Park Wines & Spirits, Washington D.C. N.W. ... the headline should finish.
It takes a village as I said ... thanks all, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Saturday, March 29th, 2014 here at the store as I finish this and post this and get ready to sell more Greek wines today as we open a bottle with Danielle of Santorini HATZIDAKIS Winery dry white, 2012, On Special for $19.99, 13.5% alcohol by volume. Cheers, join us from 2-6PM to enjoy this and a bottle of the RIO/SOL Brazilian dry red 2010 Cabernet / Sauvignon / Shiraz , $10.99, 13% alcohol by volume, and some 2009 Crianza , Rioja from MARTINEZ LACUESTA dry Spanish red. Everyone always welcome, come taste with us today, Saturday, March 29th, 2014! TONY @ Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits, 3423 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 20008, 202-363-4265 ... come taste ... Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn
I HAVE JUST ADDED BELOW an update. VeeV continues to sell well! We have an open bottle to taste customers on for all to taste, enjoy and buy! TONY 2/24/2014
I am interested pretty much in anything from Brazil. I grew up part of my life in Rio de Janeiro and Brazilia when it became the capitol. I was there as a child of seven and eight years old in Brazilia's first two years of life as the famous buildings were being built, crawling and climbing them as a young, very impressionable young boy, speaking Portuguese with the workers , engineers, builders, climbing into the warehouse through a tiny window way up on one of the outside walls; and basically having the time of my life. So, as I said I am interested overall in anything about Brazil and VEEV was/ is no exception.
We sell the RIO/SOL
Rio Sol wines ...
... and the MIOLO wines of Brazil - have for years now ...
, and I am thrilled to have them and be able to share them with our Cleveland Park N.W. Washington D.C. customers. We do it seems have plenty of customers from Brazil and besides the Cachaca that we sell ( that is what people expect us to have ) we have some wine and now some VEEV and it is thrilling to have these as Brazil seems to be at the top - or approaching the top of it's game. And on top of that the Acai in the VEEV is also good for us? I love this!
" From deep in the of the Brazilian Amazon, the Acai berry is thought to be the world's preeminent superfruit. And VVEV is the world's first Acai spirit. ... blended with exotic ingredients, such as prickly pear and the Acerola cherry. Go to : www.veevspirits.com. It is produced and bottled by : VEEV Distillers, Rigby, Idaho.
The presentation was made to Ravinder Sharma and then to me and I was able to taste the VEEV one day at the store and liked what I tasted and heard and plans were made to bring it in and do an in-store-tasting. Both of these goals have been accomplished and we now have VEEV on our shelves for sale and all that is needed now is for more people to hear about it , taste it and tell their friends. It would also be a great idea to schedule another in-store VEEV Acai Spirits tasting. We have to work on that Ravi.
I just looked at my book on Rio De Janeiro ( called that ) written by Kurt Peter Karfeld and published in 1955. The title page reads : " Album com fotografas em cores, Introducao de Celso Kelly , Texto em portugues, ingles, frances e alemao ... edicoes melhoramentos and the text starts :
J A EXISTIA, ANTES DE NASCER ...
Pressentimento, atracao O navegante vinha de longa. O mar ainda era uma grande aventura. De Terras, por esses meridianos, havia noticia pobre de verdade e rica de sonhos e esperancas. Pau-brasil, prata, oura, cristais ...
How many of us speak or understand Portuguese? I would venture not many but for those few of you that do and that read this I added the part above to add some history and some perspective.
In an hour I am off to have lunch with a Brazilian lady Elisabete and her French Canadian husband Laurent. They invited us with our neighbors Matt and his Swedish wife Catarina to their home for lunch here in our neighborhood. It will be nice to see them again. Catarina and I went down to introduce ourselves three or so weeks ago.
A couple of days ago I told Ravinder Sharma that buys the liquor for our store that we needed to buy some more VEEV as we were almost out. he called our supplier and when our order came the next day the VEEV was marked " out of stock " and so that is a good sign that I interpret to mean that since we and our wholesaler are both out of VEEV temporarily that it is in fact selling and doing well.
We will have it soon again and start all over selling this new and exciting VEEV acai spirit / liqueur. Call us at : 202-363-4265 or email me at : anthony.quinn@clevelandparkwines to be sure that we have it back. Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn
P.S. : Sorry that the pictures are a bit fuzzy. I think that even still they give a good sense of the product VEEV and the energy and the enthusiasm that was present during the whole presentation. We were both excited and it shows. Cheers, TONY
HERE'S an UPDATE from Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 : Enjoy it, thanks to Clovis Boscato, to Jucelia Vicari, to Vallontano winery, to Maria Amelia Duarte Flores, Talise e Luis Valduga Zanini, and so many more, my Uruguayan friend that works for PIAGENTINI and X DECIMA, he's so professional, a wonderful ambassador for the wines of South America as well as those of Brasil! ... Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 2/24/2014 a beautiful BREEZY day here in northern Virginia on my day-off . Drink more of these fine wines, cachacas and VeeV and Acai, too of course... TONY
Carnaval's-A-Comin'! Coming Soon! Are You Ready?!? I Am, R U?!? JOIN US, Join Me, Let's Work Together!
When was the last time you were cachaca'ed?!? When was the last time U were espumante'ed?!? When was the last time you were Tannat'ed or Marselan'ed or Bordo'ed or Feijoada'ed, Rio'ed, Gavia'ed ,Brazileira'ed , Belo Horisante'ed, Crystalina'ed. Bento Goncalve'ed, Vale Dos Vinhedo'ed, Nova Padua'ed, Porto Alegre'ed, Dom Candido'ed, Zattera'ed, Boscato'ed, X Decima'ed, Brasil'ed, Amazon'ed ,Caxias'ed Carnaval'ed !?!
