Halloween is just for children, right? It’s a time for dressing up as a princess, superhero or
ghoul and going to door-to-door in pursuit of all the candy your plastic pumpkin can hold.

But in recent years, something has happened to Halloween and it’s not just for kids anymore.
In fact some would say that Halloween has been hijacked by adults. And the data
supports it! According to DDB Worldwide, 13% of Americans between the ages of 18-44
claim that Halloween is their favorite holiday, helping to turn this once kid-focused day
into an $8 billion a year industry for young and old alike!

Adults are getting dressed up, we are going to Halloween parties and we are definitely in
the Halloween spirit. So, if you’re hosting a Halloween party, the right wines can help
maintain the spooky mood for the night. And, if you’ve been invited to attend a Halloween
bash, gifting your host or hostess with a Halloween-worthy wine tells them you’re more
than just a great guest…you’re a great guest who knows how to choose the perfect wine.

We’ve pulled together a few bloody good reds for adding the perfect spirit to your Halloween
festivities. Read on…if you dare:

Apothic Dark
Winemaker’s Notes: Seamlessly integrates flavors of blueberry and blackberry with enticing
notes of coffee and dark chocolate for a rich and smooth mouthfeel with layers of texture.

Why We Like It: This limited-edition offering takes everything people love about Apothic
Red and turns it up a notch. A spectacular, mouth-coating blend of zinfandel, merlot, sirrah
and cabernet, it’s incredibly complex and coats the mouth with velvety goodness.

Freakshow Cabernet
Winemaker’s Notes: This 4th incarnation has more of everything…more depth, more ripe
fruit, more pizazz! Nicely balanced with fruit (pomegranate) and oak (showing some
smoke). Warning—it's gulpable!

Why We Like It: If you like classic cabernets, you’ll love this one. No need to aerate, it’s
super smooth upon opening.

7 Deadly Zins
Winemaker’s Notes: Crushed berry, soft oak and cigar box notes create a fragrant appeal
that leaves you wanting more.

Why We Like It: Consistently good. A multi-dimensional, easy-drinking zinfandel that
never fails to please. Buy it for Halloween, but drink it all year long.

The Velvet Devil Merlot
Winemaker’s Notes: This little devil is wrapped in a velvet robe. Full with density and
bursting with flavor. Dark fruit, cherry, blackberry. Brimming with cedar, pipe tobacco and
earth. Truth in a name: Velvet.

Why We Like It: The perfect Halloween wine. As the name implies, it’s velvety smooth,
with bold fruit flavor. We’re partial to Washington state merlots and this one doesn’t disappoint.

Spellbound Petite Sirah
Winemaker’s Notes: Intensity of color, rich black and brambly fruits, vanilla bean and
roasting coffee aromatics are complemented by remarkable approachability.

Why We Like It: Full bodied, highly drinkable, superbly consistent. It’s one of those wines
you can count on to deliver each and every year.

These are a few of our favorites, but there are dozens of wines with spooky names or scary
labels that are still frightfully good enough to please the palates of vampires, ghouls, werewolves…
and the rest of your friends, too.

Visit your local Wine Country Store or Wine & Whiskey Country store and scare up some
bloody good wines for your Monster Mash.

Happy Halloween!

In addition to spending time with loved ones and pausing to reflect on what we are most thankful for, Thanksgiving is all about food. Lots and lots of food. The centerpiece may be the turkey, but it’s your recipes that make your Thanksgiving meal distinctly yours. A reflection of your family, your ancestry, even the region of the country where you are from.

And, all of those dishes need wine (because everything does, doesn’t it?). And there’s no better holiday-worthy wine than Dozen Roses (even the bottles seem dressed for the occasion). After all, holidays call for crowd-pleasing wines, the kind you’ll enjoy just as much as your Great Aunt Mabel and your niece just home on college break.  

Because, whether you choose the red, the white or the rosé, Dozen Roses Wine has the perfect hint of sweetness to work with roasted turkey with cranberry sauce, candied yams, glazed carrots, sweet potato souffle, and of course, homemade apple pie.

But don’t take our word for it, try our Easy Apple Pie recipe, paired with a perfectly chilled glass of Dozen Roses White Wine and get ready for compliments!

Easy Apple Pie

• Store-bought puff pastry pie crust

• 8-10 apples, cored, peeled and sliced (choose your favorite variety, we like Granny Smith, Honeycrisp and Braeburn)

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• 1 tablespoon flour

• 1 tsp. Cinnamon

• ½ tsp. Nutmeg

Preheat oven to 425ºF. Roll out dough if needed and place in bottom of pie pan.

Mix apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg in bowl and place in pie shell. Top with second pie crust. Crimp edges together and vent top of crust by making 4-5 slits in top of crust. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with sugar.

Bake at 425º for 35-40 minutes. Serve with a chilled glass of Dozen Roses White.

Cheers!

It’s officially weddings season! For the brides, grooms, parents and other loved ones who are happily planning for their version of “wedding of the year,” it can be a daunting task. Finding the perfect venue, gorgeous flowers and a mouthwatering menu that will have your guests talking for months is hard enough, but then you have to choose the wine! And, that can be very difficult.

Until now. Introducing Dozen Roses Wine — in white, red and rosé varietals — beautiful-tasting wines in equally beautiful bottles. Bottles pretty enough to take a place of honor at the table on your most special of days.

Crowd-pleasing, semi dulce wines that that are big on taste — small on cost and with white, red and rosé varietals, there’s an option for every course, every menu item, every wine drinker at your wedding. 

