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LOTS GOING ON, come be a part of what we have going on here.   WE ALWAYS HAVE a busy schedule of  weekly tastings here. I will start with that today :              TUESDAY : Today, I will taste some treasures here that I have found, come and be surprised! 5-8PM.        WEDNESDAY, February 28th, 2018 : We have Libby here to taste some really fine wine selections, and at some ridiculous prices, too. Some RAIN Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc, some STEPHEN ROSS Pinot Gris white, too, both On Special for $12.99 for this wine-tasting, only eighteen bottles of each, then the price reverts to the old prices of around $20 each! ALSO : Tasting some fine Spanish Bobal from CLOS LOJEN, 2013, ALSO On Special for $12.99, down from $21.99 a bottle. Come taste these tomorrow with Libby! SAVE BIG here tomorrow!, ALL THREE have a 3 for $33, and a 6 for $60 while inventory lasts on all three wines. WOW!!!!         FRIDAY, March 2nd, 2018 ( 5-8PM ), we have Adriane Morgan of Five Grapes Imports / Selections here to taste some great price-reduction wines-values with you all! : 1) Chai de Treille white 2013 Bordeaux - showing amazingly well now, a fine warmer-weather dry white with all it's character plainly tasting bright! On Special for $12.99. 3 for $33 , and 6 for $60 yes si si oui oui si yes! 2) Finca Hispana Priorat red Rhone blend from Spain, On Special for $22.99 a bottle, .. 3) Eric Louis Sancerre white 2014, On Special for $16.49 a bottle, regularly $27.49 ... crisp and clean and a value here! AND :   4) Casa del Lago Mendoza Malbec On Special for $9.99 a bottle.   SATURDAY, March 3rd, 2018, 2-6pm ( Brayden Campbell owner of Global Wine Dist. MD comes to taste a selection of ) : TANGLED TREE Shiraz dry red On Special for $7.99 a bottle, and TANGLED TREE Sauvignon Blanc On Special for $7.99 a bottle!, ALSO a fine slightly - oaked white Burgundy 100% Chardonnay, and more of course.             WEDNESDAY Savings  each and every -   SAVE BIG ON Expensive wine, up to 20% OFF the marked sticker prices of $19.99 a bottle or more, yes yes yes! This is every Wednesday, ...   ORDER A CASE OR MORE every Wednesday and SAVE 20% OFF the marked sticker prices at any price!   CALL IF you cannot make it here and pay and save on Wednesday - 202-363-4265. Cheers.          BEER From Santos to make your mouth water -        1) LOVE BUZZ Saison with Brettanomyces, an ale brewed with spices, aged in French oak Pinot Noir barrels, On Special for $16.99 a 750ml bottle with 8% alcohol by volume.        2) Barrage Brown Ale from Brass Cannon Brewing, $5.99 a bottle for a 22 Fl. Oz bottle, with 5.5% alcohol by volume, warming, comforting, smooth.          TWO From WICKED WEED Brewing-        1) Bourbon Barrel-Aged MILK & COOKIES Imperial milk stout brewed with golden raisins, cinnamon, and vanilla, - yes! try it!        2) French Toast Imperial Stout, brewed with cinnamon, On Special for $6.99 a 500ml bottle, with 8.8% alcohol by volume, yes, another worthy beer to enjoy in these indecisive times of weather and all.     Breaking News :   Donald Albert is here just telling me that Jimmie Roberts passed away Januray 30th, 2018, he is survived by Donald, and the service tomorrow is at All Souls Church, and you may make donations in Jimmie's name to : National Stroke Association. Cheers, Jimmie you will be - are already missed!                   LIQUOR and LIQUEUR From Jagir -        1) Strawberries & Cream limited edition from Bailey's, $27.99, our local rep Christopher just saw this , he does not represent it, but had very favorable praise for it earlier when he saw the bottle here on our tasting table. Thanks Christopher, I appreciate that. Come try some.        2) Distillerie DU PEYRAT Organic selection Cognac single distillery, $44.99 : new and very organically exciting - love the deep color, draws me closer before I even sip it! Then there is the bouquet and the taste ,,,          TWO From CLYDE MAYS -        1) Alabama Style Whiskey since 1946, $37.99, 85 proof,  : " just one sip and you feel the wind rustling through Alabama pines as Clyde kept one eye on his still ...        2) Alabama Style110 proof whiskey , the Special Reserve, $39.99 a bottle, ... wow, what a silky punch.          TWO From  The MACALLAN Highland Single Malt Scotch Whiskey  -        1) Edition No 3 : On Special for $85.99, regularly $89.99 a bottle,  : " This limited edition is an extraordinary collaboration between our master whisky maker, Bob Dagarno and master perfumer, Roja Dove.        2) Classic Cut Limited 2017 edition, : " matured exclusively in hand-picked sherry seasoned oak casks from Jerez, Spain and bottled to reveal the extraordinary character of a timeless spirit. "        READ ON -        WINE From Chris and Tony -          TWO Whites from LEYDA -        1) Lot 4 2013 Sauvignon Blanc from Chile's Valle de Leyda, $45.99, multi-layered and rich and expansive, refreshing pure flavors - does not get much better - yes!        2) Lot 5 Chardonnay 2012, so much extra punch and richness, a satiny quality that will buffer, flatter, appeal and make us all radiate and smile broadly, happily too! $45.99 a bottle.   MORE TO COME -          TWO More Fine Reds-        1) 2015 Tannat, Merlot, Zinfandel dry food-red blend from ARTESANA, Canelones, Uruguay, $17.49, a fine dry red to enjoy with your meal!        2)  2016 Texas TRE COLORE ( 1506 cases produced ) from the McPHERSON CELLARS in Lubbock, Texas - this is more like a somewhat restrained fruit-bomb to please you sooooo all on it's own! Chill to make taste drier, or otherwise enjoy it with food and barbecue, and all by itself!     FUNNY Yet Quite Sad, Too! We wear all our emotions now ahora agor maintenant - ALL the time, we have hardly any ownership of time any more, it is encroached upon by so many outside forces, and these forces, insidious, are forces to be reckoned and dealt with, and they know it, and they do everything to walk around with Harry Potter's Invisible robe, and by and large they succeed. It is our job to reveal whom and what and where and why and when they are as they are disrupting completely our lives and infiltrating so deeply that we just throw up our hands, shrug, look the other way, run for cover, pretend that they are not there, and just let them be and control us and our lives and much of what happens silently all around us, to us, to others, to our family and friends, YIKES! Enough is FINALly ENOUGH! I have had it, I am tired of all of this as I know you all are. So instead of being sad let's be mad, focused, determined, patient, a solid group working together to change all this crap of the few wealthy largely invisible others with all their minions working for their greater good and not ours!   CHEERS, watch The Voice on t.v., I did yesterday and liked it quite a bit though I felt it lacked the spark I want and too much internal bickering between the panel. This is about music, the voice of talented young and older and I want the attention to be more around them! Cheers!   YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, shop and dine local, invite your friends to do so and you will get better service and meals and merchandise and product, smiles, all - everything you deserve and should be getting. JUST REMEMBER : you all play an integral part in all of this. It is a compromise of working all of us together as a team and realizing that we all matter, that we all make a difference. So support local, support Cleveland Park and our fabulous neighborhood, and invite all others to do so, too!   