -- smoked breast and confit thigh -- with melted leeks & lentil fondue in a red wine and shallot jus.

For dessert you'll drift back to the unfiltered wines with the 2006 Cab and a dark chocolate tart with drunken berries and toasted meringue.

Retail price for the wine: $40/bottle.

Is a $95 five-course wine dinner worth the price?

Here's what you'd pay otherwise, course by course (and this doesn't even include the food):
$20
$45

$45
$78
$40

You do the math.

Then pick up the phone and make your reservations.


WHAT: Newton Vineyard Wine Dinner, hosted by Dr. Su Hua Newton
WHERE: BOKX 109 American Prime, inside Hotel Indigo, 399 Grove Street, Newton
WHEN: Friday, April 30 at 6:30 p.m.
COST: $95/person + tax and gratuity


DAILY TIDBIT:

"The 2005 The Puzzle plays it closer to the vest than the 2004. It is a beautifully textured, pure wine, but obviously needs time. It won't be bottled for at least another year. The wine has a deep ruby/purple color and notes of subtle smoke intermixed with underbrush, black currant, cherry, licorice, and lavender. It is medium to full-bodied, has good acidity, and prominent tannins. Based on the way the wine was tasting when I was at Newton, this wine will need 4-5 years of bottle age [WHICH BRINGS US TO RIGHT NOW] and should drink well for at least two-plus decades."
-- Robert Parker

Four Cocktails for $30. A Whole Meal Too.

Say you're out having a cocktail or two after work.

Before you know it, you've racked up a tab of almost $30, and that's just for one round for you and your buddy.

Cocktails these days can run on average between $12 and $15.

Ouch.

That's the pain that makes tonight's Classic Cocktails dinner at the Ashmont Grill such a bargain.

Four courses of food -- which is normal for Ashmont Grill's Monday Night Club.

For $30 -- which is also normal (for them, if no one else).

And a classic cocktail paired with each course.

Still for $30.

RSVPs are a very good idea.


WHAT: Monday Night Wine Club: Classic Cocktails
WHERE: Ashmont Grill, 555 Talbot Avenue, Dorchester
WHEN: TONIGHT, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
RSVP: Call 617.825.4300
COST: $30


DAILY TIDBIT:

"One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough."

-- James Thurber

Riesling 101 Tonight, Waltham

Riesling, it needs to be said, needs a little help in the PR department.

Way too sweet, some say.

Smells like a gas station, others say.

Can't understand German wine labels, still others say.

And then they move on to something else in the wine aisle.

Yet the reality is this: some of the best Rieslings are bone dry and not sweet at all, the smell of petrol is characteristic of Riesling for good reason, and more and more Riesling comes from outside Germany though even the Germans are getting better at the easy-to-read label thing.

Get it all straightened out, and taste some very nice Rieslings, tonight at D&L Liquorsin Waltham.

It won't cost you a thing.

And you'll be doing Riesling a big, big favor.


WHAT: Riesling Tasting: Sweet to Bone Dry
WHERE: D&L Liquors, 850 Lexington Street, Waltham
WHEN: Friday, April 23 from 4 to 8 p.m.
COST: $0


DAILY TIDBIT:

"The exciting thing is that Riesling, though not native to New York, has a natural affinity to the region and can be used to make very good wine -- wine that's different from Rieslings made in Germany, the Alsace and Australia. We have lots of empirical evidence that this is true."
-- Anna Katherine Mansfield

Neal Rosenthal, in Person, at BRIX on Broad Tonight

You're stumped.

You're standing in the wine aisle, facing 100 labels from Aligote to Zinfandel, and you simply don't know which to choose.

What to do? What to DO...?!?

Here's a tip:

Turn a few of those labels around.

Because that's where you'll usually find the name of the importer of the wine, and remembering the names of a few reliable, reputable importers is a lot easier than remembering labels from Aligote to Zinfandel.

Importers to Massachusetts that you'll want to tuck away in your memory (or in an iPhone note, whichever works for you) include Kermit Lynch, Oz Wine Company, and Becky Wasserman.

Then there is Neal Rosenthal.

