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Clemence Lagauzere from Bordeaux , FRance visits with Noah of Global Imports to taste ' new and current ' vintages of dry reds ( three ), dry white and dry rose Bordeaux with me earlier this Thursday, May 14th, 2015. Clemence works for LUXCO and is the brand manager. We sampled the ... 1) Grand Vins de Gironde, Marquis de Lalande Blanc, 2013 that I found quite pleasing and that we could sell for $14.99 a bottle. ... the ... 2) GRand Vins de Gironde ' Instinct ' dry Rose 2013, $14.99 ... and then the three reds : ... 1) Chateau Mayne Pagarde 2010, $15.49 that was earthy, robust, powerful and a good, classic dry red medium-to-lighter-bodied red Bordeaux... the ... 2) 2012 Baron De Luze Bordeaux, $16.99, that was lighter, brighter, fresher and that I would really enjoy selling and recommending to customers during this hot spell of early summer here in Washington D.C. ... and ... .... 3) the CHATEAU BESEAJOUR 2011, Fronsac red Bordeaux, $18.49 a bottle that had the most pepper and spice and earth, a great classic red Bordeaux food wine once again, tasty, dusty-dry, best with food : my favorite of the bunch. AND to finish we sampled a 1) Saint-Anak 2013 Bordeaux Moelleux, $13.49, that was soft and delicate and so easy to sip and enjoy all by itself, except the finish was a bit short and combining it with food would make a better taste all around. What fun, merci Clemence, thanks Noah. We will have two to three of these wines on our shelves in June, 2015, so stay-tuned. Cheers, sante... et bon voyage a toi Clence et a la prochaine! 5/14/2015
We had Aleks the owner of the Balkan Wine Project here yesterday, Wed. May 13th, 2015 in the afternoon tasting his Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian and now also Albanian red wine, too- pictured here, the Kallmet indigenous dry red grape variety 2011 from ARBERI, $19.99, , 13.9% alcohol by volume - dusty, rustic, lovely medium-bodied food wine, ... and brother and sister David A. Jeffrey and Sarah J. Dullin of their own winery in California's Chalk Hill district called CALLUNA Vineyards - here at the same time. SO : I invited both Jeffrey and Sarah and importer Chris Shore to taste with Aleks his wines, and then Aleks to stay and taste the CALLUNA Vineyard wines, too. This way everyone benefitted and learned and came away hopefully with an enriching experience here at Cleveland Park Wines. I liked both what Aleks tasted me on, the bottles are pictured here and we have many of them already, minus the dry rose wines ... and I really grew to like and appreciate these Chalk Hill AVA wines, the 2010 especially... and we will see for June about bringing some to our store! Cheers, thanks Chris, Aleks, Jeffrey and Sarah... you are all the very best! Thurs. May 14th, 2015
Just finding my pictures of Laurence Faller an owner and the winemaker at DOMAINE WEINBACH in Alsace, France that I wrote about here and that tragically passed away in 2014... a great loss indeed for the world ... TONY 1/4/2015
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Thanks Trace, you are the best to share this with me now on a cold, gray, wet and breezy saturday here in cleveland park, northwest wasington d.c., 20008... this DEFIANT American Whisky, $42.99 is so smooth and silky, with no bite, a delight, and perfect to warm you in this cold, damp, brrrr breeze and rain of Saturday, January 3rd, 2015 ... stay warm, come see us, come taste wines with Chris and Tony from 2-6PM .... no charge, everyone welcome .... TONY Will order more Trace for you and others now. Glad to have ordered it for you and will call Sal for some more.
Danielle that rides a motor-cyle and came ( to Cleveland Park Wine and Spirits ) just now in search of advise on Irish whiskies for her evening tonight with friends at the Irish Inn in Glen Echo bought several to enjoy celebrating. She also bought some BUSHMILLS Irish Honey , On Special for $15.99 a bottle, and shared it with me when I told her I had not tasted it yet : " It is made for sharing. " Danielle told me simply with a smile. I accepted. We both just had a sip and she told me it was too light for her, that she wants more body. I told her I liked how subtle it was, how delicate, how smooth and velvety, and how I think it will please many and that almost everyone can enjoy a glass or more and be friendly and social even though it may not be their favorite, and that they might prefer to drink BUSHMILLS Irish whisky itself, $29.99. I think I could easily enjoy both. I told Danielle that this Irish Honey would be a great way to finish an evening, fall asleep on a nice evening under the stars, not tonight unfortunately unless you move to another location and take it with you on your travels?!? Cheers, we have some, thanks Danielle! TONY Happy New Year. Danielle had her biker jacket on, new, that is heated, you can plug it into her motorcycle, and the jacket and her gloves will stay warm. I like all that, sounds great except for all the rain today. Stay warm and dry Danielle, and thanks for coming to see us when you need something and some advise. We are always here for you. TONY
I heard and saw Baylor pointing to Danny the SHVO Vineyards 2010 Upper Galilee dry red blend, $36.99, 14.5% alcohol by volume, and I immediately said : " That's really great wine , period, it's from Israel, not kosher and I think that it and the dry Chenin Blanc and the dry Sauvignon Blanc are some of the greatest wines we have in the store. I saw Danny reach for it. He smiled as I approached and he said : " You can sell water to the dessert. " He reminded me that I had already helped him before. I said : " Chris, it's time for another photo! " Chris took a picture of the three of us as we got caught-up with our conversation and Danny said that the SHVO Vineyards 2010, $36.99 will be for his father-in-law, smiling , happy .... cheers, happy holidays to you both ... TONY 12/20/2014
Did I hear Laela say something about two vagabond spirits?!? I think so ...
Farid and Laela came and we tasted and we spoke of Greek and Sotiris Bafitis and of the Greek winery NOSTOS where Farid went to vacation as he knows Alexandra the daughter of the owner that also owns Bread And Chocolate up the street from us. I showed Farid and Laela the bottle of the FABulous NOSTOS Roussanne 2013 dry white, $23.99 that we have here. Laela said to Farid when she saw it : " That's not the one that we drank. " It is made in really small production, we are thrilled to have it and will bring back the red Rhone blend, too in January. Laela is holding the CIDER SNAP, $8.99 that is ' new ' from James that is the inventor also of the TEAVINE, $13.99 as James grew up here and they know him well. I am holding two wines from Sotiris that he poured today : 1) RED ON BLACH Agiorgitiko, $14.99 dry red ... and the 2) ARGATIA dry and flavorful white Assyrtiko, Malagouzia, Athiri, impressive, $24.99 ... a great choice for this deep cold! Cheers, TONY Happy Holidays all,good to see you both Farid and Laela ...
These two pictures of Luke are taken by Sifredo : gracias Sifredo! Feliz Navidad Sifredo!
Guitarist Luke Rile from Columbia Heights stope to play and sing the Beatles' song " Blackbird " off the White Album here at Cleveland Park earlier tonight aroung 9:30PM saying that playing and singing is " a pssion on the side." A great passion Luke, you play and sing beautifully. Thanks for sharing this incredible Beatle's song tonight with us the day school gets out and both students and teachers get a well-deserved two-week break making everyone happy, extremely, over the holiday season. Cheers! TONY 12/ 19 / 2014 Come play again anytime!
James Henry our local Cleveland Park resident and inventor of the TEAVINE, $13.99 just stopped by to taste Santos and me on his ' new ' Cider Snap that we will soon have here for you all : really pleasing, really enjoyable, I liked it, I can still taste it, soothing and perfect for this drab cold and wetness outside, I feel better already! Cheers, TONY
Wow, congrats to Jess for passing the Bar and for getting her diploma at the ceremonies this Tuesday. I knew Jess liked fruity reds and I said : ' I have something for you to taste. " She smiled and we walked up to the tasting table. She asked me what it was and I responded : " I cannot tell you, it's a surprise. " She smiled again, curious , I am sure? I gave her a taste of the fruity Semi Seco red, 12% alcohol, called Tinto de la vina , 2012, Ica Valley from TACAMA, Peru. Jess tasted it, liked it, smiled and said that she liked it , but was leaning more these days towards the dry white blend from TACAMA , the ' Tres Cepas ' of Chenin Blanc 65% , Sauvignon Blanc 43%, and 7% Chardonnay, also from the Ica Valley, 13.5% alcohol by volume. Charles said that they had been in the Ica valley when he read the label as I showed them both wines that they liked. " Really?!? " I said, startled. " Yes. " Charles replied. Then Jess said : " My mother is from Peru. " I said : " How did I miss that? You must have told me, but I forgot. " Anyway, it was great to make this connection. Then Lisa beamed with her bottle of CASA LARGA unoaked Chardonnay, $10.99, from the Finger Lakes, New York.It was our last bottle Lisa, glad you found it. We still have some of the Lilac Hill off-dry white blend, $10.99. Cheers, TONY Pictured above are : Jess, Charles, Phil, Lisa and me. Cesar took the pictures. Thanks. 12/13/2014 Happy Saturday and Holidays to all!
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Fun, yesterday we had Larry Irving here to pick up some of the PH ( Purple Hands ) Oregon Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley 2013, $24.99, written up in the Washington Post Food section this Wednesday. ( we were the only DC store listed for having it ) , and he introduced himself to Theresa Morrison, Pierre Marcelin of Maison Riviere was here pouring fine-quality red Bordeaux wines, and Lisa stopped by : and we all were introduced and we all tasted and it was a great spontaneous moment! WE used Larry's phone to take these pictures as Pierre rushed off to another appointment. Theresa sells us the BUEYES Extra Brut Malbec dry rose, sparkling, that is balanced, fruit-forward, really pleasing : a delight to sip ) ... Pierre tasted the CHATEAU GAUDIN 2010 Pauillac red On Special for $43.99, regularly $48.99 a bottle, and we sold three bottles while he was here! ... it was a fun moment for us all. Thanks everyone, merci Pierre ... TONY Happy weekend, happy Friday all,
Come taste the wines of Peru here tonight with Danielle of Dionysos Imports from 5-8PM : NO CHARGE ...
Here we have Pablo one of my favorite customers from Mexico and he always wears a beaming smile, is always happy, always has something positive to add, comes with his girlfriend ( or are they married? ) and we always speak in an animated, friendly and warm way. I love that. Here he is last night at Cleveland Park Wine and Spirits for the second visit, this time with friends from Spain like Laura that is from Pamplona, and her husband, too : the doctor , and they are visiting Pablo from Chicago and we spoke of that. he doctor was on the phone the whole visit almost so I handed him a glass of the ' grappa-like ' drink from Georgia from Mamuka and Noel and he was much appreciative. I had offered all of them tastes of that as well as of our Delaware gin, and the Spirit from Bolivia called SINGANI " Los Parrales " 'the spirit of altitude ' that we have tasted and sell I believe for $37.99 a bottle,... Pablo liked the Georgian grappa, $16.99 a 500m bottle I believe and bought a bottle. I had to bring over bottles of the LA CETTO Mexican wines that we sell , $10.99 a bottle, as he spoke with excitement to his friends about the Nebbiolo Reserva bottle he first bought from LA CETTO here at the store for $28.99 a bottle or so a year or so ago ... that cemented our friendship I believe, we were both really cool to one another after that, as it should be. Cheers. Feliz Domingo a todos Pablo e Laura e los autros .... gracias Sifredo para los fotos .... TONY 11/30 / 2014
Some visits like when Alexander stopped by, Gaby and Lane seeing him in the store and coming in to say " hello ", and me talking with a ' new ' customer that I tasted the CHATEAU BIANCA 2009 Willamette Riesling from Oregon on, and him saying to me something to the order of : " And you know they make good Riesling in Germany ? " which I smiled and heartily agreed with, and then him repeating this to Gaby when I introduced them, them talking German together, a full-circle of excitement and activity, sounds, tastes and smiles and laughs that no one could quite plan or orchestrate as this one ' happened ' all around us earlier this Tuesday evening, November 25th, 2014 in the early evening at Cleveland Park Wine and Spirits. Magical, thanks all, Happy Thanksgiving all! TONY ... I used to sell wines to Zia and David and often Gaby and Lane would be in the store at the same time so this was our existing link to these fun visits as both David and Zia have sadly passed away and we miss them both dearly. TONY
I STARTED MY DAY here walking in and saying " hello " to Malkit and also "
hello " lo Leon. Leon has been a customer here now for years and it was
great to see him as usual as he schlepes here all the way from across town
to shop with us. SO : here is Leon's story as he just returned from a
glorious two-week trip to both England and Scotland.
LEON TARLANT is a retired U.S. Airforce veteran and he returned recently to
the town of Kings Lynn not far from Cambridge where he was stationed during
the war. So he relates that : " It weighed no my conscious, if I wanted to
go to heaven ... " Leon was referring to the fact that 57 years later her
returns to Kings Lynn to pay a delinquent hotel bill at The Globe hotel (
it is a 400 year-old coaching house with nine bars today. Leon says of the
people there in Kings Lynn : " imbibers in those days. " Leon owed them a
pound and did not pay it because he did not have the money then. He also
did not return to pay it before leaving England 57-58 years ago.
Anyway when Leon returned he said " they thought he was some nut - a Yank
nut, ha , ha. " They called the papers, had someone come and take a picture
that they wrote up and put on the front page.
" I have the copies of it. I'll bring you one. It's funny. Just an old guy
embracing a young lady manager of the Hotel Globe. We didn't kiss. Just
embraced. " I asked Leon what she thought of all of this?
