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THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO STOCK UP Early ...
I LOST MY STORE EMAIL JUST NOW! Argh! All that writing, thought and
time I spent! Good thing it is still all in my head even though I have
less time to write about it! Sorry for that, I am sick and so
everything today seems harder in every sense.
SO MUCH GOING ON this week here and so everything has to be ready and set in place, and available now to you all.
HERE From Santos On BEER we have :
TWO Christmas Ales -
yes, even before we celebrate Thanksgiving!
1) Christmas Ale from BELL'S, On Special for $13.99 a 6-pack of 12-ounce bottles. Come get some now and save it.
2) Christmas Ale from GREAT LAKES Brewing Company, On Special for $16.99 a 6-pack of 12-ounce bottles
AND :
1) Brewmaster's selection Wild Triple Ale from PETRUS, a 750ml
bottle for $13.99 a bottle, aged for 24 months in oak folders, 15%
Foederber, from Belgium, something special you all may be sure.
In CIDER From Santos - Two To Try -
1) Sagardo Naturala from ISASTEGI, from Spain, $10.99 a
bottle, with 6% alcohol by volume, unflitered, dry and tart and real
tang, too! Great with food.
2) Bordatto Etxaldea 2014 Basandere , $15.99 for a 750ml
bottle, with 5% alcohol by volume, again this is a food cider from
Spain, so much flavor, it will roll right into, over, along your taste
buds and leave them reeling and wanting some food to create more of a
beautiful balance in your mouth!
THESE ARE really exciting and they add a whole different
flavor profile that many of us are not aware of or used to! You will at
first be quite surprised, and then you will grow to like and want this
flavor of a dry tang and tartness, yes!
YUU BAAL MEZCAL - THREE New To Share :
1) Joven Espandin , $45.00 a bottle, 100% Agave, 100%
Artisinal product, with 48% alcohol by volume, this is pretty exciting!
2) Reposado Espalin , made the same way, but with only 40%
alcohol by volume, this is easier on us and smoother, a richer, fuller
taste! $56.99 a bottle.
3) Anejo Espadin with more color, a deeper texture, more
weight, gravitas, with 40% alcohol by volume, $66.99 a bottle, great to
sip and go really slow with, just a dribble on the tongue at a time,
languish, linger, smile, feel great!
AND In VODKA from Poland -
1) Biaka Platinum filtered vodka, On Special for $22.99, usually $29.99, with 40% alcohol by volume, from ZUBROWKA.
2) ' Legend ' 1863 HARDY French cognac, $67.99, a beautiful
gift, the bottle itself is lovely and will look great on a bar shelf! It
is ' new and exciting ' from HARDY that has made some really fine
French cognacs over the years!
AND IN WINE : From Chris & Tony -
We have a lot to offer as well :
THREE From OSSA - ROQUEVALE -
1) A dry white blend from Portugal, Vinho Regional from
Alentejo, a 2015, with 40% Fernao Pires, 40% Roupeiro and 20% Rabo de
Ovelha : this is a really intense classic, traditional white to be
enjoyed with a meal, a flavorful meal, nothing innocuous abot this dry
white, it has plenty of character! On Special for $8.99.
2) 2016 Rose, a blend of 40% Castelao , 40% Trincadeira and
20% Aragones : it is soft, bright, round, smooth, so lovely to sip all
by itself, it needs no food at all! What a delight to sip all by itself!
3) Tinto Red 2015 : a dry red blend of 40% Trincadeira, 30%
Castelao and 30% Aragonez, this is a food wine just like the white, so
tasty, so rich, so much earth and spice, flavor and layers that will
make you feel like you around a big fire!
ALL 3 are recommended.
AND From BULGARIA - 2 amazing wine deals!
1) K Cellars Thracian Valley 2015 Chardonnay,bright and rich
and so smooth, lovely to sip all by itself, $11.99 : happy to have it
here for you.
2) BULGARIANA Danube Plain Pinot Noir 2011 , On Special for
$11.99, this is a superb bottle of Pinot, so fruit-centered,
fruit-forward, a lovely treat to enjoy with a meal or all by itself,
love it, highly recommend it. Try some.