SO many wine - vineyard, wine-region, cachaca references , and mostly of those still largely unknown. I could have asked about the better-known as well like : how's it to be Salton'ed, to B Casa Valduga'ed, to B Miolo'ed. to B LIDIO Carrara'ed and more ?!?
I WANT to give a BIG ' Shout Out ' to the people I met in Brasil in June 2012 : Milton, Rodrigo, Danielle, Franceen, Barbara, Anna-Paula, Fernanda, Roberto, Bruno, Elisa, Ruis, Anna, Jaqueline, Michele, Gustavo, Manu... and so many more.
I WANT 2 To say OBREGADO to those here in the United States that are Brazilian and that have inspired me and been of help like Gustavo and Roberta, you know who you are, Thank you very much!
I WANT to give a BIG ' Shout Out " to Sonia Denical that has communicated with me the most as I have tried to promote the wines of Brasil here in the United States.'s kept me on track with her encouraging words and thanking me often for the work I am doing here. Obregado Sonia! TONY 2/24/14
Be Vain Brasil With Your Fine Wines Like Those @ DOM CANDIDO, DON GUERINO, BOSCATO, ZATTERA, PIAGENTINI, VALLONTANO, DUNAMIS, CAVALIERI CASA VALDUGA, CORDILEIRA De SANT'ANNA, MIOLO, SALTON, LIDIO CARRARO, & So Many More : Shout Out For Them Be Vain, You Have Every Right!
Now let me see, what foto do I like best, this one or the first one that I just posted?!? That's easy ... both because they both have grapes and vines and the future of some really fine wine in Brasil, at Don Guerino and other fine wineries, too! Bravo! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 2/24 /14
....Bralvin ( on Facebook : LIKE Bralvin : All-Things Brasil! Cheers, Tim tim, TONY
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Bruno and your brother : we vain! Shout it Out! LOVE your own wines! They are really special, let the world know! Shout it out! You are making really well-made, special, balanced, flavorful, world-class wines at DON GUERINO that deserve to be shouted about, that deserve to be on the shelves in stores and offered to drink and enjoy with meals in restaurants, picnics, bars, sports bars, hotels like Victoria Dall'Onder : Be Vain, YOU both and your family have every right to be! What is Southern Imports doing these days to promote your wines here in the United States?!? Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 2/24/14
There are so many great wines of Brasil! So many of us get caught-up with the idea that they are all new - newcomers and thus cannot possibly be as great? That's okay. We are fighting a big battle with the big companies that are making it hard for the small wineries to really get a start, and so here are some that I have discovered, they all deserve our attention. I am posting pictures now and then more text to follow.
Happy Carnaval everyone - just four more days! TONY
Be Vain Brasil With Your Fine Wines Like Those @ DOM CANDIDO, DON GUERINO, BOSCATO
Be Vain Brasil With Your Fine Wines Like Those @ DOM CANDIDO, DON GUERINO, BOSCATO, ZATTERA, PIAGENTINI, VALLONTANO, DUNAMIS, CAVALIERI CASA VALDUGA, CORDILEIRA De SANT'ANNA, MIOLO, SALTON, LIDIO CARRARO, & So Many More : Shout Out For Them Be Vain, You Have Every Right! ZATTERA, PIAGENTINI, VALLONTANO, DUNAMIS, CAVALIERI CASA VALDUGA, CORDILEIRA De SANT'ANNA, MIOLO, SALTON, LIDIO CARRARO, & So Many More : Shout Out For Them Be Vain, You Have Every Right!
I'm SO GLAD TO SEE THIS just now here on Bralvin Facebook on the BRALVIN Home Page : great to see, a good piece I copy and share here with you all. Cheers, TONY 2/24/14
Grapes for sparkling wine sparkling wines from Casa Valduga are made from three grape varieties (solo or mixed): Pinot Noir ink and white Chardonnay and Moscato. Generally lend character to the mix inks more austere, more body, aromas of red fruits, while Chardonnay gives more creaminess and elegance.
Uvas para Espumante
Os espumantes da Casa Valduga são feitos a partir de três castas (solo ou misturadas): A tinta Pinot Noir e as brancas Chardonnay e Moscato
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TALKING WITH Sonia Denicol on Facebook :
Demesne Vicari Italic Riesling - the Lizete Vicari
The only Brazilian family wine member, Patricia Carraro of the LIDIO CARRARO winery in Serra Gaucha Brasil to come to our store Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits, 2423 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington D.C., 20008, 202-363-4265 and ever taste the wines of Brasil with us to my knowledge. For that alone I give Patricia here a BIG " shout out! " Obregado Patricia, we still sell your wines and in March we will have more coming. I have already spoken to our local rep Jody Jackman of Winebow Imports baout getting more. You came with Kay Mallon here of Winebow Imports to make this presentation back in July 2012 I believe? TONY
2/25/214 : Happy Carnaval this Friday, February 28th, 2014 ... TONY
WE SHOULD SCHEDULE this Friday a VeeV Acai liqueur tasting, too?!? Call us ASAP! Anyway, we have an open bottle that I can taste with everyone. Saved by the Veev bottle! Cheers, Tim Tim tudos ... OLA TUDOS!! TONY
How are you Madame do Vinho, I miss not talking with you more. Have you read my recent blogs at : chatwine.blogspot.com on the wines of Brasil? Let me know what you think? Cheers, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Please read and share them, that would be great. TONY Happy Carnaval 2014 to you all, what wines of Brasil will you enjoy, any red Bordo you like for this? Seems like that's a good choice? What do you think about some chilled red Bordo? TONY