When it comes to importers, Rosenthal and his portfolio are pretty much atop the heap.

Tonight, BRIX on Broadhas him all to themselves.

And to you, that is, for their walk-in Alive After Five tasting. The focus of the tasting was originally supposed to be a winemaker from Tuscany, whom Rosenthal represents. Since that winemaker got stuck behind the ash curtain, Rosenthal himself is filling in.

He's that kind of importer. And his wines are those kind of wines.

We suggest you get there early.

WHAT: Tasting from Neal Rosenthal's Portfolio, hosted by Rosenthal himself
WHERE: BRIX on Broad, 105 Broad Street, Boston
WHEN: Thursday, April 22 from 5 to 7 p.m.
COST: $0


DAILY TIDBIT:

"I think [the concept of terroir in wine] has been treated as an elitist game, when I think it really is tied more closely to the natural world. There is this strong anti-intellectual bent here in the United States. That is something that is unfortunate. I think it serves us very poorly. Being smart about something, getting the details right, should be applauded rather than denigrated. In this case, terroir is just another way of trying to understand the natural world."
-- Neal Rosenthal

Newton Vineyard (and Their 96-Point Wine) at BOKX 109

This one's got FEISTY written all over it.

On the one hand, we love to hate Robert Parker and his 100-point rating system.

On the other hand, we do take notice when he scores a wine above the 95-point threshold (such as the 96 points he gave Newton Vineyard's 2005 Unfiltered Chardonnay).

Then there's the whole unfiltered-wine trend.

On the one hand, a little refining could go a long way.

On the other hand, we love the purity and the nakedness of it. (At the wine dinner on April 30 at BOKX 109, you can try Newton Vineyard's unfiltered Chard, Merlot, and Cab. Check out the full menu here.)

And then, just in case there wasn't enough contention in the mix, there's the issue of big-ticket events, "big ticket" meaning $50 and above.

On the one hand, there just isn't that much extra cash floating around our wallets these days.

On the other hand, if you're going to make a night of it, a 5-course meal plus wine pairings for each at BOKX 109 is a very good choice to spend it.

Sheesh.

Why don't you tell us what you think? One lucky winner, chosen randomly, will win two tickets for the price of one for the Newton Vineyard Wine Dinner at BOKX 109.

Send us an emailbefore this Friday at noon with your answer to these questions:

1. Do you value Robert Parker's rating system? Yes or no.
2. Do you like unfiltered wines? Yes or no.
3. Is $95 for a 5-course wine dinner worth it? Yes or no.

Pick a side. Put yourself in the mix. It just might get you a seat at one very feisty dinner party.


WHAT: Newton Vineyard Wine Dinner, hosted by Dr. Su Hua Newton
WHERE: BOKX 109 American Prime, inside Hotel Indigo, 399 Grove Street, Newton
WHEN: Friday, April 30 at 6:30 p.m.
COST: $95/person + tax and gratuity


DAILY TIDBIT:

"Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance."

-- Benjamin Franklin

The Best Way to Be Out to Lunch: Wine Specials at Smith & Wollensky

Lots of special occasions to note this week, and Earth Day on Thursday is just one of them.

Tomorrow, FYI, is Administrative Professionals Day.

And whether you're doing the administrating or you're on the receiving end of it, you are officially encouraged to mark the occasion.

With lunch, say.

Especially when lunch includes a special deal on some very special bottles of wine.

Smith & Wollensky, for example, is opening their doors for lunch tomorrow -- something they do not normally do -- and they're opening their wine list as well to these two featured wines:

2003 Westport Rivers Brut "RJR" at $10 by the glass or $39 by the bottle, and

J. Lohr Cypress Vineyards (Chard, Cab, Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot) at $8 a glass or $39 a bottle.

Our advice?

Start with the Westport Rivers sparkler, because what's a special occasion without a flute and a toast?

Then move on to J. Lohr with your meal, whether that's the tenderloin steak sandwich or an entree salad or or or.

Then kick back. It's your day, after all.


WHAT: Administrative Professionals Day Lunch
WHEN: Wednesday, April 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Smith & Wollensky, 101 Arlington Street, Boston

MORE INFO: Click here.