AND From SPAIN : Rioja Gran Reserva -
1) 2004 Gran Reserva from DON JACOBO, On Special for $33.99 a
bottle, this is a great old bottle of a Tempranillo blend to be enjoyed
now : perfect with many holiday meals, drinking really well now, a
treat, and a great value, too! Come get some while we have it.
2) 2012 Crianza Rioja from DON JACOBO, $14.49, it sure is
showing really well now, a real treat, something to enjoy now, no need
to wait, it has flowered, it has bloomed - and it is brilliant now!
3) 2014 Valencia Tempranillo from MARQUES De ZENETE , $10.99,
is classic style Tempranillo , earth and dried fruits and some spice and
all, showing really well now, a real treat, a great value, too!
SAVE ON Wines Here each Wednesday, UP to 20% OFF bottle prices, call for more info and ask to speak to Chris or Tony! 202-363-4265
VINTAGE 2008 MOET & CHANDON and VEUVE CLICQUOT are here now in
the store and ready for you all to enjoy as you star start your holidays
early.
I VOTED TODAY, now we just have to wait and see where this all leads in Virginia and in New Jersey and Maryland?
YOU MAY NEED A BOTTLE of these vintage champagnes or something else to celebrate or frown your sorrows as you watch tonight's election results. We have many chilled and ready for you.
HAPPY VETERANS DAY ALL. We want to take this moment to thank all
our veterans and to let them know that we really do appreciate all that
they have done for us. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
CELEBRATE VETERANS DAY ON THE MALL and do make the Catharsis On The
Mall 2017 : Vigil Of Healing a part of that. I have been invited to
display my 40-foot long acrylic on Arches paper there this Thursday
night. I am both honored and humbled to do this, and thankful that one
of the founders, Adam Eidinger saw it last week across the street at the
Uptown Arts DC center, calling it ' epic ' when he met me later and
said this to my face. What a thrill. Go and be a part of all of this if
you have the chance. I will be there on Sunday and am so excited to be a part of this.
COME BY, see me, see my work that I did out on our lawn inspired by
the presence of nature all around and how it has for all these years
inspired, awed me, kept me rooted to the earth, never losing hope or a
desire to be a part of it all, fortunate that the energy all around
passes through me and I am able to respond to it with these bright
acrylics that sweet with energy, wind, fire, gusto , power, purpose, and
so much more.
WEEK'S TASTINGS -
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8th, 2017 ( 5-8PM
) : We have a DOMAINE NATURALISTE By Bruce Dukes ( he was here this
last week tasting with some of you ), bottles are signed, will taste tomorrow
the 2015 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as the 2015
Discovery Margaret River Chardonnay, both $21.99 from western Australia.
Organic, high quality, really nice both. Join us.
FRIDAY : 11/ 10 - THREE Tastings ( 5-8PM ) :
Wine - With Narayan to taste the fine BRYN MAWR Oregon
Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and the Chardonnay, as well as some DOMAINE
MARTIN Rhone wines , a Viognier full complex white Viognier blend, also
a fine red blend.
BEER - we will have a Belgian beer tasting featuring the
TRIGNAC XII Keastel 2015 Triple Aged In Cognac casks, $31.99, and more!
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH - we will taste the GLENMORANGIE scotch whiskies as well, including The Original.
JOIN US, Never any charge, always free.
SATURDAY , November 11th, 2017, 2-6PM , HAPPY VETERANS DAY all!
We are doing an amazing tasting of fine Canadian wines of CHATEAU
Des CHARMES Aligote white, Cabernet Franc red, and from KONZELMANN, we
will taste their Estate Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Riesling and
Gewurztraminer - really fine, distinct, world-class wines. Come and
taste and decide for yourselves.
THANK YOU for everything, come see us. Stay warm and dry tonight - it is pretty icky out there now!
COME GET SOMETHING to watch the Governors' election returns. TONY
WHAT FOLLOWS below is my old store email I wrote in 2015, read and enjoy it if you have time!
ON VETERANS DAY , how beautiful, gorgeous day this Tuesday,
November 11th, 2014 here in Cleveland Park and I just helped Izzy with
his requests ... and I am copying and pasting what transpired just a few
minutes ago as I start this email of the week ...