WE ARE SO PROUD of our young students all over the country trying to effect change in our gun control laws.   AND SO LIFE goes on at a very rapid pace and, just like the great winter Olympians, we all wonder sometimes : " Why are we doing this? " "    WE DO IT - all of it, because we simply must, we have no choice, time to clean up our messes. Simple as that.   LOOKING FORWARD ALREADY to International Women's Day! That will be special, needed, something to celebrate.   IS THERE an International Men's Day?   THANKS for everything, you all are the very best! Cheers, TONY     WHAT FOLLOWS BELOW is an old store email that I wrote and posted years ago, read and enjoy it if you have time and then inquire about current pricing and availability with us? Cheers,  TONY  2/27/2018 FUNNY BUT NO ONE REALLY KNOWS our wine SUPER STARS by name like they know those movie stars that have recently come to the openings of their movies across the street at the Uptown Movie House : you know, like Tom Cruise, Benjamin Bratt, Kevin Costner, Linda Carter, Mohammed Ali, Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Robert Redford, Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Biehl and so many more.   WHO KNOWS THE NAMES OF Vittorio Navacchia ( TRE MONTI Romagna, Italy ), Walter Bressia BODEGA BRESSIA, Lujan De Cuyo, Argentina ), Caroline Parent-Gros of PARENT French burgundy ), Cantoni Matteo ( of FATTORIA FIBBIANO in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy ), Christophe Reverdy ( of France's Loire Valley JEAN REVERDY Et FILS ) and Thomas Haag ( of Germany's Mosel SCHLOSS LIESER, Lieser )? not many people know these people by name and yet they may have enjoyed some of their wines already? We have been selling them to you largely without mentioning points and scores and simply talking about the wines themselves and who makes them / who is behind them. The other interesting point to bring to your attention is that recently all of these owners and wine-makers have been here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits and have been tasting their current vintages as well as some that are barrel samples and not yet bottled - just to give us a hint at what they will be like later as we are all so anxious and curious!! THESE PEOPLE ABOVE ARE OUR WINE super stars and just like Mick Jagger that has dined here in Cleveland Park we draw the known and the unknown and are happy to be a host to both. WE are always here for everyone as is our great neighborhood of Cleveland Park N.W. Washington D.C. Here are some updates for you all on these wineries and owners and wine-makers that I mentioned above.  Weingut SCLOSS LIESER, Mosel, Germany was just in the Wine Spectator for it's Niederberg 2010 Riesling. I should have remembered that they were all out of this vintage and expecting shortly the 2011 that I tasted with Thomas Haag himself. Oh well, we do see lots of people as they pass through our store. WE will look at getting the 2011 as it really did have a whole lot to offer, especially a great finesse, power and focus. Stay-tuned. We are all out of the SCHLOSS LIESER wines now but are soon receiving more. For more info go to : www.weingut-Schloss-Lieser.De.     AZIENDA AGRICOLA TRE MONTI Italian Romagna wines of owner Vittorio Navacchia that came here ( February 22nd, 2012 ) a couple of years ago with his wife came alone this time. I got him to sign our bottles of the " Campo Di Mezzo " Sangiovese Superiore 2009 ( $17.99 ) that we have had our local Voila Imports rep and owner Oscar taste with our customers. Classic, focused, firm and best when served with food. It is medium-bodied and got so much character. For more info go to : www.tremonti.it.   DOMAINE PARENT, proprietaire-owner a/ in Pommard, France. Family member Caroline Parent visited us here on February 17th, 2012 with her colleague Corinne Robert-Berthune and Ean and I tasted through some current wines available to us. I got her to sign our bottles of the POMMARD Premier Cru " Les Epinots " ( $102.99 ) 2007. We still have a bottle left for sale for some great splurge event. Come and get it while I still have it. We tasted it with our local rep Neal of Five Grapes Imports and liked it so much that we bought it immediately for the store - even though it is quite expensive. We know and love it for it's amazing elegance, finesse, refinement and yet still unmistakeable power and breed : yes, breed. It's a wonderful class-act. Lovely color and so much to say through it's Pinot Noir medium. For more info go to : www.carolineparent-et-associes.fr.   DOMAINE De La MORDOREE of Tavel, Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Condrieu, Lirac and Cotes-Du-Rhone, France : Owners Fabrice and Anne-Marie ( Fabrice's brother has not been here yet unfortunately - but maybe soon? ) visited us here in Washington D.C. for the very first time and what a delightful visit this was. They are both charming as can be ( I bonded immediately with Anne-Marie's joie-de-vivre which overflowed as we spoke in French about life, wine, art and food )  and Fabrice is so focused and knowlegable on what he and his brother are doing together. It was great to taste through with him the two 2008 dry reds he had : the Lirac which Ean and I both absolutely LOVED, and the 2008 Chateauneuf-Du-Pape which was bigger, heartier, more complex and multi-layered and needing even more of a flavorful meal to balance all it's power and flesh and finesse. It will sell for around $80 a bottle and will be here the first week of March. I got both Fabrice and Anne-Marie to sign our bottles of the Tavel dry rose 2010 ( $26.99 - only three bottles left now! ). Merci infinement Fabrice et Anne-Marie. Anne-Marie wrote : " Merci de votre bonne humeur, joie. " and Fabrice wrote : " Bravo Anthony, la vie merite d'etre recue avec des yeux d'enfant ... enjoy life, enjoy wine! ". For more info go to : www.domaine-mordoree.com. Bon voyage aujourd'hui par avion vous deux ... CHATEAU GAUDRELLE Vouvray, Loire valley, France : we had owner Alexandre Monmousseau come again to taste his Vouvray wines with us that are arriving soon. We sold the bottles that Alexandre sold while he was here and we will have them back soon enough. Zack loves them and will be happy about that as he often buys them. It was great to taste Alexandre's " new " sparkling Loire valley Vouvray yesterday at the Mondo Vino wine-tasting. I loved it so much I wrote a poem about it in part earlier today that I will publish at : chatpoetry.blogspot.com tonight. It's lovely and we will buy some of that really soon as well. Merci Alexandre. You are indeed one of the most faithful propretaires-vignerons here at Cleveland Park as I believe we discussed on your visit of the 23rd of February that you have been coming to our store since 2000! Wow, now that's something in today's changing and volatile and unpredicatable world. Merci encore. As you wrote : " A Vigneau Vouvray brut glass-a-day makes you more healthy! " For more info go to : www.chateaugaudrelle.com.   