Wine & Spirits

What better way to unwind after a super busy week of studies or work than to crack open a favorite bottle of wine and enjoy the sweet melodies of your favorite music. As you probably know, there are many different city venues throughout Chicagoland that offer great ways to enjoy the days. Whether a night out at Ravinia under the stars or cruising Lake Michigan's lakefront in a small sail boat with friends - Lincoln Park Market can supply your basic beverage needs.

We carry a fairly large selection of Wine & Spirits, stop on by and review what we have to offer. We have domestic as well as imported wine & spirits for a more worldly experience - from California, that being the main source of domestic and we offer as well imported Italian, French, and Spanish Wines. We also have a variety of domestic and imported spirits for that special occasion requiring unique tastes.

Please consider joining our email list as we have regular specials as well as special wine and cheese tasting dates that might be a fun way for you to expand your list of favorites. Since many of the local restaraunts allow you to bring in your own beverages, we can help you select and bring the right bottle for the right moment each and every time. Thanks again for thinking of us as your local neighborhood supplier of all things important to your daily lifestyle - we do appreciate your business.

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While people have been enjoying the experience of tasting wine since ancient times, this practice became more formalized during the 14th century. Professional wine tasters use a very strict wine tasting vocabulary in their description of wines. Recreational wine tasting events are much more informal and involve attention to a wine's:

• appearance
• finish (aftertaste)
• fragrance in the glass
• mouthfeel (sensation in the mouth).

How to Taste Wine

• Sight: Using a clear glass, and holding it up to a white background will help you to enjoy a wine's true color. Tilt the wine in the glass slightly and take a good look. Depending on the type of wine in your glass, you may see deep reddish brown, bright ruby red or warm gold. Color can give you a clue about a wine's age. White wines usually gain color as they age while older red wines lose color.

• Smell: If you use a glass with a rim that bends inwards, it will help you to enjoy the complex scent of a wine. Swirling the wine around in the glass coats its sides and allows you to experience the full fragrance. Scents actually vary from the top to the bottom of the glass. Lighter floral and fruity scents rise to the top while deeper, richer aromas can be found toward the bottom.

• Taste: To fully experience the taste of a wine, swirl a little bit of it in your mouth to cover all your taste buds. Take a moment to enjoy the flavor before either swallowing or spitting out the wine. In addition to the initial taste, you will find there is also an aftertaste to the wine, usually referred to as the finish.

• Touch: When the wine is in your mouth, it provides a tactile experience, often referred to as "mouthfeel," in addition to the taste. Some wines feel refreshing on the tongue while others might feel velvety, flat or even prickly. The prickliness comes from tannins which are used in red wine to keep it fresh. The younger the red wine, the higher the tannin content and more prickly the feel.