JUST SOLD to Izzy a few minutes ago on Veterans Day that also
happens to be his birthday, and he's celebrating with another and it is
that person's birthday : two with birthdays today, two without : four
people together on Veterans Day celebrating birthdays on a very very
special day indeed! I love it. I asked Izzy what he liked : " Cabernet
Sauvignon " he replied. I showed him three different Cabs, one from
Spain that is organic and On Special now for $9.99 with 50% Tempranillo
blended, one from Mark Honeycutt called MYTHIC Mountain, 2014, Mendoza,
$14.99, 13.9% alcohol by volume that I tasted a couple of weeks ago and
really liked, and .... the CHATEAU VARTELY Sec Rosu Cabernet Sauvignon,
$12.99, 2012, from Moldova's Cimislia region, 13.5% alcohol by volume.
Izzy picked the CHATEAU VARTELY, liked the story about Dmitri and
Dmitr's mom that helped to make the wines there, and customers of ours
that have visited there and been blown away upon their return to
discover both the Cabernet Sauvignon and the Chardonnay here! Love it,
all at the start of Veterans Day on a very special day indeed. Cheers,
TONY
I JUST SPOKE TO Leanni that was nice enough to read the last review posted on us on Yelp and that makes my day, really it does. So nice to have customers leaving their opinions there on how we are doing so that we may improve on what we are already doing well and possibly augment here any suggestions that they may have, things that have ' fallen through the cracks ', that perhaps we have not realized ourselves that we should be doing to improve our customer services, and services here to you all overall! Love it.
COPPI'S Organic Italian Ligurian food just opened down in the old
Lavandou location and it looked like they were doing well. That is great
news indeed for our fabulous neighborhood here. Good luck Carlos and
team! Let us know if we can help in any way?
WE ARE WORKING on wines for Thanksgiving with FAT PETE'S Barbecue
with Peter, Hondo and Woody, and that is exciting. We will have a series
of six wines that we offer and that they will promote in their fliers
and on the Facebook and web page :
UNDER $10.00 -
CHATEAU JULIEN Chardonnay, CA.
CHATEAU JULIEN Merlot, CA.
BOTH sell for $9.99 a bottle
Both will taste good with the meal and sipping before the
meal. Both are quite amazing for this price, they over-deliver with
taste, flavor and character. I'm very pleased with them, really I am.
UNDER $20.00 -
CHATEAU BIANCA , Oregon Willamette
Pinot Noir, 2011, lighter, brighter,$19.99 : such elegance,
such finesse, a delicate flower of a Pinot Noir with great focus, silky
flesh flavors, a delight to sip and enjoy with a meal, with a glass or
two before ...
STEELE ' 60+ Old Vine ' Zinfandel, 2011,
$19.99 a bottle : softer, rounder, silkier, nice to sip, so generous and so pleasing, love it each and every time!
UNDER $30.00 -
NORTH GATE Vineyards Viognier 2013,
$24.99 a bottle, softer, rounder, fruit-forward. Lovely to
sip or enjoy with a meal. I like this so much, am so pleased for owner/
winemaker Mark that came here with Doug Fabbioli of FABBIOLI CELLARS to
taste awhile back : both were Governor's VA. Cup winners , two from ten
wineries to get the award, out of 250 wineries now in Virginia.
OUR ALTO CEDRO Argentina Mendoza Wine Owner / Maker Dinner with Kalim is tonight at La Chaumiere Restaurant in Georgetown across from the Four Seasons Hotel, starting at 6PM, for $95 a person, all inclusive, call and get a seat tonight if you have not already. Ask for Martin Lumet the owner of La Chaumiere to reserve a seat!
CALL FAT PETE'S to place your orders for their Thanksgiving Specials at : 202-362-7777 , or go to : info@fatpetesbbq.com. Cheers.
LOVE THESE 6 wine selections here, some really fine, fine quality to enjoy this Thanksgiving.
HERE From SANTOS in Ale, Beer & Cider :
1) Grapefruit Hefeweizen Wheat Beer from SCHOFFERHOFER, $9.99 a
6-pack of 12-ounce bottles, from Germany is : " unfiltered Hefeweizen
beer with grapefruit flavors added and colored with cochineal extract."