DAILY TIDBIT:

Q. What does wine do to you at lunch --

A. -- and what does the absence of wine do to you?

William F. Buckley, Jr., being interviewed in the Claremont Review of Books

Earth Week (and Biodynamic Wines) All Next Week at Bambara

Earth Day turns 40 this year.

That's a big birthday.

But instead of getting all extravagant about it, Bambara Restaurantis reigning it in.

They'll be serving dishes composed of ingredients that come from very close -- to the ground, that is, and to Boston in general.

Such as Island Creekoysters from Duxbury, along with a mignonette made with wine from Westport Rivers.

And English peas from Verrill Farmin Concord.

And a main course of Berkshire pork shank.

Check out the full menu here. It's a little bit like a Massachusetts food tour, organic-style.

But notice the two bits that are right up top:

1. That this earth-friendly menu is available ALL WEEK, from Monday, April 19 to Saturday, April 24.

2. That wine pairings -- all from sustainable sources -- are a mere ten bucks extra.

Peace out.


WHAT: Earth Week Menu
WHERE: Bambara Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge
WHEN: Monday, April 19 to Saturday, April 24
COST: $45 per person, $55 paired with sustainable wine

DAILY TIDBIT:

"I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved."

-- Rose Kennedy

Slow Food Founder Carlo Petrini, Sunday in Boston

Boston hosts more than its fair share of big-deal speakers.

But for those of us who care about the sources of our food and drink, Carlo Petrini is one of the biggest deals of all.

Petrini was the one who in 1989 protested the first McDonald's to open near Rome's ancient Spanish Steps with no more than a bowl of macaroni in his hands and a fierce opposition to fast food in his heart.

That's when Slow Food and Slow Food Internationalwas born.

100,000 members in 132 countries later, Petrini and his iconic bowl of macaroni continue to inspire a resistance to fast food, fast life, and the disappearance of local food traditions.

This Sunday afternoon, he'll be inspiring 500 or so Bostonians in person.

Most of those seats are taken so here's what could be your last chance.

Petrini's talk is free and open to the public. He'll also be signing books alongside Woody Tasch, author of the similarly-spirited Slow Money.

Go. Be inspired. And never see a bowl of macaroni the same way again.


WHAT: Talk and Book Signing by Carlo Petrini
WHERE: Science Center Lecture Hall B, Harvard University, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
WHEN: Sunday, April 18 from 2 to 4 p.m.
COST: $0 but you must RSVP here


DAILY TIDBIT:

Edible Bostonmagazine, edited by the incomparable Ilene Bezahler, is the local publication that connects "consumers with local growers, retailers, chefs, and food artisans, enabling those relationships to grow and thrive in a mutually beneficial, healthful, and economically viable way." Check it out here.

Celebrate Local Food on Earth Day, Drinks to Match

This is the best option we've seen yet for celebrating Earth Day, coming up on Thursday, April 22.

It's called Earth Dinner, it encourages folks to dine together on local food on Earth Day, it's sponsored by Chef's Collaborative, and there are more restaurants participating from Massachusetts than from any other state in the country. (Yep, that includes California. Check out the full list here.)

What especially caught our eye is that JJ Gonson, a personal chef at the helm of Cuisine En Locale, is also participating.

This is where it gets interesting.

Because when JJ participates, JJ PARTICIPATES.

In regards to Earth Dinner, that means 10+ courses of local food spread over a three-hour period.

It means the entrance fee of $60 covers it all -- the Earth Dinner plus the donation to Chef's Collaborative -- even though the actual value of the meal is more than twice that much.

Best of all, seeing that JJ is a highly sensible person, she's opened the BYO door, whatever Your Own means to you.

White wine? Bring it. Champagne? You bet. Apple juice? No problem.

Cuisine en Local is an equal-opportunity beverage supporter.

Good thing the planet, local food, and Earth Dinner are on their support list too.