" Oh yeah, she was smiling. It was astounding to her, to them. " Leon
continued to recount. " She called over the manager. The original hotel
bill was $2.50 for the night. They refused my money. I gave them 5 pounds.
I could not pay the interest on a pound after 57 years! "
" Afterwards we went to The Maid's Head and had a pint of delicious ale
avec prawns, very good seafood there. " Leon finished his story with a
smile. Thanks for sharing this Leon. I cannot wait to see the local paper
and the picture of you. That will be fun. You stayed in London and had
current stories about London to share as well. They will all have to wait
till the next store email.
I can see you Leon drinking a pint of the India Ale from SAMUEL SMITH in
the Maid's Head bar afterward, $4.99 a 1 Pt. 2.7 Fl. Oz bottle, 5% alcohol
by volume.
Santos came back from delivering your order that we assembled here together
earlier and Leon showed you the picture. Too bad he did not bring the copy
back with him. I will have to wait till Leon's next visit. Cheers, TONY 11/2014
Sven cam in a few minutes ago and came up to me with a smile on his face announcing that I was the man he wanted to see. Turns out that Sven is celebrating with an old friend and needs two bottles of sparkling wine : one French champagne ( I recommended Oscar and Olivia's CLAUDE LANCELOT Proprietaire-Recoltant that is a Blanc de Blancs from Avize, $45.99, that I fell in love with when Oscar tasted me on it ! ), and a bottle of the CHATEAU GAILLARD Cremant de Loire, $17.99, that is biodynamic, with an AB certification, clean, crisp, bright, very dry. When I heard Sven was serving a dozen oysters with these I said : " Start with the Loire Cremant as it is so clean and crisp and almost tart-dry! He siad : " I will follow your advice. " and he left with the two bottles and a smile on his face. I like that. Malkit liked that, it was a good start to our day, a good sale, a happy customer that is from Denmark ... cheers, happy Tuesday all, have you voted yet? I just did before arriving here. TONY
" Esta bueno " says the lady to her husband or boyfriend as she says to us : ' I'm going to take this one. " She meant the GLIA Feteasca Neagra 2011, $14.99, a DOC-CT from Husi, Romania. I said to Gabriela and Razvan : ' Esta bueno! " That's all you need to know, that's all we need to hear. " and I smiled as I said this to them. They smile broadly back at me. WE were all in agreement! Cheers, gracias Magdalena, ... I asked you your name just now so I could include it here. Brendan is her husband's name. Good to meet you both. Cheers, TONY COME TASTE now, ahora, our tasting is in full-swing. Razvan will include something ' new ' in Romanian for us all to enjoy now ... "Speram sa va bucurati si voi de soiurile noastre romanesti foarte delicioase! Am pus dragoste in cautarea lor si dorim sa va bucurati si voi de ele :)))" the tasting is going strongly now, join us, till 8 PM tonight ... 10/28/2014
Liz and Craig came by last night, said it was their first visit here, that they wanted a wine to celebrate their marriage in ten year's time, that having a special wine perhaps keeps the marriage alive and healthy they mused? I guess, I said : " Be kind and thoughtful to one another, don't take the other for granted. See the ' big picture ' " were my immediate comments to that musing of theirs. So we got to talking and I asked lots of questions as we did to better help them. I discovered that they had honeymooned in Corsica so I immediately went to fetch Jody Jackson's Kermit Lynch Imports selection of the DOMAINE MAESTRACCI ' E Prove " Corse Calvi, $21.99, from Muro from vigneron Michel Raoust, a 2011 dry, complex, multi-dimensional white, and then made several proposals of how to spend $75 and came up with the idea at the end to buy a 750ml , $21.99, and a magnum , $46.99 of the 2009 - great vintage for Bordeaux - CHATEAU de CALLAC Graves dry red. They liked that idea the best : bought the two bottles and the dry white from Corsica, too ; and were happy indeed.I look forward to seeing and hearing more now from both Liz and Craig : a very nice couple indeed! Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 10/18/ 2014 Happy Saturday and beautiful day, too today!
YESTERDAY, WEDNESDAY afternoon a young lady came by asking if we had any PARADISE SPRINGS Of Clifton, VA. Winery ' Sommet Blanc '? She showed me a picture of it that she had taken of the label. I showed her the Norton dry red that we had, a 2011, $27.99, 13.9 percent alcohol by volume a bottle, as I walked down to see if we had any more of the off/dry Sommet white, 12.5 percent alcohol by volume, that's a blend of 43 percent Vidal Blanc, 31 percent Traminette and 26 percent Riesling : ... I WAS NOT SURE WE HAD ANY LEFT IN STOCK, AND LO AND BEHOLD THERE IT WAS !! LOVE IT, TOLD HER THE OWNERS HAD BEEN HERE, THAT I HAD BEEN THERE, that we love selling some of these fine local selections from both Virginia and Maryland. What a thrill, what a treat, what an honor and a privilege, and right in our own back yards! Love it, happy Thursday to you all ... Go to : www.ParadiseSpringsWinery.com for more info. We have the Norton and the Sommet white in stock for you all to enjoy this summer with the heat and humidity ... Anthony TONY Quinn 8/21/2014
Ben came here earlier and had a magazine in his hands that he was clutching and he said : " this is just on the chance that you might have it. You would be one of the very first. I never have any luck when I ask for the wines that have been written up and are supposed to be in the stores listed. " I asked him : " Which wine is that? " hoping that I would have whatever wine he was looking for. " he Bedell Cellars? " Be continued. I beamed and said immediately : " Yes, we have it. " as I reached for it with my right hand. It was there just by where we were standing. Ben beamed, too. He was thrilled, he was so surprised. I told we had good inventory and that we could sell me whatever he wants. Ben told me that he has to try it first and then decide. I loved this, we sell it for $29.99 a bottle On Special , it has 13 percent alcohol by volume, from North Folk of Long Island, a 2010 vintage, and we tasted it here with customers last weekend when our local rep Andrew Stover was here tasting it and that we sold a number of bottles and the reception of the wine was really positive. Love it, love having the wine here, love this story, and I am thrilled that it had such a positive outcome. Now we just have to wait Ben and find out if you like it or not? Cheers, ... happy thursday everyone, July 31st, 2014 ... ... it's the 21 BEDELL taste red that was reviewed : a blend of 60 percent Merlot, 20 percent Syrah, 12 percent Petite Sirah, 6 percent Cabernet Franc and 2 percent Malbec ... cheers, tony
Tasting Virginia's fine wines today, Friday, July 25th, 2014 with Lucinda Smith of the NORTH GATE Winery and FABBIOLI CELLARS in Loudoun County, Virginia ... what a fine tasting it was, too ..
This was a great Greek wine-tasting tonight with Nassos and we introduced fine Greek wines to many of our customers once again! Cheers, thanks Nassos for all your fine and hard work here ... cheers, happy weekend all! TONY 7/25/2014 We sampled som Xinomavro red, $23.99 OENOS , some Moscofilero dry white, $13.99, some Malagousia dry and floral white, some Agiorgitiko RED ON BLACK pointed, perky and sharper, more unrefined dry red, some Santorini dry white that I said was like Greece's version of France's Sancerre ( Nassos did not like this at all! ) , and more ,,, from dry whites ( 4 ) to a dry 70-year-old-vines Xinomarvo and another grape dry rose, On Special for $11.99, and two fine dry reds, too ... something for everyone. Cheers, this gentlemnan pictured here had some sprigs of fresh thyme in his pocket that he had just picked and which were so very aromatic, and , unfortunately the bottle of Moscofilero I am holding is blocking the view : too bad! Thanks for taking this picture Fernendo! Cheers, TONY
We sure were busy yesterday, Saturday afternoon with Andrew Stover's American Road Trip of states like Colorado, New York State, Michigan and Virginia : as well as a grand recap on our Roadtrip of the wines of Austria as well from TEGERNSEERHOF, ANTON BAUER, GUSTAVE STRAUSS, NETZL, LEO HILLINGER, STIENDORFER, and more ... lots of people, happy to have Chrysalis Sarah's Patio Red VA red blend back, the Charlie's Left Foot Pinot Blanc, too from Michigan that customer, friend and wine-lover Jim Stutsman was nice enough to share with us all yesterday - what fun! Cheers, TONY
Even with the rain and the thunder and the dark and the wet outside people still came and tasted tonight at our Austrian Wine-Tasting with importer of KWSelections Klaus Wittauer, and Andrew Stover of VINO50 selections, and me ( Anthony ) Quinn : we had Victor, Nicole, Jane, Linda, Lisa, Vince, Ze, Erica, Karen, Gary, Liz, Ryan, ... and so many more people show up and taste and buy and appreciate and enjoy and learn. Ze told me it was of his ' all-time favorite " wine-tastings that we have done in quite awhile, according to him. Ze , that is mighty praise indeed, thanks for sharing that with me before leaving tonight. I appreciate hearing things like that. Cheers, thanks Klaus and Andrew for all your hard work and efforts! ... 7/15 / 2014 For those of you that missed this tonight we will taste some more Austrian wines this Saturday with Andrew from 2-6PM. Come then and taste more. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn
Breanna came by last night and won me over once again with her bright smile as we started to talk about wine and the neighborhood and I asked her once again what was her name? " Breanna " she smiled back at me. We continued to talk and I asked her some questions wanting to remember how I knew her here and how I had helped her before? I asked her what kind of wine she liked and I got the idea that she liked softer more rounded, floral wines with a touch of sweetness. It reminded me of the FLOWERS that we have open for Brazil with the colorful yellow and red label and I remembered it was still open from the night before when Michael Cavanagh and I poured here the SALTON wines of Serra Gaucha, Brazil. I asked her if she would like to taste it and the sweeter, more sparkling Moscato from SALTON espumante On Special for $11.99 a bottle? She said quizzically and surprised : " Really?! " I said : " yes." When she saw the FLOWERS label she was immediately drawn to it, liking it very much. She also really liked this drier-styled mostly-Moscato based white at $10.99 a bottle. She also liked the espumante sparkling Moscato, but ended up with the FLOWERS! I'm glad we had something for you Breanna. We will have to talk more " All Fired Up " pottery and wines and our fabulous neighborhood in the future. Cheers, happy Thursday Breanna, may it be fabulous for you. 7/10/2014
Marge a good customer from the Finger Lakes of New York State brought her brother Dean's dry 2013 Finger Lakes home-made Riesling to taste yesterday and we shared it with everyone at the store that was there like Lisa from Arizona and Fernando and Jim Stutsman, too. I LOVED it, absolutely LOVED it, a big highlight for me at Cleveland Park Wines and Spirits yesterday , and there were many with many customers and Brazil winning their match in the World Cup as well! Thanks Dean, thanks Marge, : what a fine treat. I would have enjoyed the whole bottle it was so good. I am thrilled, too Dean that we got a chance to share in here on Andrew Stover's " American U.S.A. wine-tasting with wines from New York State ( from Long Island - yours added the Finger Lakes! ), MIssouri, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Michigan , Texas ... wow : impressive, and here pictured we got to meet Lisa that sold the ARIZONA STRONGHOLD Vineyard wines with Andrew for years and has her ' new ' project of wines from the U.S. soon available to us ... so much to digest, so little time, and all before our GRAND 4th of JULY celebration in 2014! Cheers all, Happy Sunday, too ... 6/29/2014
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★★★★★ Tony, you and Santos have a great store with fabulous customers! Thanks for all your support!
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54 talking about this ... thanks Maddy, appreciate this, was great to have you here two times , first on Friday and then again on Saturday. We did some great work together as a team! TONY 6/28/2014
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★★★★★ Tony, you and Santos have a great store with fabulous customers! Thanks for all your support!
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54 talking about this ... thanks Maddy, appreciate this, was great to have you here two times , first on Friday and then again on Saturday. We did some great work together as a team! TONY 6/28/2014
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Anthony Quinn Can't wait Baby! We're going to rock, make some noise, bring out the big fireworks, light up the store, make the skies rainbow colors and put beads so colorful on and hanging from the sun that they will not melt and the USofA will show it's magic and triumph and diversity and weave a spell on all of us as we get ready to celebrate our Day Of Independence this 4th of July Andrew, with your help and that of all these states like Michigan and Missouri and Idaho and New Mexico and Arizona that people do not expect to be making such grand, such fine wines! TONY 6/27/2014 see you tomorrow be sure and wear your ' celebrating shoes ' Andrew ...
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Anthony Quinn Can't wait Baby! We're going to rock, make some noise, bring out the big fireworks, light up the store, make the skies rainbow colors and put beads so colorful on and hanging from the sun that they will not melt and the USofA will show it's magic and triumph and diversity and weave a spell on all of us as we get ready to celebrate our Day Of Independence this 4th of July Andrew, with your help and that of all these states like Michigan and Missouri and Idaho and New Mexico and Arizona that people do not expect to be making such grand, such fine wines! TONY 6/27/2014 see you tomorrow be sure and wear your ' celebrating shoes ' Andrew ...
