Anthony Quinn's Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits Tuesday Weekly Store Email January 28th, 2014 : State-Of-Union-Address Tonight, SUPER BOWL Weekend!

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SORRY THAT THERE WAS no store email last week - the weather was a big part of
that ...

THINK ABOUT TONIGHT'S State-Of-The-Union Address ...

SURE, IT COULD CHANGE, it all hangs on a split second, on one conversation, on
one gesture, a smile or not, an email, a text, a Facebook message, a call!

I'M SPEAKING OF the SUPER BOWL, though it could relate to other topics like the
Golden Globe and Grammy, so many things.

WE HAVE A WHOLE RANGE of things to show you, to tempt you with. Malkit just
showed me a series of liquors that are all On Special , and when you buy them
you also will receive another 15% off these red-sticker prices : LIKE - THREE
OLIVES vodka, MEZZALUNA Vodka, GODIVA Chocolate, SKINOS Mastiha Liqueur, GREAT
LAKES " Pumpkin " liqueur... come check these out ; loose lots of individual
bottles and less than a case of any item.

WE HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY here getting everything bar-coded so that we will soon
be able to scan everything and make it easier to know if we have an item in
stock or not, and easier to ring up at the register when there are lines so that
you do not have to wait around more than necessary. All good, all for our
greater good.

WE ALSO have whatever you might want to watch tonight's State-Of-The-Union
address. Because it is so very cold I will try and focus on things to bring us
good cheer and warm us with both the wind and the tumbling temperatures that are
wil us they say through this week.

THIS SUNDAY my wife and I drove up to the Big Apple to the East Village to dine
at  Becerka VESELKA a Ukrainian restaurant started 59 years ago in 1954! Wow,
now that's ' some history '! The funny thing was as we ate our Piecogis, potato
pancakes and other Ukrainian specialties I looked out and saw one of us - YES -
one of our Cleveland Park customers walk by. My jaw dropped down, my eyes
widened, and he looked inside the restaurant and saw me, stopped, smiled; and we
both waved at the other! It's pretty amazing as he did tell me he was moving to
New York. But while he lived here he would often stop and taste and chat with
us. Another customer, another friend. We have many customers that we share
between Washington D.C. and New York city. That's nice. They are always big
smiles when they are here, happy to see us, happy to have us here, and they
often stop to chat time-permitting like John and David!

OUR MEAL at VESELKA was a real treat. It stays open 24 hours and it was packed
for lunch and really cold outside and so we had to wait but it was well-worth
it. I would return as so much of it between the egg dishes, the pancakes and
waffles, all the sausages and the pastries - lots of comfort. I drank some
delicious unfiltered cider that though cold pleased me when my Monte Cristo
sandwich arrived with two slices meats, melted Swiss cheese, a mustard sauce,
fries, and on their toasted potato bread.

IF I HAD NOT BEEN DRIVING it would have been fun to combine this with a wine
like the BOE Brooklyn Oenology 2010 Social Club dry red blend from the North
Fork of Long Island, $19.99, 13.2% alcohol by volume. The back label reads: "
It's complex with lively flavors of dark cherry and blackberry, and highlights
of spices and savory baking herbs. A Bordeaux-style blend ... " I agree with
this, : www.brooklynoenology.com for more info. It will warm you and work really
well with many meals that will also do the same ...
WHAT A GRAND EXPERIENCE, about five hours each way, leaving at 6 A.M. and
getting back around 7 P.M. and about three hours in the East Village of New York
at E9thSt. and 2nd St ( not far from the Filmore East - and with the Grammy
later that was fun to remember all the groups that played there - maybe Paul and
Ringo played there at some point? ) , all the tolls back and forth, $31 for 3-4
hours' parking : a fanciful flight to and fro and well-worth it! Highly
recommended, treat ourselves once in awhile.

