514 East Route 66
Williams, AZ 86046
928-635-5902
7/23/2016
This place was not here on
our last visit and what makes it an extremely delightful adventure is that it
is located on the far end of the town of Williams out of the hustle and bustle
area.
It opened a few years ago
when the owners found this old gas and service station up for auction and
thought it would be a perfect place to display the recently restored jet black 1967
Pontiac GTO and learned all they could about the beer and wine business and
created South Rims Wine and Beer Garage.
One of their top business
practices is to hire staff and servers that are knowledgeable and personable
and it showed with our server, Miranda. She was a perfectly marvelous server
who gave us the right amount of conversation and checking on us without being
overbearing. We learned she is a student paying for her extravagant tastes in
her life and plans to travel as we do someday.
When we wine taste we do not
like to fill up on food so we chose the “Charcuterie and Cheese Tray” which is
a gourmet tray featuring an assortment of three Italian meats accompanied by a
selection of three specialty cheeses, garnished with olives, peppadew sweet
peppers, and served with fresh baguette slices. We
had so many favorites but if we had to pick one it would be the peppadew sweet
peppers with their firmness and they were pickled with flavorful spices. The
baguette was warm, soft and crunchy with a touch of olive oil throughout which
was marvelous.
As for our wine tastings,
they call them flights which is 2 ounces of 4 different wines so since it was
so much wine we chose to just do one flight to share.
Our first choice was the Riesling
2014 – Summer Rain, Su Vino Winery, AZ – A cool
Riesling accentuated by the mouthwatering crunch of ripe tart green apple that
was fresh, light, smooth, crispy, probably the best Riesling we have ever
drank. This one we would absolutely purchase.
Then we tasted the Riesling
2013 – Truth or Consequences, WA – The aromas show an intense hint of lime,
peach and fresh apricot which was really dry with a potent lime finish that
overpowered any of the other fruits. We would not purchase this one.
Then onto the Cagnina Di
Romagna 2012 – Adesso, Italy – Sweet and tense berry flavors, that had a light, dry aroma but then a wow effect
that was shocking how sweet but a clear tasting red it is. We would absolutely
purchase this one in the future.
Our last taste was the Old
Vine Zinfandel 2011 – Klinker Brick, CA – Aromas of black raspberry & other
dark fruits, mint, and spice, flavors of vanilla & caramel that started
sweet then went dry fast and then stayed dry but it was better than the Zin’s
we tasted in Lodi but would not purchase this one either.
Our wonderful server brought
us a taste of the White Merlot – Kokopelli Winery, Tempe, AZ – Bright pale
crimson color. Bold strawberry sorbet and honey aromas with a tangy
light-to-medium body and a pure crisp finish that showed us we should not be
afraid of Merlots anymore, at least not the White Merlot’s that we would
definitely purchase this one.
We highly recommend this
place to anyone who wants a comforting time while hanging out in Williams,
Arizona. Whether you are a wine or beer drinker, you will not be disappointed.
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