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Nick's mother passed away recently and so he and his family have planned now for awhile a celebration of her life, the whole family and friends together tonight and tomorrow I believe and so we at Cleveland Park Wine & Spirits have been aware of this for awhile and working on it, going all the way back to when Domenica the wine-maker of BV Vineyards was here from Napa, California doing an in-store wine-tasting. Her hands were tired by the end as I asked her to sign many of the Carneros Vineyards bottles of the Chardonnay and the Pinot Noir. It was the last thing Dominica did as she walked out of our store and she was a great sport doing this and I/ Nick appreciate this greatly. ... Nick also will be serving Claude Thibaut's N.V. brut Virginia Blanc de Blancs Charlottesville sparkling wine as well. Both we are holding up in this photo that Fernando Valenti took of me, Nick's sister and Nick. There is also some beer on the counter for this event. It is really an honor Nick for us to be a part of this celebration. Our thoughts are with you and your family and your mother, too, of course. Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 6/26/2014
As I was helping both Marina and Richard at the register I looked down and saw a copper-colored coin in front of it and picked it up and looked really closely at it. Other said : " It's a token. To an amusement park, for a ride. " I read what it said : 2011 and ' Where a kid can be a kid.' If anyone is missing this and wants it back just come to our office in the back of the store and I have it here for you. Just ask for me, Tony, and I will gladly return it. Anyone know where it works, where it is good? It should work and be good anywhere as a kid should always be able to be a kid, anywhere, anytime as that's so important. Never lose the ability to be a kid, even if for brief moments in time. If you are scared and need this token to help you, let us know and we will loan it to you. Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 6/26/2014 Happy Wednesday everyone.
As I was helping both Marina and Richard at the register I looked down and saw a copper-colored coin in front of it and picked it up and looked really closely at it. Other said : " It's a token. To an amusement park, for a ride. " I read what it said : 2011 and ' Where a kid can be a kid.' If anyone is missing this and wants it back just come to our office in the back of the store and I have it here for you. Just ask for me, Tony, and I will gladly return it. Anyone know where it works, where it is good? It should work and be good anywhere as a kid should always be able to be a kid, anywhere, anytime as that's so important. Never lose the ability to be a kid, even if for brief moments in time. If you are scared and need this token to help you, let us know and we will loan it to you. Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 6/26/2014 Happy Wednesday everyone.
Chris came into the store and asked : " Where are your Georgian wines? " to Fernando. I was in the office and overheard as I was updating our Facebook page. I saw Fernando walk Chris over to the right of the store by the Italian and Greek wines where the sign for GEORGIAN wines is. I said to Fernando : " They are not there, look over on the other side. We moved them there to be with the other Balkan wines. " Fernando pointed to the sign saying GEORGIAN with a question mark on his face? I responded : " We have not moved the sign yet. They are over with the ' orange ' wines we spoke of earlier. " A smile and a light went off in Fernando and he walked Chris over to them. I got up a few minutes later and went to talk to Chris, explaining we only had some in stock now with more coming. Chris said that he was buying the ' orange ' Kisi wine that I had just written up this week in the store email. he was taking it to a French friend he is visiting in Strasbourg, France, that he wants to give him a gift of something fun and interesting that he might not already know? I said that was great but that he might also want to take a bottle of wine from Brazil as a gift like the SALTON Merlot that we have On Special for $21.99 a bottle, down from $30? He said he could only carry one bottle this time. I said then perhaps the next? All good, cheers, bon voyage Chris! Have fun, be safe and come back with some great pics and stories for us. I also told Chris that while there that he needed to try and to also mention to his French friend the wines of DOMAINE WEINBACH, Alsace that were so fine and not to be missed! Cheers, TONY 6/21/2014
GO BY THE National ZOO quick : at the end of this week because of budget cuts there will no longer be the Invertebrates building and department open! They may be moving to another building and still exist in some form but that was unclear last night as I was leaving the Zoo and I ran into our dear customer Randy ( of Randy and Sandy fame : you might know them already well? ), and he told me this latest news. He volunteers like Les and so many of our customers do. He was going for a training class of birds. He's at the Big Panda building-complex now watching them on the t.v. screens , monitors them and ensuring their safety and well-being, etcetera. Wow, this is devastating news about the Invertebrate Building. I love it. I really do, always have. ... I just talked to another Sandy's friend, a good customer here buying the Ruby Red DEEP EDDY and I told her about this and she and her children know all about the Invertebrates department and the anemones as you walk in and the octopus, ... and she said : " So they just did this quietly? " I do not have the answer.
But talking about Sandy, there's another Sandy that has worked there forever and that used to come and buy the MIONETTO Merlot from us from Italy years ago because they had a wonderful picture of an octopus on it that reminded us all of Sunny the Octopus that reigned supreme for so many years at the Invertebrates building and that I took our children to see and that they loved, too, fed and watched from outside and specially from above at feeding time as Sandy and the other Invertebrates staff that we loved - including Alan the chief - were so nice to us when we visited, and they forged a bond for me that stands the strongest for me with the National Zoo : me and the Invertebrates - and I will always cherish this time and I want here to : MAKE SOME NOISE and get them to keep the building and department open, alive and thriving.
I was just there a couple of Wednesdays' ago and loved what I saw between the anemones that blew me quite literally away when I entered, to my left, and the other magnificent invertebrates including the spiders and their webs, as well as the couple of butterflies as I left flitting around ever so daintily-gracefully from one flower to the next. PLEASE SHARE this and go today and tomorrow and lets' see what we can do, late as it may be, let's all MAKE SOME NOISE! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Thursday morning, June 19th, 2014 ...
But talking about Sandy, there's another Sandy that has worked there forever and that used to come and buy the MIONETTO Merlot from us from Italy years ago because they had a wonderful picture of an octopus on it that reminded us all of Sunny the Octopus that reigned supreme for so many years at the Invertebrates building and that I took our children to see and that they loved, too, fed and watched from outside and specially from above at feeding time as Sandy and the other Invertebrates staff that we loved - including Alan the chief - were so nice to us when we visited, and they forged a bond for me that stands the strongest for me with the National Zoo : me and the Invertebrates - and I will always cherish this time and I want here to : MAKE SOME NOISE and get them to keep the building and department open, alive and thriving.
I was just there a couple of Wednesdays' ago and loved what I saw between the anemones that blew me quite literally away when I entered, to my left, and the other magnificent invertebrates including the spiders and their webs, as well as the couple of butterflies as I left flitting around ever so daintily-gracefully from one flower to the next. PLEASE SHARE this and go today and tomorrow and lets' see what we can do, late as it may be, let's all MAKE SOME NOISE! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Thursday morning, June 19th, 2014 ...
SAD NEWS : Senora Taylor was here in the store yesterday as I was tasting some Italian sparkling wines we will be tasting / sharing here with you all at our NEXT ' Big-Theme " Monthly Sparkling Wine-Tasting on Tuesday , May 27th, 2014 from 5-8PM ...
I asked Isabelle how Senor Taylor was doing? She said that it had been a very hard week, that Senor Taylor had passed away recently.
This was shocking to me, I immediately approached her and hugged her.
Senor Taylor and Isabelle had just been here recently and I had spoken to both and he looked great, really he did, ever that soft and kind smile of his. Nice.
I asked if he had suffered. Isabelle said : " No. I played " Alleluia " and he raised his arms up , she showed me, ... and she said, and he passed away then, Beautiful, really a lovely couple, two fine individuals that we have enjoyed knowing here now for years. So sad, what a loss.
Our thoughts are with you Isabelle and your family. Let us know if there is anything that we can do?
Senor Taylor will be missed. I drank some hearty Portuguese rose yesterday and today with those strong and distinct flavors still firmly in my my mind and recollected now on my taste-buds I toast Senor Taylor. TONY Thursday, May 1st, 2014
Come and taste with us soon Isabelle, we will toast him together here... TONY
JUST HELPED Cristian with a difficult wine choice : she was going to see picky people about their wines that travel extensively and always push her wines back to the side on the counter and never open them when she visits. I told her that that makes me feel really bad and that we had to do something about it. " Where are you from ? " I ask Crustina . " Brazil. " she responds. " What?!? Then you have to take them a wine from Brazil! " " Noooooo! " she groans. " They are no good. We buy the wines from Argentina. " I said : " That's not true! They are good. You must take them a wine from Brazil! Blame me, Anthony Quinn, have them come see me if there's any problem! " She smiles, hesitates, as I reach for the SALTON Volpi Pinot Noir, $17.99, 13.5% alcohol by volume, Campanha Gaucha. She says out loud as I hand her the bottle : " Campanha Gaucha. " I ask her where she's from? Belo Horizante she says. My face lights up : " That's where I bought my mother a dress when I was a child and we were driving from Rio to Cristallina to buy Yopaz and other semi-precious stones ... I was only 6-7 years old then ... " It was a great serendipitous conversation and I can't wait to hear from Cristina that bought the Petit Chablis DOMAINE JEAN CLAUDE COURTAULT 2011, $18.99, 12.5% alcohol by volume, and the " Intenso " espumante-likeProsecco , $14.99 from SALTON, and the SALTON Pinot Noir, too ... cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 4/19/2014 Happy Easter all, and it's the last day of Passover week, too ... cheers all ... TONY a beautiful Saturday here in Cleveland Park Northwest, Washington D.C., 20008, baby blue skies, breezy, bright, clear skies, lovely - nice to be alive ...
" I'm looking for a particular red? Do you sell BOXWOOD? " asks WEndy. " Yes! " I respond immediately . " I've called five other s and you're the only one, you're number six on the web site . No one carries it anymore. " " That's our gain and their loss! " " oh wonderful ... " responds Wendy. " Which one do you want? " I ask. " The BOXWOOD. " I told her that they make three reds and one dry rose and that I would see what I have for her. It was the 2009 BOXWOOD, $29.99 a bottle. She was thrilled explaining to me that she had gone to the BOXWOOD web page and that we were #6 listed that carried it, that we were the only one to have any as she called down the list. Wendy told me also that she's a real estate agent and that some did her a huge favor and that person LOVES BOXWOOD, and usually drives down to the vineyard to buy it. I explained that I know Rachel Martin and that I have carried it now for quite some time as I believe in what BOXWOOD is doing with their wines and will continue to carry them. I also explained that Wendy will be giving the very best that BOXWOOD Vineyards' makes , and that it has the bottle-age that the wine needs as they are designed to age gracefully and not be drunk immediately upon release, much like a fine Bordeaux wine that is their inspiration. Everyone wins! Cheers Wendy, cheers, BOXWOOD, cheers Rachel, and cheers CP Wine & Spirits, too. Have a great Tuesday Wendy, see you later. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 4/15/2014
By the way, Olivia bought the CHATEAU JULIEN Chardonnay and she and Karen enjoyed it thoroughly later last night. I know because they sent me this picture I took using Olivia's phone and they mentioned enjoying the CHATEAU JULIEN when they did! Cheers, happy Saturday everyone, it's nice here now in northern Virginia at my home as I get ready for work selling more CHATEAU JULIEN Moneterey County Chardonnay to our Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits customers, along with the Merlot, too that we carry : both of which have sold very well at the store for five or more years, ever since Delores a regular and fine customer asked if we could get any for her, that she had enjoyed it in a restaurant and wanted some for home? We did get it, and as this picture and the following entry I put onto our Facebook page - please LIKE us as we have Liked you - attests! Sun's out, the birds are chirping, the red Cardinal birds outside look magnificent in their deep, rich reds ... grand feeling, grand time ...
Last night was great at Cleveland Park Wines with people like Olivia and Karen and Jody Jackman pouring some fine wines from her Winebow portfolio and making this man laugh so contentedly! What fun! Thanks Jody, the CHATEAU JULIEN Monterey County Chardonnay that was buttery and oaky sure was a great treat On Special at only $9.99 a bottle, that will become a regular as so many of our customers still want that oak with butter taste! Cheers, 4/12/2014 Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn
I do love ADAMI Italian Valdobbiadene Prosecco ( cute half-bottle that Brennan Downey sells us at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits and that tastes so silky, so polished, so bright - SO FINE ! Here Kimberly in the starts and stripes shoes with her mother Lulu that makes her own jewelry that she's waering - necklace and earrings - and that is visiting from Palm Springs had the half bottle at the register when I spotted Kimberly's FABulous shoes and ADAMI Prosecco and asked if we could take a picture for our Facebook page? They both agreed, approved of the pictures - and VOILA, here we are on Thursday late afternoon at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits in Cleveland Park , Northwest Washington D.C., 20008, a ' happenin' place ' - together : Kimberly has been shopping with us now for about a year - thanks Kimberly and Lulu, and thanks -gracias Sifredo for taking these pictures with your phone and sending them to me on this Thursday - a drop-dead gorgeous warm, breezy, bright, sunny baby-blue-skies, some puffy whites, too ... a wonderful day! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 4/10/2014
Pictured above from left to right : Danny Haas with the bottle of the 2012 " Cuvee Theo " from DOMAINE WEINBACH Alsace dry Riesling on his head, Meaghan Frank of KONSTANTIN FRANK New York State Finger Lakes wines, holding a bottle, and me holding a bottle of her father's, Willi Frank's sparkling dry wines - one of five that they make told me Meaghan.
Cheers, what fun that was to see them both on this official first day of spring, Thursday, March 20th, 2014 when Dmitri Curbet brought her by from Nice Legs Imports and, as I was tasting with Danny Haas and Sal Furfari a selection of perhaps twenty-five or so wines from Vineyard Brands they started to walk out and wave to me ' bye bye ', and I quickly went over to them to say ' hello ' and find out who the young lady with Dmitri was? I had to initiate this and I discovered that she was a family member of the DR. KONSTANTIN FRANK New York State wines and I immediately turned things around, saying to Danny and Sal, and also Oscar Losama one of the owners of VOILA Collection imports that I had to try Meaghan's wines before they left! ...