JEAN-REVERDY Et FILS, Proprietaire-Viticulteur a Chaudoux, Verdigny, SANCERRE, Loire Valley, France : owner Christophe was just here in the store an hour or so ago as well as the Mondo Vino tasting yesterday. Then I tasted the dry white Sancerre yesterday as Anne-Marie and I were in search of the perfect wine to accompany the shrimp at Mondo Vino. We drank it before we got to the oysters but it would have been a real delight! Today I tried his rose and really loved the delicate flavors of this elegant and rich and floral and totally-balanced Pinot Noir soft-dry rose. I asked Christophe yesterday if he thought that the dry rose 2011 would have complemented the oysters and he said " non ". I bet that the rose would have been amazing with all the shrimp at Mondo Vino! I should have tried some but was too focused on getting some wines for the United States for Anne-Marie to try instead of the wines that she already knew and loved from France and Europe. We have Christophe's cousin's half bottles of 2010 Sancerre ( BERNARD REVERDY Et Fils ) here On Special for $10.99 ( BUY TWO and we give you an extra 10% OFF and so the two bottles cost you less than $20 ). For more info on Christophe's wines go to : www.jreverdy@wanadoo.fr.   MONTEAGRELO, Bressia : owner Walter R. Bressia and family member Matias came to the store and really impressed Ean and me on February 23rd, 2012 with his excellent 2009 Cabernet Franc ( the first vintage, going to sell on our shelves for $28.99 a bottle  ). I liked it and it will be fun and unique and great with a meal as in my opinion it is still quite young. Buy some when we get it and put it away for another 3-5 years. I liked the Malbec better because in my opinion once again it was drinking better. Yesterday at Mondo Vino I sampled also the oak ( Walter says his Chablis-style ) Chardonnay as well as the Cabernet Sauvignon and liked both. We will definitely buy the Cabernet Franc and see for the rest in March. For many years Walter was the chief oenologist at NIETO & SENETINER that you may already know about? Gracias Walter e Matias, hasta luego. And have a safe trip back today to Argentina after a two-week adventure here! For more info go to : www.bressiabodega.com.   BUT HEY, What About BEER / CIDERS  From SANTOS : Here are some great " new " goodies for you all to fit into your busy, fulfilling schedules -             CIDER :      1)  CRISPIN Natural  Hard Apple Cider " Original " Crisp Ober Ice ( On Special for $7.99, 4-pack of 12 Fl. Oz bottles , 5% Alcohol by Volume, CrispinCider.com, bottled in CA. & MN. is GLUTEN FREE ) is " crisp and refreshing fermented fresh-pressed apple juice ". All natural ...                 BEER :        1) BARD'S Beer Company , The Original Sorghum Malt Beer " Bard's Gold ia again GLUTEN-FREE ( contains no wheat, barley, rye or oats, has 155 calories per bottle, from Utica New York, ) made from water, sorghum, hops and yeast. You should check it out, just like the CRISPIN mentioned above if you have problems that gluten-free ciders and beers can help with : the list continues to grow fortunately.        2) PEAK Organic Brewing Company IPA ( India Pale Ale )  On Special for $9.99 a 6-pack of 12 oz. bottles. We just tasted them here this past Saturday and I must say that I have never been more impressed as I was this time. Tim used to sell them to us but has returned to Maine where they are made I believe? Anyway our current rep had three different flavors available for tasting and I loved all three! Now that's a first for me. Being a wine guy I do not usually respond this well to the beers I taste and this time they were all really marvelous! I recommend you come and try all three. From Portland, Maine and with 7.1% alcohol by volume. Cheers.      3) GRIESKIRCHNER Weisse Austrian Premium Beer ( On Special for $2.99 a 1 Pt .9 Fl. Oz bottle, 5,1% Alcohol ) was tasted by Nolan Hale this past weekend with you all here. I tasted it : quite smooth and creamy and mellow and a delight all by itself. It's from Brauerei Grieskirchen. For more info go to : www.grieskirchner.at.        4) ELYSIAN Idiot Sauvin IPA of the MANICIPA Series ( On Special for $7.99  a 1Pt. 6 Fl. Oz bottle, 6.3% alcohol by volume, www.elysianbrewing.com for more info, Denver , Colorado ) " The star of the show in this beer is the citrus and passion fruit aroma and flavor of New Zealand Nelson Sauvin hops". WINES From Ean & Tony :             WHITES :        1) CANTINA GABRIELE Chardonnay dry white from Lazio, Italy ( Rome ) is On Special for $10.99 a bottle and is fresh and light and crisp and an absolute delight as things start to warm up and we all want to be / and can be more outside. It's also kosher  for Passover and Mevushal, too. It's a really fine dry white for an excellent price. I highly recommend it. Cheers and enjoy. It only contains 12% alcohol by volume.      2) PRAVIS Vigneti Delle Dolomiti Pinot Grigio ( $13.99 ) 2010 is an absolute delight to drink and enjoy with or without food. Dr. Erika, oenologist and family member knows what she is doing and we have bought extra for the store because we like it so much! It's only 12.5% alcohol by volume : you should check it out if you have not already.             REDS :      1) NEMESIO Winemaker's Selection dry red blend from Pategonia, Argentina ( $11.99 ) is a delight of flavors that are full and rich and in need of a meal with :  40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 10% Malbec and 10% Pinot Noir. It's a winner, bravo Lucas! For more info go to : www.bodeganqn.com.ar. 14% alcohol by volume.        2) DOMAINE CHANDON'S 2008 Carneros Pinot Noir ( On Special for $19.99. regularly $32.99 ) is really showing quite well now with this extra bottle age. It's got medium-body and enough flavor and personality to hold up to many foods and not overpower them. 14.5 % alcohol by volume.     WEEK'S TASTINGS :   Friday, March 2nd ( 5-8PM ) : We have Estebe coming to taste the wines of Spain - MUNIA of Toro, TERRAPLEN of Navarra , and CANARMUYO of La Rioja,  Argentina : reds and whites, as well as some really impressive " new " sherries from ALEXANDRO. Last week we opened the Oloroso and it was magnificent, really structured, flavorful, balanced and a treat to captivate the palate.   Saturday. March 3rd ( 2-6 PM ) : We have Marcie Weinstein here of Constantine Imports to taste some of her excellent Italian wines like the Montepulciano and the biodynamic Pinot Grigio from PERLAGE. WE will also taste her ALBERDI 154 Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina and more. It will be like revisiting many old friends. Some of you know these wines and many of you still have to discover them. JOIN US : never any charge for our tastings.   I KNOW THAT I HAVE FORGOTTEN MANY THINGS like talk of the Oscars and " The Artist " a silent movie in black-and-white, the red carpet. Oh well : so many things to remember. I will say that we have our very own red carpet across the street from us at the Uptown Movie House ( I have put on our Facebook page at : Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits ) pictures of some of the many stars that have come their for their premiers and openings. Don't forget to always support the Uptown : we want  it always to be successful and there for us as it is a great fixture of our neighborhood and is going through difficult times. We have discussed this at our business meetings and I know it was talked about a lot at the library recently.   FOR MORE INFO go to : www.clevelandparkwines.com, also to : Facebook at : Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits, on Twitter at : cpwinespirits, and to : chatwine.blogspot.com, chatpoetry.blogspot.com. We have lots to share with you here from pretty much everything that you can imagine we can help you realize. Cheers and thanks for all your help and support and business. Cheers,  TONY

