The Spicy Olive to Resume In Person Wine Tasting! July 3, 2020

The Spicy Olive will resume in person wine tastings this Friday, July 3, 2020. We ask that customers who wish to join us call the store for a reservation slot, 4-5pm, 5-6pm or 6-7pm (513-847-4397). We are limiting the number of people in the store due to COVID restrictions and to ensure the safety of our customers and employees. We also ask that you social distance while enjoying your wine selections. We have missed our weekly tastings and look forward to welcoming you back!

We will hold in store tastings on the weekends we do not have Virtual Tastings scheduled and ask that you call for reservations, and more information on what we will be tasting.

We will be tasting the wines from our Virtual tasting with Mary Horn this week:

Provence, France- AIX Rose

Marlborough, New Zealand- White Haven Sauvignon Blanc

Columbia, Washington State USA- Christopher Michael Red Blend

Sonoma, California USA- St. Francis Cabernet Sauvignon

We are looking forward to seeing you!

 

Spicy Olive-Next Virtual Wine Tasting July 11th, 2020 with Charles Bieler!

 
The Spicy Olive’s 7th Virtual Wine Tasting is Saturday, July 11th at 5:30. Globe-trotting winemaker, Charles Bieler, will be leading us through four of his wines made in Aix-en-Provence, Cotes-du-Rhone Villages, Cotes Catalanes, and Yakima Valley.
 
 You may call ahead for curbside pick up or come in to The Spicy Olive to get the wines prior to the event so you can taste along with Charles; we will be able to deliver the wines if you prefer. You can sign in to Zoom to join Charles, Chris, Melanie, and anyone else participating as we taste through the four wines on a live, interactive web conference. A link or Log In and Password for the Zoom Meeting will be sent to those who indicate their interest. Please call The Spicy Olive (513.847.4397), or Chris (513.560.7007) and let us know you want to get the wines and join in the fun.
 
Wines and prices:
 
Charles & Charles Yakima Valley Riesling, 12.99
Bieler Pere & Fils “Sabine” Aix-en-Provence Rose, 13.99
Bieler Pere & Fils “La Jassine” Cotes-du-Rhone Villages Rouge, 13.99
Shatter Cotes Catalanes Grenache, 24.99
Baby Back Ribs

The Spicy Olive’s Baby Back Ribs

This is one of my favorite ways to make Baby Back Ribs. I use The Spicy Olive’s Chipotle Olive oil and Mortar and Pestle’s Rhyno Rub to season them. Start them in the oven at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes and then turn the oven down to 200 degrees and let them cook all afternoon. Finish them on the grill and baste them with your  favorite BBQ sauce.

This a perfect recipe to try for summer holidays and parties.

Baby Back Ribs

The Spicy Olive's Baby Back Ribs

A delicious rib recipe perfect for summer cookouts and holidays!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/3 cup The Spicy Olive's Chipolte Olive Oil or Olivewood Smoked olive oil
  • 1 tin Mortar and Pestle's Rhyno Rub
  • 2 racks baby back ribs

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Wash the ribs with water and pat dry. Remove the membrane from the back of the rack of ribs. Coat 1 side of the ribs with the Chipotle olive oil and rub into meat. Sprinkle to coat with the Rhyno Rub and pat the seasoning into the meat. Repeat with the second rack of ribs. Most but not all of the tin of Rhyno Rub will be needed to coat 2 racks of ribs, refer to photo for proper coating.
  3. Wrap the ribs individually in aluminum foil. Place the 2 wrapped rib racks on a cookie sheet or baking pan and place in oven. Cook in oven for 15 minutes.
  4. Turn the oven down to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Leave the racks of ribs in the oven to slow cook for 4 hours or more.
  5. Preheat grill. Remove ribs from oven and unwrap. Place the ribs on preheated grill and baste with your favorite BBQ sauce. Turn after 5-7 minutes and baste the other side with sauce. Allow to cook for an additional 5 minutes. Remove from grill and serve. Enjoy!