It was whirlwind of activity and I felt super-charged at the moment and Meaghan that was holding a bottle of the LEUWIN Western Australian dry Riesling in her hands - the one with a green frog on the label and some bottle-age now - as she had just returned from living in Australia for awhile - Meaghan smiled and we moved quickly over to our tasting table as Danny and Sal packed and I realized I still had to try Danny's red french Crozes hermitage Syrah ,- I split it in two and offered half to Meaghan , half for me, Danny joined us - and we were off after Sal took this picture above of the three of us! Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Friday now, March 21st, 2014 ...
And Giuseppecarlo, ... the Daffodils did open, driving home last night on Rock Creek Parkway early last night I saw a large clump of them on my right on the banks that were open wide and frilly and round and cupped and festive : smiled broadly seeing these intense Cadmium yellow daffodils like this on the first official day of spring ! AND : speaking of yellow - a more subtle version of it - the DOMAINE WEINBACH 20120 dry Alsace Riesling, 13.5% alcohol by volume, the " Cuvee Theo from Laurence Faller and her family was everything I wanted last night when enjoying the peace and comfort - and yet animation of our home with my daughter and wife! Cheers, thanks Danny Haas, Sal Furfari, Laurence Faller. It was special indeed. More on that soon! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 3/21/2014
We had this marvelous opening of the movie : " Where The Wild Things Are " / Maurice Sendak - at the Uptown Theater across the street from Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits and I was lucky enough to go over and meet one of the ladies involved and post this quick note with some pictures I took. I remember being invited by my daughter a couple of years ago to go read Maurice's story in French to her 2nd grade class of students. I would first read a page in French and then she would read the same page in English. It was quite a tongue-teaser-, and it tied my tongue and mouth as I struggled to get - to make the right sounds and get the same feeling and emotion of the words. It was no easy feat. We should have had a trial run. I should have read it a couple of times out loud by myself and then read it to her class. It went amazingly well anyway. We all had fun, many questions were asked of me. I enjoyed it, too. Some of the parents of the children were there and listened to me do this. I'd do it again. Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 3/20/2014
" You're Tony, right? " Diane asked me as she approached me. I said : " Yes. " smiling at her, recognizing her : both of us smiling now at one another. Diane went on to tell me that she had met Nelson the son of Santos that had worked here awhile and that was now in charge of the wine department in another D.C. liquor-wine store over in Adams Morgan I believe. She told me that she had met him at the store and that he had made a really good recommendation to her. She said that she was surprised and pleased to know that someone so young would know so much about wine. They got to talking and she told Nelson that she shopped here and that I usually helped her. Nelson said that he had learned a lot while working here from me. I said to Diane that Nelson was quite interested in learning about wine and that he had really applied himself to the task here. She said that I had taught him well. All great things to hear. I told Diane that I would tell Santos about this, that Santos would be happy and proud to hear this. Cheers Diane. Thanks for sharing this. I appreciate that. Nice to share. I sold Diane a bottle of the RED TREE California Pinot Noir, $9.99 to try? I told her it was balanced and light-bodied. Now I have to wait and see how Diane liked it? Take care, Happy Saint Patty's Day all! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 3/15/2014
Mike Cavanagh was also tasting Brazil's SALTON HARMONIZA Serra Gaucha wines!
Elizabeth, Fatima, Tony ( me ) , and Melissa 2/28/2014 @ Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits on Friday night 9 5-8PM ) on February 28th, 2014 : Brazil, Columbia's, Trinidad's and the Dominican Republic's Carnaval! Oh yeah!! TONY 3/5/2014
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Cleveland Park Wine & Spirits It sure was fun Elizabeth. I enjoyed our conversation and our mini wine-tasting and between Fatima and myself we got you to try some ' new ' things. Hope you had a great weekend and I look forward to our next visit together. You both are the best and it was a delight to bounce ideas off of you both, speak of Kevin Bacon, of James Spader, of the movie " White Palace with him and Susan Sarandon, ... of Italian wines like Chianti, of the SALTON Tannat dry red , $11.99 from Serra Gaucha to try ( have you yet? ) that was just featured this morning in today's Washington Post Food section wine article by writer Dave McIntyre. Dave used to shop and buy wine from me at Cleveland Park Wines and he saw it on our shelves and said he had samples to taste. I told him then how good it was. That was a couple of weeks' ago before he dined at Ripple with John-Paul. Small world as John Paul came by soon after and said he was headed to Ripple to meet and dine with Dave. Love it, cheers Elizabeth. See you both soon. TONY 3/5/2014
Liz and Ryan brought Matt and Carol-Ann from North Carolina to the store after 8 PM and said : " You're still tasting wine, right?!? ", and I, with my coat on and ready to head out the door said : " No. That's over. " Ryan persisted with : " We brought our good friends visiting us to meet you. " Turns out that Ryan and Matt and Carol-Ann go way back, growing up together and that this was their first visit to Washington D.C. to visit Ryan and Liz. I pulled out the wine that was left from Amy Troutmiller's selections : a delicious dry Veneto Riesling Italico from Italy, $13.99 and we started there and proceeded to the Bardolino dry red from Veneto, Italy and the Spanish red Bobal and with these two reds I said : " Looks like you guys are screwed because it's always ' Ladies first ' and there's just enough for Liz and Carol-Ann. " They sighed, and Carol-Ann said : " Suck it up! " , and I responded : " Wow, I like Carol-Ann! " and smiled. I did have some of the ' aged ' LEBLON Cacacha from Brazil to pour them all and spoke about Fatima's tasting and Brazil's Carnaval last night and the tasting. Ryan said : " I told you so! We should have come last night! " I tasted them also on the ALEXANDRE Pedro Ximenez sherry, $32.99, they loved it and bought a bottle for Carol-Ann's father I think? Then I said : " Wait Liz, I have something special for you and I went to get the green LEBLON shiny beads' necklace for her and Carol-Ann amd both Ryan and Matt put them over the necks of Liz and Carol-Ann. Matt took this ' selfie ' of us all. We had a blast. Chatted, bonded, enjoyed. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 3/12014
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Are you all Bobalians?!? WELL : Her'es your chance , JOIN Amy Troutmiller of the Diamond District Wines portfolio later today, Saturday, March 1st, 2014 from 2-6PM and Amy and I will explain.
There are TWO WAYS to become a Bobalian, or part of the exclusive Bobalian Society :
1) Study Bobal academically for two years and take the test,
OR :
2) Drink only Bobal for two weeks straight and then automatically qualify to become a Bobalian.
DO YOU KNOW which most people choose? Come and find out. We promise that you will be pleased/delighted/amused/ educated / enlightened. Cheers, NO CHARGE, JOIN US, get what you need before the storm. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 3/1/2014
What a really fun moment with Farida when she came in search of the ANTON BAUER Rosenberg Gruner Veltliner, $17.99 from Austria and I got it for her after much discussion about Austrian wines ( she also bought a liter bottle of the HUGL Austrian Gruner Veltliner, $10.99 - both that she is holding in her hands ), and she stopped at our tasting table where Enrico was waiting patiently for me to return - I had just gone into conniptions over his 2007 Amarone red that had the whole field, the whole barn, all the vineyards and the dried grapes and whatever else in the bouquet that turned into a lush and lulling lullaby of sounds in tastes and textures and patterns woven and burned and melted and draped and dangled and teased and pleased over my palate in a three-ring circus format of tastes - WOW! I was at heaven-on-earth! - ... and Farida asked what we were tasting? I told her and asked Enrico if he could share them with Farida? he quickly responded and said if it was alright with me? Fardida also LOVED the Amarone and also LOVED the Vin Santo. The Barbaresco was leaner and more closed and in need of a meal to make it totally blossom. It was such a wonderful serendipitous moment the three of us shared : thanks - grazie Enrico and Farida. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Friday, February 21st, 2014 ... TONY
I went to the Hula Girl/Pulpo restaurant a couple of night's ago and met Kyra the bartender and ordered some takeout to enjoy while watching the Olympics and American Idol. Still have not seen the last Downton Abbey episode! Anyway, the whole chicken and the spam appetizer were both savory, delicious, and in the case of the chicken, finger-licking delicious as I had to ' dive in ' and saturate my palate and senses in all the secret flavors, herbs and spices! I saw Dave Hansen the general manager and he and I walked down Cleveland Park, he heading to CVS, me to my car with my bag of enticing smells and aromas wafting up and out on this cool evening. Saw and talked with Steven and his girlfriend. They decided to try it that night smelling the flavors of the chicken drifting up and surrounding us as we chatted. I said : " Ask for Sean the waiter, meet Kyra the bartender and try her Mango soda and Passion-fruit drink. " They did, too, I saw them both here last night. They enjoyed enormously the experience. said Sean was excellent and said they enjoyed meeting the " hula girl " herself that came out to introduce herself. They said that they pretty much closed the restaurant down. A good experience had by all I would venture. Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 2/20/14
Sal Furfari comes by to taste the SEGHESIO Barbera and the PERRIN Cotes-Du-Rhone, as I start with the PERRON our customers from yesterday, Daniel from Bogota, Columbi and Maria from Juiz de Fora, a 2-hour drive from Rio de Janeiro come by. I ask them : " How are you today? How was the wine? " Daniel said that they were both fine. Maria said that they had just seen the newborn baby Panda at our National Zoo up the street. All smiles. I notice her metallic silver and bronze earrings that remind me of the holidays and Christmas trees. Daniel then says about the wine from last night that I recommended : " You know, i was good but it could have been thicker. Maria said immediately : " I liked it. " That's when Daniel said again that the wine was good, he just wanted a bigger mouth-feel. I understand. I had recommended the VAVARRO CORREAS Mendoza, Argentinian Cabernet Sauvignon " Colleccion Privada". Then I went back to taste with Sal , picked up my glass of PERRON and said : " Excuse me. " I had to tell Maria I liked her earrings. I did, too. But first I asked Daniel his name, then Maria's? Then I invited them to taste the two wines of Sal. " You have enough wine Sal, you don't mind?! " " Not at all. " said Sal as they approached the table and we tasted together, Maria liked better the PERRIN, both Daniel and I preferred better the SEGHESIO. Daniel told me that he had worked in Toronto, Ontario at a liquor, beer and wins shop called LCTSO for less than a year, that both he and Maria were living there and going to school there now . Nice, I showed Maria the SALTON Tannat dry red from Barsil, $11.9. My face lit up when she told me she was from Brasil. She knew the wine, had not tasted it. It was a great serendipitous ' moment ' for the four of us. Thanks Sal, gracias Daniel, obregado Maria. I loved it all! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Wednesday, Feb. 19th, 2014 here in Cleveland Park, Northwest Washington D.C., 20008, 202-363-4265 ... nice all around. TONY
LOVE this movie ... " I'm just a girl ... asking a boy ... to love her " sez Julia Roberts, could also be : " I'm just a boy ... asking a girl ... to love him. " And,to be accurate it can also be : " I'm just a girl ... asking a girl ... to love her. ", or : " I'm just a boy ... asking a boy ... to love him. " It all works for me, cheers all, Happy Valentine's Day! TONY 2/14/14
" I'd like to place a delivery order . " said Carphik. " Okay. " I said. " What can I get you? " " I'd like a bottle of EFFEN vodka. " Carphik replied. " I think that's enough. " he added , knowing that we had a $30 dollar minimum to make deliveries. I had to check the bottle price. It was On Special for $29.99! I returned. I said : " It's Valentine's Day so we will let you slide on the one cent! " He liked that. Then I mentioned that he might want to order some sparkling wine or some port or anything. He thought about it, thanked me but said finally : " I might be in the dog house but that's all I want. " Okay Carphik, I did try. Cheers, Happy Valentines' Day to you. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 2/14/14
" It's a sign . " I just went over an hour or so ago to introduce myself to Mikala Brennan the ' Hula Girl ' and we got to talking about the significance of February 11th, 2014 being the 50-year anniversary of the Beatles' singing here for the very first time : " I Want To Hold Your Hand " ' live ' in the United States. Mikala said she knew all about it as her mother hand flown on the same Pan Am transcontinental flight when the Beatles came into New York a couple of days earlier. I need to hear more about that. I will have time as Mikala will be cooking her authentic Hawaiian food in the Pulpo space starting on Friday for the next six weeks! That's a sign, more time to get to know her, taste and enjoy her food, and find out more about that fateful, wonderful flight of her mother's that must have been FAB4ulous! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Tuesday, Feb. 11th, 2014 ...