join me tonight at cleveland park wine and spirits 3423 conn ave. and taste spanish wines of PAPET Del Mas sparkling cava, usoa de bagordi, tomorrow wed 5-8pm taste lebanese wines of chateau kefraya and a rose, too, friday with tess taste newton ca. wines, cape mentelle westernaustralia margaret rover sauvignon blanc and semillon, saturday 2-6pm taste fabulous turkish wines w/ serghei, too - dry white, dry rose, and two dry reds! yes si oui venga aqui! no charge ever to taste!!!!

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so much to celebrate and be encouraged by and push forward with!   CRAIG MAURO is coming to our rescue today! Our 3 for $33 on wine purchases in the 750ml bottle size has been such a success that we are desperately in need of his reinforcements. Now that is something we can all celebrate and cheer loudly for! Either you like wine or not, but for those of you that do this is important, and it will be happening here soon - stacks of three of some really fine ' wine-values ', and all ON SALE every day here for 3 for $33 and 6 for $60! Yes si oui yes!   new ceiling lights have been installed above us here and we are currently still working out the glitches! HOWEVER : the back beer cooler lights are on and they look bright, softer, warmer, magnifiscent - so much easier to see the beers there now! Yes si oui claro vraiment bien so happy!   cheers to all on this glorious Tuesday! Love it, went to Firehook Bakery and loved the warmth all around and embracing, hugging me softly ...   looking always for ' new ' approaches as time is of the essence, it is here with us and lots to accomplish this 2018!   we can accomplish a lot together in 2018. we can. we will, we must.   so, to do so here is what we have to offer you right now :   in beer and cider  from Santos Rivera -   temperatures in the seventies says the weather woman over the radio just now -             beer -          1)  Singlecut QNS NYC , a ' heavy boots of lead' Imperial Stout, ale / one pint 9 Fl. oz with 11% alcohol by volume, 55 IBU's 100% brewed and bottled on premises by SINGLECUT Beersmiths  in Astoria , NY. $8.99, try some.        2) MILLS HILLS Imperial Stout , outstanding craft beer, brewed abd bottled by FYNE ALE, UNited KIngdom, with 9.5% alcohol, $8.99 a 11/2 Fl oz bottle, from Scotland, yes yes yes, come try some. Brewing with passion and integrity.        3) KOYT GRUITBIER Recipe 1407 , crafting divine beer JOPEN , $4.99, for 11.2Fl. Oz bottles with .5% alcohol by volume. product of the Netherlands, ingredients are : water, barley, malt, wheat, malt, oats, gruit ( herbal blend ), yeast, gluten-free ... come try some!               cider -        1) Original Garden Cider HandCrafted, On Special for $5.49 a bottle, a 500ml bottle, with 5% alcohol : " clean, fresh, crisp, and medium dry, like all our ciders it is made from 100% freshly pressed garden apples and naturally fermented ... " Read on, cheers, come get some, from Washington DC, 20009! Cheers!!        2) Cidre RUWET Belgian Artisinal Cider, ano 1898 , $15.99 a 4-pack of bottles, 11.2Fl. Oz bottles, with 4,5% alcohol by volume, Brut = Dry! From Belgium. come try some!               Liqueur - liquor from Jagir -          FOUR Liqueurs -             TWO From KOVAL -        1) Ginger liqueur , $27.99, Organic, $27.99 a  375ml bottle, with 20% alcohol by volume, add some ginger into your lives! Yes!! Made in  Chicago , Illinois. Also try their whiskey Four Grain $53.99 a bottle.         2) Chrysanthemum & Honey liqueur Organic, 20% alcohol by volume, 375ml bottle, throws sediment, all good, great golden honey colors, mmmmmm, throw some of both into your lives, treat yourselves, splurge, dive headfirst into this elixir! $26.99 a bottle.            TWO from PUR LIKOR, Germany, owner Kiki! -        1) Williams pear liqueur , $26.99 for a 375ml bottle, with 25% alcohol by volume, yum, so lovely, lilting and beautiful! so pretty delightful for this weather now in the mid seventies!        2) Spice blood orange liqueur, 375ml bottle, with 25% alcohol by volume, On Special for $26.99,  so much darker, mysterious, an opaqueness your tongue wants to split ooohhhh open wide, yes! Love it, love the tint, the hue, the reflrctivr warm qualities, the dance , the passion, the spin the splash and dash and dare and gosh-darn-goodness-within! Try some. Cheers Kiki, miss you, come back soon!            THREE Eau de Vies from  WILLM -        1) Poire William Pear Brandy, French from Alsace, the essence of the pear scent and shadow of it's taste, On Special for $20.99 a bottle,, 375ml bottle, 45% alcohol by volume, yes! Actually the shadow awash in the brightest sunshine flavors!        2)  Framboise / Raspberry Brandy, On Special for $20.99 for a 375ml bottle, here we have again the accent of raspberry and the flavors like the shadow filtered and awash in the richest sunshine - yes si si oui oui oui!        3) Kirsch d'Alsace, On Special for $20.99 a bottle, a 375ml size, from Alsace, a Cherry brandy here, like the others - a touch of cherry in the nose and in the taste the flavors are muted by the brightest reflection off this clear white eaux-de-vie aflood in noon sunshine! Oui oui oui monsieurs et madames, venez ici vous tous - come all of you here for these! 375ml with 45% alcohol by volume.            THREE Others -        1) CIROC Pineapple made with French vodka, 5 times distilled, $38.99, come get your pineapple ON! Cheers , sante a tous, cheers to one and to all.        2) The IRISHMAN Small Batch Irish Whiskey, Founder's Reserve, with 40&% alcohol, this is normally $38.99 a 750ml bottle, now ON SPECIAL for $34.99 - come try some and see what you think?!        3) COCCHI Vermouth di Torino, Piemonte, Italy, $20.99, since 1891 - celebrating 126 years now, glad to have it on our shelves, with 16% alcohol by volume.                    WINE From Chris and Tony ( Me ) -          SAVE ON WINE -     SAVE ON WINE up to 20% OFF your purchases two ways! Every Wednesday.   SAVE ON WINE all week long - 1) 3 for $33 2) 6 for $60 . mix or match certain bottles of 750ml wine here in stock.                   