2) " Dirty Little Freak " , There's no safe word , a Coconut,
Caramel, Chocolate Brown Ale, On Special for $10.99 a 6-pack of 12-ounce
bottles, from the DuClaw Brewing Co. Baltimore, Maryland, 5.8% alcohol
by volume, is : " ale brewed with Vanilla Beans and natural flavors
added."
3) Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine Ale " Cockeyed Cooper " from
UINTA Brewing CO. CROOKED LINE, On Special for $14.99 a 750ml bottle,
bottle-conditioned, from Salt Lake City, Utah.... just got some in,
Santos opened the case and handed me the bottle just now. Come check it
out!
4) ' Single Trade Mark Belgian-Style Blond from HARDWOOD, On
Special for $12.99 a 6-pack of 12-ounce bottles, 6.2% alcohol by volume,
30 IBU, : " Certified kosher, unfiltered, unpasteurized, and
uninhibited. Hardwood single is a feat in balance, sunshine golden with
fruity head and a veil of Belgian Ale yeast, Singles tropical fruit
esters compliment its spicy hop aromatics... " You have to try some.
LIQUOR / LIQUEUR From Jagir, Malkit :
1) Hazelnut liqueur from Italy and made by FRATELLO, $22.99 a
750ml bottle, 20% alcohol by volume, is " a luscious Italian liqueur
from the best Piemonte hazelnuts." It is also new and exciting here and
we are pleased to offer it to you now.
2) Lychee Flavored Liqueur from SOHO , $33.99 a 750ml bottle,
21% alcohol by volume, has a really refreshing flavor that is very
appealing. It is made in France and we are very pleased to offer it to
you as there is something so tempting, so pleasing and teasing with the
taste of Lychees! You must try some soon.
3) ' Winter Jack ' Original recipe Tennessee Cider from JACK
DANIELS is On Special for $18.99 a 750ml bottle, with 15% alcohol by
volume, and this will be a fun addition now with the holidays coming up
and we have so many drinks to warm us during the cold spells! It is also
well-priced and I like that a whole lot!
LIQUOR :
1) Reposado Tequila from FORTALEZA, this 100% de Agave Tequila
has a lovely golden color, is a ' new delight ", $63.99 a bottle, 40%
alcohol by volume ... when you want some of the very best. EXCITING.
Love the bottle and the package, and the tequila top-closure is so much
fun!
2)Vodka from Hank Birdwell's, this One Bushel Per Lot Vodka
hails from Lawreceburg, Indiana and is On Special $10.99, 40% alcohol by
volume, from 7 generations of family distilling : that speaks volumes!
Cheers.
ALSO : In Sake :
1) Dewakura OKA " Cherry Bouquet " Ginjo sake, $15.49 a 300ml bottle, some of the very best from Japan!
JUST HAPPENED : in preparation of our wine-dinner tonight with Karim :
WE HAVE KARIM here now tasting Jane and Me and Walter on what you may expect at dinner tonight
to write about the dinner , in Spanish and in English : "thanks Tony
and Martin to bring us again to DC!! We'll have a great dinner tonight
so I'm sure we'll enjoy Altocedro wines with the beautiful food from La
Chaumiere ;-) Cheers! " ... and Jane sez : " These wines just get
better and better. I will not forget this tasting! And Walter sez2 : "
Cleveland Park Wine & Spirits is a great wine shop...couldn't ask
for a better partner for tonight's dinner! Looking forward to it, and to partnering with Tony and the rest of the team here in the future as well!" SEE YOU ALL TONIGHT : Call, there is still room! TONY
Go to : Bodega Altocedro for more info, also go to : join us tonight!
I REALLY LIKE THE BALANCE, the fruit-forward taste to these wines from
La Consulta in Argentina from Karim, the wines are exceptional and we
are sold-out now with more to come. I tasted with Jane six and picked
three to come soon or in December at the latest :
1) Ano Cero 2012 from Arentina, $20.99, also ..., 14.8% alcohol by volume
2) La Consulta Select 2012 dry red blend of : 42% Malbec, 27%
Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Tempranillo .... 14.5% alcohol by volume,
ALL THREE have tremendous balance and finesse, spit and polish and refinement. These are wines to be proud to sell as they never lose track of the fruit and the balance from which they started.