Dozen Roses White: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Semi-Dulce

Selecting only the best grapes from the harvest, then gently crushing and destemming, results in first class“free-run” juice. Fermentation, at low temperatures, facilitates a slow sugar consumption and brings out the best aromas and qualities of the varietal. By stopping the wine from complete fermentation, the winemakers preserve a delicate balance of light sweetness that is heaven with every sip.

The result is an ultra-smooth, easy-drinking white that’s best served chilled with your favorite food and your favorite people. Universally appealing, what we call a “crowd pleasing” white. Love from first taste to last.

Dozen Roses Red: 100% Tempranillo
Semi-Dulce

Harvested at the peak of maturation, gently crushed and destemmed, this lush, round fruity red is fermented and pumped over in stainless steel tanks. By carefully monitoring temperatures, the winemakers extract the maximum amount of flavor, color, and inherently rich qualities of the Tempranillo grape, with just the slightest hint of sweetness.

A wine for pairing with food and sharing with the people you love. Unpretentious, friendly,
incredibly smooth, without even a hint of bitterness or bite, get ready to fall in love.

Dozen Roses Rosé: 100% Tempranillo
Semi-Dulce

Through careful monitoring in the vineyard, the grapes are harvested at the optimal point of maturation. After crushing and destemming, the grapes are stored in stainless steel tanks, maintaining a maceration of several hours, giving the wine its rose-pink hue. Low-temperature fermenting ensures a greater extraction of flavors, while the mouth-pleasing fruitiness is a result of knowing exactly when to stop the fermentation process to maintain its pleasant sweetness.

A wine that is made for dining al fresco, or enjoying a sunset with nothing but a wine glass and someone you love. Like summer in a bottle, you can practically taste the warm Spanish sunshine with every sip.

Of course, before you commit—to the wines that is—you really need to sample. That’s where your local Wine Country or Wine & Whiskey Country Store come in. They’re the first in New Jersey to carry Dozen Roses Wine and they’re more than willing to let you take a taste or two. Because once you do, they know you’ll want to Share the Love by making it a part of your once-in-a-lifetime day. 
 

 
Dads come in all shapes and sizes and all different personalities from Relaxed to Sporty, Fun-loving to Serious. And, every dad has a drink of choice that fits his personality to a tee.

Before you disappoint Dad with a necktie this Father’s Day, get him a Gift Box Pro gift box filled with his “spirit animal” beverage. He’ll love it, you’ll become his favorite child.

Has your Dad perfected the fine art of relaxing? Is watching the big game from the comfort of his easy chair his idea of a great day? If so, he’s a Relaxed Dad!

Just for him…

Bourbon Lover Dad Gift Box
For that whisky-loving, TV watching kind of dad, a trio of top selling American whiskies to sip with a remote in one hand, a tumbler in the other. Nothing more, because for a whiskey-lover, nothing more is necessary. 
• Michter’s Unblended American Whiskey - Deep butterscotch and vanilla notes, hints of caramel and dried fruit with a ripened fruit finish.
• Basil Hayden Bourbon Whiskey - Spicy and light-bodied with a gentle bite and a dry, clean, brief finish. 
• Clyde May's Special Reserve Alabama Style Whiskey 110 Proof - Limited edition, ultra smooth whiskey with hints of dried apple on the nose and finish. 
Three distinct interpretations, three incredible whiskies.


Does your Dad like being outdoors & active more than anything? Does he play sports, camp, fish, hike, or chop down trees? Sounds like he’s a Sporty Dad!
Just for him…

Dad You're The Best Sam Adams Seasonal Beer Crate
Does your dad love beer? Your search for the perfect gift ends now. A reusable wooden crate, packed to capacity with an assortment of six seasonal beers from Sam Adams. And since Man does not live by beer alone, we've even included some beer-lover games accessories that will make him smile long after the beer is just a fond memory.


Is your Dad the life of the party? Is he more likely to crack a joke than to discuss the merits of that award-winning foreign film? Sounds like he’s a fun-loving Dady.
Just for him…

Dads Clyde May's Deluxe Gift Box
It's what you get when you combine a serious whiskey, with a whole lot of fun! It's a gift any Dad would love to receive — starting with the exclusive "just for Dads" gift box that's perfect for Father's Day, Dad's birthday, or when you need to get him a little something just for being such a great Dad! Inside, a bottle of Clyde Mays Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a real whiskey-lover's choice if ever we saw one. And, so Dad has something to remember your gift by (after the whiskey is just a fond memory, that is), we've chosen an assortment of fun little extras that will put you straight on his "favorite kid" list. 

Does your Dad read the financial page before breakfast? Does he get excited planning a project that will take all weekend? Is he wearing a tie… right now? You have yourself a Serious Dad!
Just for him…

Our Dad  Gift French Wine Gift Box
Two fabulous French reds that Dad will love sharing with his wine-loving friends and a wheel of epoisse cheese direct from France.
• Chateau Haut-Goujon La Rose Saint Vincent - Notes of ripe fruit and a lingering peppery, spiciness give it freshness; a subtle woodiness and a harmonious structure make this a very elegant, fruity wine.
• Chateau Haut Gravet La Croix Fourche Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Red - This one exceeds its reputation. Savor with a great meal. If you have a decanter, use it, this wine needs time to open up, but your tastebuds will thank you.


Whatever type of Dad you have—or you are—all of us at Wine Country wish you a very Happy Father’s Day!

Cheers!