HERE Are Our  WINE Suggestions for you this week -        THREE Whites , Includes ONE Spanish Cava-        1) Usoa de Bagordi  Organic 2016,  50%  Sauvignon Blanc and 50% Garnacha  from Spain's Rioja region, WOW, how unique is this! Come taste it with me tonight and let us see what Sauvignon Blanc in Rioja, Spain tastes like?!? $9.99 a bottle. This is ' a first ' for us. With 12.5% alcohol by volume, si si si , venga aqui!        2) Chardonnay 2014 Estate-Bottled from Mexico's the Vale de Guadalupe, Baja California, showed really well this Saturday when Eric poured it here. Tasty, flavorful, some real presence and flattering body, flesh, bone and muscle, si si si si si! On Special for $10.99, regularly $14.49 a bottle. Come get some, Medium-to-light-bodied. Cheers.        3) PAPET Del Mas Spanish Cava, On Special for $10.99, I will taste this here with you all tonight, come taste! It has 11.5% alcohol by volume, excellent, a treat, and a fine value, too!               FOUR Dry  Reds -        1) Rioja red Organic  2015 from USOA De BAGORDI,   a dry blend of 80% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha, and 10% Graciano, come see how this rich fruit-forward red sits on your tongue and palate?!?        2) Agiorgitiko 2015 dry red Greek wine ( the grape is also called the Saint Georges grape ), from Greece's Peloponnese region, with 13% alcohol by volume, from the KOTROTSOS Winery, named after the wife in a husband and wife excellent effort here, $9.99 a bottle, always a winner with food! Tasty, flavorful, with personality and value, too - best with a meal big or small, or simply some finger foods!        3) L.A.CETTO Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 Estate-Bottled from Mexico's Vale de Guadalupe, Baja California is un-oaked and a joy to sip or taste with a meal! What a treat any way you want to enjoy it!        4) Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 Private Reserve from Chile's Aconcagua Valley, from ALMA de Chile, On Special for $9.99 a bottle, with 14% alcohol by volume is an old earthy - dirty - sharp and testy, angular, chewy, chunks of chunky-liquid flaves, like it, enjoying some myself now during the Winter Olympics, yes si si si senores e senoras!     WEEK'S TASTINGS -   TUESDAY - 5-8PM, me tonight tasting Spanish wines mentioned above.   WEDNESDAY, 5-8PM, 2/21 Sam tasting the three Lebanese wines of CHATEAU KEFRAYA red and white, maybe the rose, or the rose dry from IXSIR, Join Us, never any charge!   FRIDAY, Feb. 24th, 2018 ( 5-8PM ) : We have Tess of the  MOET Strategic Group tasting the fine wines of NEWTON Napa Valley, CA ( with two dry reds, one Chardonnay, too $19.99 ), and a fine Margaret River , western Australia 2017 Sauvignon Blanc- Semillon Blanc dry white from CAPE MENTELLE, and a surprise Malbec from Argentina, a real value, tasty, come and be surprised!   SATURDAY, February 24th, 2018 ( 2-6PM ) : Come taste with Serghei from Moldova some outstanding wines of KAYRA, made with the help over the last ten years of California winemaker Daniel O'Donnal, a dry Narince white, a dry Karsai rose Blanc de Noir, and two reds, a Bogazkere 100% Bogazkere red, and a Buzbag Rzerv Okuzgozu-Bogazkere typical indigenous fry red blend - be prepared to be blown away with finesse and subtlety!   NO CHARGE, Join Us! Cheers ... life is beautiful on this gorgeous tuesday morning here in cleveland park following president's day monday yesterday when the washington post headlines on the front page were of the shooting of 17 in florida, our lawmakers saying to foreign diplomats and their countries to disregard trumps tWeets, that they do not reflect their opinions, and the woman that continues to tell her story having been assaulted by trump in his own trump tower back in 2006 and no one seeming to hear or care or do anything about it. and all of this on president's day! i guess even presidents don't really get to have a pass on their special day. TALKING TO LEON TARRANT about his childhood, ... quoting him after selling him what he wanted as we wait for Santos River : "    " I got through with my MBA and was looking for a job and went to San Fransisco, Nobody wanted me, as I got ready to go home some friend of mine I visited there that I went to school with, that his neighbor was looking for people in international banking and since I had no job opportunities I took the job, and , so here was this was RUBE ( a country yocal ), from Bellingham, Washington, bedazzled by big city san fransisco ( I am of course referring to myself, it is me ), what I am saying a country hick, that is how I got into these basque restaurants going around,   that is my introduction to the basques, san  fransisco is famous for all it's EUROpEan, ethnic, I think multi ethnic, and before that I am from Bellingham, went to high school, went to college, in those days you had a draft, and of course the korean war was still going on, i took an educational deferment and got to college, a red brick university , what that means, in oxford ... and then when i graduated with a B.A. I was to be drafted, rather than go into the army and go into the trenches, I went into the air force for four years, of which three of those years were spent in the united kingdom, ... and then I got out of the service in 1960, returned, returned to bellingham, WA., went to graduate school and got an MBA in Business Administration.   " Did you stay in contact with any of the friends of Mr McBride that owned Chateau St. Michele? "   " No, they went on with their lives, we would go down there periodically, as we grew up we went on our own ways. I have tried the wines, just for the hell of it, they were pretty good wines, from eastern Washington were they come from.   