BRAVO KARIM! Gracias Karim ...
WEEK'S TASTINGS / Wine Dinner, Too:
Tuesday, Nov. 11th, 2014 ( Veterans Day today ) 6 PM dinner with Karim the owner and winemaker at LA CEDRO at 6PM at La Chaumiere in Georgetown, $95 all inclusive a person.
Friday , November 14th, 2014 ( 5-8PM ) : We have Chris tasting the Spanish and the Argentina wines of Tradewinds Specialty Imports ...
Saturday, November 15th, 2014 ( 2-6PM ) : We have Chris Bartha tasting a selection of the Exclusive Wines portfolio, some of our very, very favorites!
JOIN US : NEVER any charge, always everyone is welcome. Bring family and friends.
WEEKLY TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY Wine SALES :
3 WAYS to save BIG ON BUBBLY TONIGHT : come by or call for more info. UP TO 15% OFF your bubbly purchases.
3 WAYS to save BIG on Non-Sparkling Wines Tomorrow, Wednesday. Come by or call for more info : UP TO 20% OFF your non-sparkling wine purchases.
SOME MORE Wine-Finds :
1) INSANE DEAL on the Piemonte Moscato from Italy, from
CHIARLE, On Special for $9.99 a bottle, regularly $12.99 a bottle, and
that's a great deal! Fresh, vibrant, sweet cheeriness!
2) CLEAN SLATE 2013 German Mosel Riesling, dry, bright, crisp,
so much delicious slate, too ... and great balance, great value,
amazing all the way from start-to-finish! Jody Jackman poured this here
this past Friday along the wines that Andrew Stover poured for their 4 Grapes Wine TASTE-OFF : what fun this all was!
3) Prosecco from Italy that is OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD , just like
the two above, really fine this VERV Extra Dry, $11.99 from ANDREOLA,
all three above are Highly Recommended.
4) Xinomavro indigenous dry red from the inland area of
Greece called Siatista, this ' old vines ' Xinomavro from the DioFili
Siatista Winery, $18.99, 13% alcohol by volume, go to : www.diofili.gr
for more info .... it is so distinct, so filled with it's own elegant
yet racy and spicy - flaired/ flaired/flared
we-they-all-of-us-really-CARE taste, identity and personality. It's a
really, really fine Thanksgiving wine. I agree wholeheartedly on this
one with Nassos that poured it here this past Saturday with Caroline Holland. What a great tasting, loved it!
5) " Ship Of Fools " 2013 from Old Mission Peninsula,
Michigan, an off-dry red blend of three Pinot grapes that Andrew poured on Friday
night of :60% Pinot Blanc, 35% Pinot Gris and 5% Pinot Noir. It's a
delight that has been delighting our customers now for two - three years
here! It's a delight with or without a meal. It's a great way to
celebrate Thanksgiving with a taste that just keeps on pleasing, and
pleasing almost everyone, even with the extra fruit, that's perfect for
so many : all ages like it.
6) 100% Gamay from Burgundy, France, this dry and elegant red
with some acidity and real liveliness, a touch of spice and
toasty-roasted flavors is a great way to cut through the various
Thanksgiving flavors. From the region called Chenas in Beaujolais, this
wine is made by Christophe Pacalet and it turned many a head here on Friday night when Jody Jackman poured it for you all.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, we could not do any of this without you.
Thank you for your continued, invaluable trust in us and support and
business. We greatly appreciate all of it.
FOLLOW / LIKE US : On Facebook at : Cleveland Park Wine &
Spirits, and on Twitter at : cpwinespirits, as well as : wineenabler.
Cheers, join us tonight for our dinner at La Cahumiere, and
COME SAVE TONIGHT here on all your BUBBLY NEEDS!
ALSO : Beaujolais Nouveau is coming really soon. We have some
MANOIR DU CARRA for you, a favorite every year. And from Voila Imports
we introduce a ' new ' Beaujolais Nouveau here for the very first time.
Now this is exciting :
NOUVEAU AVAILABLE here on Thursday, November 20th, 2014. JOIN US, taste them with us on that Thursday!
WHAT FOLLOWS is my old store email. Cheers ...