I MIGHT HAVE ORDERED some of the CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE, est 1974,  " Whole
Cluster " 2012 Old Mission Peninsula  Michigan German Kabinett style -
medium-dry Riesling, $18.99 with my Monte Cristo sandwich, that should have cut
through the honey mustard well? Or maybe it might have been better tho have the
CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE 2011 Semi-Dry Riesling, $15.99, 12% alcohol by volume? Go
to : www.cgtwines.com for more ideas. Cheers.

I'D DO IT, WILL DO IT ALL over again. And so funny that I ran into the son of
someone who's father helps to promote the series of wines called LAYER CAKE,
like the Shiraz 2012 South Australia, $18.99, 14.5% alcohol by volume that we
sell here. That. too might have worked well with my Monte Cristo sandwich as it
was so cold on Sunday and our five-block walk outside to get back to our car
almost killed me! I felt my body harden and turn brittle-like and it scared the
s--t out of me!

THESE ARE ALL WINES to buy now and enjoy with the Super Bowl ... Treat
yourselves, buy now!

I JUST SPOKE WITH SANTOS About Beer ... All to enjoy when you watch the SUPER
BOWL -

and we are so pleased to have a series of German beers on a ' deep discount ' :
the MAXLRAINER  ( Go to : www.maxlrain for more great inspiration )

1)  Export Aiblinger Schwarzbier Wilhelm Leibl Dunkel,  a Bavarian dark draft
lager... the

2)  Hell Export Schloss Gold Premium Qualitat , a draft lager ... and the

3) Weissbier  Leo Weisse Naturbelassen Kellertrub, a Bavarian wheat beer,
unfiltered :

ALL THREE On Special for $1.99 a bottle. These are all loose bottles and
supplies are very limited so ' first come - first serve '!

WE ALSO JUST HAD MADONNA do an in-store KONA Brewing Company beer-tasting here.
Madonna poured the ...

1) Fire Rock Pale Ale - good rich forward and warming flavors ( On Special for
$8.99 a six-pack of 12 ounce bottles, 6% alcohol by volume )  ... and the ... Go
TO : www.KonaBrewingCo.com for more ideas. This will warm you to the bone and
float your spirit and soul! Thanks Madonna.

COME TASTE WITH MADONNA in another week, on Friday the 31st when we try a ' new
" Georgia beer, the SWEET WATER Brewing Company's Extra Pale Ale 420 ( On
Special for $9.99 a 6-pack of 12-ounce bottles, brewed and bottled in Atlanta,
Georgia, : " A tasty West Coast style pale accentuated by a stimulating hop
character. First conceived in our bat cave on 4-20. This kind beer keeps the
wheels on the bus going round and round."Go to : www.sweetwaterbrew.com for more
info, Atlanta, Georgia, 30324 ... 404-691-ales.

2) Pipeline Aloha Series Porter made with 100% Hawaiian Kona Coffee ( On Special
for $8.99, 12 fl. oz bottle, 5.3% alcohol by volume , www.konabrewing.com ) :
how utterly delicious and full and rich and OPULENT! Loved it!

ALSO From Santos : For the SUPER BOWL -

1) LEFFE Brune-Brown Abbaye de Abbey , Anno 1240 established, On Special for
9.99 a 6-pack of twelve-ounce bottles, 6.5% alcohol by volume, : " Puissante et
savoureuse " : Powerful and savory, delicious, full of taste. Perfect/purrfect
for this cutting cold!

2) " Double-Wide " India Pale Ale from BOULEVARD BREWING CO. , the " Smokestack
Series " ( On Special for $12.99 a 4-pack of 12 Fluid Ounce bottles, 8.5%
alcohol by volume, Kansas City, Missouri ) : " Hops rip the roof off Double-Wide
I.P.A., their aroma redolent of apricot and piney woods. Caramel malts balance a
whirlwind of citrusy bitterness, winding down to a long, serene finish."

( Don't Forget : the STONE HILL Winery  Norton dry red 2010, from Missouri, the
" true " American wine made with a grape that comes from America and not Europe
like most of the others! It's $22.9 and a grand experience and dry red for this
cold weather, The sparkling Brut Rose Methode Champenoise, est. 1841 , $21.99,
will also do the trick and please you today and this week in this cold. It's
warming again!

