Anthony Quinn's Weekly Tuesday Store Email For Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits He Writes & Posts / TODAY'S , July 23rd, 2013: Enjoy!

SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED above in the headline header how they rescues a child that was buried many feet under the sand as he suddenly sank when playing with his friends and they tried to dig him put with their hands until the crane and men arrived and would not stop until they found him, his lungs filled with some sand but still alive as there had been air trapped inside from the roots of a tree or the tree itself : a miracle or close to one, lucky to still be alive! Now that's something to CHEER ABOUT! THESE ARE CREATIVE TIMES filled with hope and inspiration/ motivation , care and concern and doing things to help make a difference. We are having the times of our lives working 150% to bring you what's available through us for your pleasure, enjoyment, education, edification and amusement. Real life takes place here in this long rectangular space. We know so many as a result of this very special space where you can grow and feel comfortable and both share and learn. We welcome Amy to our neighborhood. She was just here this past week. Amy came and tasted this Saturday with Mak Congdon and bought his bottle of dry white Italian Oltrepo Pavese made from the Pinot Nero grape, the 2012 FRECCIAROSSO " Sillery " , $18.99, 13.5% alcohol by volume. She also tasted the wines of BOORDY VINEYARDS, Hydes, Maryland, the red blend ( brought to us by Susan Rayner recently of the BOORDY VINEYARDS ) ; and the dry " new " Cotes Du Provence rose that we will have from Kathy Joseph ( Le Grand Fromage - French Cheese Seminars & Tours ) and Robert A. Shive of ST. TROPEZ WATER, LLC - " Provence Rose Wine Period " is Robert's motto. AMY GOT TO MEET them both as well as some of our regular customers. Robert and Kathy came to us through part-owner Martin Lumet of the French " classic " restaurant LA CHAUMIERE in Georgetown across from the Four Seasons Hotel. Merci Martin. We will have Robert and Kathy's rose here the first week of August and it will sell for $19.99 : unique packaging, really elegant, bright and fresh and lovely dry rose. ALE, BEER, CIDER - SANTOS HAS A " Whole New " Collection ! 1) Birra ETRUSCA Bronze An Ancient Ale Brewed with honey, hazelnut flour, heirloom wheat... ( $13.99 , 1 Pt, 9.4 Fl. Oz bottle, 8.5% alcohol by volume, brewed & bottled by DOGFISH HEAD Craft Brewery, Inc. Milton, DE. www.dogfish.com ) ... and also in this ale ... myrrh, gentian root, raisins, pomegranate juice & pomegranates. I'm in on this, sounds like a glass will be enough for me to enjoy thoroughly. 2) THE MAHARAJA Imperial India Pale Ale - Supremely Limited - from AVERY BREWING CO. ( On Special for $8.99 a bottle, 1Pt 6 Fl. Oz., 10.4% alcohol by volume, Boulder , Colorado, since 1993 ) : " ... this Imperial IPA is regal, intense, fierce and mighty ... fashioning a royal scarlet hue and an exquisite malt essence. " 3) :" Old Crafty Hen " Superior Fine Ale Vintage Ale Imported From England ( On Special for $10.99 a 6-pack of 12-ounce bottles, 6.5% alcohol by volume, www.oldspeckledhen.co.uk for more information ) : " Crafted by the master brewer of Old Speckled Hen. this superior fine ale combines distinctive malty taste ... ". Cheers. RAVI & His LIQUEUR / LIQUOR Selections: 1) YENI RAKI Liqueur from Turkey ( $25.99, 45% alcohol by volume, is produced from grape and anise seed, distilled and bottled by Mey Icki San, Ve Tic, A.S. www.yenirakiusa.com for more info ). How many of you know it, have tried it? Please comment if you have. Cheers. 2) SPEAKEASY Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey ( $30.99, 47.2% alcohol by volume, distilled in Kentucky, bottled by Bardstown Club Distilling Company, Nelson County, Kentucky) : original Sour Mash BOURBON. Cheers. 3) KIRSCH Selection Special Reserve " American Whiskey " , aged 20 Years, distilled from Bourbon Mash, 02/27/87 ( On Special for $59.99 a bottle, 86% Proof, bottled by HIRSCH Distillers, Weston, Missouri, USA ) : " Hirsch Selection represents a hand picked series of single barrel whiskies chosen expressly for connoisseurs of small batch fine spirits ... " It used to be much easier for us to get on hands on. Now it's so scarce and that is very hard on a number of our customers. What can you all do to remedy this awful situation? Cheers. 4) Single Malt Irish Whiskey Aged 16 Years from BUSHMILLS ( $88.99 a bottle, 40% alcohol by volume, matured in three woods, since 1608, original Grant distillery , www.buschmills.com for more info ) : aged in bourbon, oloroso sherry and port wine casks for a rich fruitiness and malty nuttiness. Cheers. THIS PAST SATURDAY it was nice to chat and taste with Mark Congdon and Audry. She had been listening to the opera Othello by a Chilean conductor and told us both that Othello was pronounced " Otello " with the " h " being silent. Mark liked that a lot, made him smile. AUDRY TOLD US about her dog that has allergies and that used to scratch itself but now expects others to do the scratching for it. Audry motioned how her dog would lie all legs spread out. It's " chill " here and we do have some interesting conversations around wine. AUDRY BOUGHT the 2009 SASSETTO 100% Sangiovese from Italy's Romagna region, $17.99, and the Italian Oltrepo Pavese dry white Pinot Nero 2012, $18.99 a bottle. Both showed beautifully and both sold really well. It was a really good Italian tasting including a fine Prosecco, too. WINES From Michel & Tony : WHITES & BUBBLY : 1) Extra Brut " Le Fare " MEROTT, $20.99, 11.5% alcohol by volume, from CASA VINICOLA MERETTO , Mark Congdon poured this here this Saturday. It's an upper-scale Prosecco that's as bright, light, fresh, silky, airy and refreshing as can be with definite character and definite breed. Wonderful really, great for this hot weather and humidity! 