.... SO MUCH HERE ...as between Ravi, Santo, Ean & I we have
ordered and received many great beers, ales, liquors and liqueurs, wines
and ciders, too. It's nice to see so many wonderful choices now, for
example with ciders that are gluten free and sometimes organic, too.
This category seems to be getting a whole lot of attention recently.
Ravi just got some great Kahlua gift sets, too. We are also getting
ready to receive our Beaujolais Nouveau from our favorite producer
MANOIR DU CARRA. We even will have some football wines for the holidays
as well as some " Santa's Little Helper " dry California red. The wines
is already here and will make some great " stocking-stuffers " all by
themselves.
IT'S SUCH A SMALL WORLD , really. I have a pretty amazing story to relate to you all. Last night my wife, son, and his good girlfriend and I were at the 9:30 Club to see the " new " singing sensation YOUNG MAN. The drummer is a great family friend and so we were thrilled to be there. When we got there for the first time ever and stood on the big floor in front of the stage I remarked that we were definitely the youngest people there with a bunch of old geezers! That shocked me : first time in such a situation really. Oh well. We were there for a good show and YOUNG MAN ( they have a really good video called " Enough " on You Tube. Check it out - really cleaver and artsy and I really liked it ) and our drummer friend.
IT'S A SMALL WORLD because as our drummer friend and I both
sipped our Negro Modelo beers ( $7 a piece ) and I sketched quick
portrait sketches of all the band members in their private rooms behind
the stage one of the young men wearing a Great Lakes Brewing t-shirt
asked me if at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits we sold anything
besides wine? I smiled and said immediately that we did. At that point
he told me that he was the son of one of the two owners of the Great
Lakes Brewing Company! Wow, I loved that. I think that they will all be
coming to the store today before tonight's performance which by the way is sold-out. We are lucky that we got tickets through our friend.
I TOLD THE PIANO PLAYER of YOUNG MAN that we had just done a really
successful beer dinner with his family's Great Lakes Brewery beer
selections at Dino ristorante. He liked hearing that.
WE SELL MOST of the various 6-packs of the GREAT LAKES Brewing Co.
like the " Burning River " On Special for $9.99 and the seasonal
release 4-pack " Blackout Stout " On Special at $10.99. I will ask to
get some of these packs signed as gifts for all of you lovers out there
of the GREAT LAKES Brewing Co.'s great beer selections. Check with me
when you come later today or this week and I will fill you all a bit
more on this fun development. Imagine that : I had to go to the 9:30 Club to meet a family member of the GREAT LAKES Brewing Company! Go figure ...
CHOCOLATE ANYBODY? We have Bailey Kasten returning for our next
American Big-Theme Wine-Tasting on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 from
5:30-8:30PM to taste an assortment of their really fine chocolates.
After the tasting we will also have a small display case up front and
sell the chocolates for special gifts and just plain treats for
ourselves when we feel the urge, desire, need or want. This is what
Bailey writes about her homemade chocolates : " Double Premium
Confection creates natural, high quality, handmade chocolates, caramels,
and treats right here in Washington, D.C. area. Our chocolates feature
unique flavor combinations made out of only the finest natural
ingredients. In addition, we also have seasonal favorites like our very
popular Pumpkin Spice Truffle. Do Come down to Cleveland Park Wines for
our free tasting where we will be sampling out our customer favorites! "
WE ARE INVITING a number of people to participate in this
upcoming American Big-Theme Wine0Tasting and that includes owner Rachel
Martin of the BOXWOOD Winery in Middleburg, Virginia that will be here
to pour her 2009 " new " releases of both the " Boxwood " and the "
Topiary " Bordeaux-styled/inspired red blends of Merlot and Cabernet
Sauvignon and Petit Verdot grapes. The " Boxwood " dry red blend is made
like the Bordeaux wines from the Left Bank and the " Topiary " dry red
blend is made like the wines from Bordeaux's " Right Bank ". They even
come in half bottles. Those would make great stocking-stuffers as well.
The 375ml bottle of the 2008 " Boxwood " sells for $17.99 and we have
it here now. It's a hearty, more robust, more angular and steely version
of a dry red Left-Bank Bordeaux that will really benefit a lot from
being served with a meal as needs the food to help flesh out it's
flavors. It can easily be cellared much longer : no need to rush the
2008 vintage : it's a keeper.