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" May I help you? " I asked Laure. " Yes. " she said with a smile and relief as she looked at our American white wine selections. " I need something for tonight for a Chinese New Year's celebration. A white wine. " " Okay. What do you want to spend? What do you not want to spend over? " Laure pauses, a slight pain in her expression. " Certainly not more than $20, $15 would be really nice. But definitely not a Riesling! " "I pause a couple of seconds and say : " They make dry Riesling that you would like, and would go really well with your celebration tonight. " " Really?! " answers Laure with surprise. " Really. " I say. " I've got a New Zealand FORREST Estate 2004 Dry Riesling On Special for $14.99 that was normally $28.99 a bottle. " I walk over to show here. " I don't want to argue with the expert. You're the expert. " I smile and reach for the bottle and say : " This is a discussion, no need to argue. " I explain more and Laure says : " This won't me look bad? " I said : " Certainly not. It will make you look great. Trust me, why would I want to sell you a bottle that did anything but that? " I continued : " This is a really important occasion and I want you to shine. " I smiled. Laure seemed okay with this and went to pay. I had thought whether we had a bottle with an image or reference to a horse on it for $15 but could not think of anything quickly enough. I told her about John Forrest the owner and said that horses were quite comfortable in the forrest! Now we just have to wait and see : will Laure start a new lore about herself and this evening when she brings this FORREST Estate 2004 Riesling from Marlborough, New Zealand to her evening celebration tonight, Saturday February 1st, 20014 ... the Year of The Horse ... cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 2/1/14
" Tony! " Jagir at the register calls out to me as I type here. " I come out of the office and see Nan holding a copy of the Washington Post Food Wednesday newspaper and she points to a spot and says : " Do you have this? " She's got the wine column of Dave McIntyre open to that page that he wrote about Bordeaux wines. She's pointing to the CHATEAU LA COUDRAIE Bordeaux 2010 Vignobles Jolivet Mis en bouteille au chateau, $13.99, 13.5% alcohol that Dave mentions. I say : " Yes! " Nan perks up, happy with my answer. I walk to the display by our tasting table and hand her a bottle. I tell her it's really good. She smiles again and asks : " Do you have more? " I say " Yes " again and tell her that we are running low but have more on order. She tells me that if she likes it she will be back for more. I feel sure that we will see Nan again asking for more LA COUDRAIE Bordeaux red that we get from our salesperson Mark Congdon of J.W. Sieg that brought it around about two months ago for us to try. Thanks Mark, thanks Dave, thanks Nan! Cheers on this brisk, bright, cold and refreshing Thursday morning here in Cleveland Park, Northwest Washington D.C. 20008 on January 30th, 2014. TONY ... and later after Nan leaves Jagir shouts out to me : " Tony, the coffee's ready! " Thanks Jagir, I am looking forward to that
." You're my hero! " the long, wavy haired blond just smiled back at me as she walked to the front of the store. It all stated a second earlier : " Tony! Someone here to see you. " said Michel. Then the blond said to me : " Were you ever able to get me a champagne bucket?!? " I said : Yes. But where have you been? " as I reached into the office for the CODORNIU clear plastic , transparent buckets I got from CODORNIU Spanish Cava haouse especially for her and other in late December 2013. She said : " I've been sick. " Well, at last she has here sparkling wine bucket. " It's free, Tell them at the register that ' Tony gave it to you' ". Cheers. Have a great day on this ' heat-wave afternoon ' here! TONY 1/31/14
Cinzano? " Doug responded when I asked him if he needed any help. I said : " Over here, we usually have it. " He said : " The red, good, and a bottle of the white. " He smiled, Doug was happy. he wanted to browse to see what he would blend with the Cinzano, $9.99 a bottle, the Rosso, established 1757! That's some time! He came by the tasting table a few minutes later holding also a bottle of the RANSOM Old Tom Gin Alambic Pot Distillation, Heart Cuts, Batch No. 39 Bottle # 0875 ... and said : " This is hard to find. Happy to find it . " He was happy , Doug was, big smile. " Brandy? " he said. I walked him up and I showed him the section and the GAUTIER VS Cognac, $23.99 , and he grabbed a bottle after some more discussion. He said : " This is about what I can carry. " He walked to the register and we said ' bye bye'. Cheers Doug! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/31/14
As I walked into the store just a few minutes ago to start my day I passed Sue and asked her if I could help her? She said : " Where are your Riojas? " I go to the rack and look for the buff,red-labelled Rioja we get and charge $11-$12 a bottle for and do not find it. I say that some of the fancier Rioja wines are on the left wall with the other Spanish reds. Sue takes a look and says that she is looking for something more " everyday. " I walk up to the front display and tell her I have a Temranillo from Ribera Del Duero that is heartier and more flavorful for this cold weather for $9.99? I also say we have, as she catches up to me, a Tempranillo from Spain On Special for $6.99 that drinks more like an everyday Rioja? I also mention the MARQUES DE ZENETE with the classic Rioja mesh wrap in gold, but that's from Valencia for $9.99 a bottle. " I'll take two of those. " says Sue. At the register we exchange names and I tell her more about the Tempranillo being the key grape in Rioja. Sue responds : ' That's why I come here. I learn something each time. " She smiles as she says this. Then adds : " I love the Loire sparkling wines I get here. " I say that I love those as well. We both grin. I ask her where she's from? Sue says : " You'll never guess? ...the UK. " I respond : " I thought so. Where in the UK? " " The south she responds. " I quickly add; " That's where they are making such fine sparkling wines, a French-Anglo effort, quite expensive. You have to pay about fifty a bottle or more I say. " " I've heard. " Sue responds. We both have not tried them yet. I tell her she needs to try them sometime, to spurge on one when she gets the chance. That was a great way to start this cold, bright, blue skies, cold and windy Thursday morning here in Cleveland Park, January 30th, 2014! Cheers, TONY
" I'm looking for some sour beer, what do you have? " said Rob to me. Santos at the register overheard him when I turned to ask Santos what was currently in stock. " There Tony, by your knees, see the case? " said Santos. he was pointing to the case of DUCHESE DE BOURGOGNE 750ml , On Special for $10.99 a 750ml bottle. " It just came back. The supplier has been out for awhile. " said Santos. When Rob and Jennifer saw this their eyes lit up and they smiled, cried for joy! They were both so happy! " I'll take four bottles " Rob said, and I said : " And they are cold enough for you to enjoy now. " I said as they had just arrived and it's really still cold outside. Jennifer said : " I'll be back to buy more for Rob's birthday. " I asked if she would come for them? " I am! I have to! He likes them so much. I have to support neighborhood business. " I like that, I like that a lot. Thanks Rob and Jennifer. Glad we could help you on this cold Wednesday afternoon here in our fabulous Cleveland Park neighborhood, 20008! Cheers, TONY 1/29/14
" Lorraine?! " I heard Andrew the manager of Firehook Bakery shout out. I passed him, stopped and smiled as he was looking down at the counter working on an order I suppose was for Lorraine? I say " Quiche. " Andrew looks puzzled and says : " Quiche? " I say after a pause , with a big smile on my face : " Lorraine. " He smiles, and says : " A wise guy! " as he looks down again at what we was working on, and I move along to get here to work! Cheers Andrew, see you soon! TONY 1/29/14
" It's a sign . " I just went over an hour or so ago to introduce myself to Mikala Brennan the ' Hula Girl ' and we got to talking about the significance of February 11th, 2014 being the 50-year anniversary of the Beatles' singing here for the very first time : " I Want To Hold Your Hand " ' live ' in the United States. Mikala said she knew all about it as her mother hand flown on the same Pan Am transcontinental flight when the Beatles came into New York a couple of days earlier. I need to hear more about that. I will have time as Mikala will be cooking her authentic Hawaiian food in the Pulpo space starting on Friday for the next six weeks! That's a sign, more time to get to know her, taste and enjoy her food, and find out more about that fateful, wonderful flight of her mother's that must have been FAB4ulous! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Tuesday, Feb. 11th, 2014 ...
" May I help you? " I asked Laure. " Yes. " she said with a smile and relief as she looked at our American white wine selections. " I need something for tonight for a Chinese New Year's celebration. A white wine. " " Okay. What do you want to spend? What do you not want to spend over? " Laure pauses, a slight pain in her expression. " Certainly not more than $20, $15 would be really nice. But definitely not a Riesling! " "I pause a couple of seconds and say : " They make dry Riesling that you would like, and would go really well with your celebration tonight. " " Really?! " answers Laure with surprise. " Really. " I say. " I've got a New Zealand FORREST Estate 2004 Dry Riesling On Special for $14.99 that was normally $28.99 a bottle. " I walk over to show here. " I don't want to argue with the expert. You're the expert. " I smile and reach for the bottle and say : " This is a discussion, no need to argue. " I explain more and Laure says : " This won't me look bad? " I said : " Certainly not. It will make you look great. Trust me, why would I want to sell you a bottle that did anything but that? " I continued : " This is a really important occasion and I want you to shine. " I smiled. Laure seemed okay with this and went to pay. I had thought whether we had a bottle with an image or reference to a horse on it for $15 but could not think of anything quickly enough. I told her about John Forrest the owner and said that horses were quite comfortable in the forrest! Now we just have to wait and see : will Laure start a new lore about herself and this evening when she brings this FORREST Estate 2004 Riesling from Marlborough, New Zealand to her evening celebration tonight, Saturday February 1st, 20014 ... the Year of The Horse ... cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 2/1/14
" Tony! " Jagir at the register calls out to me as I type here. " I come out of the office and see Nan holding a copy of the Washington Post Food Wednesday newspaper and she points to a spot and says : " Do you have this? " She's got the wine column of Dave McIntyre open to that page that he wrote about Bordeaux wines. She's pointing to the CHATEAU LA COUDRAIE Bordeaux 2010 Vignobles Jolivet Mis en bouteille au chateau, $13.99, 13.5% alcohol that Dave mentions. I say : " Yes! " Nan perks up, happy with my answer. I walk to the display by our tasting table and hand her a bottle. I tell her it's really good. She smiles again and asks : " Do you have more? " I say " Yes " again and tell her that we are running low but have more on order. She tells me that if she likes it she will be back for more. I feel sure that we will see Nan again asking for more LA COUDRAIE Bordeaux red that we get from our salesperson Mark Congdon of J.W. Sieg that brought it around about two months ago for us to try. Thanks Mark, thanks Dave, thanks Nan! Cheers on this brisk, bright, cold and refreshing Thursday morning here in Cleveland Park, Northwest Washington D.C. 20008 on January 30th, 2014. TONY ... and later after Nan leaves Jagir shouts out to me : " Tony, the coffee's ready! " Thanks Jagir, I am looking forward to that
." You're my hero! " the long, wavy haired blond just smiled back at me as she walked to the front of the store. It all stated a second earlier : " Tony! Someone here to see you. " said Michel. Then the blond said to me : " Were you ever able to get me a champagne bucket?!? " I said : Yes. But where have you been? " as I reached into the office for the CODORNIU clear plastic , transparent buckets I got from CODORNIU Spanish Cava haouse especially for her and other in late December 2013. She said : " I've been sick. " Well, at last she has here sparkling wine bucket. " It's free, Tell them at the register that ' Tony gave it to you' ". Cheers. Have a great day on this ' heat-wave afternoon ' here! TONY 1/31/14
Cinzano? " Doug responded when I asked him if he needed any help. I said : " Over here, we usually have it. " He said : " The red, good, and a bottle of the white. " He smiled, Doug was happy. he wanted to browse to see what he would blend with the Cinzano, $9.99 a bottle, the Rosso, established 1757! That's some time! He came by the tasting table a few minutes later holding also a bottle of the RANSOM Old Tom Gin Alambic Pot Distillation, Heart Cuts, Batch No. 39 Bottle # 0875 ... and said : " This is hard to find. Happy to find it . " He was happy , Doug was, big smile. " Brandy? " he said. I walked him up and I showed him the section and the GAUTIER VS Cognac, $23.99 , and he grabbed a bottle after some more discussion. He said : " This is about what I can carry. " He walked to the register and we said ' bye bye'. Cheers Doug! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/31/14
." You're my hero! " the long, wavy haired blond just smiled back at me as she walked to the front of the store. It all stated a second earlier : " Tony! Someone here to see you. " said Michel. Then the blond said to me : " Were you ever able to get me a champagne bucket?!? " I said : Yes. But where have you been? " as I reached into the office for the CODORNIU clear plastic , transparent buckets I got from CODORNIU Spanish Cava haouse especially for her and other in late December 2013. She said : " I've been sick. " Well, at last she has here sparkling wine bucket. " It's free, Tell them at the register that ' Tony gave it to you' ". Cheers. Have a great day on this ' heat-wave afternoon ' here! TONY 1/31/14
Cinzano? " Doug responded when I asked him if he needed any help. I said : " Over here, we usually have it. " He said : " The red, good, and a bottle of the white. " He smiled, Doug was happy. he wanted to browse to see what he would blend with the Cinzano, $9.99 a bottle, the Rosso, established 1757! That's some time! He came by the tasting table a few minutes later holding also a bottle of the RANSOM Old Tom Gin Alambic Pot Distillation, Heart Cuts, Batch No. 39 Bottle # 0875 ... and said : " This is hard to find. Happy to find it . " He was happy , Doug was, big smile. " Brandy? " he said. I walked him up and I showed him the section and the GAUTIER VS Cognac, $23.99 , and he grabbed a bottle after some more discussion. He said : " This is about what I can carry. " He walked to the register and we said ' bye bye'. Cheers Doug! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/31/14
As I walked into the store just a few minutes ago to start my day I passed Sue and asked her if I could help her? She said : " Where are your Riojas? " I go to the rack and look for the buff,red-labelled Rioja we get and charge $11-$12 a bottle for and do not find it. I say that some of the fancier Rioja wines are on the left wall with the other Spanish reds. Sue takes a look and says that she is looking for something more " everyday. " I walk up to the front display and tell her I have a Temranillo from Ribera Del Duero that is heartier and more flavorful for this cold weather for $9.99? I also say we have, as she catches up to me, a Tempranillo from Spain On Special for $6.99 that drinks more like an everyday Rioja? I also mention the MARQUES DE ZENETE with the classic Rioja mesh wrap in gold, but that's from Valencia for $9.99 a bottle. " I'll take two of those. " says Sue. At the register we exchange names and I tell her more about the Tempranillo being the key grape in Rioja. Sue responds : ' That's why I come here. I learn something each time. " She smiles as she says this. Then adds : " I love the Loire sparkling wines I get here. " I say that I love those as well. We both grin. I ask her where she's from? Sue says : " You'll never guess? ...the UK. " I respond : " I thought so. Where in the UK? " " The south she responds. " I quickly add; " That's where they are making such fine sparkling wines, a French-Anglo effort, quite expensive. You have to pay about fifty a bottle or more I say. " " I've heard. " Sue responds. We both have not tried them yet. I tell her she needs to try them sometime, to spurge on one when she gets the chance. That was a great way to start this cold, bright, blue skies, cold and windy Thursday morning here in Cleveland Park, January 30th, 2014! Cheers, TONY
" I'm looking for some sour beer, what do you have? " said Rob to me. Santos at the register overheard him when I turned to ask Santos what was currently in stock. " There Tony, by your knees, see the case? " said Santos. he was pointing to the case of DUCHESE DE BOURGOGNE 750ml , On Special for $10.99 a 750ml bottle. " It just came back. The supplier has been out for awhile. " said Santos. When Rob and Jennifer saw this their eyes lit up and they smiled, cried for joy! They were both so happy! " I'll take four bottles " Rob said, and I said : " And they are cold enough for you to enjoy now. " I said as they had just arrived and it's really still cold outside. Jennifer said : " I'll be back to buy more for Rob's birthday. " I asked if she would come for them? " I am! I have to! He likes them so much. I have to support neighborhood business. " I like that, I like that a lot. Thanks Rob and Jennifer. Glad we could help you on this cold Wednesday afternoon here in our fabulous Cleveland Park neighborhood, 20008! Cheers, TONY 1/29/14
" Lorraine?! " I heard Andrew the manager of Firehook Bakery shout out. I passed him, stopped and smiled as he was looking down at the counter working on an order I suppose was for Lorraine? I say " Quiche. " Andrew looks puzzled and says : " Quiche? " I say after a pause , with a big smile on my face : " Lorraine. " He smiles, and says : " A wise guy! " as he looks down again at what we was working on, and I move along to get here to work! Cheers Andrew, see you soon! TONY 1/29/14
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FUNNY! Sue, I just arranged the AIRLIE 2011 Riesling, $16.99, Estate Bottled Willamette Valley, and the dry 2012 Willamette Valley, $16.99, 13.5% alcohol by volume Gewurztraminer on our tasting table as they are ideal to fight this cutting-freezing-breaking cold and wind of this week. We even have a bottle or two of the Estate-Bottled 2009 Muller Thurgau Willamette Valley, Oregon dry white, $16.99, as well here : all available now for sale! Why don't we set up a tasting of Mary's wines for Thursday, April 3rd, 2014 from 5-8PM? That works for us. Let me know if that is still okay with you all? What a great surprise for today!
