Pilgrim´s Market - Beer and Wine

Most of the wines you find at the “Big Name” grocery stores are produced in huge quantities for National Distribution to a
mass-market. Naturally, the powers that be assume the market wants wines that do not require the consumer to give any thought to what they are drinking. In other words, wines that are simple, insipid, and uninspiring. We strive to discover wines that are interesting, multi-dimensional, and as natural as possible. As it turns out, these are generally produced in limited quantities by small, family-owned wineries that craft wines with love, attention and environmental stewardship . When you buy these wines you are paying for the wine in the bottle – not a multi-million dollar facility and a huge marketing budget.

Pilgrim’s wines are personally selected by Certified Wine Specialist Sara Ray, and our beer selection boasts over 350 varieties from all over the world, including Northwest Micro-Brews, Imports and Organically produced beers and ales.

Before joining the Pilgrim’s Market team, Sara Ray spent her informative years between Southern California and North Idaho. She returned to Coeur d’Alene in 2007, at which time she took a position in Pilgrim’s Beer & Wine Department. From 2008 to 2011, she worked closely with Sam Lange, Pilgrim’s then sommelier. As her love for wine and palate increased, she decided to take the Society of Wine Educators Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) Course. In February 2011, she became a CSW, and, later that year, spent 3 days in Oregon's Willamette Valley attending Oregon Pinot Camp and Workshops - a program that you must be chosen for out of hundreds of applicants.

As the manager of Pilgrim’s Beer & Wine Department, Sara selects her wine and beer by looking for quality, drinkability, price point and diversity. She also values small production, local and family owned and operated wineries, and strives to carry only the finest organic and gluten-free selection available, and loves receiving brew (especially unusual and hard-to-get) recommendations from her customers.

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Enter to Win!
Beer Schwag
Through 5/5/13
See our in-store display!

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Daily Microbrew Tastings
3:30pm
5/13 – Ft. George & Two Beers
5/14 – Crooked Fence, Payette & Cascade Lakes
5/15 – NoLi Brewhouse (Northwest Local)
5/16 – Odell Brewing
5/17 – Great Divide & Hale's Ales with Cheese Pairing
5/18 – Laughing Dog (1pm, Northwest Local)

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5/18/13
1-4pm $10/person
Limit 25 people.
Reservations Required!
Call: (208) 676-9730

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With Michael Brown
From Vineyard Brands
5/22/13 3:30pm

New To Pilgrim’s!
McCall Brewing Co.
Meet the Brewmaster
Edgar Newstadt
5/24/13
3:30pm

Wine & Beer Tastings
Join us for wine & beer tastings Friday from 3:30 to 6:00 pm.

Why Drink Grower Champagne?

You should drink "farmer-fizz"…
1. If you'd rather buy Champagne from a farmer than a factory.

2. Because it's honest REAL wine grown and made by a vintner – by a FAMILY just like yours – by a "him," not by an "it." Because it's better to buy wine from a person than from a company.

3. Because its price is honestly based on what it costs to produce, not manipulated to account for massive PR and ad budgets, or to hold on to market-share.

4. Because, like all hand-crafted, estate-bottled wines, it is not a mere THING, but is, indeed, a BEING, expressive of where it grew and who raised it.

5. Because, in drinking grower Champagne, you help protect DIVERSITY, which leads to VITALITY. And, if you'd rather eat a local field-ripened supper tomato rapturous with sweetness instead of some January tomato that is hard as a stone and tastes of nothing, then you should be drinking "farmer-fizz"!