My ( Anthony TONY Quinn's ) Store Email I Wrote & POsted Almost Two Years Ago On Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 : Read & Enjoy It, See How Things Have Changed/ Stayed The Same?!? Happy Finish To Tour De France Today 7/30/13!!!!

Cleveland Park Wine Cleveland Park Beer, Liquor & Wine Featuring a wide, international selection of fine wines, micro-brews and spirits TIME TO GET SERIOUS : Almost That Is! It's NOT QUITE The End Of Summer Yet and so we still have things for you all to stretch out your holidays last two days of August for example? I know, I know : work always gets in the way and yet ONCE YOU GET OFF we are always here and more than ready to help you all slide smoothly through the rest of the day and into the evening when you can fully relax and take the load off. IT SURE WAS AN INTENSE WEEK last week with first an earthquake on Tuesday and then a hurricane on Saturday passing through our region. I don't know about you but it was pretty intense here all of last week starting around 3PM on Tuesday and we want to thank you for all your shopping here. I am at this moment trying to focus and get organized and ready for Thursday the 1st of September when lots of " new and exciting " wines will be rolling through our back door. I've got lists and prices and emails to go through today and tomorrow as I am running out of time quickly. I HAVE FOUND SOME STUNNING WINES to share with you all and one of them is the 2000 NICOLIS Amarone della Valpolicella Classico ( a half bottle ( 375ml size ) that on Thursday, September 1st, 2011 will be On Sale for $17.99/ now they are $27.99 - that's a $10 savings : two ( 2 ) half bottles make a full 750ml bottle at that would be $35.99 a bottle and that's a ridiculous price ) and it's so pithy and earthy and old-style. Definitely a great food wine and not so much one for sipping on it's own. A hearty-robust food taste and this hearty-robust food wine would be a great combo. I have purchased the last five cases and these are mature wines in a half-bottle that may be taken on picnics and on camping trips. It's for convenience and of really high quality, too. WE HAVE MORE CHAMPAGNE, the LOUIS De VARANCY " Cuvee Prestige " Brut Non-Vintage from Champillon coming on Thursday as well : the last five cases of this as well On Sale @ $28.99/ Reg : $33-$35. It's so smooth and bright and fresh and elegant and perfect for sipping all by itself. It needs no food. Creamy and not yeasty heavy - lovely and enticing. With the 10% case discount it's only $26.09 a bottle : what a deal! Come get some while you still can at this great everyday price for real French champagne. I highly recommend this for the price. OUR NEXT ' Big-Theme " Wine-Tasting Is On Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 ( 5:30-8:30PM ALSO For Thursday, September 1st, 2011 : WE are getting in a couple of " new " Chilean wines called VINA AROMO, a dry red Carmenere and a dry red Merlot ( Riservas both ) that sold for $16.99 a bottle and are now On Special for $10.99. Greg and tried them with our local rep recently and it was funny that at first I did not like the Melot at all. I found it tight and hard to taste : no flesh and no finesse at all. The Carmenere we both liked pretty much immediately and I thought and later said : " What's not to like? " ANYWAY, we ordered twenty-five assorted cases and I went back to taste them again ( that's twenty or so minutes later ) and I really liked the Merlot - even more than the Carmenere. I liked the more classic style that the Merlot took : slow to open and reveal it's charms. The Merlot will always be a more tight, more food wine whereas the Carmenere is much fleshier and more generous and easier to enjoy with or without food. It will be easier to sell the Carmenere but ultimately I think the Merlot is the more interesting wine. We will see : only time will tell. DOS PASOS & ALMA Chilean Wines BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! This will be great as Manuel Rojas of both will be our Special Guest for our Chilean Big-Theme Wine-Tasting on Wednesday, Sept. 14th, 2011 ( 5:30-8:30PM ). There is no charge for these tastings and so you will be able to try a full assortment from Manuel which includes the IN SITU ( the 2007 Caberent Sauvignon is delicious and drinking like five dreams come true, one for each day of the work week! ) wines as well as the DOS PASOS and the ALMA wines. WE ALSO HAVE SOME ALMA ( 5 types from Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc to Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Carmenere, $14.99 for all of them ) and DOS PASOS ( Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot, $9.99 for them all ), coming soon to Cleveland Park Wines. This is exciting. In the IN SITU wines we will have