WHAT: Cuisine En Locale's Earth Dinner
WHERE: We don't know yet. Seriously. Location details will be sent the day before to confirmed guests.
WHEN: Thursday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m.
COST: $60
RSVP: Contact JJ Gonson directly at 617.285.0167


DAILY TIDBIT:

Here's a resource to get you thinking about drinking local on Earth Day too. The Massachusetts Farm-Winery & Growers Associationhas put together a wine and cheese trail that features 21 wineries and 11 artisan cheesemakers, all in our fair state. Check it out.

RWB Contest and Special Discount on Limited-Availability Pinot Noir

Calling all Pinot Noir lovers!

And Oregon wine lovers...

And Grill 23 lovers...

And people who love special access especially at a discounted price...

And all -- or even some -- of the above!

Tomorrow night at Grill 23, Bauer Wine & Spiritsis hosting a very special wine dinner featuring limited-availability wines from renown Anne Amie Vineyardsin Oregon's Willamette Valley.

Two of the wines, the last two of the dinner, are normally available only at the winery. A few of the others will be available in limited quantity only at Bauer Wines.

How does knowing this help you?

Red White Boston is offering a special $20 discount for the dinner to the first four of our readers who drop us an emaillisting the three things you love about Oregon Pinot Noir.

And voila!

You have yourself a seat at the dinner -- check out the full menu here-- for less than everyone else paid, and with the inside track on wines almost no one else can get their hands on.

Three things to love about Pinot Noir from Oregon. Send us an emailabout it.

Contest opens NOW.

WHAT: Anne Amie Oregon Wine Dinner
WHERE: Grill 23, 161 Berkeley Street, Boston
WHEN: TOMORROW, Wednesday, April 14. Reception at 7, dinner at 7:30 p.m.
COST: Normally $95, special discount of $20 to winners of this RWB contest


DAILY TIDBIT:

Anne Amie Vineyards are all Salmon Safeand LIVEcertified, with low yields and minimal treatments. The good folks in Oregon think about these things quite a lot and trust us, it's a good thing for the fish AND for the grapes.

Running Along the Charles + Wachusett Beer Afterward

Let's say you've just finished a 5-mile run along the Charles.

(Which you can do with ease and lots of company on Monday evenings, thanks to the creative folks over at Social Boston Sports. It doesn't even have to be 5 miles. It could just as easily be 3 or even 7.)

Then you're thirsty.

And someone -- namely McGreevy's on Boylston Street -- offers you a pint of Wachusettbrew plus a few snacks.

For free.

Sound good?

Let's see. Exercise, plus socializing, plus fresh air, plus a pint of local brew afterward.

Sounds good indeed.


WHAT: Community Runs sponsored by Social Boston Sports
WHEN: Monday nights starting at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Runs leave from McGreevy's, 911 Boylston Street, Back Bay
AFTERWARD: Free pint of Wachusett and apps
MORE INFO: Click here.


DAILY TIDBIT:

Confucius once said that plain rice to eat, water to drink, and one's arm as pillow were quite enough for earthly happiness. Confucius was a wise and gentle soul... But he never tasted Champagne.
-- Ernst Hornickel

Marriage of Wine and Cheese TONIGHT at T.W. Food

It is nearly impossible to walk out of a dinner at T.W. Food and not be thinking how much you like the place.

Maybe it's their neighborhood vibe. Small, comfortable, familiar, friendly, open.

Maybe it's the obvious dedication of the staff, which is also small (husband = chef, wife = wine and front of house), comfortable, familiar, friendly and open.

Maybe -- just maybe -- it's what you eat and drink while you're there. Both the menu and the wine list are focused and exceptionally well-edited and once a week, like tonight, they home in on the food and beverages of a particular region.

Tonight it's the Loire, specifically the cheese and wine of that lovely region of France.

True to form, the menu and the pairings cover more than the usual suspects of grapes and ingredients.

Sure there's Chenin Blanc, but there's also Cot. And sure there's Cabernet Franc, but there's also Gamay.

As for the food?

A Loire cheese is part of each option -- see for yourself -- and you can bet whatever options you choose will be spot on.

Call ASAP for reservations. That small dining room fills up quick.