LIKE I SAID, we also have a GREAT DEAL from Ravi now with his
KAHLUA Gift Box which includes a bottle of KAHLUA Rum and Coffee Liqueur
and three small 187 bottles of : 1) Hazelnut, 2) French Vanilla and
3) Mocha to help spice up any occasion. They are also easy to travel
with and enjoy just about anytime. They also come with a nice shiny deep
brown colored mugs. The cost for all of this On Special is $16.99. You
only pay for the regular-sized bottle and the other four items are all
free.
BUT HEY, It's not even Christmas time yet ( it's not even
Thanksgiving yet ) and here we already have the Santa's Little Helper "
Proprietary Red Wine 2010 dry California red blend at $14.99 a bottle.
It's really quite good. Greg that was working with us really liked the
idea and so I said : " okay, let's do it! " I think any of you wanting a
good California dry red at $15 and a holiday theme on the label will be
delighted with this wine. It certainly over-delivers for the price.
That was the other reason that we bought it.
WE ALSO HAVE FOOTBALL REDS ON the way here as I type away
madly at this Apple computer of mine. They are named after some of the
most famous " plays " of our many beloved football teams. They should be
here within a couple of weeks and they will sell for $17.99 a bottle.
The VON STRASSER Diamond Mountain vineyard people are behind this in
California and so you can be sure that the wines will be really good. So
stay-tuned and keep an eye peeled for these three special " football "
bottlings.
AND BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU is just around the corner. More French
Nouveau : Beaujolais and Beaujolais Villages Nouveau all coming our way.
We have our favorites again from MANOIR DU CARRA coming : 1)
Beaujolais Nouveau 2011 at $9.99 a bottle and the 2) Beaujolais
Villages Nouveau 2011 at $10.99. They are really lovely with a big more
guts and brawn at $10 and a bit more finesse and polish at $11. Buy some
of both. Gamay the grape for these wines is a perfect Thanksgiving wine
as the higher level of natural acids in these wines will cut through
the sauces and the more spicy and strong flavors and seasonings in our
holiday fair foods. WE ALSO HAVE some of the BOUCHARD AINE & FILS
Beaujolais Nouveau coming : 3) BOUCHARD AINE Beaujolais Nouveau at
$9.99 a bottle. This is another " tried and true " offering. We also
very much like working with this house and have a " killer " Pinot Noir
from them here on a regular basis that we sell for $9.99 and that is a
favorite with many of you.
BEERS From Santos : What You Up To Santos?
1) Hooligan Stout Draft Ale " Old Schoolhouse " Brewery, from
Winthrop, WA. ( $6.99, 1 pint 6 fluid ounces )is " a robust dark beer
with lots of chocolate malts, designed for hooligans who demand
something more from their beer."
2) Walker's Reserve Porter from FIRESTONE WALKER Brewing Company ( On Special for $6.49 a bottle of 1 pint, 6 fluid ounces ) from the Proprietor's Reserve Series, Paso Robles, CA. is a collaborative effort between Adam Firestone and David Walker.
3) Long Trail Brew Master Series , Vintage 2011 " Imperial
Porter " ( On Special for $5.99 a 1 pint, 6 fluid ounces bottle, 8.3%
alc. by volume longtrail.com ) has a robust malt flavor and is " new and exciting ".
LIQUORS / LIQUEURS From Ravi : Share :
1) Superieur Cognac Fine Champagne from A. De FUSSIGNY is
exciting and in a great " new " Pumpkin-colored box holiday-packaging at
$52.99 a bottle. Great gift, looks fun and fancy and something great to
celebrate with at the end of the evening.
2) PUCKER " Cherry Tease " plus two other flavors as well :
ALL THREE ( 3 ) are On Special for $15.99 and NOW : IF YOU BUY ONE you
get the second one FREE! What a deal. Fun-packaging as well.
FUN WINES :Ean & Tony's Picks :
WHITES : 1) Chardonnay 2009 From ALPAMANTA, This " Natal " from Mendoza, Argentina ( $13.99 ) blew me away gradually and lifted me up and I floated away in it's balloon-mushrooming effect of expanding flavors that were so fresh and lively and " original " in scope that I just had to buy it. When owner Andrej told me that it was also the first bio-dynamic vineyard in Mendoza I simply had to add it to our selections. It's rich and flavorful and must be tasted as it's an original.