Summer Sippers with The Spicy Olive’s balsamic vinegars!

Summer Sippers with The Spicy Olive

Melanie shared The Spicy Olive’s recipe for delicious and refreshing summer drinks on The Living Dayton Show. Any of our white balsamic vinegars can be used in cocktails. Melanie made a Skinny Pina Colada using our Golden Pineapple white balsamic vinegars with Coconut flavored sparkling water, all the taste of a Pina Colada minus the  the cream, sugar or calories. She also demoed a Sicilian Lemon Sipper using our Sicilian Lemon balsamic, sparkling water and a slice of lemon for garnish. Other options for Summer Sippers include the Spicy Olive’s Key Lime, Cara Cara Orange Vanilla, Grapefruit, Cascadian Raspberry  or  Cranberry Pear balsamic vinegars. Another great idea to try is adding our Honey Ginger white balsamic vinegar to a Moscow Mule! There are endless options for delicious, low calorie, low sugar summer drinks at The Spicy Olive. If you want to make the drink an adult version, simply add vodka or rum.

Virtual Wine Tasting June 27- Wines From 4 Wine Regions with Mary Horn!

Join The Spicy Olive’s next virtual wine tasting to enjoy wines from four different renowned wine regions in the world:

Provence, France- AIX Rose

Marlborough, New Zealand- White Haven Sauvignon Blanc

Columbia, Washington State USA- Christopher Michael Red Blend

Sonoma, California USA- St. Francis Cabernet Sauvignon

Mary Horn, Level III Sommelier, Vice President of Fine Wine Sales and Education at Heidelberg Distributors will lead our tasting of these fabulous wines!

Join Chris, Melanie and Mary Horn on Saturday June 27th at 5:30 pm on a Zoom Meeting. Please call the West Chester store to order your wines for the tasting and give us your email so we can send you the credentials  for the Zoom tasting. The cost of the four wines is $77 , pick up wines at the West Chester store or arrange for delivery to your home!

 

Virtual Wine Tasting Sean Minor Winery in California June 13, 2020

Fellow Oenophiles,

The Spicy Olive’s Virtual Wine Tastings are becoming quite a phenomenon. According to Ohio’s largest Wine Distributor, our Daou Vineyards Virtual Tasting with Fred Dame was the most successful event of its kind in Ohio; not just for Daou Vineyards, but for any of the hundreds of wineries they represent. YOU have made this happen with your enthusiastic participation and purchases of the fine wines our presenters own and/or make, or represent. Our next Virtual Wine Tasting is a little more than a week away. On Saturday, June 13th at 5:30, we will be tasting wines from Sean Minor Winery in California. Sean’s Vice President of Sales, Larry Soble, will guide us through Sean’s “Four Bears” Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, and Nicole Marie Red.

You may call ahead for curbside pick up or come in to The Spicy Olive to get the wines prior to the event so you can taste along with Larry; we will be able to deliver the wines if you prefer. You can sign in to Zoom to join Larry, Chris, Melanie, and anyone else participating as we taste through the four wines on a live, interactive web conference. A link or Log In and Password for the Zoom Meeting will be sent to those who indicate their interest. Please call The Spicy Olive (513.847.4397), or Chris (513.560.7007) and let us know you want to get the wines and join in the fun.

Wines and prices:

“Four Bears” Chardonnay, 12.99
Sonoma Coast Chardonnay, 19.99
Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, 19.99
“Nicole Marie” Red, 19.99

You do NOT have to buy all of the wines to participate. Remember, we are able to discount purchases of 6 or more bottles by 10%. Please continue to observe current guidelines for Social Distancing.

Link to Sean Minor’s Website: https://www.seanminorwines.com

A wine line-up sheet is attached to print out and use for note taking.

Please join us on Saturday, June 13th at 5:30.

Thank you,

Chris Hensey
Sommelier CMS
The Spicy Olive

cjhensey@aol.com