WHAT: Tuesday Night Wine Series: Marriage of Wine and Cheese of the Loire Valley
WHERE: T.W. Food, 377 Walden Street, Cambridge
WHEN: Tonight from 5 to 10 p.m.
COST: $49 for four courses and four wines
RSVP: Call 617.864.4745

DAILY TIDBIT:

Since 1980, France's per capital consumption of wine has dropped 53%, from 91 liters annually to 43.

Mon Dieu.

Drink Wine, Make Friends, Get Out and About

The thing about wine is its social-ability.

Whether you're out and about or sipping at home, you're almost always sharing the bottle or the glass or the experience with someone.

That's the best way.

The good news is that your options for the sharing part are limitless, especially here in Boston.

Here are a few of our favorite wine-oriented groups around town and their upcoming events.

Take your pick, or go all in. The possibilities -- for sharing, for new wines -- are endless.


WHO: Boston Wine Meetup Group
NEXT EVENT: Blind tasting at The Wine Bottega on Wednesday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m.

WHO: Cambridge Women's Wine Meetup Group
NEXT EVENT: Central Bottle Wine + Provisions on Thursday, April 22 at 6 p.m.

WHO: Salem Wine Women
FACEBOOK WALL: Click here.

WHO: WGBH Foodie Community
MORE INFO: Click here.

WHO: Boston Uncorked
SIGN UP: Click here.


DAILY TIDBIT:

Con pan y vino se anda el camino.

[With bread and wine you can walk your road.]

Spanish Proverb

Win Tickets (It's Easy) to Taste of Elegance at BU

This is like the easy part of an Easter egg hunt.

We've got six tickets -- worth $40 each -- to Tuesday night's Taste of Elegance event at Boston University. And we want to give them away to Red White Boston readers for free.

Here's all you've got to do to get yours:

Before noon today, send us an email of 50 words or less describing your favorite pork dish of all time. And then tell us what wine you'd like to drink with it.

That's it.

First six respondents get one ticket each.

Couldn't be easier.

Plus you're getting your senses ready for Tuesday night. See below for more details.

If you don't hear back from us by 1 p.m., that means the six tickets have been given away to other readers. If you still want to go though, give a call to 617.353.9852 by 5 p.m.


WHAT: Taste of Elegance
WHERE: Boston University, Fuller Building, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
WHEN: Tuesday, April 6 from 6 to 9 p.m.
COST: Normally $40. Call 617.353.9852 by 5 p.m. today if you're not one of our 6 winners.


DAILY TIDBIT:

Here's what Taste of Elegance is all about: pork.

Here's who will be there: chefs from 13 of Boston's best restaurants. They are La Morra, Tremont 647, Top of the Hub, Catering on the Charles, The Fireplace, Gargoyles on the Square, Sel de la Terre, Rialto, Pigalle, Sweet, Eastern Standard, Lineage, and 51 Lincoln.

Here's what they'll be doing: putting up their best pork dish.

Here's what you'll be doing: digging in, listening to the live music, sipping two glasses of wine, and voting for "best dish" and "crowd favorite."

Gluten Free Menu + Flight of Beers at Tryst, Arlington

A few months ago we ran an email about the gluten-free menu at Om Restaurant & Loungein Cambridge. It's an important topic but not, let's face it, terribly sexy.

At least that's what we thought at first.

Turns out that a whole contingent of Red White Boston readers -- more than we'd ever have expected -- wrote to say how glad they were for the information.

Well gosh, we were happy to oblige.

And here we go again: Tryst restaurant in Arlington announced yesterday that they've crafted their own gluten-free menu.

As in, grilled lamb porterhouse chops.

Cider-braised pork shoulder.

Orange polenta cake with pistachios and Prosecco spuma.

Check out the full offerings here, and then zip over to the cocktail menu too, because what good is cider-braised pork shoulder without a decent beverage alongside?

No need to risk it, especially not when gluten-free applies to the drinks too.


WHAT: New gluten-free menu available
WHERE: Tryst, 689 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington
WHEN: Now!
FULL MENU: Click here.

Beer can be gluten-free too. Look for the following labels: Bard's Tale Beer, Ramapo Valley Brewery, New France Beers, Green's (UK-based), and O'Brien Premium Lager.