35 minutes ago Sue K Shay
Hi Tony! Mary Olson, owner of Airlie Winery, will be in DC for Pinot in the City on April 2nd. She will be working with Oscar Mar 31, Apr 1 and 3 and would love to do a tasting in your shop. Would there be an opening for her on any of the above dates? Cheers!
Lee just came by for his Monkey Shoulder Mixes Scotch Whiskey and his Saint Germain Elderflower and was off to have a burger at the DINO bar hearing how good it was. I said that it was, and that the bacon burger was supposed to be even better! I need to try it myself. Enjoy your burger at DINO Lee! Have a great weekend! It was our second request for Monkey Shoulder in an hour here! That's good, it's good. All is good when you have good customers like Lee that come to see us and say " hello ." TONY 1/25/14
Katarina just came by and we kidded about being brave enough to be out tonight and brave the elements. I congratulated her. We both smiled. She asked me if we still had any of the Chianti that we tasted a couple of weeks ago? She and Paul loved it, so did their friends. I went back and showed her the BUCCIA NERA Guarniente Chianti 2011? She said before that : " It cost around $13 a bottle? " She saw the bottle and was happy as it was the one. She asked me how much I had? I said three more bottles.
Will you save them for me. I'm going to dinner and do not want to carry them with me? " I said : " Sure". All good. Good to see you and we will see Paul later. Cheers, TONY 1/28/14
FUNNY! Sue, I just arranged the AIRLIE 2011 Riesling, $16.99, Estate Bottled Willamette Valley, and the dry 2012 Willamette Valley, $16.99, 13.5% alcohol by volume Gewurztraminer on our tasting table as they are ideal to fight this cutting-freezing-breaking cold and wind of this week. We even have a bottle or two of the Estate-Bottled 2009 Muller Thurgau Willamette Valley, Oregon dry white, $16.99, as well here : all available now for sale! Why don't we set up a tasting of Mary's wines for Thursday, April 3rd, 2014 from 5-8PM? That works for us. Let me know if that is still okay with you all? What a great surprise for today!
35 minutes ago Sue K Shay
Hi Tony! Mary Olson, owner of Airlie Winery, will be in DC for Pinot in the City on April 2nd. She will be working with Oscar Mar 31, Apr 1 and 3 and would love to do a tasting in your shop. Would there be an opening for her on any of the above dates? Cheers!
Lee just came by for his Monkey Shoulder Mixes Scotch Whiskey and his Saint Germain Elderflower and was off to have a burger at the DINO bar hearing how good it was. I said that it was, and that the bacon burger was supposed to be even better! I need to try it myself. Enjoy your burger at DINO Lee! Have a great weekend! It was our second request for Monkey Shoulder in an hour here! That's good, it's good. All is good when you have good customers like Lee that come to see us and say " hello ." TONY 1/25/14
Katarina just came by and we kidded about being brave enough to be out tonight and brave the elements. I congratulated her. We both smiled. She asked me if we still had any of the Chianti that we tasted a couple of weeks ago? She and Paul loved it, so did their friends. I went back and showed her the BUCCIA NERA Guarniente Chianti 2011? She said before that : " It cost around $13 a bottle? " She saw the bottle and was happy as it was the one. She asked me how much I had? I said three more bottles.
Will you save them for me. I'm going to dinner and do not want to carry them with me? " I said : " Sure". All good. Good to see you and we will see Paul later. Cheers, TONY 1/28/14
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Message for Peter Anastopolos : Hello Peter! An old customer of yours, Sandy was just in talking to Santos and asking for you. He called me over and I invited Sandy, her daughter Alex, and her friend Mark to come taste some of the TABLAS CREEK Vineyard 2011 " Patelin de Tablas " dry red Paso Robles blend, $24.99, 13.7% alcohol that they loved! Sandy lived on Porter Street and used to have you mix her up cases of wine. She asked all about you, wanted to know how you were, if you are still in the wine business? It was nice to talk to her and to taste the TABLAS CREEK Vineyard's red and then the PALA Sardinian dry red made from the Monica grape, $18.99 that they did not like at all! Sandy asked about Vace? Is Vace still around? Yes I said! They had a lovely dinner just now at Ripple restaurant. All good. Smiles all around, shaking hands, and Mark loved our selection, first time he's been here. Sandy said leaving : " So glad to see you are still here! " YOU BET, Sandy we're still here, and HERE TO STAY! Cheers, happy weekend, happy Saturday, happy New Year, nice meeting you three and thinking of you, too Peter. Cheers, best to Jim. TONY
" I wasn't trying to cheat on you guys, I promise! This is it when I arrived! " said Jen with a smile and a broad sweep of her hands in the front of the store. " You've got the vodka I want! " That's the ALASKA DISTILLERY " Buzz " Honey vodka, $35.99 a bottle. " I could not remember where I got it. I've been to four other stores! " continued Jen. " Do you sell soda water? " she asked me. I said : " Yes " and showed her where it was. " Jen replied : " Vodka, Saint Germain Elderflower and soda water! " with a big smile on her face as she approached our register. " Success" we say with a broad smile on our faces. Cheers Jen, thanks for shopping here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits. Have a great day and weekend. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/25/14
" Baby You're a firework! " sings Katy Perry - as I announce : " OPEN the doors! Ryan Aldridge is here now from the Blue Mountain Brewery and setting up his beer tasting of fine Virginia beers for you all. Ryan said : " We were the first to put beer in cans in Virginia and it's really big here in D.C. " We know, a lot of our customers like it this way. Come taste NOW - AHORA - AGORA - MAINTENANT - here. aqui, ici ... WITH, CON, AVEC , QUI ... RYAN!!!! Cheers, TONY 5-8PM, 1/24/14
" Will see you again in another couple of month! " said Jeff with a big smile just outside our front door , in full January sunlight - temperatures at 20 degrees or so - as he held his assorted case of wines. " We started earlier when he walked in and said to me : " I'd like some whites, I always trust your recommendations and those of Dave McIntyre for The Washington Post : together you both do pretty good. " He then added : " I'd like the wines to be between $10-$15 a bottle, mostly whites , some reds. " So I took Jeff around and showed him some " unusual wines, not the most obvious ", using his words and we got some Roussanne, Vermentino, ViognierTocia, Zilavka, Sultaniye blends from Moldova, Turkey, Argentina and France for Jeff to try. The red Bordeaux wine that Dave wrote up, too we included for $13.99, a 2010 - delicious! A fun assortment! Cheers, great to see you Jeff. See you again in 2 months! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/24/14
Just saw Jocelyn over at Pulpo. A I walked in to say hello to Dave and wish him well with his big, dinner with people flying in just for it! LOVE it, what a treat for everyone tonight! Go by, take advantage of their luncheon today : ALL you can eat, maybe also the Restaurant Week menu ( ? ! ? ), I'm not sure, but VALUE, TASTY, and specials - deep discounts on the bottles of beer and wine when you buy a meal! Cheers, COME SEE US, too : Michel and I are opening some of " OUR FAVORITES ", 1) like the " Reserva " Especial 2012 Pinot Noir , $17.99, Valle de Casablanca , 14% Certified, Carbon Neutral, smells and tastes like Pinot Noir ... 2) Monaca indigenous red grape from PALA at Sardinia - medium-bodied, rich, flavorful, distinct, .... 3) 2011 Patelin de Tables , a dry red blend of 52% Syrah, 29% Grenache, 18% Mourvedre, 1% Counnoise that's light and bright and airy and fruit-driven. These are very fine reds that Michel Dumas and Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Saturday, January 25, 2014. COME TASTE, no charge, everyone welcome, JOIN US! TONY
Making a customer happy with the help of Enrico of Il PIOPPO Imports, and Jagir listens and observes us there in the back as he learns more about the business. He's eager to learn and to do whatever he can to make our customers' experiences all that they can be. Thanks Jagir. It's nice working with you. The two bottles that our customer is holding here he bought and I asked Enrico to sign them for him : a Rabosa indigenous red grape variety from Veneto, Italy : and a delicious Moscato D"asti from the Piemonte that Enrico had open then for tasting. It all just came together smoothly. Cheers, TONY 1/24/14
" I'm making a Cin-Cin : says Margaret as she asks me where our vermouths are? That's pronounced " chin Chin " and it comes from her friends introducing her to the Cinzano dry and sweet vermouth from Italy, $9.99 a 750ml bottle. Nancy likes to blend the tow , the dry and the sweet together and add a splash of lemon and that's her drink that she and her husband introduced Margaret to. Margaret lives here, Nancy and her husband live in Maryland. Margaret prefers mixing half-and-half the MARTINI and ROSSI dry and sweet vermouth, $8.99 a 750ml bottle together with a splash of lemon! FUN. I like this. Margaret does not know if anyone else likes it, has tried it? She just knows that she likes it. Margarte also tried our VILLA DOLUCA Turkish red and white dry wines when Danielle Davidowitz was here earlier from Dionysos Imports and she liked the dry white Semillon white blend, both costing $9.99, and bought a bottle of it. Thanks Margaret. Cheers to you, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/22/14 PS : It sure is cold here now in Washington D.C. Northwest, 20008 in Cleveland Park! Brrrrrrrr!!!!!