2) RAPIDO 2012 Veneto Pinot Grigio with the Yellow Vespa on the label, $ 10.99 a bottle,`overdelivers with more dryness, flavorfulness ( my own mad-up word - like it?! ), and pizazz and brightness for such a reasonable price. 3) MASO POLI 2011 Alto Adige Pinot Grigio ( single vineyard ) , $22.99, has such extra body, more like the Volvos-of-old- more armature, more depth, more caches and trunks of mineral and citrus and reserves of creaminess that have a wonderful accent of nuttiness : wonder- WONDER-ful!!!!!Full, feel fully-free to wander, to discover the layers of charming flavors here in this MASO POLI PG! 4) Terra Di Dora FIANO DI AVELLINO 2010 white wine from TERREDORA DIPAOLO, $27.99, 13% : these wines ( 4 whites and 2 reds ) , all dry, are some of Italy's very, VERY finest. I LOVE how they do not copy any other grapes or any other styles : they are what they are : excellent food wines with character, integrity and flavor and taste that is distinct and best with food. THIS 2010 IS FULLY MATURE : " ripe, honey ", says Franceen that sells it to us. Franceen will be here this Saturday from 2-6PM tasting out some of her wines from up and down the map of Italy : from Puglia, skipping across the water to Sicily and then all the way up to Trentino that hugs Switzerland. What fun it will be. REDS : 1) Dry Rosso Nero D'Avola blend from Sicily's fine COLOSI Winery, this 2010, $11.99 is a distinctly tasty, flavorful and fine food Italian wine. What value, the owners have been here, we have loved selling the wines now for years. 2) Marques De Zenate dry Tempranillo red 2012 from Spain's Valencia region, $8.99 : AGAIN a wine that way-over-delivers for the money and all the nuances of flavors, levels of textures, depths of accents. WONDERFUL, very special for this ridiculous price now. 3) Rapido Red Sangiovese dry red from Italy's Puglia, this 2011 AGAIN way-over-delivers : what a finely-tuned/nuanced/balanced effusiveness of fruit-forward toasty rich cherry-berry flavors, and only $8.99 a bottle. 4) Cotes-Du-Rhone dry red blend , this 2011 Haiut De Brun from Alain Jaume & Fils , $15.99 is perhaps the most friendly, fruit-forward wine that Jeremy and I have tasted yet. WE both commented on this the other day. It's lovely, medium-to-light-bodied, flavorful, not heavy : great when you grill. Cheers. 5) Teroldego indigenous dry red from the Italy's LECHTHALER Vineyard, this 2010 at $17.99 has some real flavor and dryness and is always best with food. Franceen will taste it this Saturday from 2-6PM. Join us, never any charge. WEEKEND TASTINGS : FRIDAY, JULY 26rd, 2013 ( 5-8PM ) : We have Enrico and possible Brigitte coming from IL PIOPPO Italian Artisinal Family Wines to pour a selection of their fine Veneto, Abruzzo, Marche, Tuscan dry reds and white. It will be fun. We may ask them to ficus on their Veneto wines and also throw in a sweet wine, too, a sparkling one as well, maybe even their extra virgin olive oil, and some of their food products, too?!? Will let you know really soon. Cheers. SATURDAY, JULY 27th, 2013 ( 2-6PM ) : We have Franceen Kahng coming from Vias imports to pour many of the wines I spoke about above : 1) RAPIDO Pinot Grigioo 2012, 2) MASO POLI 2011 Pinot Grigio, 3) LECHTHALER Teraldego dry red 2010, 4) COLOSI Nero D'Avola red blend from Sicily. JOIN US, NEVER any charge - everybody welcome. WEEKLY WEDNESDAY 3-PART Non-Sparkling/still WINE SALE : Call : 202-363-4265 if you cannot come. 1) BUY ANY BOTTLE at $20 a bottle or over of non-sparkling and SAVE 20% OFF the marked sticker price. 2) BUY ANY 6 or more bottles of non-sparkling wine and SAVE 15% OFF the marked sticker prices. 3) BUY ANY 12 or More bottles of non-sparkling wine and SAVE 20% OFF the marked sticker prices. If you cannot come call and pay tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 and SAVE BIG here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits! I AM SURE I HAVE MISSED many things and am sorry for that. Time to post this now. It was fun to have Aliyah announce this past Saturday : " It's the white wine of my dreams ", referring to a bottle of the Condrieu Les Grandes Chaillees from MonteZ Stephane that she had with her father in a Parisian restaurant! We will try and find it for her. IT WAS ALSO nice to have Michael Doyle and his Brazilian fiancee here , Jessica Borges, of the PALAIS PRIVE French Luberon Rhone region of France. We have signed by Michael now for gifts the 1) PALAIS PRIVE 20102 dry white, $20.99, and the 2) PALAIS PRIVE Luberon dry rose, $20.99 : both wines that are elegant, vibrant, distinct, gracious, bright and LOVELY. Wow, love them both. We spoke of the BORGES port wines and of the wines of Brazil like the LIDIO-CARRARO Merlot that we sell from the Vale Dos Vinehedos, $13.99 . THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, come see us, TONY