Taste Today BEAUMONT Vineyards, DE MEYE Vineyards, and LAIBACH Vineyard's South African Wines With John & Theresa Morrison From 2-6PM, No Charge, Saturday January 11th, 2014 @ Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits In Northwest, Washington D.C. 20008, ALSO Theresa' CAPE WINELANDS' Book Signed, To Support Cancer Research Locally!

COME TASTE TODAY with John & Theresa Morrison their " new " South African arrivals of : 1) LAIBACH Simonsberg, Stellenbosch , the " Ladybird " dry red Organic Viticulture Meritage , Bordeaux blend of 5 grapes : 41 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Cabernet Franc, 19% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot and 7% Malbec, $27.99, 13.5% - still young but smoother and readier-to-drink than some vintage, open one and a half hours before drinking and it will be MAGNIFICENT!   2) Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 , the " Little River " from DE MEYE in Stellenbosch, South Africa, $11.99, 14.5% alcohol by volume - some good body and weight and yet very approachable and enjoyable now, especially at this price and it will take the dampness of today away as it is supposed to rain and drizzle much of the day!  3) Chenin Blanc dry white ( also called Steen in South Africa ) 2013, from DE MEYE, $11.99, 12.5% alcohol by volume - bright, clean, crisp, fresh, vibrant, hummmmmssssss ever so blissfully, delightfully, so right, a perfect wine to sip and close one's eyes and imagine the sunshine that is not getting through the clouds but which is released from this dry Chenin Blanc on your tongue and into your palate ever so nicely!  4) Unwooded Chardonnay 2012 from DE MEYE , 2012 - made in stainless-steel, light, clean, refreshing with a bit more weight and body than the Chenin Blanc, $14.99, from Stellenbosch, South Africa, 12.5% alcohol by volume, lovely!  5)  " Old Basket Press " Alicante Bouschet dry red, 13% alcohol by volume , the Raoul's 2012 from BEAUMONT Vineyard in Walker's Bay, South Africa, $12.99, is medium-to-light-bodied, fleshing out nicely, developing some more of it's secondary flavors, quite a plesant mouth-feel and versatile, will complement many meals. It was a discovery and a ' favorite ' of founder Raoul Beamont that he brought back from Portugal to South Africa, being the first, discovering that the grape was not there yet even though the Portuguese did travel around the Cape in the early days of travel when the world was being discovered! Cheers! JOIN US, NEVER any charge, everyone always welcome. Theresa will also sign and sell copies of her book CAPE WINELANDS that is amazing, $20 , and all the proceeds go to breast cancer research and Finding The Cure! Pay that directly to Thersa when you get a book! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 1/11/14