I went subsequent years later to see the old house. ha ha. it was just as i remembered it, especially this big fireplace. but it was so interesting how people can do things, they come into fruition, eating grapes at first that became wine grapes later, same latitude as Bordeaux and Burgundy. They don't get the benefit of the ocean breezes like napa and sonoma do. Leon is 83 years old now. The new generation poast war kids kind of began thinking that wine was something fancy. being in the military in europe i have been to france, italy, austria, wine was a big thing there, it was just fun, i would go into paris, being the american rube, eating a cafe filtre i did not know how to drink it , stands like this, two pieces, you [pour the water intot he top, and it filters down into the bottom, a spout on the bottom, lifted the top off and spilled it all over the table. the waitress looking at me thinking this stupid americain, but i was learning, but you learned about the wines, they served vin ordinaire in carafes, that was a new thing to me, ha ha. people would come in, bring their dogs in, people would have their dogs in bibs, ha ha, eating around the table, the Empire style,a man and woman, he cooked, she was out front, got to be good friends, something out of La belle france, all the wine glasses lined up, which was for red, for white for sherry, ha ha, i was learning this rube form bellingham, washington. to me it's boring. to me the big thing about wine , how it started, you had ethic groups, italians, greeks, some of the french, most people did not drink wine, some sweet wine perhaps, ha ha, raspberry wine at christmas, the ' king alphonso ' creme de cacao and on top of it you put whipping cream on top, then you drink it and the cream de cacao comes through the cream, cloyingly sweet, after king alphonso of spain ... i don't think they even know what they are these days, from the thirties, king alphonso abdicated in 1931... thanks leon! YOU ARE THE BEST LEON! WHAT FOLLOWS BELOW is an old store email I wrote and posted several years ago. Enjoy reading it if you have time. Cheers, TONY 2/20/2018     COME MEET CHRIS LATER TODAY / MAKE HIM FEEL WELCOME CHRIS BARKER LEAVES US TO JOIN HIS FIANCEE as she pursues her medical career in another city as yet not known , and he continues with his own. We wish them both well and we want to take this opportunity to thanks Chris for all that he has brought us here at the store as well as to our neighborhood over this past year and two months. Come by and get some last bits of help and advice from him before he leaves us. Thanks again Chris.   GREG COMES HERE FROM NEW YORK STATE and he brings with him under his belt 17 years of experience both in the restaurant and the bar business. I hope to get him to become immediately or in-store mixologist expert. This is something that we need sorely as ever since Krishna left Aroma and went up north to pursue his academic interests I have felt the great void that he left here in his wake. No, Krishna was never employed here but he considered us home and was always willing to help one of our customers with their needs and I would make the introductions and then step off to help other of our customers with their wine needs. Though I did listen occasionally to what he told them often enough I was unable to do this and so missed hearing his words and gems of wisdom.   DON'T GET ME WRONG, GREG WILL BE WORKING WITH THE WINES and I am sure that we will both teach each other quite a bit as we have different experiences and I really hope that we will complement one another.That's the idea and it's a great one. Greg will be here this afternoon and I look forward to really working with him for the first time later today once that I finish this email. I will introduce him to you all as you get off work and stroll on over later. I am sure that I will also have something open to toast this new and exciting development here in Cleveland Park. I will probably open one of the bottles of wine that I write about here in this email. Maybe I'll ask him what he most wants to try as it is all pretty much new to him.   IT'S EXCITING TO ME IN MANY WAYS to get someone " new " to work with that has no Washington D.C. experience under his belt. Everything will be fresh and exciting and he will bring some of New York to us and as result we will probably sell a broader selection of New York State wines here. That's thrilling really as they are excellent and we can always do more with them. There's a market for them and when we open them here and taste them with you like the KEUKA LAKE VINEYARDS " Vignoles " 2009 Finger Lakes " Gentle Dry " ( $16.99 ) white and the sparkling WOLFFER ESTATE Brut Blanc De Blanc 2006 sparkling wine ( $38.99 ) from Sagaponage, Long Island the response is always quite positive. Oh, the KEUKA LAKE VINEYARDS Cabernet Franc dry red Finger Lakes 2008 ( $18.49 ) is pretty smooth and velvety and silky and subtle with an elegance that is deceiving and yet gripping as the taste settles so completely on one's palate with time.   RAVI IS AWAY AT A 4-DAY WEDDING IN INDIA and getting some much-deserved R&R and we are all thrilled for him. It gives us a chance to step up ourselves to the plate and try more of what he would normally see here himself as he is our spirits buyer. Earlier today both Alexis Thompson and Brad Jarvis were here with an assortment of perhaps five different scotches and whiskies and wanted me to taste them. I asked them to come back later to taste with me when Greg joins me as that might clearly be something that Greg already knows more about than me. We will see. I already took pictures of the various items just in case we are not able to connect here again later today. The name of the products is : DOUGLAS and on Brad's business card there are pictures of five of them - one being an XO and a lion standing up on it like on an impressive coat-of-arms. That one really attracts the eyes quickly. The colors are all gradations of gold and one is so deep with garnet hues. More about all this soon. Go to : www.InternationalSpiritsAndWines.com      Alexis Thompson was here at our last Big-Theme Valentine's Day & Night Wine-Tasting ( alexis@iswusa.com ) tasting four Mexican Estate-Bottled Valle De Guadalupe, Baja California L.A. CETTO wines : three reds ( Cabernet Sauvignon( $10.99 ), Private Reserve Nebbiolo 2004 Barrel Aged and Private Reserve Barrel Aged 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon ( BOTH at $23.99 )  and one white dry, crisp Chenin Blanc 2009 ( $10.99 ). The Cabernet Sauvignon blew me away with all it's fresh blueberry and dark fruit flavors. I loved it, really I did - so fresh and bright and lively. What a treat!      I JUST SPOKE TO ALEXIS  on the phone and he filled in the blanks of all of this. The scotches " are independently bottled, single-cask single malts ". They come from Speyside, the Hylands, , Islay and there is one that is a vatted malt of Speyside as well.      THURSDAY there will be a dinner with the Mexican Ambassador that is already sold-out starting at 6:30PM featuring the wines of L.A. CETTO that we sell here and that I just mentioned. You can get any of them here and even if we do not have them in stock we will be happy to order them for you.     