I was answering an email when I looked up from the computer in our office earlier and noticed Rafael and asked him if he needed any help as he stood in the aisle between the French and the Italian wines. He said : " No. " I told him my name was Tony ans that if he had any questions to let me know? I went back to typing a response and around the corner from the keft comes Beca with a big smile on her face saying that she did not know I was in the store and that sh was so happy to see me. I smiled and said the same and asked her to wait a second and I would come out to greet her. She said that she did not want to disturb me from what I was doing. I said that I was almost done and that besides I wanted to say " hello " as I had not seen her in quite some time and wanted to catch up. I stood up and came out seconds later and she smiled broadly as is her fashion and gave me a big hug which I returned. We chatted as I put my lunch away and we talked about our respective jobs before she introduced me to Rafael her colleague and friend and I got the idea to offer them some of the two gins we have open and for sampling : the VIR from Rick Wasmund in Sperryville, Virginia and the FEW from Evanston, Illinois that is atypical and golden in color and that provides quite a contrast to the VIR. Before doing this, however I ragged on Rafael and said : " So this is the gentleman that when I offered at first did not need my help?!? " And then the three of us were off on our adventures of wine and liquor just as if we had known each other already for years. In the case of Beca this was indeed true. In the case of Rafael he just fit right in. It was a fine and serendipitous moment that I greatly enjoyed. Cheers thanks for stopping by you two, happy New Year 2014 on this snowy white day that found you both off from work and thus able to come and see us. I thanks the white snow for this! Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 here now at home at 11:56PM... getting late .... TONY
Message for Peter Anastopolos : Hello Peter! An old customer of yours, Sandy was just in talking to Santos and asking for you. He called me over and I invited Sandy, her daughter Alex, and her friend Mark to come taste some of the TABLAS CREEK Vineyard 2011 " Patelin de Tablas " dry red Paso Robles blend, $24.99, 13.7% alcohol that they loved! Sandy lived on Porter Street and used to have you mix her up cases of wine. She asked all about you, wanted to know how you were, if you are still in the wine business? It was nice to talk to her and to taste the TABLAS CREEK Vineyard's red and then the PALA Sardinian dry red made from the Monica grape, $18.99 that they did not like at all! Sandy asked about Vace? Is Vace still around? Yes I said! They had a lovely dinner just now at Ripple restaurant. All good. Smiles all around, shaking hands, and Mark loved our selection, first time he's been here. Sandy said leaving : " So glad to see you are still here! " YOU BET, Sandy we're still here, and HERE TO STAY! Cheers, happy weekend, happy Saturday, happy New Year, nice meeting you three and thinking of you, too Peter. Cheers, best to Jim. TONY
" I wasn't trying to cheat on you guys, I promise! This is it when I arrived! " said Jen with a smile and a broad sweep of her hands in the front of the store. " You've got the vodka I want! " That's the ALASKA DISTILLERY " Buzz " Honey vodka, $35.99 a bottle. " I could not remember where I got it. I've been to four other stores! " continued Jen. " Do you sell soda water? " she asked me. I said : " Yes " and showed her where it was. " Jen replied : " Vodka, Saint Germain Elderflower and soda water! " with a big smile on her face as she approached our register. " Success" we say with a broad smile on our faces. Cheers Jen, thanks for shopping here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits. Have a great day and weekend. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/25/14
" Baby You're a firework! " sings Katy Perry - as I announce : " OPEN the doors! Ryan Aldridge is here now from the Blue Mountain Brewery and setting up his beer tasting of fine Virginia beers for you all. Ryan said : " We were the first to put beer in cans in Virginia and it's really big here in D.C. " We know, a lot of our customers like it this way. Come taste NOW - AHORA - AGORA - MAINTENANT - here. aqui, ici ... WITH, CON, AVEC , QUI ... RYAN!!!! Cheers, TONY 5-8PM, 1/24/14
" Baby You're a firework! " sings Katy Perry - as I announce : " OPEN the doors! Ryan Aldridge is here now from the Blue Mountain Brewery and setting up his beer tasting of fine Virginia beers for you all. Ryan said : " We were the first to put beer in cans in Virginia and it's really big here in D.C. " We know, a lot of our customers like it this way. Come taste NOW - AHORA - AGORA - MAINTENANT - here. aqui, ici ... WITH, CON, AVEC , QUI ... RYAN!!!! Cheers, TONY 5-8PM, 1/24/14
" Will see you again in another couple of month! " said Jeff with a big smile just outside our front door , in full January sunlight - temperatures at 20 degrees or so - as he held his assorted case of wines. " We started earlier when he walked in and said to me : " I'd like some whites, I always trust your recommendations and those of Dave McIntyre for The Washington Post : together you both do pretty good. " He then added : " I'd like the wines to be between $10-$15 a bottle, mostly whites , some reds. " So I took Jeff around and showed him some " unusual wines, not the most obvious ", using his words and we got some Roussanne, Vermentino, ViognierTocia, Zilavka, Sultaniye blends from Moldova, Turkey, Argentina and France for Jeff to try. The red Bordeaux wine that Dave wrote up, too we included for $13.99, a 2010 - delicious! A fun assortment! Cheers, great to see you Jeff. See you again in 2 months! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/24/14
Making a customer happy with the help of Enrico of Il PIOPPO Imports, and Jagir listens and observes us there in the back as he learns more about the business. He's eager to learn and to do whatever he can to make our customers' experiences all that they can be. Thanks Jagir. It's nice working with you. The two bottles that our customer is holding here he bought and I asked Enrico to sign them for him : a Rabosa indigenous red grape variety from Veneto, Italy : and a delicious Moscato D"asti from the Piemonte that Enrico had open then for tasting. It all just came together smoothly. Cheers, TONY 1/24/14
" I'm making a Cin-Cin : says Margaret as she asks me where our vermouths are? That's pronounced " chin Chin " and it comes from her friends introducing her to the Cinzano dry and sweet vermouth from Italy, $9.99 a 750ml bottle. Nancy likes to blend the tow , the dry and the sweet together and add a splash of lemon and that's her drink that she and her husband introduced Margaret to. Margaret lives here, Nancy and her husband live in Maryland. Margaret prefers mixing half-and-half the MARTINI and ROSSI dry and sweet vermouth, $8.99 a 750ml bottle together with a splash of lemon! FUN. I like this. Margaret does not know if anyone else likes it, has tried it? She just knows that she likes it. Margarte also tried our VILLA DOLUCA Turkish red and white dry wines when Danielle Davidowitz was here earlier from Dionysos Imports and she liked the dry white Semillon white blend, both costing $9.99, and bought a bottle of it. Thanks Margaret. Cheers to you, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/22/14 PS : It sure is cold here now in Washington D.C. Northwest, 20008 in Cleveland Park! Brrrrrrrr!!!!!
As a wine retailer I agree with The Wine Coach and will add : it matters to you, should matter to you, it's your palate, your taste, it's all you have and we should all learn to trust, love and understand, and not fight it. Best to understand that just as the wine is constantly changing as a living thing, so is our palate and taste and the wine and we are all influenced by the temperature, the place, the time, the setting and what is served with and how it is served, and what it is served in? Many variables, many factors. Good to try and understand them, take them in, see and taste the bigger picture if possible. Never fight, work with and maximize the pleasure and the experience. Cheers. I do trust my taste. My greatest pleasure and the greatest complement I get is that I have helped others to do the same. Now that's an admirable goal and achievement. Bravo The Wine Coach! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/19/14
Thanks for sharing this Ana Paula! Drink some CASA VALDUGA, some LIDIO CARRARO, some MIOLO and some SALTON wines from Brazil that we sell. Tell your friends that we sell the wines and the Cachaca like LEBLON, too ... remember that Jody, Krista and Fatima , as well as Mike, and way back Flavius have all tasted these Brazilian products here with you? Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/15/14
Thanks for stopping by yesterday afternoon Klaus ( Wittauer ) . It was great to talk with you and to catch up on Austrian wines and to talk about the future and doing some local D.C. dinners and wine-tastings in 2014 together with Andrew Stover with your wines of ANTON BAUER and LEO HILLINGER, STRAUSS and more. I want to take this time to thanks Jean Gagliolo our rep of old for these fine wines. Jean has done an excellent job representing them here at Cleveland Park Wines and Spirits and we will buy them from you Jean as long as you have any to sell us. Thanks- merci for all your help with the KLAUS WITTAUER portfolio of Austrian wines. Cheers, sante, prost! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/15/14
Here's a SHOUT-OUT to Lise and her dog called Augie, how was the Peking Duck from the City Lights of China that you like so much? This goes back to December 24th, 2013 : " in another lifetime ... : sand Bob Dylan, or so it seems! Life rushes on ... must keep up! TONY 1/1/4/14
Recently for Bill there was some SILVERADO Chardonnay, $19.99 from California, and some Bobal for Cynthia, a dry red TEMPERAMENTO 2010, $17.99, 13.5% alcohol from Spain's Utiel Requena region, a favorite of mine. That was on December 26th, 2013 : seems so long ago! Happy New Year to you both Cynthia and Bill. How were the two wines? Everybody like them? Cheers, TONY 1/14/14
Thanks Maggie for your call. I always talk to Celia your sister so it's nice to hear another voice, and we did deliver some great " grower French champagne " to your mother as we do annually for you now. Love the fact that she took French and seems to pretty much love " everything French! " Cheers, Happy New Year to you all. What did your mother think? 1/14/14 PS : usually we send six half-bottles of the VEUVE-CLICQUOT Non-Vintage Brut French champagne, this year we did " something different. " Salut! Sante a tous! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn
Allison, when you bought the " Original " French Malbec from Limoux, France, $13.99, and the ALBERTI 154 Malbec 2011 from Mendoza, Argentina, $17.99, 14% alcohol by volume, for your Argentinian friends coming for dinner on December 28th, 2013 - what did they think? Was there a " favorite ", or were they both equally appreciated? What did you think personally?!? Take care, Happy New Year 2014, TONY 1/14/14
The other evening Nicolas from France that lives in Cleveland Park brought his visiting parents during the holidays by, Moniqueet et Jean Masson from Saint Rafaele close to Nice, France and I ended up selling Jean an assortment of wines as we spoke French together and got to know one another a bit better. It started to gel between us when I showed him the Fournier Loire Valley Sauvignon Blanc On Special for $12.99 that is made by a Sancerre producer. From then on the sales were easier as Jean began to trust me. I have to ask Nicolas about the assortment that I sold them the next time I see him. I hope they had a great holiday together. Sante Moniqueet, Jean et Nicolas ... Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/13/14
" I have a date " said Samantha as we spoke with her and her two friends on the weekend before our Monday Big-Theme 26 types Wine-Tasting that included 21 sparkling wines and five still-non-sparkling wines. She was with Brian and Liz , she had a bottle of the ALEXANDER VINEYARD'S Sangiovese dry rose, $16.99 a bottle in her hands, and Brian had a bottle of the TOCCO sparkling Veneto Prosecco, $16.99 in his that was relatively " new " for us that we had recently started selling after tasting it with our local rep, Regis Scheithauer from Roanoke Imports in Virginia. I don't know if Brian you or Liz made it to our Part-Two BUBBLY 26-wines tasting that Monday, Dec. 30th, 2013 - did you? Hope you did. We had a great time and tasted many " new " sparkling wines as well as the Still wines from Brazil's SALTON winery and South Africa's 7 Vineyard's OVER THE MOUNTAIN winery. Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn It's now Monday night, January 13th, 2014 and I can still recall many of those twenty-six wines we sampled - what fun!
" Can you say Chablis? " Christine asked Avery her young daughter. They were both walking down the aisle with the magnums and lox wines on our left wall if you are looking into the store from the front. They were here with Christine's husband was shopping up front and after a very successful trip to our National Zoo on a beautiful Saturday. Christine went on to explain to Avery : " They call this white wine though it's yellow, see that? " It was in Fact Saturday December 28th, 2013 and I was over on the other side of the store with the barrier of French and American wines and so I had spoken with all of them on a couple of occasions already and I was enjoying now immensely listening to Christine being such a good mother, so patient and soft-spoken. I loved this and wish that I had had a chance to write down more of the conversation just then between a loving mother and daughter, as well as with Christine's husband as he had been with them earlier and I overheard them speaking, too. Cheers to all three! It's now Monday evening on January 13th, 2014, and earlier at lunch with my son at Panera we had a great, meaningful conversation. Oh, Christine was pushing a stroller as she followed close to Avery! Talent folks, real talent on display here. Mothers deserve much more credit for all of this.
" I have a ritual, every time I'm in the neighborhood I have to stop in and say ' hello ' to you and to the store. That's Lars Solem, he came came by this past Saturday. He was back in the neighborhood. He breezes in-and-out as he lives on the streets of Washington D.C. He's from Norway originally, Solem means " sun " in Norwegian. He's a nice man, lived in Austria and France growing up. He's always pleasant even when he's had more to drink than he should. He loves wine and has tasted with us from time-to-time, He has some better days than others like most of us. We've known him now for many years. He has rangy long graying salt-pepper hair, has led a hard life and yet never complains. I like that. I have learned from talking to him, and as hard as it is sometimes there's still something really nice about Lars, and like his name says, he often brings a bit of sun into Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits. Here's to you Lars. Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/13/14 Lars usually buys beer from us, up front from the silver cooler across from the cashier.
