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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-
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
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