3) " Alive! " Belgian Wild Ale from MIKKELLER ( On Special for 14.99 a 1 Pt.
9.4Fl Oz bottle, 8% alcohol by volume, de Proef Brouwerij, Lochristi-Hijfte,
Belgium ) : also perfect for this cutting cold weather that we are enjoying or
not now!

CIDER From Spain :

1) Pear Hard Cider from MAELOC hand-crafted in Galicia, Spain ( On Special for
$12.99 a 6-pack , 11.2 Fl. Oz bottles, 4% alcohol by volume, 10% pear juice,
made with apples from Galicia ) . ALSO available in Strawberry, On Special for
$12.99 a 6-pack. TWO delicious FLAVORS for you all to enjoy now - ahora!

MORE LIQUOR/ LIQUEUR From MALKIT & Jagir :

TO ENJOY NOW - Agora with the SUPER BOWL and AGAIN later!

1) Acai Spirit liqueur called VEEV ( $27.99 a 750ml bottle, 30% alcohol by
volume, , produced and bottled by VEEV Distillers in Rigby, Idaho ) : " From
deep in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, the acai berry is thought to be the
world's preeminent superfruit and VEEV is the world's first acai spirit. Born of
a desire for adventurous living...

AND WITH BRAZIL'S  carnival week coming in February, this would be a great way
to enjoy the spirit of celebrating life and being alive. The taste is so
elegant, so polished and refined : with an enticing bouquet that shouts-out like
streamers of all pastel colors falling from the buildings above and down into
the streets with all those singing and dancing down below, dressed in so many
bright colors, so many feathers and glitter and pizzas ... and here you have a
softer, my calming taste to enjoy.

AS THEY SAY : " A Better Way To Live Deserves A Better Way To Drink. Make the
Eau de VeeV - a Brazilian Rickey : 2 oz VeeV Acai Spirit, 1 lemon slice, i
orange slice, and 3 Oz tonic ... a citrus wheel to garnish ... Veevebrate!

I WAS JUST TALKING TO MIKE Cavanagh on the phone and we are looking at possibly
doing our Brazilian Carnival Tasting of Spirits & Wine here on Wednesday,
February 26th, 2014 from 5-8PM as the actual carnival season if February 28th -
March 4th, 2014.

NEWS FLASH From AIRLIE Vineyards, Willamette Valley OR :  SAVE THE DATE!

Mary Olsen the owner will be here on Thursday, April 3rd, 2014 from 5-8PM doing
an in-store tasting of the whites : Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Muller Thurgau,
as well as of her Pinot Noir dry red. The three whites I displayed earlier on
our tasting table as they will all help fight this intense cold and wind! What
are the chances, what a coincidence! I love it, this will be a great evening
here indeed and you are all welcome. Mark your calendars now! SAVE THE DATE!
2) Rum Espiritu Puro Da Natureza by TOUCANO, this Brazilian Cachaca by YPIOCA
(On Special for $24.99, 40% alcohol by volume, 1 liter bottle - great deal,
Agricola ) :"  made from freshly harvested sugar cane, fermented with natural
years, distilled from the pure juice of the sugar cane, aged for 2 years in oak
barrels ... carefully aged for a shimmering taste "... ANOTHER GREAT WAY to
celebrate Brazil's carnival!

3) Original BREAKOUT Premium Rye Whiskey , 8 -Years-Old from The Tennessee
Spirits Company ( $39.99, 750ml bottle, 43% alcohol by volume ) : Brand spanking
new : " Make a bold move. Break out of your routine and taste the original rebel
of ryes, 8-year-old BREAKOUT American Rye Whiskey ." Go to :
www.breakoutryewhiskey.com for more inspiration!

