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B-21 In the News!
| It's the place to taste wine; [STATE
Edition] |
JENNIFER STEWART.
St. Petersburg Times. St.
Petersburg, Fla.: Oct 21, 2004. pg. 1 |
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...But inside it's a place that attracts wine lovers from
all over Tampa Bay and beyond. The 7,000-square-foot store, which sits just
north of the Anclote River on U.S. 19, less than a mile south of the
Pinellas-Pasco county line, regularly draws a diverse, sold-out crowd to its
wine tastings.
"I'm always amazed by the fact that you'll see people
from their mid 20s to (their) 60s," said Tom Lacey of Oldsmar, who often
attends the events with his buddy, Bob Potter of Tampa.
....Now, folks will fly in from Miami, Naples and other
places to attend a tasting, especially one with a theme, Sprentall said.
Wine lovers such as Nino and Ruth D'Ambrosio make the
trek from St. Petersburg to B-21 because of the prices and the selection.
Said Nino, "What it all boils down to is: These guys have
got everything."
California wines take on Bordeaux
By Keith St. Clair
Published Wednesday, April 20, 2005
It didn't sound like a fair fight to me:
Bordeaux vs. California cabernet.
That was the name of Sunday's sellout
tasting at B-21 Wine Company in Tarpon Springs, matching a couple of
heavy hitters. But I didn't expect it to be much of a competition.
Bordeauxs generally don't show well at large tastings such as this,
especially young ones. These wines need hours of decanting and/or
years in the cellar to really open up. Many California cabs,
however, are much more approachable in their youth.
So to even the field, I decided to
compare Bordeauxs with similarly priced California wines that aren't
solely cabernet sauvignons, but actually are blends of the Bordeaux
varietals: cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, malbec and
petit verdot.
Here's how some of my favorites
compared...
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B-21
Voted
"Best
Wine Bargains"
and "Best Wine Website"
in Tampa Bay by The Weekly Planet!
BEST WINE WEB SITE
http://www.b-21.com
B21 Fine Wine & Spirits
43380 U.S. 19 N.
Tarpon Springs 727-937-5049
God bless Mom and Dad, God bless
America, and most of all, God bless the Internet for bringing the whole
world to our doorstep. Well, not exactly the whole world. Thanks to
Florida's lawmakers, we can browse through the Web sites of the world's
great vineyards; we just can't have them ship anything to our door. We
can do the next best thing, however, which is to hit the on ramp of the
Information Highway and access the complete catalog of B21 Fine Wine &
Spirits. They've already shopped the world for us, and their finds are
all available online -- browse through their entire inventory, read
reviews of select wines, find out which wines B21's own wine experts are
drinking, find out which wines proved most popular at in-store tastings.
Sign up for electronic mailings, and B21 will e-mail you with special
sales and select limited-availability offerings. Best of all, anything
that intrigues you can be quickly delivered to your doorstep. It's the
most complete, informative, entertaining and easy to use wine-related
Web service we've seen from this area.
B-21 Voted
"Best Wine Shop"
of Tampa Bay in 2003-2005
by the readers of Tampa Bay Magazine
"Owner Bob Sprentall
shops wineries of the world to
bring his customers the most coveted selection of vintages.
Their newsletter is entertaining
and informative, and the staff
is both accommodating and knowledgeable."
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