BEERS From SANTOS :        1) " Dugana " IPA ( India Pale Ale ) from the AVERY Brewing Co. ( On Special for $7.99, 1 Pt 6 Fl. Oz, 8.59% Alc. By Volume , from Boulder, Colorado ) is " new and exciting " here.      Uncle Cracker just sang on the radio : " You make me smile , Just The Thought Of You Makes Me Wild ... You Make Me Dance Like A Fool, ... Fall Out Of Bed , ... Spain Like A Record ... Forget How To Breathe , ... Just The Thought Of You ... You Make Me Smile ...  " My son went to see him sing here a year or so ago. Great sentiments in the song. I feel better already.        2) " Zaibo "  YPAC STRIPRUS ALUS EXTREME STRING BEER ( On Special for $2.99, 9.5% Alc. By Vol., 1 Pt. .9 Fl. Oz , Birzai, Lithuania ) ... wow, love the packaging here! Dramatic, red www.aikoimports.com ). Come check this one out.        3) ZHIGULY Grande 9.5% traditionally aged Lithuanian beer ( On Special for $2.99, 1Pt 0.9Fl Oz. bottles ) is also very special and something for you all to look forward to here.     RAVI HAS ADDED SOME NEW LIQUEUR and LIQUOR, Too :        1) Libertine Absinthe Superieure brandy with natural flavor added ( $64.99, 58% Alc. By Volume , product of France ) from the Distillerie Paul Devoille F-70220 Fougerolles ) just came in last week. Brand new ...        2) Alize imported from France, Exotic Passion Fruit and Cranberries delicately blended with premium French Vodka ( $21.99 ) ... Red Passion liqueur, 16% alc. By Volume. Visit Alize.com for mimosas, martinis, margaritas and more specialty cocktail recipes.        3)  Campo De Encanto Fool's Gold Terroir Brandy De Peru Pisco D.O.C. Valle De ICA ( $39.99 ) is 42.5% Alc. By Volume and brand new here as well.     WINES From Tony/ Chris & Greg :             WHITES :        1) " La Renaudie " 2009 dry white French wine from Bergerac ( $14.99 ) comes from Oscar Losama od Voila Imports and he tasted it here at our last Big-Theme Valentine;s Day & Night Wine-Tasting. It's a beauty, beautifully balanced, fresh and lively and really refreshingly dry and has always sold well here over the last three or so years.        2) " M " De MONLUC dry indigenous grape variety called Gros Manseng ( $15.99 ) and it's more flavorful and robust and with much more weight. It's definitely more of a food wine and it's a grape to be discovered. You see it in Jurancon and here it is made not far away in the Vin De Pays Des Cotes Du Gascogne. It also comes from Oscar Losama.        3) Chardonnay 2008, California ( 12.5% alc. by volume - really low for California ! ) from the BROWNSTONE Winery ( $9.99 ) is a delight and both Chris Barker and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Very fine value, too.        4) 2009 Riesling ( medium sweet ) Willamette Valley Oregon ( $13.99 )is back again as a number of you really liked it over the last two three years of having it off-and-on.        5) Narince De Tokat  2006 Selection Beyaz from KAVAKLIDERE, Turkey, this dry-mineral white is quite refreshing and fun ( $16.99 ). People really liked it this past weekend.             REDS :        1) 2008 Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina , this " La Flor " Pulenta Wines ( $19.99 ) is exceptionally refined and balanced and elegant and worth every penny.        2) 2007 Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina , this " Decero " Remolinos Vineyard ( Agrelo " , $13.99 ) will be tasted here this Friday, February 25th, 2011 by Jeffrey of Monument Imports from 5-8PM. Again I liked this Malbec for all it's spit and polish and finesse.        3) 2010 Pinotage from South Africa's Swarthland region ( $8.99 ) made by RIEBEEK CELLARS is quite balanced and focused as well and has all the components offering some rich and satisfying flavors without being too bold or strong. We liked it quite a bit - great value, too.        4) Ancyra Kalecik Karasi 2009 ($19.99, Turkish slightly off-dry red with the emphasis on the bright red cherry-berry flavors without the hard acids and drying tannins ) is a great red from an indigenous grape to sit around sipping and enjoying outside, especially when the weather turns warm which it will again...        5) Cabernet Franc from PARADISE SPRINGS of Clifton, Virginia ($22.99 ) , this 2008 made by Chris Pearmund is showing so well with such finesse and polish and refinement. I really like it;s brightness of pure fruit Cabernet Franc flavors. Really nice ...        6) Merlot 2005 Napa Valley ( $29.99 ) from the HALL winery is so smooth and so elegant and so pretty that it really is quite the show-stopper as one stops to catch one's breath and reflect and enjoy and smile with a smile that only gets broader and more intense and more prolonged as the minutes pass-slip by ... really nice.        PORT-STYLE :        1) Cape Ruby from South Africa's Swarthland region ( $13.99 ) from RIEBEEK CELLARS is again a beauty and one to roll over one's tongue and let infiltrate and soak and baste and refresh and bathe and work it's subtle flavors and work it's magic, too. Really nice ...          WEEK'S TASTINGS :          FRIDAY, February  25th, 2011 ( 5-8PM ) : We have Jeffrey of Monuments Imports here to pour Argentina's Finest reds - the two listed above.     WE ALSO HAVE from Santos - A Dominion Beer tasting from 5-8PM.          SATURDAY, February 26th, 20110 ( 3-7 PM ) : We have Regis of Roanoke Imports here to pour an assortment of his wines from Oregon and also from Italy and France. This will be really exciting as Regis has such a wonderful selection of wines and everyone will be thrilled . Trust me on this one. Your palates will be awakened and pampered and cajoled and teased and pleased. The Pinot Noir from Oregon alone will be an eye-opener!     I AM SURE that I have forgotten something and yet I am out of time as Greg will join me shortly here and I want to be on the floor to work with him and introduce him to you all.   ALSO : both Alexis and Brad mentioned above will soon be here with the DOUGLAS Scotch whiskies and Lou Foppiano of the FOPPIANO Winery in California will be here shortly with his wine rep Laura to taste us on her current releases. He asked Laura to come here and see me as he remembers how much fun we have had here together in the past. Can't wait to see you again Lou!     THANKS TO YOU ALL for all your support and belief in us. Come meet Greg, come say " goodbye " to Chris and get some last-minute recommendations from him before he leaves the area with his fiancee.   CHEERS and thanks again,   TONY