4) Genevieve Genever Style Gin Essay )-SSG-GM-1 from ANCHOR Distilling Co. (
$54.99 a 750ml bottle, San Framsisco, CA. - you know, the beer specialists!
47.3% alcohol by volume , est. 1993 ) : " This traditional 17th-century-style
genever gin was pot-distilled at our small San Fransisco distillery. "

FROM Michel & Tony : SUPER BOWL WINES -

1) " Les Galets dores " , a dry white blend 2012 from CHATEAU MOURGUES Du GRES
in France's Costieres De Nimes, $15.99, a blend of Roussanne, Grenache,
Vermentino and Marsanne that's lively, flavorful and a real treat, even with all
this cold!

2) " Galets Rouges ", a 2011 dry French red blend from CHATEAU MOURGUES Du GRES
, $15.99, 14% alcohol by volume, of Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre and Marselan.
It's also got lots of lively personality that will be great for the Super Bowl
as you want different wines and beers that will complement all the varied finger
foods that you pick from chips and pretzels and popcorn, dips with melting
cheeses, guacamole and more of everything ... hot dogs and sausages, too!

3) 2011 Patelin de Tablas from TABLAS CREEK Vineyard in Paso Robles, CA. ,
$24.99, 13.7% alcohol by volume : a dry red fruit-forward-driven blend of
Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre and Counoise. I like it a whole lot! What a wonderful
treat that will harmonize with everything!

4) Shiraz and Viognier dry red Aussie blend from DOMAINE TERLATO & CHAPOUTIER,
from Victoria, $20.99, 14% alcohol by volume, this is a bit heartier, beefier,
more grip and grit and really nice medium-to-lighter-bodied red that again will
dance beautifully- play hard ball wonderfully on your tongue along with all the
food that is like the football being carried down the field until you all score
BIG!

5) CHATEAU LA COUDRAIE 2010 dry red Bordeaux, $13.99, 13.5% alcohol by volume,
from Vognobles Jolivet : this is a tasty, flavorful medium-to-light-bodied dry
red Bordeaux that will suit well most food that you drink while watching the
Super Bowl! It's a real winner and very reasonable in price, too.

WE ARE NOW WORKING on Big Plans to celebrate Brazil's carnival here with a
tasting of the LEBLON Cachaca, On Special for $32.99 a 750ml bottle ( Krista and
Fatima might both be here to help us orchestrate this wonderful event ) as well
as the wines of SALTON ( Mike and Katie Cavanagh pouring we hope ) that include
espumante-sparkling wines as we;; as still wines. What fun!! Stay-tuned for more
info shortly.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING for you, for TONIGHT'S State-Of-The-Union, for this weekend's
SUPER BOWL, for the COLD WEATHER, STAY WARM ...WE WILL HELP YOU ALL,  and to be
sure I am talking now with Santos, Jagir, Malkit. Michel and I have already gone
over some ideas and I will include those here as well as those of  Malkit, Jagir
and Santos. Where will you all be? In front of your t.v. or in front of a
friend's? Many people will be. I am one of that one percent of the one percent
that do not watch the Super Bowl and may be doing something else fun with my
family?

THE OLYMPICS are also just around the corner, so is Valentine's Day! SO MUCH TO
anticipate. May we all be warm, safe, healthy and able to enjoy ourselves both
at work and off! Cheers.

THANK YOU For everything. We appreciate everything.

Remember that TODAY ( Tuesday ) and WEDNESDAY we have our weekly sales going.
SAVE BIG TODAY and TOMORROW. Today's sale get sparkling wines down to 15% OFF
the market sticker prices when you buy a case of twelve bottles assorted, and
tomorrow- Wednesday when you buy a case assorted you get 20% OFF on your still
wines- not including champagne or sparkling wines. It's the same sale we run
every Wednesday and every Tuesday. Call for deliveries and more details. It's
always good to talk to you ( 202-363-4265 ) on the phone or see you face-to-face
here in person.

WE DELIVER : call to place an order : 202-363-4265.

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our calender of wine tastings!

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References

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