Met and spoke for the first time in some depth ( Saturday, January 11th, 2014 ) with Al that has his own bar here in Washington D.C. , that's his own private bar, mostly for he and his fiancee, sometimes some lucky friends, too! This Saturday he was out of most everything and knew that we could help him restock as we started with the LUXARDO Maraschino cherry liqueur, $29.99 , then the CYNAR artichoke liqueur, $27.99 ;some OLD OVERHOLT - an original - rye whiskey, $15.99 ; some green Chartreuse ( $59.99 a bottle, he hesitated at that as it's gone up recently ), some DOLLIN red French vermouth, $13.99; and more. Young, energetic and articulate is Al and it was a great pleasure for me to get to know him some this past weekend as he discussed he had moved fom Nashville ( the bars there are quite good and he learned a lot from them ) as he worked on his Master's degree at Vanderbilt. He now lives around China Town I believe and makes the trek up here because we have such a tremendous variety according to him. He's right, too : we concur! He still has to present his dissertation here in D.C. and so is working hard on preparing now. Good luck All! Thanks for continuing to shop with us. We greatly appreciate your business and wish you and your fiancee the very best! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/1/3/14
Ruth called me this past Saturday January 12th, 2014 at the store wanting some dry Provence French pale and delicate rose for her bouillabaisse recipe for this weekend with friends. I put her on hold while I went to see what I had? We both were in luck as I had three bottles of a Tom Calder selection dry rose that had just the right pale color and was $16.99 a bottle I believe that I got through Potomac Wine Selections. Tom was a writer and moved to Paris, France to continue that as well as to enjoy being in France. He left his job as the wine-buyer at Wagshalls here in Washington D.C. where Pam The Butcher moved to work at once leaving Brookville Market. This should work really well Ruth. You will have to let me know? You have shopped with us now for many years. You know Sidney Moore Margolis the old owner of the Mayflower Wines & Spirits where I worked once with Sidney. I miss her. She, too was a customer at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits. Let me know how the wine worked from Tom so that I may pass it on to Tom. Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Happy New Year Ruth and Tom! It's now a nice , warmer , drier, half clouds and blue skies day here in northern Virginia on my day-off, 1/13/14
Pictured above from left-to-right : Tom, Caissie, Tony back @ Cleveland Park Wines in May 2010 I believe. Go to that blog here on that date on chatwine.blogspot.com. Cheers, TONY 1/13/14
Met Jen for the very first time and could tell she knew her wines and so she got my attention as we walked around the store the other day as we went from the SULIN red Piemonte Malvasia ( that we had the last five bottles of as they are not making it anymore ) to the Michael Broadbent Madeiras! I learned at the register that Jen may be working at Phylo restaurant soon? I told her to have them call me, that I would be pleased to put in a good word for her. Good luck Jen, it was great meeting you the other day. Cheers.
" Est ce que je peux Vous aider? " I inquired of the young lady as she passed me at the tasting table. She paused, then stopped and said to me that she was not French. " Do I look French? " I said that she did. She told me that she was Austrian. Then I asked her if it was okay with her that she looked French? She smiled and said that it was okay as she moved on down to the back of the store. I cannot remember now what I helped her with. That will have to wait till another time. I am happy that I was able to record what I did as so often I break away to help another customer as they often show up at the same time and are all deserving of our help. As a result I am quickly dashing down one thing or another as I start talking to them. I like it. All about balance and not getting flustered. Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/12/14
The same afternoon that I helped Eladio I was later helping Nina and Megan , and they, too were having " Thai " for their meal. I smiled and mentioned to them that I had just helped Eladio and asked them if they were dining with dining with him? They said " no." I told them about Eladio and they were sorry not to be dining with him! Then I asked them what they wanted , what type of wine and what price would be good? They thought for awhile and one of them responded " ten-ish ". I thought a second and then walked over to our " ten-and-under " section up front and reached for a bottle of the MONTEVENTO Montepulciano D'Abruzzo red that we get from Roanoke Imports that Regis Scheithauer sells to us. It's been such a grand success and I often bring a bottle home. I had just enjoyed some here at home and told them so. That cheered them as they took the bottle from me, smiled, thanked me and walked up to our register to pay. Enjoy Nina and Magan! That was a week or so ago, time flies, it's now Sunday evening at home as I type this on January 12th, 2014. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn
" Doing Thai " Eladio said to me. " Not going to be fancy, a friend of a friend ... " he continues. Eladio said : " Around twenty." Eladio answered when I asked him what he wanted to spend. I already knew that with " a friend of a friend " that it had to be more about tasty and flavorful to match the flavors of the Thai food. I sold Eladio a bottle of our 2007 Merlot from the CASA VALDUGA winery in the Valle Dos Vinhedos, $19.99 just south of the wine capitol of Bento Goncalves. I told him that it was flavorful and dry like a good bottle of French Bordeaux or even an Italian Friuli or Veneto dry red, as the ancestors of CASA VALDUGA are either from Trentino or Veneto, Italy. Eladio seemed pleased and he mentioned the World Soccer Cup in Brazil. So, now all I have to do is wait to hear from Eladio. Cheers, Happy New Year Eladio. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/12/14
" I'm not allowed to touch the latte machine " Marisa shared with me quietly, with a smile on her face. She was referring
to her recent visit to her parents' book store where she stacked books and helped then in Seattle, Washington this past holiday vacation . It's an old and used bookstore that's happily growing in our newer culture when most bookstores' are dying because so many books are being purchased online through Amazon among others. I LOVE hearing this success story from you Marisa. Marisa needed some vodka to infuse with other things and so I sold her some FRIS, a 1.75ml plastic imported bottle - an old " classic " that's a great deal at $18.99 a bottle. Marisa also needed some bitters to make Old-Fashions and we have the " new " called FEE BROTHERS I believe at $7.99, These are aromatic bitters and it was yesterday, Saturday 11th, 2011 in the afternoon. Good to have you Marisa. Cheers, happy New Year 2014!
" The only reason I'm on Facebook is because of you! " Dan proudly said with a bright smile to me when he greeted me here by the Italian wines last night. He said that he did not like Facebook but since his visit for our Part Two BUBBLY Tasting of 21 sparkling wines and French champagnes of Monday night, December 30th, 2013 he decided to LIKE us on Facebook and see what we were up to here on a daily basis. Thanks Dan, we appreciate that, we really do. It was great to see you last night here again. When you came on the 30th of December you liked the Champagne DUMANGIN and had a half-bottle of the NV Brut dry rose that you bought, $29.99 as well as another one or two which I cannot remember now. Oh well, too much to keep track of. On that night you and Jane and Michael our local amateur photographer all had lengthy conversations here. As a matter of fact Michael wanted to know Jane's name as he and she both shop here and taste often together at our tasting table. Cheers Dan, Jane and Michael! Come TODAY and taste with John and Theresa Morrison " new " arrivals from South Africa from 2-6PM! Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/11/14
To my photographer friends that shop here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits : Ralph , Karen, Paul, Michael : I was blown away quite literally a few minutes ago crossing from Virginia into Washington D.C. to come to work going over the Teddy Roosevelt Bridge that was like passing through a thick vail of fog and drizzle that covered everything, like a shroud, like gossamer, so many transparent " mille feuilles " to gently conceal and airily mask so much that our eyes would normally be greeted with! I loved it. I wish that I had had my camera with me. Please go there and cross the bridge and snap away and then post here and share your photos : how wonderful that would be. It was such an unexpected treat for once to see so little, perhaps only a third of what we would normally see. Like in a dream, a lovely, mysterious dream, to concentrate on less and perhaps to come away with more of the true essence of that space and view from over the Potomac River looking at all our national monuments and the Kennedy Center, the Vietnam Memorial, The Washington Monument, The Jefferson memorial, The Capitol, the Albert Einstein Center, the State Department and some of the Navy Yards, and so very much more. I missed my favorite this time, too : what I call the miniature living green-to-yellow-to-orange-to-b
" I know, I own my own business. " said Carmen to me as we discussed business. " My New Year's resolution " continued Carmen " ... is to drink more and to enjoy life a little bit and not to be worried about anything else. Enjoy good company. " I agree, I love this, I perked up immediately when you said this Carmen and scrambled for something to write it all down on as not to forget it. You had a bottle of the NADIA Santa Barbara California Cabernet Sauvignon in your hands, $19.99 as we approached the register and I told you that, if you did not mind that I would share this on our Cleveland Park Wines and Spirits' Facebook page? You said : " Not at all. " Let me know what you think of the NADIA Cab, Sauv. Carmen? Great to talk to you, feel we have a lot in common. I sure did like your message and I look forward to many more conversations in the future. Happy New Year to you. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/10/14
Tom travels all the time, all around the country : he's only here for short times before he's on an airplane again headed for the Midwest or the West Coast and when he visits us it's always friendly as he searches for a dry red or a dry white. One of his favorite : " go-to's " is the Fran Kysela HUGL Austrian dry Gruner Veltliner bottles that we sell in liter-size bottles as the very fair price of $10.99 a bottle. Tom loves this, so does Franceen and many of our other customers here in Cleveland Park Northwest, Washington D.C. 20008. It's a fantastic dry white, Jeremy Sutton our Kysela rep brought the owner to the store in 2013 and so, after selling this wine for years, including the dry-fruity Zweigelt red in liters as well we finally got to meet someone from HUGL. I liked that very much. Thanks Jeremy! Cheers, Happy Friday and start-to-the-weekend, January 10th, 2014! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn By the way, Tom loves sports ( he often has a jacket or a cap with some sports emblem on it that he's wearing, or both at the same time - you can't miss him, that, and his gentle smile, warming ... ) , and one of the first bits of conversations between Michel Dumas and Tom is about a game or another! he used to talk about sports with Mike Martin, too when Mike worked here before returning home to Rochester, New York. Cheers Mike, Happy New Year to you, to Joey and to the rest of your family! TONY Nice to finally meet you Martin Hugl! We like your wines here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits and have sold them now for many years!
" What's that all about? " Adam asked me. " Talking about the weather? " The weather has been a great topic of conversation recently in the store. Adam was with Lindsey and they bought a bottle of the current vintage of the JED STEELE Old Vine Pacini Zinfandel, $19.99. Cheers Adam and Lindsey, this Zin will be great in this cold and damp weather. TONY 1/10/14 Cheers Jed! TONY Getting low on Shooting Star Sauvignon Blanc and on the Blue Franc, too : will have to call Andrew our local NDC rep! TONY @ Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits recently ....
Michael ( Robinson ), it's nice when things fall so nicely into place as they did yesterday Michael. See you soon. We have Chris Bartha coming to taste a selection of his fine wines which includes a great Petit Chablis white Burgundy this evening under $20 a bottle that has extra grip and grit and power to sustain even the harder blows of this cold and the sharp stabs of wet, piercing rain, too of this morning at least on a gray Friday as we start to dream of our weekends. LOVE your calendar and your photos, maybe we can have you come in and talk about them as we taste our wines? Bring some to show, art and culture and food and wine and good people and all?!? Winning combos for me ... 1/10/14 ... Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn
This is so coincidental that as we were tasting some " old " and some " new " wines with Jim Reeves ( pictured here on my left ) of Comete Wine Selections, Oscar Losama of Voila Wine Selections, and Regis Scheithauer of Roanoke Imports that our friend, customer and local amateur photographer, Michael Robinson would walk in and see us tasting and using his gift of his calendar with his color pictures taken in France, Italy and here in Washington D.C. to sign them up for weekend wine-tasting! What are the chances?!? I only wish that I had not thought to take a picture with you Michael here. We will do it the next time you come. In the meantime enjoy this picture of February I believe with Michael's picture of Paris' Place de la Concorde and the fountain! Jim and I are holding bottles of the Bourgogne Rouge 2012 dry red from the DOMAINE BALLORIN & F that's organic, along with the great vintage of 2009 Marsannay rouge from BALLORIN & F ( he must have a daughter and not a son, bravo! ) : BOTH were amazing, fruit-forward, balanced and delights to enjoy now. The Marsannay will be On Special fop $22.99 a bottle - regularly $39.99 a bottle, ... and the CLOTHILDE DAVENNE Chablis 2012 that was razor-sharp-brisk-bright-fruid and frisky DRY, brrrrr, loverly, really loveLOVEloverly! Really classic red and white burgundies, a real treat for us. Cheers, thanks Jim and Michael, merci a vous deux. here I am at home and enjoying both as I type and share this. Enjoyed them both earlier with my wife homemade vegetable soup and a grilled Swiss cheese sandwich : so comforting, so very right! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Thursday night now in northern Virginia at 8:37PM, just before the show : Millionaire Matchmaker " with Patty that my daughter, son and wife love! I LOVE my French burgundies here, and the three of them, I am not so sure about Patty or her show. Oh well, always room for growth and improvement! TONY
Already starting to fill up, telling the Michael Robinson story, one picture at a time Michael, the colors, the compositions, the places in time, Italy, France, Washington D.C. ... did you include a Cleveland Park photo? I will have to look again? Cheers, thanks for sharing and adding to our lives ... good neighbors are so important ... happy Thursday, still under the freezing mark here this morning, the sun's beautiful and I like seeing it cover things outside as I look out our window now. And, as Jerry another of our customers responded to me last night in the store about the cold : " Ugh, it's okay, as long as you stay in the sun . " Yes, Jerry, the sun is primo and whether it really warms us or not it is psychologically essential. Cheers to you both : have a great Thursday and come on by. Micheal, don't forget the Marselan red, $13.99 from southern France next time, and Jerry you have to give us an update on how the 2011 SEGRIES Cotes-Du-Rhone is drinking. By your very own definition these 2011 may be too old as you like your wines young! TONY 1/9/14
Hello Michael! How are you?!? Happy New Year! It's time we get more of your wines @ Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits and schedule another wine-tasting with you here? Call us at : 202-363-4265 and let's start the year right with some more Virginia Wineworks wines in the store! Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn It's only 19 degrees outside today on Wednesday morning, January 8th, 2014 here in northern Virginia at my house now, 10:01AM... cheers, TONY
This photo I took two-three years ago and am using it now to set the proper spirit and mood to begin 2014 in a strong and positive and productive manner! Can't wait Michael to get the 3-liter boxes of the dry red blend with Cabernet Franc as well as the dry white Chardonnay and the dry white Viognier! TONY 1/8/14
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