2) Jurancon sec 2008 " Chant Des Vignes - Song of the Vines "
is On Special for $19.99 ( originally $25-$30 : made from the gros
manseng I believe. What a wonder it is : like no other indigenous dry
and flavorful white grape variety. Dan Phillips the owner of the
Grateful Palate was just here trying to sell me some of his " Bit-ch "
Spanish Garnacha-Grenache from Aragon. He saw the DOMAINE CAUHAPE here
and picked up a bottle and said that Gros Manseng was his favorite dry
white grape varietal. That's nice Dan. Tomorrow Ean and I will try your Bit-ch Spanish Aragonian Garnacha and see what we think. I believe it will sell for $11-$12 a bottle.
3) Cremant De Bourgogne Brut 2005 Pur Pinot Noir and also a
Pur Chardonnay : both sparkling French wines from Burgundy and BOTH On
Special for $14.99 a bottle! Regularly they are $17-$18 a bottle now and
so these few remaining cases represent GREAT DEALS for those of you
that love more complex and concentrated dry bubbly.
4) " Bosca Di Giga Brut Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG (
$13.99 for a half-bottle - 375ml bottle ) from ADAMI is pretty
gosh-darn wonderful. And a handy size for a picnic, too.
5) Colombana 50%, Vermentino 40% and Malvasia 10% 2009
indigenous Tuscan whites blended together by FONTE Delle DONNE ( $17.99
) from FATTORIA FIBBIANO is a real delight. Totally unique, of the
region, of that particular soil - indigenous all the way baby! Just like
I like it, what about you?!?
REDS :
1) Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 Reserva from Chile's Maule Valley, this CASA PATRONALES ( $10.99 ) really impressed me no end the other day when I tried it with the national sales manager. I think that it way over delivers for the money and that's something that I did not know until the end when I asked the price? I was assuming that it would be much more expensive. When he told me the price I immediately said : " Send it. " That's how good it is. really a little gem. A must-try people.
2) Toscana 2009 Sangiovese 70%, 30% Colorino " Le Pianette "
dry red Italian blend from FATTORIA FIBBIANO is made true to classic
style and flavorful, aromatic, all the traditional belles and whistles (
$14.99 ) and so distinct and wonderful. I met one of the owners as well
as was impressed with everything that he made! Wow, really a treat.
3) Pinot Noir 2008 from France's Pays D'Oc is On Special for
$9.99 and again way over delivers for this price. It's pretty nice any
way that you look at it. What great flavors and it actually tastes like
Pinot Noir without other grapes added to it.
4) Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 Organic from Mendoza, Argentina and
made by ALPAMANTA is another one of those really lovely wine
experiences for me that opened my eyes. I loved it when I tried it with
Andrej the owner a few week's ago. It's wonderful and memorable.
Definitely at $21.99 worth every penny and worth your looking for it and
buying a bottle to enjoy with your meal.
WEEK'S TASTINGS :
Friday, November 11th, 2011 ( 5-8PM
) : We have Jody Jackman coming to taste an assortment of her wines.
This will be fun. Jody always brings something " extra " to the table.
We have lots of Jody's wines here and have some great wines to chose
from but I think that this tasting will be all California from PINE
RIDGE : reds and whites including a Chardonnay that really blew me away
it was so impressive : really distinct and tasty.
Saturday, November 12th, 2011 ( 2-6PM
) : We have Dawana coming to taste from Margaux & Company Imports
and that will be fun. She has been tasting us on a series of wines from
France and Virginia. She has a killer white Burgundy ( Remossenet Pere
et Fils, $21.99 ) and an equal " killer " Alsace dry white, not to
mention some great red Rhones. We will also probably fit a Virginia wine
in somewhere, too? It will be fun. Join us : Dawana is a lot of fun to
be around just like Jody. JOIN US. NEVER any charge. Bring family and
friends.
I AM SURE THAT I HAVE FORGOTTEN MANY THINGS - sorry, come
visit us. Let us assist you in any way that we can. Thanks, thank you
for everything. Cheers, TONY
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