This week’s lineup features fresh arrivals, seasonal favorites, and bottles that deserve an A+ for flavor. Here’s this week’s honor roll.
School is almost back in session, which means routines are returning, alarms are getting earlier, and somewhere a backpack still contains last school year’s mystery snack. For parents, teachers, and anyone settling back into the weekday routine, it’s also the perfect time to restock the wine rack or home bar. We put together a back-to-school honor roll of bottles that deserve an A+ on your table.
🍷 Featured Picks: This Week’s Honor Roll
✏️Treasure Hunter School Night Red 2022
Subject: Study Hall for Grown-Ups
Some nights call for surviving the schedule, and some nights call for a great bottle of wine. This California red blend delivers ripe blackberry, dark cherry, and hints of mocha wrapped in soft tannins and a smooth finish. School Night Red proves that even an ordinary Tuesday deserves an exceptional glass of wine.
Pairs well with: Burgers, pizza night, grilled chicken, or those evenings that soccer practice runs late.
☕Hamilton Café Caribe
Subject: Parent Fuel, Extra Credit Edition
Coffee gets you through the morning. Hamilton Café Carib rewards you for making it through the day. Cold-brew coffee, rich cocoa, and roasted espresso notes blend seamlessly with authentic Caribbean rum for a liqueur that’s bold, balanced, and never overly sweet. It’s equally at home sipped over ice or mixed into an unforgettable espresso martini.
Try it with: Dessert, over ice, or an espresso martini when the “group project” somehow becomes the parents’ assignment.
🍾Stefano Farina Moscato d’Asti 2025
📢NEW ARRIVAL!
Subject: Sweetness 101
Fresh off the truck and already turning heads, this lightly sparkling Moscato is bursting with peach, apricot, orange blossom, and juicy grape flavors. Light, refreshing, and irresistibly charming, it’s the kind of wine that turns an ordinary weeknight into a small celebration.
Pairs well with: Fruit tarts, brunch, spicy appetizers, or the rare and beautiful sound of everyone finding their shoes on time.
🍏Villa San Martino Pinot Grigio 2024
Subject: Crisp Notes, No Notebook Required
There’s a reason Pinot Grigio never goes out of style. Villa San Martino is crisp, refreshing, and wonderfully uncomplicated, with bright citrus, green apple, pear, and delicate floral notes that finish clean and lively. No pop quiz, no math homework, just an easy-drinking white that always makes the grade.
Pairs well with: Seafood, salads, appetizers, patio snacks, or a well-earned moment of peace between pickup and dinner.
🥃 Coming in September: Willett Distillery Cask Strength
Think of this as an announcement from the principal’s office. Willett Distillery Cask Strength is arriving soon, and bourbon fans will want to be first in line. Bottled at full strength, it delivers rich caramel, vanilla, toasted oak, baking spice, and a long, warming finish that refuses to water down the lesson.
🎓 Class Dismissed
Whether you’re packing lunches, planning weeknight dinners, hosting friends, or simply rewarding yourself for surviving the carpool line, we’ve got the perfect bottle for the new routine.
Call your Classique Rep this week to stock up before the school bell rings.
No hall pass required.