Friday, February 16, 2018 Wine-Liquor-Tastings At Cleveland Park Wine & Spirits : Salto Wines Of Brasil, Republic Restoratives Spirits Made In Ivy City, Washington DC, AND Chacho Aguardiente En Fuego, AND GROOVE CITY Hefewezen and Nanticoke Nectar India Pale Ale, WOW : Lots to Taste - Join Us, Everybody Welcome Always! 5-8PM : AND Saturday, February 17th, 2-6PM : Eric Glasser Tastes LUBANZI South African Red Rhone Blend 2015 & L.A. CETTO Baja California, Mexican Vale de Guadalupe Dry Wines!

Eduardo Embraces Salton Wines Of Brasil! Tastes Them Here!

Friday, February 16, 2018

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

We love the wines of SALTON for their brightness, freshness, lovely fruit-centered, fruit-forward qualities and will be tasting them here this Friday February 16th, 2018 from 5-8PM with our new rep from Brasil, Edouardo! We will taste some of the 2012 and 2013 dry stainless-steel reds like Cabernet France, Marselan and some of the Intenso espumante, too, maybe even the Moscato? Join us, come join us and discover the joys of Brasil and their fine wines si si si si!

Taste Republic Restoratives Spirits W/ Rae Local DC=Made!

Friday, February 16, 2018

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Rae has been here now several times and we love promoting local and also supporting women, and are thrilled to have this as it is the only DC distillery that is owned by women, yay! So come taste the Civic vodka and the Bourough Bourbon and the Rodham Rye, too! Cheers! Free tasting, no charge, join us. You will love the products and Rae, too!

Chacho Aguardiente en Fuego Tasting Dan Ziegler

Friday, February 16, 2018

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Cleveland Park Wine & Spirits
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JUST ADDED : We have a @ChachoAguardienteenFuega tasting here , Friday, 2/16/2018 from 5-8PM : Join us as we taste @Chacho and Republic Restoratives DC Spirits, as well as Salton Winery USA wines of Brazil : three great tastings here to star start and find your special art to this weekend filled with more Valentine's Day and Night celebrations as well as watching the incredible Winter Olympics, and sooooo much more. Free tastings, invite everyone, tell everyone, cheers - we are a rock-solid community here in Cleveland Park, yes we are, #shoplocal #dinelocal #supportlocal #livelocal #lovelocal yes si oui!

Laurent Vonderheyden owner of Chateau Monbrison , Margaux, Bordeaux, visits here yesterday on Valentine's Day! Cheers, we have his Bouquet de Monbrison on our shelves, 2012, $43.99 a bottle, two bottles signed! Merci Laurent!

  Dine locally like at Indique where I got this by chef, owner KN Vinod, it was great lunch for me!

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In front of Ardeo/Bardeo, yes! The food there is wonderful, a treat as well, have done some wine dinners there just as we have at Indique, cheers!  TONY

Taste L.A.CETTO Mexican Wines Of Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, LUBANZI 2015 Dry Red Blend

Saturday, February 17, 2018

2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Join us with Eric Glasser of Constantine Wines as we taste the 2014 buttery style Chardonnay, the fruity delicious Cabernet Sauvignon made in stainless-steel only, and the tart, tangy crisp bright Sauvignon Blanc as well! Really tasty all three!

We may also taste the South African LUBANZI 2015 dry red blend of Shiraz, Mourvedre, Cansault and Grenache that is fruit-forward, bright, zesty, lively, a treat with food as it has healthy acidity and some pepper-white/spice, too! Cheers, Join Us , Everybody welcome always