the Syrah, Chardonnay and the Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. Plenty of choices for you all. The ALMA and the DOS PASOS wines will be here this Thursday as well : only two days away! BUT HELLO THERE! WE also have an ITALIAN Dry Red Pinot Noir VALUE : from Lombardy, Italy up in the north where Milan is : this 2009 Pinot Noir CA' DEA is according to sommelier Andrew Stover : " soft and juicy, really big fruit, not a lot of tannin ... ". I agree with him. It's a crowd-pleaser. It's On Special for $11.99/ regularly $14.99. Wow, this will turn some heads, especially with this weather that we are enjoying now. I bought fifteen cases and after those are sold the price will revert back to $15 a bottle. Come get some while you can. This is a real treat, very special. BUT HEY GUYS , this email is much more than just wine. I have to include other things like the really successful news of our GREAT LAKES beer tasting ( Dortmunder Gold, Commodore Perry and the Burning River were some poured ) this past weekend. The local rep had a number of selections open and I must say I got a chance to try them all and they were really showing well. I was very pleased. I really enjoyed the Oktoberfest myself. ALSO From SANTOS : 1) Pumpkin Ale from SCHLAFLY, this special release ( On Special for $12.99 a 6-pack of 12-ounce bottles, 8% alcohol by volume, with spices/ cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, schlafly.com ) : " I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion " Henry David Thoreau. I agree. 2) Pumpkin Ale from POST ROAD ( On Special for $8.99 a six-pack of 12-ounce bottles, 5% alcohol by volume ) is ale brewed with pumpkin and spices and the most-popular each year. 3) India Pale Ale New Belgian " Ranger " ( On Special for $3.99, Alc 6.5% Alcohol by volume, 1 Pt., 6Fl. Oz bottles ) Is a great deal according to Santos. It's from FAT TIRE. Cheers. THEN LET'S NOT FORGET RAVI while we are at it! A young lady came and poured some of the NUDE Vodka ( On Special for $24.99 / regularly $34.99 ) from Bend, Oregon : simply seductive. HERE ARE SOME " Other " Suggestions from Ravi : 1) 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, the AUCHENTOSHAN distillery ( $46.99 ) is really special and has not been here for quite some time and people have been asking for it and it's finally NOW back! 2) Basil-flavored SQUARE ONE Organic Vodka ( $32.99, Rigby, Idaho , www.squareoneorganicspirits.com ) is brand new and really exciting/ 3) Sweet Tea flavored Vodka from SWEET CAROLINA ( $14.99, alc 35% by volume , sweetcarolinatea.com ) is also just arrived here in Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits. LAST NIGHT I DRANK some of the RIEBEEK CELLARS 2009 Swarthland South African Cabernet Sauvignon ( $6.99 ) that blew me away it was so velvety and bright and fresh and round and full and supple and fruit-forward with no attitude or edge. What a wonderful and inexpensive treat! I have a few bottles now in the store and much more coming on Thursday. Highly recommended. CALENDAR OF Week's Tastings : Friday, September 2nd, 2011 ( 5-8PM ) : We have Theresa Morrison here from her won company pouring some of her current releases from Oregon ( CHATEAU BIANCA ), California, Chile and South Africa. This will be fun. Love the CHATEAU BIANCA unoaked Oregon Chardonnay On Special for $11.99 / Regularly $14.99 ). It's really showing well now. Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 ( 2-6PM ) : We have Alexis coming to pour for us some of the L.A. CETTO Mexican wines ( Petit Sirah, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, $11.99 each ) and the WALLABY CREEK South Eastern Australia estate-bottled wines, too ( Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay and Shiraz : $9.99 each ). Join us : there is No Charge for these tastings : everyone is welcome. COME GET READY FOR LABOR DAY with us as we start the weekend here together. We have plenty to celebrate with and to help everyone relax and enjoy these last few days before getting back to the grind of it all. Thanks for all your help and belief in us. We look forward to seeing those of you that have been away. STILL HOLDING ONTO THE SUMMER? Contact Paul Cate at : CRUISE PLANNERS : Local : 2020618-4575 or toll free at : ( 800 _ 618-4575 paul@luckydogvacations.com, www.luckydogvacations.com. Paul's a really great guy : you will like working with him, so easy to talk with. Cheers, TONY Please visit our website below for more information, events and specials, and our calender of wine tastings! [1]www.clevelandparkwine.com If you have any orders, suggestions or questions, you may e-mail us at [2]sales@clevelandparkwine.com or call (202) 363-4265. References 1. http://www.clevelandparkwine.com/ 2. mailto:sales@clevelandparkwine.com